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Tonight is Hollywood’s biggest night‚ the 96th Academy Awards‚ when the liberal bubble of the movie industry puts on a TV show expecting the rest of the nation to pay rapt attention. So it’s a good time to dig out the absolute worst quotes we’ve collected over the years from the “stars‚” as they championed their favorite liberal politicians and badmouthed conservatives. Democrats‚ the Hollywood elite tells us‚ are virtual deities walking amongst us. Back in 2012‚ actor Jamie Foxx saluted “our lord and savior‚ Barack Obama‚” during the Soul Train Awards on BET. “It would be wonderful to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass‚” actress Gwyneth Paltrow not-so-constitutionally enthused at a Democratic fundraiser for Obama in 2014. But Republicans are foul creatures who need to be exterminated. “If we were in other countries‚” actor Alec Baldwin screamed after Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998‚ “we would stone [GOP Congressman] Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and kill their wives and children!” Nearly two decades later‚ actor George Takei sneered that Justice Clarence Thomas was “a clown in blackface sitting on the Supreme Court....He is a disgrace to America.” It’s not just nasty rhetoric; they put their money where their mouths are. According to data published by the Center for Responsive Politics‚ so far in the 2023-24 political cycle‚ the top 20 contributors from the “motion picture production and distribution industry” have already donated a combined $3.35 million to Democratic candidates and liberal groups‚ vs. a piddly $1‚070 to Republicans and conservative groups. Expect that disparity to grow as the election nears. There are a few conservatives in Hollywood‚ of course‚ but they are massively outnumbered by the leftists‚ liberals and progressives‚ who are routinely invited onto chat shows and TV news shows to promote their views. From the Media Research Center’s archives‚ the 20 worst quotes from the Hollywood Left: â–  “The President [Bill Clinton] is very popular and things are going pretty good and they are voting to impeach the President....If we were in other countries‚ we would all right now‚ all of us together‚ [starts to shout] all of us together would go down to Washington and we would stone [Republican Congressman] Henry Hyde to death! We would stone him to death! [crowd cheers] Wait! Shut up! Shut up! No shut up! I’m not finished. We would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and we’d kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families!”— Actor Alec Baldwin on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien‚ December 11‚ 1998.     â–  “I despise him [President George W. Bush]. I despise his administration and everything they stand for....To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man’s leadership....And I think this latest thing with Iraq is absolute madness....There has to be a movement now to really oppose what he is proposing because it’s unconstitutional‚ it’s immoral and basically illegal....It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It’s humiliating.”— Actress Jessica Lange at a September 25‚ 2002 press conference at an international film festival in San Sebastian‚ Spain where she was given a lifetime achievement award. â–  Host Craig Kilborn: “Use the words ‘compassionate’ and ‘conservative’ in the same sentence while being neither ironic nor scornful.”Actor/activist Tim Robbins: “That’s a tough one. Neither ironic nor scornful?”Kilborn: “Yeah.”Robbins: “Alright. F*** compassionate conservatives!”— Exchange on CBS’s Late Late Show‚ October 30‚ 2003. â–  “I wondered to myself during ‘Shock and Awe‚’ I wondered which of the megaton bombs Jesus‚ our President’s personal savior‚ would have personally dropped on the sleeping families of Baghdad?”— Actress Meryl Streep at a July 8‚ 2004 Kerry-Edwards fundraiser held at Radio City Music Hall‚ as quoted by the next day’s Boston Globe. â–  “Let’s face it: If the mothers ruled the world‚ there would be no goddamned wars in the first place.”— Actress Sally Field at the Emmy awards‚ September 16‚ 2007. â–  “Hitler‚ by the way‚ never got more than 33 percent of the vote ever in Germany....He wasn’t a majority guy‚ but he was charismatic‚ and they were having bad economic times — just like we are now. People were out of work‚ they needed jobs‚ and a guy came along and rallied the troops. My fear is that the Tea Party gets a charismatic leader‚ because all they’re selling is fear and anger and that’s all Hitler sold: ‘I’m angry and I’m frightened and you should hate that guy over there.’”— Actor/director/liberal activist Rob Reiner on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher‚ October 22‚ 2010. â–  “Look at‚ look‚ the Tea Partiers‚ who are controlling the Republican Party....Their stated policy‚ publicly stated‚ is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s‚ what does that‚ what underlines that? ‘Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man‚ we can‚ we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.’... It is a racist thing.”— Actor Morgan Freeman on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight‚ September 23‚ 2011. â–  “You have what I call the ‘Get the N-word out of the White House party‚’ the Tea Party.... At the end of the day‚ there’s a big bubble coming out of their heads saying‚ you know‚ ‘Can we just lynch him?’”— Actor Sean Penn on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight‚ October 14‚ 2011. â–  “If ROMNEY gets elected I don’t know if i can breathe same air as Him &; his Right Wing Racist Homophobic Women Hating Tea Bagger Masters”— Actress/singer Cher in a May 8‚ 2012 Twitter posting that was later deleted (grammar and punctuation as in the original). â–  “First of all‚ give an honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama!”