The Met Gala, the uber-exclusive event for celebrities, fashionistas, and other status-loving elites, is set to take place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Monday night. But real New Yorkers celebrated fashion and community at the way more inclusive People's Ball Sunday night. — Read the rest

Some Dems are demanding something be done about the complete lack of accountability in the Supreme Court. Notably, Senator Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, promises "action" over ProPublica's report that Justice Clarance Thomas has been accepting undisclosed gifts from a Republican megadonor for years. — Read the rest

Oh, the sweet scent of desperation in the air. Donald Trump Junior, paragon of moral fortitude, decided to take justice into his own hands on Truth Social by posting a photo of the daughter of the judge presiding over his father's porn star hush money trial. — Read the rest

Upon meeting a popular TikTok transphobe, Congressperson from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez immediately called them out for it.

When William Shatner expressed frustration over having to pay $8 to maintain his verified checkmark, Elon Musk responded, "There shouldn't be a different standard for celebrities imo."

As you might suspect, that means Twitter indeed has a different standard for celebrities, in the form of a special VIP list that sends their tweets to the top of people's feeds. — Read the rest

In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, announced the Green New Deal as a significant policy issue. As reported in the New York Times, House Resolution 109, a non-binding agreement, "calls on the federal government to wean the United States from fossil fuels and curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions across the economy. — Read the rest

The New York Post was hacked this morning, publishing outrageous headlines and Twitter posts such as the fake title "by" Ben Shapiro titled, "We must assassinate AOC for America." And the tabloid's tweet calling out Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin for saying, "I will rape and batter [opponent Kathleen] Hochul's sorry ass." — Read the rest

During an appearance this week on Fox Business's "Cavuto: Coast to Coast," contributor Scott Martin complained that as a result of inflation, he spent $28 on lunch at Taco Bell.

"Yesterday, yes, I had a nice lunch at Taco Bell," Martin said. — Read the rest

Gun manufacturers are denying that they market AR-15s to white supremacists (or Christian Nationalists, if you're in Marjorie Taylor Greene's clan). But Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn't let Marty Daniel of Daniel Defense play stupid with her today when he sat before the House panel. — Read the rest

Hate-monger Marjorie Taylor Greene went after colleague Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her podcast again. But this time she realized her venom applied to a large swathe of her own voters and quickly tried to back-pedal.

"Everyone knows, she's never developed a career," the Georgia conspiracy theorist started, referring to the New York lawmaker. — Read the rest

Felon Roger Stone, who was pardoned by Donald Trump before spending time in prison for his seven federal crimes, is calling for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–NY) to be jailed. And for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D–MN) to be "swatted" (as in calling in a fake emergency in hopes of sending a S.W.A.T. — Read the rest

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–GA), filed a complaint with the Capitol Police when Jimmy Kimmel cracked a joke at her expense. But when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–NY) was sexually and racially harassed by a man on the Capitol steps (second video below), Madge invited the gentleman, Alex Stein, to her podcast, where she said a "thank you" was in order (first video below). — Read the rest

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turns 35 in 2024 which means that she's eligible to be the United States President, according to the Constitution. Last night, Colbert put her on the spot with the question and she did seem slightly cagey:

"I think we need to focus on keeping our democracy, for anybody to be president," she said. — Read the rest

Last night US Congressperson from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke about the congresspeople who essentially admit their guilt and participation in the January 6th insurrection by asking for a pardon. AOC, along with Speaker Pelosi and VP Pence, was one of several elected leaders the insurrectionists were specifically looking to hurt. — Read the rest

This video of MAGA rapper J.R. Majewski is not a trailer for an Idiocracy sequel. It's a campaign video by and for the GOP congressional nominee for Ohio's District 9.

In 2021, Majewski turned his lawn into a giant mural of Trump's face. — Read the rest

US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is as upset as the rest of the United States should be over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's failure to remotely look impartial, or non-criminal.

Tucker Carlson has been so disgusting, so many times that it is near impossible for him surprise us… but this time the human equivalent of reheated frozen mashed potatoes flat out sexually harrassed US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the air.

AOC was having none of it:

Any man that talks like this will treat any woman like this.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a one chip challenge (a single Carolina Reaper/Scorpion pepper chip in a coffin-shaped box) in her Christmas stocking. On Christmas Day, she took to Instagram to eat the chip in a phonecam video.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an impassioned demand at a press conference today for Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R–CO) to face a consequence — being stripped from her committees — after gun-totin' Boebert's dangerous and racist remarks suggesting in November that colleague Ilhan Omar (D–MN) is a terrorist. — Read the rest

Freshly-censured Rep. — Read the rest