BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Militares brasileros desfilan por las calles de Río festejando el triunfo de Bolsonaro y la gente los vitorea. Qué pesadilla. — Diego Iglesias (@IglesiasDiego)It was still too early for an afternoon beer when I passed the first vendor doling out ice-cold cervejas along São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on a Brazilian summer day in late November.Paulista, which splits one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, was closed thanks to a mid-week holiday, storefronts advertised Black Friday sales, and a giant...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Militares brasileros desfilan por las calles de Río festejando el triunfo de Bolsonaro y la gente los vitorea. Qué pesadilla. — Diego Iglesias (@IglesiasDiego)It was still too early for an afternoon beer when I passed the first vendor doling out ice-cold cervejas along São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on a Brazilian summer day in late November.Paulista, which splits one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, was closed thanks to a mid-week holiday, storefronts advertised Black Friday sales, and a giant...WW…

SwampthingThe vice president’s trusted chief of staff is young, handsome, talented and rich. He’s also got some skeletons.1.‘I Am Not a Liar’was threatening Mike Pence’s chances of ever becoming president, and that was unacceptable. It was the spring of 2017. Special counsel Robert Mueller had just launched his investigation into the possibility of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump associates were scrambling to lawyer up, Pence included. And a group of the vice president’s close friends and advisers were growing fearful that everything Pence had worked for was about to...…SwampthingThe vice president’s trusted chief of staff is young, handsome, talented and rich. He’s also got some skeletons.1.‘I Am Not a Liar’was threatening Mike Pence’s chances of ever becoming president, and that was unacceptable. It was the spring of 2017. Special counsel Robert Mueller had just launched his investigation into the possibility of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump associates were scrambling to lawyer up, Pence included. And a group of the vice president’s close friends and advisers were growing fearful that everything Pence had worked for was about to...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Sophia Lin Lakin, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project who is representing plaintiffs suing Whitley over the review, said Whitley’s quick action on the list of suspected noncitizens was reckless.“Secretary Whitley’s irresponsible decision to forward his purge list to law enforcement authorities knowing that it very likely contained the names of naturalized citizens properly on the rolls is just another indication of the apparent disregard for the immigrant...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Sophia Lin Lakin, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project who is representing plaintiffs suing Whitley over the review, said Whitley’s quick action on the list of suspected noncitizens was reckless.“Secretary Whitley’s irresponsible decision to forward his purge list to law enforcement authorities knowing that it very likely contained the names of naturalized citizens properly on the rolls is just another indication of the apparent disregard for the immigrant...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Despite a reportedly intense White House investigation to unmask the individual who spilled ’s private daily schedules to the media, a defiant leaker has popped up again to reveal the president is still spending about half of his days in unstructured “executive time,” Axios reported.Axios said last week that the president spent about — about 300 hours — in the three months since the midterm elections in “,” according to copies of his .Sources told Axios that the term is a euphemism for the time the...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Despite a reportedly intense White House investigation to unmask the individual who spilled ’s private daily schedules to the media, a defiant leaker has popped up again to reveal the president is still spending about half of his days in unstructured “executive time,” Axios reported.Axios said last week that the president spent about — about 300 hours — in the three months since the midterm elections in “,” according to copies of his .Sources told Axios that the term is a euphemism for the time the...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.A massive likeness of President mashed up with the “God-Emperor” character of the Warhammer 40K video games presided over a parade in over the weekend.   The float at the Viareggio Carnevale featured a giant Twitter sword and clawed hand, and was animated to turn and shift as it moved through the procession., who created the float, said in an interview that the sword contains a phrase that can mean “here’s your fucking tariffs,” according to Heavy.com. “It’s a joke, but in fact instead of nuclear...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.A massive likeness of President mashed up with the “God-Emperor” character of the Warhammer 40K video games presided over a parade in over the weekend.   The float at the Viareggio Carnevale featured a giant Twitter sword and clawed hand, and was animated to turn and shift as it moved through the procession., who created the float, said in an interview that the sword contains a phrase that can mean “here’s your fucking tariffs,” according to Heavy.com. “It’s a joke, but in fact instead of nuclear...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.President  told the crowd at his rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday that he got special permission from the El Paso Fire Department to let 10,000 people inside the El Paso County Coliseum.El Paso Fire Department spokesman Enrique D. Aguilar told that not only did the fire department not give Trump special permission, but the Coliseum had about 6,500 people in it during the president’s rally. Aguilar says that number was at capacity and well within its standard allowance.The spokesman added that “it...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.President  told the crowd at his rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday that he got special permission from the El Paso Fire Department to let 10,000 people inside the El Paso County Coliseum.El Paso Fire Department spokesman Enrique D. Aguilar told that not only did the fire department not give Trump special permission, but the Coliseum had about 6,500 people in it during the president’s rally. Aguilar says that number was at capacity and well within its standard allowance.The spokesman added that “it...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.CNN reported that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a statement Tuesday saying Trump “condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of people ― including members of the press. We ask that anyone attending an event do so in a peaceful and respectful manner.” The statement asked people to direct all questions of security to the Trump campaign.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says in a statement, "President Trump condemns all acts of violence against...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.CNN reported that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a statement Tuesday saying Trump “condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of people ― including members of the press. We ask that anyone attending an event do so in a peaceful and respectful manner.” The statement asked people to direct all questions of security to the Trump campaign.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says in a statement, "President Trump condemns all acts of violence against...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.This article was reported in partnership with .A HuffPost Guide To Coronavirus Calling all HuffPost superfans!Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterDo you have information you want to share with HuffPost?CONVERSATIONSToday is National Voter Registration Day!We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.This article was reported in partnership with .A HuffPost Guide To Coronavirus Calling all HuffPost superfans!Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterDo you have information you want to share with HuffPost?CONVERSATIONSToday is National Voter Registration Day!We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.WASHINGTON ― Sen. ’ televised town hall on economic inequality drew about 1.7 million live viewers during an online broadcast Monday night.The panel-discussion-style event, called exceeded the viewership of Sanders’ first live town hall on in January.The broadcast provided the Vermont independent with an opportunity to expand his new alternative media revue beyond “Medicare for all” to the broader issue of economic inequality, which he maintains that commercial media outlets frequently ignore.“What I...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.WASHINGTON ― Sen. ’ televised town hall on economic inequality drew about 1.7 million live viewers during an online broadcast Monday night.The panel-discussion-style event, called exceeded the viewership of Sanders’ first live town hall on in January.The broadcast provided the Vermont independent with an opportunity to expand his new alternative media revue beyond “Medicare for all” to the broader issue of economic inequality, which he maintains that commercial media outlets frequently ignore.“What I...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.I can’t tell you about a specific day as a cable tech. I can’t tell you my first customer was a cat hoarder. I can tell you the details, sure. That I smeared Vicks on my lip to try to cover the stench of rugs and walls and upholstery soaked in cat piss. That I wore booties, not to protect the carpets from the mud on my boots but to keep the cat piss off my soles. I can tell you the problem with her cable service was that her cats chewed through the wiring. That I had to move a mummified cat behind...…BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.I can’t tell you about a specific day as a cable tech. I can’t tell you my first customer was a cat hoarder. I can tell you the details, sure. That I smeared Vicks on my lip to try to cover the stench of rugs and walls and upholstery soaked in cat piss. That I wore booties, not to protect the carpets from the mud on my boots but to keep the cat piss off my soles. I can tell you the problem with her cable service was that her cats chewed through the wiring. That I had to move a mummified cat behind...WW…