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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) shared an abusive voicemail with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday during a segment on the hostile work environment in Congress.

“You ought to get the fuck off the planet, you fucking foul bitch,” an angry male caller barked. “They ought to fucking try you for treason, bitch. … I hope your family dies in front of you. I pray to God, if you’ve got any children, they die in your face.”

"It's pretty toxic, there's no question about it," GOP Rep. Fred Upton...

Fox News Media hosts, including strong supporters of the president, such as business host Maria Bartiromo, took President Donald Trump to task on Thursday for suggesting during a political rally Wednesday night that late congressman John Dingell is "looking up" from hell.

Bartiromo hosted Dingell's widow, Rep. Debbie Dingell, on her show on Thursday morning. "Congresswoman, I'm sorry about this, that happened last night," she told her. "This was completely — it was so unnecessary. How are you feeling?" She added, later, "John Dingell was loved on both sides of the aisle."...

Viacom and CBS have appointed Doretha “DeDe” Lea as EVP Global Public Policy and Government Relations of ViacomCBS, a position that will become effective when the pending merger of the companies is closed.

As the top lobbyist for the soon-to-be-merged company, Lea will report to CEO Bob Bakish. The $30 billion, all-stock merger of CBS and Viacom is expected to close by the end of 2019. Both companies already share the same controlling shareholder, National Amusements, and operated within the same corporate structure from 2000-06.

Among the many regulatory and legislative issues in Washington, ViacomCBS will be continuing to safeguard its rights to retransmission consent, which have turned into a lucrative revenue source over the years.

In a move related to Lea’s appointment, longtime CBS lobbyist John Orlando will leave the company at the time of the close. In addition to his two-decade run at CBS, Orlando also worked on Capitol Hill for 14 years.

A Twitter employee allegedly decided to leave the company with a bang.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump‘s Twitter account was shut down and the social media company has put the blame on by an employee who was working their last day.

For eleven minutes at 7 p.m. Et, people searching for the commander-in-chief’s Twitter account only encountered a bright blue page that read, “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!” The account has about 41.7 million Twitter followers.

Earlier today @realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee. The account was down for 11 minutes,...

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Ted Cruz was the subject of Twitter fodder on Tuesday morning after reportedly liking a pornography video from his official account.

Though the like has since been removed, numerous users screengrabbed a photo of the likes of the onetime Gop presidential frontrunner’s page. The video in question was shared initially by an account called @SexuallPosts.

Well done @TedCruz using the power of "like" to illustrate the evils of porn #Weiner pic.twitter.com/SQDPh1cRTp

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 12, 2017

“The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter,” Cruz’s...

Arizona Sen. John McCain is blaming his convoluted line of questioning at Thursday’s James Comey testimony on his decision to stay up late the night before to watch a baseball game.

Many on Twitter were left scratching their heads after the 80-year-old Republican senator grilled Comey during the hearing about why the FBI closed its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, while continuing its probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

At one point in his lengthy inquiry, McCain seemed to suggest that Clinton may have colluded with Russia to sabotage her own campaign.

Happy Birthday, Bill Clinton! Hillary Clinton was just one of many well-wishers celebrating her husband, President Bill Clinton's 70th birthday on Friday. The Democratic presidential candidate took to Twitter and Instagram to show her love for her husband of 45 years. "45 years later, I couldn't be happier to have you by my side. Happy birthday, Bill! -H," the 68-year-old former Secretary of State wrote on Twitter. 45 years later, I couldn't be happier to have you by my side. Happy birthday, Bill! -H pic.twitter.com/KDhgLsNr7K— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 19, 2016 She later posted the same throwback from the couple's...

Happy Birthday, Bill Clinton! Hillary Clinton was just one of many well-wishers celebrating her husband, President Bill Clinton's 70th birthday on Friday. The Democratic presidential candidate took to Twitter and Instagram to show her love for her husband of 45 years. "45 years later, I couldn't be happier to have you by my side. Happy birthday, Bill! -H," the 68-year-old former Secretary of State wrote on Twitter. 45 years later, I couldn't be happier to have you by my side. Happy birthday, Bill! -H pic.twitter.com/KDhgLsNr7K— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 19, 2016 She later posted the same throwback from the couple's...

Four helicopter trips into a combat zone. Forty-four people saved. Forty-nine years. It would be difficult to sum up Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles' life in numbers, but those are the essential ones. In May 1967, two years into America's ground war in Vietnam, Kettles, then a major, was the lead pilot of six helicopter crews sent to rescue a group of American paratroopers trapped by North Vietnamese troops. Monday, he received the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor, for his efforts. "A soldier never leaves his comrades behind," President Barack Obama said Monday when he presented Kettles, 86, with the Medal.

