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Charles Manson murderer Bobby Beausoleil is jumping on the Trump bandwagon, calling BS on the media calling Manson's group a "family."

Beausoleil wrote a letter expressing his disdain for reporters who characterize the "semi-fictional entity" as "The Manson Family." He says it's all just "Manson mythology." The 69-year-old, who's locked up for life, does not specifically say why he takes issue with calling it a family, but it appears he's throwing shade on Charles Manson, suggesting he didn't have the power or reach to achieve "family" status.

But Beausoleil wasn't done railing ... he is still trying to justify the murders as more than a bunch of lunatics wreaking havoc on Los Angeles back in 1969. He says "with all that was in play during the tumultuous period of the late 1960's, the events that happened around Manson appear as some freaky aberration."

He goes on ... "It can only ever be understood if represented within the much larger frame, one large enough to include all the players and influences that fed into these events."

Beausoleil is serving a life sentence for the 1969 murder of Gary Hinman.

We'd like to say Amtrak riders never saw this coming, but most of 'em absolutely saw the train coming in on snow-covered tracks ... and still stood there and totally got blasted!

The commuter train pulled into an upstate NY station and plowed through the snow left after the blizzard. This seems like pretty basic physics, but for some reason no one ran for cover ... until it was too late.

3:48 PST -- A rep for Mc D's tells us they've determined the hack was from an outside source and not from within the corporation.

Donald Trump can safely order Big Macs again -- McDonalds' vicious Twitter attack against him was the work of hackers ... according to the burger giant.

Micky D's verified account tweeted Thursday morning, "You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands."

It was posted for at least 30 minutes before McDonald's deleted it and said Twitter confirmed the company's account was compromised. McDonald's says it's now investigating.

Bottom line: No McDonald's beef with Trump ... although he does enjoy their burgers.

Kendall Jenner was not burglarized, despite what she told cops ... it was definitely an inside job, according to law enforcement sources.

TMZ broke the story, Kendall reported the alleged burglary at 1:15 AM Thursday after she realized $200,000 in jewelry went missing.

Our law enforcement sources tell us what really went down. They say Kendall was having a party with a bunch of friends Wednesday night. At some point in the evening she heard an alarm warning that someone opened a door, but she thought nothing of it.

We're told Kendall left at midnight, leaving her friends in the house. When she came back just after 1 AM she discovered her jewelry box was open, and that's when she called the cops.

Our sources say there was absolutely no sign of forced entry and they are certain the thief knew exactly where Kendall kept her bling.

BTW ... if the person who steals stuff inside a home was invited in, it's not a burglary -- it's the crime of theft.

A bunch of dairy delivery drivers in Maine say the state's overtime law is unclear cause of a missing Oxford comma ... and no less than the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed.

The drivers are suing their employer -- Portland-based Oakhurst Dairy -- for unpaid overtime wages, arguing they qualify for that dough because of the confusing way Maine's labor law is punctuated ... without a comma to distinguish who exactly is exempt.

The part of the law they're dissecting says overtime doesn't apply to employees involved in the "canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution of: (1) Agriculture produce; (2) meat and fish products; and (3) perishable foods."

The drivers say because there's no comma before the words "or distribution" ... it means the law only applies to packers, not folks doing the actual distribution.

At first, a lower court sided with Oakhurst, saying the law was quite clear ... but the appeals court said otherwise and sent it back down for further proceedings.

Matthew Perry once beat up Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau ... and he thinks it pushed the guy into politics.

Matt was on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday, and he told the story of how he and his buddy beat up a 3rd grade Justin for "excelling in a sport."

It's pretty funny -- Justin's dad was the PM at the time and didn't have security around his boy. Jimmy rightly points out nobody could get away with that around Barron Trump.

Even crazier ... Matt doesn't think Justin would be where he is today without that pounding.

Yes, Chandler beat up this stud ... could that BE any more wrong?

Kathy Hilton has some words of regret for falsely impregnating Jennifer Aniston.

Kim Richards and Kathy were out Wednesday night at Craig's with Kyle Richards and Kris Jenner ... along with a sea of paps.

