Donald Trump is trying on a new tactic: Acknowledging that COVID-19 is a real thing and that getting vaccinated and boostered is the best way to avoid dying from a virus that has already killed more than 5.5 million people worldwide. And now he’s even going so far as to call out Republican lawmakers who refuse to reveal their personal vaccination statuses.
The former president’s first brush with COVID truth-telling wasn’t necessarily a positive experience: When he told the (small) crowd that had gathered to see him and Bill O’Reilly speak during their History Tour that he had received a COVID booster, Trump was loudly booed. While he attempted to downplay the hisses as coming from just a teensy weensy portion of the crowd, he was apparently so distraught over it that O’Reilly had to console him. But now that Trump has gotten a taste of what it’s like to live among those of us who recognize that we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, and even getting credit for his work in pushing the vaccines through so quickly, he seems to be liking it here. So much so that he actually criticized those lawmakers who refuse to say whether they’ve been vaccinated.
While being interviewed by OAN, Trump went fiercely pro-vax and called out Republican lawmakers like Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who are keeping their vaccine status a secret, saying:
“They don’t want to say it because they’re gutless. You gotta say it, whether you had it or not. Say it. But the fact is that I think the vaccines saved tens of millions throughout the world. I’ve had absolutely no side effects.”
While Trump didn’t mention DeSantis by name, NBC News reports that many think it was a clear swipe at the Florida Man, who many believe is preparing to make a run for president in 2024. When asked whether Trump’s new publicly pro-booster stance was aimed at DeSantis as a potential opponent, a senior Trump adviser claimed that the former president’s comments were just Donald being Donald.
TRUMP says “I’ve had the booster,” and says he’s seen politicians asked the same, but dodge.
“The answer is yes, but they don’t want to say it. Because they’re gutless… Whether you had it or not. Say it.”
“Actually, if you think about it, it plays to Trump’s strength and why voters were attracted to him to begin with—you may not like what he has to say, but he calls them like he sees them and doesn’t try to mince words like typical politicians,” the adviser told NBC News.
As for whether DeSantis might pose a threat to Trump’s attempt to reclaim the Oval Office, the same adviser simply said that it’s “Tough to be Trump 2.0 if you can’t be a straight shooter.”
Lil Durk is heading back out on the road after supporting Lil Baby’s 2021 Back Outside Tour. Today, the Chicago rapper announced the 17-city tour for his upcoming project 7220 which kicks off in Phoenix, AZ at the Arizona Federal Theatre and concludes on May 2 at the United Center in his hometown. Durk is fresh off the release of a pair of notable collaborations, one with controversial country star Morgan Wallen (“Broadway Girls“) and another with 50 Cent (“Power Powder Respect,” the theme for the upcoming Power spinoff Force).
Tickets go on sale beginning Friday, January 14 at 10 am local time at LiveNation.com. Check out the full schedule below.
4/8 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Federal Theatre
4/9 – Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theatre
4/10 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
4/13 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
4/15 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
4/16 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore New Orleans
4/18 – Miami, FL @ FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park
4/19 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place
4/20 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
4/21 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
4/23 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
4/24 – New York, NY @ Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom
4/26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ UPMC Event Center
4/27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J Brady Music Center
4/29 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
4/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
5/2 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Jim Gaffigan has never made a secret of his disdain for Donald Trump’s politics. In August 2020, the typically even-keeled Hot Pockets-loving comedian surprised a lot of people when he went off on the then-president on Twitter, calling him “a fascist who has no belief in law.” While it’s now been nearly a year since Trump was pushed out of the White House, Gaffigan’s feelings toward the former reality star have not become any less emphatic.
On the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, as Mediaite shared, Gaffigan said that if given a choice between voting for Trump or Joe Biden’s rotting corpse, he would undoubtedly choose the latter. “I would take Biden’s corpse over Trump,” Gaffigan said.
When Rogan responded that one needs to look at both the president and the people surrounding the president, “all the other folks that are moving things in place,” Gaffigan remained unmoved in his opinion, noting that Trump had the likes Betsy DeVos and Stephen Miller surrounding him. “You’d take all those people?,” Gaffigan asked Rogan. “Even Mike Pence,” Gaffigan continued. “Say what you want about Kamala—it’s like, any of those people…”
When Rogan responded that he didn’t think Kamala Harris was “the best example” to use given her “storied history of incarcerating people and keeping people in jail past the time they were supposed to be released to use them as cheap labor for the state of California,” Gaffigan’s response was enough to end the conversation, or any conversation really: “Mike Pence believed in, like, you could do therapy to get rid of gay.”