Four helicopter trips into a combat zone. Forty-four people saved. Forty-nine years. It would be difficult to sum up Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles' life in numbers, but those are the essential ones. In May 1967, two years into America's ground war in Vietnam, Kettles, then a major, was the lead pilot of six helicopter crews sent to rescue a group of American paratroopers trapped by North Vietnamese troops. Monday, he received the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor, for his efforts. "A soldier never leaves his comrades behind," President Barack Obama said Monday when he presented Kettles, 86, with the Medal.

It appears the Donald Trump-Mike Pence logo released on Friday was nothing but a one-night stand. After the running mates' first attempt at a logo was mercilessly mocked by the Internet for being sexually suggestive, Trump's campaign unveiled a modified version of the graphic on Saturday in an email officially introducing the Indiana governor as the Gop nominee's vice-presidential candidate. The new logo featured the word "Trump" atop the word "Pence," doing away with the interlocking T and P logo that prompted former Democratic Michigan Rep. John Dingell to jokingly tweet, "What is the T doing to that P?...

It appears the Donald Trump-Mike Pence logo released on Friday was nothing but a one-night stand. After the running mates' first attempt at a logo was mercilessly mocked by the Internet for being sexually suggestive, Trump's campaign unveiled a modified version of the graphic on Saturday in an email officially introducing the Indiana governor as the Gop nominee's vice-presidential candidate. The new logo featured the word "Trump" atop the word "Pence," doing away with the interlocking T and P logo that prompted former Democratic Michigan Rep. John Dingell to jokingly tweet, "What is the T doing to that P?...

The Internet would like the new Donald Trump-Mike Pence logo to "get a room." The logo, unveiled Friday shortly after Trump announced the Indiana governor as his vice presidential running mate, shows the letter "T" (for Trump) cutting through the letter "P" (for Pence). The logo was trending on social media Friday for all the wrong reasons, as Twitter users ridiculed the symbol for being sexually suggestive - or at the very least, evocative of toilet paper. "How are we supposed to explain the new Trump logo to our children??" one critic wondered. "What is the T doing to that P?...

Meryl Streep is already regarded as the greatest actress of her generation, and now, she's set to receive yet another accolade.

Streep is one of 19 men and women who will be bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. She'll receive the medal from President Barack Obama during an awards ceremony to be held at the White House on November 24.

The full list of recipients also includes: Tom Brokaw; Ethel Kennedy; Stevie Wonder; composer Stephen Sondheim; choreographer Alvin Ailey; novelist Isabel Allende; civil rights activist and "Freedom Summer" participants James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner; physicist Mildred Dresselhaus; Rep. John Dingell of Michigan; writer and activist Suzan Harjo; Federal judge and former Rep. Abner Mikva of Illinois; Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii; Rep. Edward Roybal of California; professional golfer Charles Sifford; economist Robert Solow; social activist Marlo Thomas.

"I look forward to presenting these nineteen bold,...

President Barack Obama will honor 19 trailblazers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on November 24. Entertainers among that group are actresses Meryl Streep and Marlo Thomas, singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder, and composer Stephen Sondheim. Others include author Isabel Allende, newsman Tom Brokaw, physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, Rep. John Dingell, activist Ethel Kennedy, writer Suzan Harjo, golfer Charles Sifford, economist Robert Solow, Rep. Abner Mikva, and Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink. Posthumous awards will be given out for choreographer Alvin Ailey, activist Edward Roybal, and civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. This award is the highest civilian honor that can be presented to an individual. The Wrap -Break- Director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino proclaims he will retire after making his 10th film. His eighth will be "The Hateful Eight," in which eight "hate-filled firebrands from the Ol..."...

President Obama will be awarding 19 individuals with the highest civilian honor in America, ranging from singers to civil rights activists to Oscar-winning actresses. Among the honorees representing the arts world are Stevie Wonder, Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep, actress Marlo Thomas, Tom Brokaw, writer and activist Suzan Harjo, and author Isabel Allende. Streep and Sondheim are particularly timely honorees, considering the film adaptation of Sondheim's Into the Woods stars Streep and arrives in theaters on Dec. 25. The other honorees include professional golfer Charles Sifford, who helped to desegregate the Professional Golfers' Association, economist Robert Solow, scientist Mildred Dresselhaus, and Ethel Kennedy.

Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder and Tom Brokaw are among the latest Americans tapped to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama announced Tuesday. The performers and former NBC anchor will join 16 others at the White House on Nov. 24 for a ceremony marking their achievements. The medal is the highest honor granted to civilians in the U.S. and honors contributions to U.S. security, world peace and cultural achievement. "From scientists who kept America on the cutting edge to public servants who help write new chapters in our American story, these citizens have made extraordinary contributions to our country and the world,...

Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Stevie Wonder, choreographer Alvin Ailey and author Isabel Allende were among the 19 names chosen by President Obama today to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The awards will be bestowed at the White House on November 24. Here’s the full list of recipients just released:

Alvin Ailey (posthumous)

Ailey was a choreographer, dancer, and the founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which is renowned for its inspiring performances in 71 countries on 6 continents since 1958. Ailey’s work was groundbreaking in its exploration of the African American experience and the enrichment of the modern dance tradition, including his beloved American masterpiece Revelations. The Ailey organization, based in New York City, carries on his pioneering legacy with performances, training, educational, and community programs for people of all backgrounds.

Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende is a highly acclaimed author...

Ratings for Syfy's “Sharknado 2: The Second One” haven't come in, but the movie is already a hit in one sphere. It quickly shot to number one on Twitter trending, with everyone getting in on the action of the sequel to the unlikely smash hit from last summer. In fact, at one point in the night, eight of the top ten Twitter hashtags were for the Ian Ziering and Tara Reid movie, which featured countless celebrity cameos. Also read: ‘Sharknado’ Confounds Congress’ Longest-Tenured Member John Dingell The film is also trending on Facebook, as the social media strength it showed during last year's.

Ian Ziering and Tara Reid return for a second attempt at Emmy glory on Wednesday night with Syfy's “Sharknado 2: The Second One,” the sequel to last year's televised convergence of storm and ocean predator. Also read: ‘Sharknado’ Confounds Congress’ Longest-Tenured Member John Dingell This time out, a cavalcade of newcomers such as Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Mark McGrath are getting in on the action, which is as sure a sign as any that “The Second One” will bear the same mark of excellence as its predecessor. See also: Al Roker Bravely Reveals That Sharknados Aren't a Real Thing (Video) Grab some popcorn and.

Representative John Dingell has faithfully served Michigan's 12th District for nearly 60 years, so you'll pardon him if he hasn't had time to decipher the science behind Sharknadoes. “So it's a tornado full of sharks?” the United States Congressman tweeted Wednesday (see below). “That's what the entire film is about?” See video: ‘Sharknado 2: The Second One’ Offers Expanded Trailer, Sarcastic Recap The country in general — and his constituents in specific — are just hours away from the premiere of SyFy's highly anticipated twister-meets-shark sequel, “Sharknado 2,” and Congressman Dingell is apparently curious as to what all the fuss is about. Dingell is.

Washington, July 23: Epa has apologized for promoting 'Kim Kardashian: Hollywood' game from their official account on twitter.

A spokesperson later said that an Epa fellow inadvertently triggered an auto-generated tweet, after which she regretted the error and had been advised on the sensitivities of using social media, Fox News reported.

The promoting tweet was deleted after approximately three hours, but by then it had more than 3,000 re-tweets and a comment from Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who was the last original author of the Clean Water Act and didn't know Kim K.

An apology tweet was posted later, according.

It seems everyone is playing Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.

It appears even the United States Environmental Protection Agency is playing Kim Kardashian's smart phone game.

Apparently, the government organization's Twitter account sent out an auto-generated tweet that read: "I'm now a C-List celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Come join me and become famous too by playing on iPhone!"

Related: Kim K's Game Is Worth How Much

The post was sent out Monday evening to the Epa's 52,000 followers. According to Buzz Feed, the message was up for three hours and was re-tweeted over 3,000 times before someone caught it.

While people speculated the account may have been hacked, the Epa owned up to the tweet with a cheeky apology: "Whoops...our bad. Sorry about the tweet. Upside - more attention for the Office of Water, thanks Kim Kardashian."

Needless to say, the Twitterverse exploded with jokes, with even Michigan Congressman John Dingell getting in on the fun...

The effort to craft the first major revision of the Communications Act in 18 years could be interesting but probably will end up to be a politically factious mess. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said today that he plans hearings and studies for “a multi-year effort to examine our nation’s communications laws and update them for the Internet era.” Upton was joined in a Google Hangout announcement by Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., who says that they “plan to look at the Communications Act and all of the changes that have been made piecemeal over the last 89 years and ask the simple question: ‘Is this working for today’s communications marketplace?’” For example, he says that cable operators complained to him that they have to pay franchise fees but Netflix doesn’t. The Gop leaders didn’t include Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., who’s also on...

On his New Rule segment Friday night, Bill Maher excoriated the octogenarian congressmen who have withered in their seats, like Representative John Dingell, who was celebrated last week as the longest serving member of the legislative branch. "This is not about age," Maher said, "this is about congressmen who suck at their jobs because their jobs are never at stake."...

Washington — A Capitol ceremony honoring Rep. John Dingell for becoming Congress's longest-serving member in history featured the expected, such as praise and jokes from Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. It included the unexpected – a pointed pitch to a roomful of congressional leaders and lawmakers by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for controversial immigration legislation.

Yet it was hard to top a performance by singer Mary Wilson backed up by a vaguely synchronized chorus line that included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the actress Lynda Carter.

Wilson, an original member of The Supremes, a marque 1960s group of Detroit-based Motown Records, sang a brief set of songs climaxed with their upbeat hit "Stop in the Name of Love." Pelosi, Sebelius and Carter – along with Dingell's wife, Deborah, and Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Calif. – formed an unlikely dance line behind her, singing and...