— Actor Jamie Foxx during the Soul Train Awards‚ November 25‚ 2012 on BET.     â–  “I am one of your biggest fans‚ if not the biggest‚ and have been since the inception of your campaign....It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass...You’re so handsome that I can’t speak properly.”— Actress Gwyneth Paltrow introducing President Obama at an October 9‚ 2014 DNC fundraiser held at her Los Angeles home. â–  “I mean‚ obviously‚ I love Hillary Rodham Clinton....And so seeing her talk about early childhood vulnerability and brain development. Man‚ that woman is stout. She is stout. So yes‚ I will be all in when the time comes....I think she might be the most overqualified candidate we’ve had since‚ you know‚ Thomas Jefferson or George Washington.”— Actress/activist Ashley Judd on Larry King Now‚ January 30‚ 2015.     â–  “He is a clown in blackface sitting on the Supreme Court. He gets me that angry. He doesn’t belong there....This man does not belong on the Supreme Court. He is an embarrassment. He is a disgrace to America.”— Actor George Takei‚ who played Mr. Sulu on Star Trek‚ talking about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a June 30‚ 2015 interview with Fox 10 in Phoenix‚ Arizona â–  “Can we bring Trump here?...I think he needs help...When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”— Actor Johnny Depp at Glastonbury Festival in England on June 22‚ 2017. â–  “He’s a Nazi. He wants no judicial process. He kidnapped children and commits acts of violence for political gain and to support his racist views. He admires violent dictators. Trump is a Nazi. The debate is over. Soon we will have proof he is a Nazi supported by the Russians.”— June 25‚ 2018 tweet by director Judd Apatow. â–  “It’s no longer the Republican Party to me. It’s the Rape Party.”— October 4‚ 2018 tweet by actress Molly Ringwald. â–  “I’m happy to stand with Samantha Bee tonight to support the First Amendment‚ the right of the President to be a relentless and unrepentant lying scumbag‚ the right of his supporters to not give a shit and our right to do something about it...Impeachment or not‚ there will be an election. Unless Mitch McConnell can figure out a way to stop that vote‚ too.”— Actor Robert De Niro at TBS’s Samantha Bee’s Not The White House Correspondents Dinner‚ April 27‚ 2019. â–  “Trump is responsible for more deaths than Kennedy Johnson and Nixon. He will go down in history as the Stalin of incompetence and greed.”— April 22‚ 2020 tweet by actress Ellen Barkin. â–  “Screw politics. Screw poll numbers. Joe Biden has a record of accomplishments in the first two years of his Presidency that has gone unmatched for almost 60 years.”— July 29‚ 2022 tweet by filmmaker Rob Reiner. â–  Actress Jane Fonda: “We’re not going back. I don’t care what the laws are. We’re not going back….It’s true. It’s the truth. We’re not going to do it. We’re going to fight.”Co-host Joy Behar: “Besides marching and protesting‚ what else do you suggest?”Fonda: “Well‚ it does involve murder.”— ABC’s The View‚ March 10‚ 2023. For more examples from our flashback series‚ which we call the NewsBusters Time Machine‚ go here.               

The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation after the Boeing 737 blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight. The catastrophe occurred while the plane was 16‚000 feet in the air‚ according to the Wall Street Journal.Investigators have reached out to passengers on the January 5 flight‚ which was forced to make an unexpected landing in Portland‚ Oregon‚ after a fuselage panel was torn off in mid-flight. Additionally‚ the Justice Department has interviewed flight attendants and pilots who were on the flight.Following the incident‚ Alaska Airlines said‚ "In an event like this‚ it’s normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation. We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation."The report noted that the probe would let the Justice Department know if Boeing had complied with a previous settlement that ended a federal investigation after two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. Between the two crashes‚ 300 people were killed.If it is revealed that the company did not meet the terms of the settlement‚ Boeing could be prosecuted for defrauding the U.S. The company has also been battling civil investigations concerning its jets‚ according to the Daily Mail.Earlier this week‚ the National Transportation Safety Board noted that Boeing had not yet turned over documented evidence of the production and installation of the door plug under question.The Hill reported that in a letter to Congress‚ Boeing acknowledged that it has been unsuccessful in finding records of the work done on the door panel for the Alaska Airlines plane.Investigators involved in the case have started letting Alaska passengers on board the flight know that they are potential crime victims‚ according to the Journal. The report went on to suggest that criminal probes can cause complications when it comes to parallel aviation safety investigations.The NTSB's top official said last week that the Justice Department's involvement in the case could cool its accident probe. Jennifer Homendy‚ the safety board's chair‚ said‚ “We don’t want to tell any other agency what they should or should not do."“Where it becomes a concern for us is when employees and others don’t feel safe to speak to us.”The safety board said four important bolts were reportedly missing when the plane left the Boeing factory.