Smita M
Smita M has a Masters in Cultural Studies. She has worked in print and digital newsrooms in India and Nepal, writing on culture, politics, social trends, health, and lifestyle.
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No toilets for Secret Service agents in Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's home, agents used Obama's garage
The 6.5 bathrooms inside the Trump/Kushner home were declared off-limits to the people protecting them. So, the federal government spent $100,000 to rent a basement unit with a bathroom for the agents across the street
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern looted by Florida man returned and will be used to announce Trump’s impeachment
Videos posted on Twitter showed a staffer wheeling the lectern through the Capitol’s Statuary Hall and into the Rayburn Room, just off the floor of the House of Representatives
Impeachment Day: Mitch McConnell makes sure Trump won’t be removed from office before Biden's inauguration
Mitch McConnell will not bring back the Senate early for trial. McConnell's spokesperson Doug Andres confirmed this on Twitter saying that their office called Chuck Schumer's team to inform them
YouTube to shut down Donald Trump's verified account? Google-owned platform says it is 'considering it'
YouTube is the last major tech platform that has not banned Trump from posting but it is considering doing so after civil rights groups threatened to organize an advertiser boycott against the video-sharing platform
Everything about Pete Gaynor as FEMA administrator replaces Chad Wolf as acting secretary of Homeland Security
Chad Wolf's email to colleagues informing them about his decision to step down names FEMA Administrator Peter T. Gaynor as his successor
Who is the 'CEO of Ratio' Albert? Twitter suspends mysterious troll account @albert12798, here's why
Here is a low-down on how the troll account became one of the fastest-growing accounts of 2020 since its creation in September last year and why it has now been suspended
Did Melania Trump plagiarize herself? FLOTUS's statement condemning Capitol riots copies lines from RNC speech
Almost entire paragraphs of FLOTUS's statement on January 11 are copied with slight edits from her earlier RNC speech. Here are the sections that seem to have been recycled
'A New Year's Resolution': Meet Aimee Teegarden and Michael Rady, cast of Hallmark's 2021 rom-com line-up
Get to know the cast and take a look at the lavish sets where the film's ballroom dance scene and kiss was filmed
Who is Jenny Cudd? Ex Midland mayor candidate who boasted about Capitol riot claims innocence in new interview
Cudd earlier claimed that Antifa had broken through the Capitol’s barriers and assaulted police officers before she arrived. In today's interview she said 'patriots' had broken through barriers before she walked up Capitol's steps
Olivia Rodrigo drops debut single 'Drivers License', fans convinced heartbreak song is about Joshua Bassett
Here's everything to know about the love triangle that Olivia Rodrigo is writing about in her debut single, about co-star Joshua Bassett, and 'blonde' rival Sabrina Carpenter
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood renews call for Mike Pence’s death by firing squad on Parler after Twitter suspension
Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot while storming the US Capitol on January 6, often engaged with Wood on Twitter
Who is Cori Bush? Missouri Congresswoman behind bill to expel GOP members also wants to 'defund Pentagon'
Bush, after defeating long-time congressman Lacy Clay in the primary in August 2020, had tweeted in October 2020: 'If you're having a bad day, just think of all the social services we're going to fund after we defund the Pentagon'
Where is Melania Trump? First lady could join POTUS as he heads to Camp David for weekend
There has been no official statement from FLOTUS about her longtime aide quitting or about pro-Trump supporters storming the Capitol building while the election results were being certified
'Pieces of a Woman' Shia LaBeouf: Portrait of an artist as an abuser mirrors excuses we make for bad boys
The character of Sean was written in a way that mirrors exactly how we keep making excuses for abusive men like LaBeouf
Who's Elijah Schaffer? Pro-Trump journo gloats about Nancy Pelosi's vandalized office, Internet says 'arrest him'
The Blaze investigative reporter and host of the Youtube show 'Slightly Offensive' is pro-Trump and called the rioters vandalizing Nancy Pelosi's office 'revolutionaries'
Who is Jake Angeli? 'QAnon Shaman' who stormed Capitol in Viking horns is a regular at 'voter fraud' protests
Angeli has also 'protested' outside the Maricopa County, Arizona Elections Office after conspiracy theorists spread falsehoods that the election was being stolen from President Trump
Who is Ava Louise? Toilet-licking TikToker behind Kanye West and Jeffree Star hook up rumor courts controversy
Ava Louise is familiar with Jeffree Star because her 'best friend' was beauty influencer Ethan Peters aka 'Ethan The Supreme' who passed away when he was 17 because of an apparent overdose
BTS and SUGA fans overjoyed about Grammys being postponed to March: 'What Yoongi wants, Yoongi gets'
'Grammys in march... yoongi’s birthday month, y’all,' said one fan excited her pop idol would probably recover from his shoulder injury in time to join his fello-BTS members on stage for a Grammy win
Who is Matthew Patrick? 'Hot' YouTuber known as 'MatPat' gets thirst tweets for old photos
Once Mathew Patrick saw why was trending, he couldn't help contribute to the trend by tweeting some more sexy pictures of himself when he was younger
Still haven't got your 'stimmy'? The IRS might have sent your stimulus check to 'closed accounts'
Many saw their second stimulus checks being deposited in temporary 'pass-through' accounts set up by H&R Block or TurboTax to collect tax prep costs from the refunds