War Mustache Goes to Washington
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Ben Carson Thinks Hell Will Break Loose If Homeless Trans People Have Basic Rights
Another day, another bad story about Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, a man who just wants to have a nice table..... and deprive trans people of basic rights.
Ben Carson Says $31,000 Table Was, Unfortunately, the Safest Possible Table
Jezebel is a Ben Carson blog now.
Ben Carson Would Like You to Know That the Table Thing Was His Wife's FaultÂ
The $31,000 dining set that Ben Carson bought for his office at the Department of Housing and Urban Development wasn’t his fault, guys. It wasn’t! It was Candy. It’s always Candy!!
What Is It With Trump Cabinet Members and Needlessly Expensive Stupid Stuff?Â
Environmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt spent a total of $43,000 on a custom soundproof phone booth in his office, according to a report from the Washington Post.
Ben Carson Takes Job at Housing Department Quite Literally, Purchases $31,000 Dining SetÂ
HUD Secretary Ben Carson, who enjoys brain surgery, taking the Bible literally, not doing his job and very slowly flapping his hands about, is facing scrutiny once again following reports that his department spent $31,000 taxpayer dollars on a new dining room set for his office.
If I Have to Read About This Freaking 'Memo' One More Time I'm Going To Lose My Freaking Mind
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Trump 'Upscale' Event Planner Appointed to Oversee Low-Income HousingÂ
Eric Trump’s wedding planner and former Vice President of the Eric Trump Foundation Lynne Patton has been appointed to run the region of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which covers New York and New Jersey, the New York Daily News reports. She has no experience in urban planning.
Ben Carson Clarifies, Then Doubles Down on Comments About Poverty Being a 'State of Mind'
In late May, Ben Carson, our Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who thinks the Egyptian pyramids were giant silos, went on Sirius XM radio to discuss how Trump’s plans to slash benefits like food stamps would actually help the poor. There he expressed the controversial idea that “poverty to a large extent is…
Trump Praised Philippine President For Murdering Civilians in Phone CallÂ
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Ben Carson Referred to Slaves as 'Immigrants' While Addressing His DepartmentÂ
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Melania Trump Visits the Children
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Happy Anniversary to the Only Good Thing That Happened This Election
Remember when things were fun? I sort of can if I push all my anxieties way down and try to pretend like reality is a dream. So let’s do that now. Because as of yesterday, it has officially been one year since the single greatest two minutes of the entire election: Ben Carson’s big walkout disaster.
Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown Attempt to Explain Why They Backed Ben Carson for HUD
Ben Carson—a man who, like most of Trump’s cabinet nominees, appears to know nothing about the department he has been nominated to run—is one step closer to becoming America’s next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Perhaps more appalling than Carson’s complete lack of experience, however, is that the Senate…
Watch Elizabeth Warren Beautifully Grill Ben Carson on Trump's Ethics Conflicts
In the never-ending wave of a great time that are Trump’s cabinet confirmation hearings (which we’re liveblogging right here), Ben Carson is currently giving testimony about why he should lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, despite (somehow) being a neurosurgeon who seems to think poor people should…
Both Dumb and Terrifying: We're Liveblogging Another Round of Senate Confirmation HearingsÂ
As we strap into another morning on the I Can’t Believe This Is Happening Express (a rickety bobsled careening into an icy gorge), it’s time for three more Senate confirmation hearings for appointees to Donald Trump’s cabinet. One of them has yet to complete his ethics and financial disclosures, but that’s just how…
Ben Carson Changes His Mind, Is Now Qualified Enough to Accept a Cabinet NominationÂ
Dr. Ben Carson, who once referred to anti-housing discrimination laws as “communism,” has accepted Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In place of listing Carson’s qualifications for the job, which do not exist, Trump noted in a Facebook post that his nominee has a “brilliant…
Trump Taps Betsy DeVos and Ben Carson for Cabinet Positions, Sends Rest of Us to Hell
President-Elect Donald Trump has appointed Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary and, reportedly, Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Carson has not yet accepted), continuing to plow through his cabinet appointments with the grim determination and exactitude of a seven-year-old deciding which…
Ben Carson Melts Down on Air and Demands Woman Journalist's Mic Be Turned Off
On Friday morning, Ben Carson, your one-time endearing uncle who is rapidly descending into a pit of hostile incoherence, answered a question from journalist Katty Kay about whether or not the women accusing Donald Trump of sexual assault are lying with, “No, no, no, no, STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP…
Ben Carson Says the Problem Is We Haven’t Heard Enough About Pussies
CNN’s Brianna Keilar had Ben Carson on Tuesday afternoon and bravely delved into the former GOP candidate’s perspective on Trump’s leaked comments about how he is best and greatest at sexually assaulting women.
