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What is it with Spielberg and space aliens? We break down his career-long fixation
Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft. But from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T” to his new sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg has spent nearly the entire length of his career returning to the possibility that we are not alone in the universe. Even “Firelight,” the amateur movie he made…
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Trump ‘completely isolated’ in White House as he loses control: MS NOW
Based upon his own reporting and excerpts from a bombshell new book penned by the New York Times ‘ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, MS NOW host Jonathan Lemire claimed on Thursday morning that Donald Trump has become a man alone inside his own White House. Noting that Vice President JD Vance and White House…
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SFUSD paid ethnic studies consultants $400,000 while reading and math scores cratered
A broke school district shelled out nearly $400,000 to extreme ”ethnic studies” consultants obsessed with defunding the police and tearing down capitalism rather fixing the students’ appalling reading and math scores. The San Francisco Unified School District, which is facing school closures and a catastrophic budget deficit, has inked taxpayer-funded contracts with consultants Liberatory Visionaries…
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For Riz Ahmed, representation is not enough: ‘Does the room change you, or do you change it?’
In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Riz Ahmed talks about drawing on his own experience for “Bait,” his Prime Video series about a British Muslim actor whose life is upended when he’s rumored to be the next James Bond. Kelvin Washington: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the next episode of The Envelope. Kelvin…
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MAGA prosecutor’s ‘suspicious’ threats against blue state crumble: analyst
Trump-aligned prosecutor Bill Essayli has made threats to investigate California’s primary elections for fraud, promising charges within “two months” — acting on baseless conspiracy theories spurred by MAGA-backed reality TV star Spencer Pratt failing to place in the top two of the Los Angeles mayoral race. But it’s all a “bluff,” Shirin Ali wrote for…
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The right-wing attack on science reaches a nadir, but it could get worse
One of the rules I came to live by during my years of covering global trouble spots is: “Never assume that things can’t get worse.” But it will be hard to find a worse display of shameful servility to the Trump administration by a scientific organization than the American Diabetes Association provided on Friday. During…
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Why your kid is obsessed with squishy toys
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. The NeeDoh Nice Cube is a lump of soft plastic a little over 2 inches tall. It comes in blue, pink, or purple, and retails for $5.99. When you squeeze it, it produces a pleasing, squishy…
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Growing rebellion exposed as Trump’s Great American State Fair dealt another big blow
President Donald Trump’s birthday bash for America is hitting fresh trouble, with at least six states publicly saying they will not officially participate in his Great American State Fair, NOTUS reported Wednesday. Officials from Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Oregon told the outlet they will not send official delegations to the 16-day fair…
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Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Payouts May Not Be Dead After All
When Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared before Congress last Tuesday, senior administration officials hoped that his testimony would be enough to quell the uproar over a $1.776 billion payout scheme for Trump loyalists, including January 6 rioters. “We’re not moving forward with the fund,” he told a House appropriations subcommittee. But Blanche, who was…
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One of the largest pools in America is in L.A. It’s packed with beach vibes and fun
There’s nothing like taking a cool dip after a hot day, especially in L.A. summer weather. As peak swimming season kicks off, the Hansen Dam Aquatic Center pool in Lake View Terrace reopened Memorial Day on weekends after being closed for the season. It will be open daily for swim and play starting Saturday. The…