Kathy -- who turned 58 and was out celebrating her birthday -- eats crow after her cake for the Jen tweet.

Kim also gives us her take on Ben's recent rehab stint. You'll recall ... she's completed rehab herself a time or two.

Kendall Jenner left her house Wednesday around noon to shoot 'KUWTK' scenes with her mom ... oblivious to the $200k nightmare she was about to endure.

Kendall and Kris Jenner headed into Whizin Market Square in Agoura Hills around 1:30 PM for lunch with Kourtney Kardashian -- just another casual day at the office.

That all changed about 12 hours later when, as TMZ first reported ... a bunch of her jewelry went missing from her Hollywood Hills home. Police believe it was an inside job.

Ivanka Trump had a fun night with Canadian Prime Minister and bae of the True North, Justin Trudeau.

Ivanka and Justin hit up "Come From Away" on Broadway Wednesday night. They arrived in separate cars, but in the same motorcade.

We hear it's a good show. Eyes on the stage, right?

Jesse Williams had some words for Donald Trump ... none flattering.

We got the "Grey's Anatomy" star and civil rights activist heading into "The Daily Show" Wednesday in NYC, and asked how Trump was doing.

Dude makes it clear where he stands.

Remember ... Jesse's the guy who won BET's Humanitarian Award last year and rocked the house with his words.

"Making History" star Adam Pally not only lumped Donald Trump in the Adolf Hitler bucket ... he said if he had the chance to go back in time he'd kill one of them.

Adam was strolling on Broadway in NYC Wednesday and we asked him about going back in time.

Adam gives a visceral and pretty stunning reaction, but then walks it back a bit.

Snoop ... seems you've got company.

Chad Michael Murray isn't catching any beauty sleep -- not that it shows -- now that baby no. 2 has arrived, but he's getting some relief from work.

We got the "One Tree Hill" star at LAX Wednesday, flying outta town 2 days after he and his wife, Sarah, welcomed a baby girl. They already have a 22-month-old son, so Chad gave us the 411 on juggling work and daddy duty.

Sounds like he's been working night shifts at home, like most new parents, so he was definitely looking forward to a 6 hour flight.

Iron Maiden wasn't just a hard rocking band, they were also partying way harder than any other legendary band ... according to their drummer, Nicko McBrain.

Nicko was outside NBC in NYC when he got all nostalgic about Maiden's more than 40 years of touring and, no doubt, destroying a hotel room or two. When we asked him if anyone came close to keeping pace in the partying department ... he gave props to some L.A. based rockers.

April the Giraffe is about to become a cash cow, for the benefit of the animals.

The long-necked, pregnant creature has had a camera trained on her for more than a month, and millions have watched and waited for what promises to be an awesome delivery.

Now here's the money part. The live stream had a sponsor, but the pregnancy has gone on so long the deal just expired. When that sponsor signed on, the live stream wasn't a thing so all the sponsor promised to do was feed the beast ... literally, by sending food to the Animal Adventure Park in NY.

Now, with 80 million viewers and 2 billion viewed minutes, the sponsorship is worth a bundle, and we've learned the Park is looking for a new sponsor who will pay big money to get its logo on the feed, which will last until the baby giraffe is 5 days old.

The Park is being super charitable ... 1/3 of the profits will go to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation and the rest of the loot will go toward the care of April, her kid and her animal pals.

Common insists Snoop Dogg pulling a fake gun on a clown Trump is the kind of thing hip-hop artists have done for years, and rightfully so ... he says.

The politically active rapper was leaving his gym in L.A. when he came out strong in support of Snoop's freedom of expression ... saying the "Lavender" music video merely follows in some very famous footsteps. He's got examples too.

Ted Cruz likely won't agree with Common's assessment, but we're guessing T.I. totally will.

As for Snoop's take on all the controversy ...

Investigators have concluded MLB pitcher Jose Fernandez was driving his boat at the time it crashed in Miami ... killing everyone onboard ... and say he was drunk and high on cocaine at the time.