Rosie Thomas has had a nice career so far, as she’s released a handful of solo albums and performed with acts like Iron & Wine and Sufjan Stevens as part of their touring bands. Now she has called on those artists and others to help her out with a new cover of Björk’s “All Is Full Of Love.”
Stevens and Iron & Wine provide backing vocals on the track, as do James Mercer of The Shins, Alexi Murdoch, Audrey Assad, William Fitzsimmons, Dawn Landes, Denison Witmer, Josh Ottum, The Head & The Heart’s Charity Thielen, The Lone Bellow’s Kanene Pipkin, Leigh Nash, Kyshona Armstrong, Beau Jennings, Kevin Brace, Buster Shoop, and Alvie Shoop.
The song is part of Thomas’ Lullabies For Parents series, which she announced back in November. At the time, it was described as “a multimedia series of resources, entertainment, and encouragement for parents of all ages featuring music, podcast, videos, essays, assorted content and community that promotes finding common ground, connection, and comfort.” It was also noted, “The music portion will be a series of singles – some of Rosie’s strongest, most inspired work to date, with a slew of guest vocalists. Rosie has a LOT of musician friends, and almost all of them will appear on this series.”
Listen to Thomas’ cover of “All Is Full Of Love” above.
In The Eye, some of music’s finest up-and-coming artists take to an intimate, minimal studio space to perform their best songs with only one microphone and one take. Stepping up for the latest installment is Teddy Swims, who may have already found his way onto your online feeds.
The internet has played a significant role in the Atlanta singer’s rise, and he first found an online audience for himself when he shared a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You” on YouTube in 2019. He later said, “It was the ten-year anniversary of his death and we just thought we’d pay homage. Within a few days, it was going crazy.” The channel continued to grow from there, as it now boasts over 2 million subscribers and popular videos like his cover of Shania Twain’s “Still The One,” which has over 77 million views and which Twain herself called “a beautiful version” of the song. Last year, Rolling Stone declared he’s an “artist you need to know.”
He also thrives on TikTok, where his voice has become a favorite on the platform and earned him 1.6 million followers, as well as millions more likes on his videos. His online influence and obvious talent caught the attention of the folks at Warner Records, who signed him to a deal in early 2020. He’s currently working towards his debut album, which he describes as combining “everything from straight hip-hop to R&B to ’80s metal.”
In the meantime, he has released a handful of singles, a couple of which, “911” and “Please Turn Green,” he has now performed on The Eye. With the two performances here, Swims shows off the versatility that has become his calling card. “911,” his most recent single, sees Swims flexing his vocal chops on a jaunty and soulful instrumental. Then there’s “Please Turn Green,” which is more of an emotional pop ballad on which Swims shows off his more tender side. If Swims needed a video resume to represent his vocal range, these two performances would suit that role just fine.
Watch Teddy Swims perform “911″ and “Please Turn Green” for The Eye above.
Teddy Swims is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Even if you’ve rarely tried stout beers (and there are oh so manygreat ones to check out!), there’s a pretty good chance you’ve at least had a pint of Guinness or two. It’s one of the most popular beers in the world, after all. The dry Irish stout is known for its creamy, coffee, and chocolate-toasted malt flavors. And while Guinness is a good example of the style, countless other stouts also deserve your attention.
If you do enjoy the flavor profile of Guinness — well, you’re in luck. Many stouts also carry espresso, toasted malts, and chocolate flavors (on top of other notes, depending on their unique ingredients). And that’s just scratching the surface of what a stout can be.
To find you a few new brews to test this month, we asked a handful of well-known bartenders to tell us the single stout (imperial, barrel-aged, Irish stout, whatever) that they never get tired of drinking. Keep scrolling to see all of their selections!
Granted, I am not much of a stout drinker. But given the option to only drink one stout, I would pick Stone Xocoveza Imperial Stout every time. This rich cocoa and cinnamon forward stout hits all the notes. Having a touch of bitterness and subtle sweetness (preying upon my love of coffee), you won’t find a lack of complexity.
Inspired by Mexican hot chocolate this enchanting brew gives me holiday vibes even without the Christmas tree that I’ve been procrastinating on putting away.
Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout
Flying Dog
Subhash Sankar, head mixologist at Alaia Belize in San Pedro Town, Belize
Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout was originally a limited release from Flying Dog last year. This seldom-seen stout style is so rare because it’s made with real oysters. It doesn’t taste like oysters, luckily. But it does have hints of coffee, chocolate, and toasted malts.
Stone Imperial Russian Stout has to be my pick. It has nice coffee, cocoa, and hazelnut notes and it’s also produced one of my favorite brewers in California.
Mother’s Brewing Winter Grind
Mother
Emily Lawson, bartender and founder of Pink House Alchemy in Fayetteville, Arkansas
ABV: 6%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
I can’t get enough of Mother’s Brewing Company’s Winter Grind. It’s rich and creamy with the added hit of cold-brewed coffee making it the perfect winter daytime sipper.
Napa Smith Black Chasm is hard to beat. It has flavors of intense vanilla, toasted malt, oatmeal, and hints of rye and is finished off in bourbon barrels.
Southern Tier Nitro Hot Cocoa
Southern Tier
Christopher Devern, lead bartender at Red Owl Tavern in Philadelphia
Southern Tier Nitro Hot Cocoa Imperial Milk Stout has notes of cold hot cocoa, is creamy and silky bodied, and comes in at ten percent ABV. I could definitely drink this stout for the rest of winter and every winter in the future. It’s the season for hot chocolate in beer form.
Half Acre Vanilla Big Hugs
Half Acre
Mark Phelan, beverage director of 16″ On Center in Chicago
Let’s live a little and go big with Half Acre’s Vanilla Big Hugs. Complex and layered with coffee and vanilla undertones, it sips warm and cozy just like the name suggests.
Left Hand Milk Stout is one of those unique brews that always delivers a smooth, creamy, and delicious flavor. Easy drinking and not too heavy. It’s even better if it’s a nitro pour.
Barreled Souls 10 Cents Gets You Nuts
Barreled Souls
Ally O’Keefe, bartender at The Bower in New Orleans
ABV: 12.9%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
Barreled Souls 10 Cents Gets You Nuts is a big, boozy dessert-like, bourbon-drowned bananas foster. It has flavors of molasses, peanut shells, banana puree, and wet campfire wood with a big enough malt backbone to balance it out.
Allagash North Sky hands down. It’s filled with nice roasted malt with a little bit of hop. It’s very well-rounded and drinks a little too easy for a stout, if you know what I mean.
Wild Field Mountain Moonlight
Wild Field
Alejandro Mendoza, restaurant and bar manager at Hotel SLO in San Luis Obispo, California
ABV: 6.3%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
Wild Fields (out of Atascadero, California) Mountain Moonlight Oatmeal Stout is my go-to. This beer is bursting with rich chocolate and espresso flavors. It’s sweet, rich, and decadent. What’s not to love?
Public Battlegrounds, more commonly known as PUBG, is the original hit battle royale game. While the concept of battle royale was not created by PUBG, the formula that was created from PUBG has been emulated everywhere. Players drop down onto a map, a circle appears, the circle will continually get smaller as the game goes on, and the final player or team standing wins. This formula first popularized by PUBG is eventually what led to Fortnite, Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone, and many other battle royales. Of course, each game brings its own spin on the formula to make it unique from one another.
There is one major difference however between PUBG and other popular battle royale games: While PUBG has historically cost money to play, Fortnite, Warzone, and Apex are all free-to-play. That means a lower barrier to entry and more people have been able to get into the game. Despite being the game that started it all, PUBG quickly fell behind those three in the genre. Why that happened can be argued, but it definitely can be argued that the cost to entry barrier was holding PUBG back.
As of Wednesday, though, PUBG is no longer going to have that barrier, as the game has decided to go free-to-play.
Dave Curd, the creator director of PUBG, claims this was decision was not made in response to the popularity of other games. Curd said in an interview with GamesRadar that the change to move to free-to-play was entirely about their own interests.
“We came to the decision to make PUBG: Battlegrounds free to play because we feel that it is truly the right time,” Curd said. “Our game is in a great place with eight maps, an engaged community and our deep gun mechanics, so this is the natural next step and a great way to introduce more players to our universe. I know there are a lot of people who are interested in PUBG: Battlegrounds but have never gotten around to playing it for various reasons – now is the perfect moment to get started.”
