Idiocracy

USA Today reports: President Donald Trump called Sacha Baron Cohen “a creep” after previously unseen footage from the new “Borat” movie was shared to Twitter on Friday by Borat’s official account. While speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, Trump was asked whether he was worried about security breaches after footage showed an actress from the movie apparently …

“What was an innocent sexytime encounter between a consenting man and my 15-year-old daughter has been turned into something disgusting by fake news media. I warn you: Anyone else try this, and Rudolph will not hesitate to reach into his legal briefs and whip out his subpoenas.” – Sasha Baron Cohen, speaking as Borat in a clip released last night. …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump is flirting with his own version of Water-gate — again. For the second time in a few months, Trump struggled to lift a glass of water during his contentious interview with Lesley Stahl. Midway through the 38-minute sit-down, the president picked up a glass of water with his right hand. Instead of …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump was in the middle of receiving a highly classified briefing on Afghanistan at his New Jersey golf club when he suddenly craved a malted milkshake. “Does anyone want a malt?” he asked the senior defense and intelligence officials gathered around him, an august group that included the head of the CIA’s Special Activities Center, which …

ABC News reports: Mr. Rogers was trending Thursday night after Mercedes Schlapp, a senior adviser for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, compared Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s town hall to the beloved show. Schlapp was criticized for comparing the Biden to Mr. Rogers, with some calling it a “self-own” as the children’s television host was known to be patient, inclusive, and …

Days after taking a helicopter to the hospital, this morning Trump retweeted an article mocking face masks. From the Babylon Bee, which fashions itself as a right wing version of The Onion: In order to save lives and also because of science, Governor Gavin Newsom of California announced today that all restaurant food consumed in the state must come from …

The Jerusalem Post reports: Negative perceptions of China have soared over the past year across many advanced economies, reaching all-time highs in a number of countries including the UK, Germany and Australia, a Pew Research Center poll published last week has found. While the increasingly unfavorable view of China is driven in large part by belief that the country did …

The New York Times reports: In several phone calls last weekend from the presidential suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Mr. Trump shared an idea he was considering: When he left the hospital, he wanted to appear frail at first when people saw him, according to people with knowledge of the conversations. But underneath his button-down dress shirt, …

TMZ reports: Melania Trump referred to her husband’s alleged mistress, Stormy Daniels, as “the porn hooker” while talking to a friend, who was secretly recording her for a book. The First Lady’s former BFF and adviser, Stephanie Wolkoff, just released the audio, recorded in 2018, and you hear Melania going off about the fact Stormy was getting A-list treatment with …

The New York Times reports: Determined to reassert himself on the political stage on his third day in the hospital, Mr. Trump made an unannounced exit from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the early evening, climbing into his armored Chevrolet Suburban to ride past supporters holding Trump flags gathered outside the building. Wearing a suit jacket and face …

Mediaite reports: White House staffers lined up to cheer on President Donald Trump as he left for the debate on Tuesday — NBC News’ Geoff Bennett calling the moment a “made-for-TV presidential departure.” Bennett took to Twitter to share a video of himself shouting a question at Trump while he was leaving the White House. “Mr. President, who do you …

Raw Story reports: Eric Trump awkwardly described himself as a member of the LGBT community on Fox News, setting off some puzzled reactions. Media Matters researcher Bobby Lewis, who monitors “Fox & Friends” daily, flagged the exchange, which was prompted by a New York Times column about a lesbian woman who supports President Donald Trump. “The LGBT community, they are …

The Washington Post reports: A party near Florida State University’s campus drew more than 1,000 people before it was broken up by police, authorities said Monday. The party was one of several large gatherings that prompted calls to the Tallahassee Police Department over the weekend, the department said in a statement. About 700 cars were reportedly surrounding an off-campus apartment …

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports: President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. “We really appreciate you,” Trump said as he signed off the call, an annual pre-Rosh Hashanah presidential tradition. “We love your country also.” Earlier, introducing his Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump will preside over a White House signing ceremony Tuesday in which Israel will establish formal ties with two Arab states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in what Trump calls the flowering of his Middle East peace plan. The agreement, called the Abraham Accord in honor of the three Abrahamic religions rooted in what …

Time Magazine reports: The former wife of Donald Trump appeared on British daytime panel show Loose Women today (September 14) where she gave a wide-ranging interview about the president, their daughter Ivanka, immigration and Melania Trump. Asked if she thinks daughter Ivanka could be president, Ivana responded: “Definitely.” She added: “I think she’s in the White House every day, she’s …

Page Six reports: Flashy Fox newsman Geraldo Rivera and his wife, Erica, are at odds over the presidential election, he told Page Six — and their political battle has been played out on their front lawn for all to see. Geraldo revealed that Erica and their teenage daughter are Democrats — and Erica has even placed a Biden-Harris sign in …

Mediaite reports: CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta asked attendees at Trump’s Michigan rally why they weren’t wearing coronavirus masks, and the responses he got were stunning. “Sir, why are you not wearing a mask?” Acosta asked one man, who shot back “Because there’s no COVID. It’s a fake pandemic. Created to destroy the United States of America.” “Does it …

Forbes reports: Looking to seize on positive momentum created by the groundbreaking Israel-UAE deal and President Trump’s subsequent Nobel Peace Prize nomination, the Trump campaign is sending out fundraising materials touting the nomination. On Wednesday, right wing Norweigan lawmaker Christian Tybring-Gjedde said that he nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor about which Trump has long had a …

The Associated Press reports: Over 400,000 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered for the annual rally from Aug. 7-16, and it was reported that social distancing and mask wearing at some of the events was not observed. The rally was officially linked to hundreds of coronavirus cases across more than 10 states and at least one death. But the study that relied on …