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Robert DeNiro ranted about the "nightmare" scenario of an actual "dictatorship" if former President Donald Trump were to win the 2024 election during a recent appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." Maher questioned how Trump could possibly be beating President Joe Biden. The HBO talk show host cited a New York Times/Sienna poll that showed Trump leading Biden 48% to 43%. Maher also noted that Trump had pulled neck-and-neck with Biden with women and ahead of the Democrat presidential candidate with Hispanics. DeNiro responded‚ "I don’t know‚ I just don’t want to feel the way I did. And many‚ many of us don’t. After the election in 2016‚ where we couldn’t believe that it happened."DeNiro denigrated Trump as a "total monster" and "a mean‚ nasty‚ hateful person."On the HBO show‚ the Hollywood actor suggested that the United States would become a "dictatorship" if Trump were reelected‚ and seemingly implied that the government would prohibit Bill Maher from hosting his own show.DeNiro declared‚ "It can not be!"The actor told Maher‚ "If he is‚ he wins the election. You won’t be on this show anymore. He’ll come looking for me. There’ll be things that happen that none of us can imagine. That’s what happens in that kind of a dictatorship‚ which is what he says. Let’s believe and take him at his word."Maher alleged‚ "I mean‚ I said from the very beginning‚ this guy is never going to concede power. And he still hasn’t. He still hasn’t — just admitted he lost the last election and he advertises that he will go on. He says he’s been cheated out of one term."The 80-year-old DeNiro blustered‚ "So he’s a sociopathic‚ psychopathic‚ malignant narcissist. He is a dangerous person."DeNiro told the fellow celebrity‚ "I’d never play him as an actor because I can’t see any good in him. Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing redeemable in him."Trump hit back at DeNiro by saying the actor was suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome‚ also known as TDS. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post‚ "Robert DeNiro has a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Such a stupid sounding guy‚ a low IQ individual!In 2016‚ DeNiro said of Trump‚ "I'd like to punch him in the face‚" and added‚ "I mean he's so blatantly stupid. He's a punk‚ he's a dog‚ he's a pig‚ he's a con‚ a bulls**t artist‚ a mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about‚ doesn't do his homework‚ doesn't care‚ thinks he's gaming society‚ doesn't pay his taxes. He's an idiot."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!(WARNING: Explicit language) Robert De Niro Dumps on Trump | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) www.youtube.com

Police bodycam footage has been released that appears to show the horrific moments before a 16-year-old in Los Angeles burned to death after a car crash last month‚ according to the Daily Mail.Destiny Villanueva‚ 16‚ died in a single-car crash after the 14-year-old driver smashed into a light pole while attempting to flee from the police. The police tried to pull the vehicle over after realizing that its headlights were out around midnight on February 20.The recently released bodycam footage revealed that one officer on the scene said‚ "It's rainy conditions‚ we're not going to go in pursuit." Shortly after the officer's comments‚ surveillance footage gathered from across the street captured the moment the Toyota Camry struck a light pole at Balboa and Ventura Boulevard at a high speed‚ per the report.After the accident‚ police officers can be seen rushing over to the vehicle. "Can you get out?" one officer asked. The driver responded‚ "No." The report noted that the door would not open. One of the three girls in the vehicle can be heard saying: "I can't get out‚ my leg's hurting." The officers then break the mangled car windows and slice open the airbag with a pocket knife.As the flames continued to get worse‚ the officers told the girls that "[y]ou have to get out of the car‚ get out."The driver and the 18-year-old passenger eventually squeezed out of the vehicle‚ but Villanueva was still trapped in the backseat. KABC reported that Villanueva passed away at the scene.The authorities confirmed that the three people in the car were friends and lived near each other.When firefighters eventually made it to the accident‚ they found Villanueva wedged under the driver's seat. The 16-year-old was described by family and friends as a "precious daughter whose light was extinguished far too soon."The family set up a GoFundMe following the accident‚ writing: "Please consider making a donation in honor of Destiny ... Your generosity will provide Angie with the support she needs to focus on what truly matters—honoring the memory of her daughter and finding solace in the midst of this tragedy.""Your kindness and compassion will forever be appreciated by Angie and all who love her."At the time of this report‚ the GoFundMe account had raised $4‚026 of its $10‚000 goal.The incident remains under investigation‚ per reports. It is not clear if the vehicle was stolen or if it belonged to one of the girls' families. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

I suck at chess. It’s a simple game that I love to play‚ but I’ve never been any good at it. So if I could somehow cheat and get away with it‚ I’d probably win a lot more. This need to cheat is the premise of the new Steam indie King of the Bridge‚ where you face off against a pesky bridge troll who’s invented his own version of the game with so many rules they’ll make your head spin. The trick though‚ is if you catch the troll cheating‚ you can cheat right back. Continue reading Inventive $3 Steam indie has you playing a cheating troll at chess MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games‚ Free Steam games‚ Best puzzle games

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