The United States has an official population of 332,428,976, as of publication. In seven months, 300,000,000 of you — yes, YOU — will be in prison.
That’s according to Mike Lindell, who spends millions of dollars every month trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. While appearing on Real America’s Voice News, the MyPillow founder said, “Everything you’re going to see over these next seven months to get rid of the [voting] machines. You’re going to see the Supreme Court case coming out. All these great things, everybody,” he said before adding a plug for his nutty social media website. Lindell has never been “more optimistic” about proving that the election was stolen from former-president Donald Trump, and that he’s on “an incline.”
Why?
“Because it’s so amazing, all the things that we have. We already have all the piece[s] of puzzle. And you talk about evidence? We have enough evidence to put everybody in prison for life, 300 and some million people. We have that all the way back to November and December. But what we have is these other things that had to happen, which was all evil revealing itself.”
Well, I’m convinced. The population is now 332,428,986. Sorry, baby who was just born, you’re headed straight to the slammer. The pillow man said so.
You can watch the clip below.
Mike Lindell has never been more confident about his plan to overturn the 2020 election: “We have enough evidence to put everyone in prison for life, 300 and some million people.” Is he planning to imprison basically the entire US population? pic.twitter.com/UYfC1dR7V0
The first time a child sees their normally bearded dad without any facial hair can go a number of ways. Some kids cry and scream in terror, wondering who destroyed their father’s face. Others stare in confusion, unsure of what to make of it.
And then there’s this little sweetheart.
Ellie told her dad that she didn’t like his beard and asked him to “take it off.” So he did. At first, she’s a bit taken aback.
“Hey, why did you take it off?” she asked. (Ah, toddlers, always not wanting what they just said they wanted.)
Then she asked if he’d put it in the back of his head.
Children are just so pure, and it’s so clear that Ellie loves her Popsy so much, beard or no beard.
People are loving the video, which was originally shared by Ellie’s parents on @uncooltoddler on Instagram.
“Welp, that’s probably the cutest thing I’ve seen ever,” wrote one commenter.
“You can tell her parents speak nothing but love to her,” wrote another.
“Well, that went well,” wrote one person. “My daughter had never seen her dad’s naked face till she was 4½ : she ran out into the yard screaming and wouldn’t come back in the house w ‘that shwange man’.”
“I wonder if this will get old the 3000th time I watch it?” wondered one commenter, reflecting how most of us feel.
Several commenters decided they were going to adopt the nickname “Popsy,” either for themselves or a dad or grandpa in their life.
So. Darn. Cute. Keep that cuteness coming, @uncooltoddler.
Breaking into the industry of your dreams takes discipline, hard work, and commitment — and sometimes that still isn’t enough to get you a seat at the table. When it looks like you’ve got the cards stacked against you there are only two options: give up and call it a day, or do what Doris Anahi Muñoz did as she tried to break into the competitive LA music industry.
“As you’re trying to claw your way throughout the industry, you’re hoping for someone to give you a seat at the table and then I realized that a woman like myself in the community that I come from, we have to build our own table. I had to create a space,” Muñoz says.
By betting on herself, Muñoz was able to create Casa Mija, a “free and accessible” mentorship program that focuses on creating opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) to enter the music industry and gain valuable industry insight while connecting with like-minded folks from their communities. Muñoz understands the importance of community, it has always been a driving force in her life, a motivator as well as something she could lean on in tough times.
“In the swirl and bubble of my career in the music industry developing, my brother was deported,” she says “We had a scare of a possible deportation happening with our parents and I wanted to do everything in my power to make sure that didn’t happen again. So I had this idea to organize a concert and try to raise enough money for my mom to at least get her paperwork started. I needed my community to back me up.”
Muñoz’s first concert was a success, which allowed her to throw a second and fully fund the necessary paperwork and legal services that would allow both of her parents to reunite with her brother safely. From that experience, Muñoz created Solidarity For Sanctuary, a non-profit that tasks itself with amplifying the voices of immigrant communities through music and advocacy for the arts nationwide.
“From there it just kept growing to help different community efforts,” she says. “Folks who needed to renew their DACA, to other folks that were directly in need, and then that’s when it grew on a national scale.”
To learn more about Doris Anahi Muñoz’s inspirational story, check out the video from the new Uproxx series AMÉRICA above.
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