Extra Extra: Trump Reportedly Calls His Twitter Meltdowns 'Tweet Smacks

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Published Feb 5, 2017

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David Colon

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A woman claims she was thrown off a flight because of her breasts.
Donald Trump, our first Mad Online president, allegedly calls his frequent Twitter meltdowns "Tweet Smacks."
The mystery of the stolen oysters and clams.
The left is also turning to their own version of fake news, even if it's not quite as crazy or profane as the right-wing versions.
Pope Francis, who is not the Young Pope but is known in some circles as the Cool Pope, recorded a message to be played at the Super Bowl.
A man who was a passenger in a car involved in a fender bender was assaulted and left in the road when he got out of the car, then hit and killed by the driver another car who then fled on foot.
Marine Le Pen, the face of France's far-right anti-immigrant movement, officially launched her bid for president. Cool, cool.
Doctors removed a live cockroach that had crawled into a woman's nose and got stuck in her skull. Sleep tight!
And finally, how about a look back at the greatest halftime show of all time? I'm talking of course, about The Rock and Mankind's Empty Arena Match the counter-programming during the Super Bowl XXXIII's halftime show:

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