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While Donald Trump maintained that the novel coronavirus pandemic is not as dire as scientific experts have repeatedly warned, it appears his administration was launching a plan to have celebrities quash public concern, thereby boosting the president’s image.

The problem? Few wanted any part.

According to House Oversight Committee documents obtained by Politico in an article published Thursday, Trump’s administration was concocting an enormous taxpayer-funded ad campaign allegedly to educate, but in actuality to improve the optics of the president’s fumbling of the situation.

Led by Health and Human Services spokesman Michael Caputo, the actual theme of the campaign was “Helping the ...

While Donald Trump continued to maintain the novel coronavirus pandemic is not as dire as scientific experts have repeatedly warned, it appears his administration was launching a plan to have celebrities quash public concern, thereby boosting the president’s image.

The problem? Few wanted any part.

According to House Oversight Committee documents obtained by Politico in an article published Thursday, Trump’s administration was concocting an enormous taxpayer-funded ad campaign allegedly to educate, but in actuality to improve the optics of the president’s fumbling of the situation.

Led by Health and Human Services spokesman Michael Caputo, the actual theme of the campaign was “Helping ...

USA has dropped columnist Cheri Jacobus after the the political strategist and frequent TV pundit insulted Republican consultant and Trump ally Michael Caputo’s daughters and suggested that they be used at “parties” by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Our editors in the opinion section became aware of the tweet by freelance columnist Cheri Jacobus just after noon today,” a spokesperson for the company told TheWrap Thursday evening.

“An hour later after researching the issue, our editors let Jacobus know that she would no longer be writing for USA Today,” the spokesperson added. “We have asked her to remove the USA Today affiliation from her bio.”

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By Friday morning, Jacobus — who once proudly boasted of her affiliation with USA Today in her Twitter profile — had removed any mention of the paper.

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Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo says the FBI is “our own version of the Kgb.” Later, he insisted he was kidding. Appearing Thursday on Katy Tur’s MSNBC program, Caputo complained the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is turning the United States "into Russia." Caputo who spent six months on the Trump team, worked in Russia during the 1990s and, in the early 2000s worked for Gazprom Media, the Russian conglom that supported Russian…...

The minute I got the go ahead for this blog, I e-mailed Victor Bonacore hoping to score a sit down. After meeting at the La Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in early 2008, I had quickly become a fan of his short films, and I wasn’t the only one. Not only has Bonacore won praise from numerous critics for his shorts Pretty and Eat Me (which have found distribution in the UK), they have been screened at festivals around the world. Most recently, his music video for Johnnie Lee Jordan’s The Wigly premiered, garnering early raves for his unique take on the love song. Infusing his work with a rare blend of horror and romanticism, and recently founding the production company ChainsawKiss, Bonacore is determined to expand his work. And with 2009 seeing the completion of no less then three shorts, he is truly a talent to look out for.

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