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Jill Biden admits ‘I wanted’ Joe to pardon Hunter, claims ‘process was not fair’ to ex-first son
Former first lady Jill Biden claimed in an interview Sunday that former President Joe Biden had no choice but to go back on his word and issue a sweeping pardon to disgraced former first son Hunter Biden after his convictions on federal gun and tax evasion charges. “The Justice Department changed, and the process was…
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‘Euphoria’ creator Sam Levinson defends killing Zendaya’s chracter Rue in Season 3 finale
Zendaya’s “Euphoria” character, Rue Bennett, dying in the Season 3 finale was the most “honest ending” for the show, creator Sam Levinson insisted after the tragic scene aired. The showrunner declared in a post-finale HBO interview that “people like Rue don’t make it.” The 41-year-old added that he was motivated to kill off the beloved…
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Finally, the definitive literary Valley porn novel arrives
Author Allie Rowbottom didn’t watch porn until she was 20. With roommates and a bowl of popcorn, she slid in a DVD starring blue-movie queen Nina Hartley, shrieking and throwing kernels at the TV. It wasn’t until much later that she came back to the subject, privately and in earnest. “I have preferred vintage porn…
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Experts sound alarm over Elon Musk’s ‘coup’ that’s ‘about to rob your 401k’
Financial experts sounded the alarm Monday over what some have described as a financial “coup” being carried out by Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and fierce ally to President Donald Trump, one that could see tens of millions of Americans unknowingly prop up his unprofitable company SpaceX through their retirement accounts. “The richest guy on the…
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Company wants to revive Primm, the gambling spot turned ghost town. Owners say: Not so fast
A once-popular gambling mecca at the California-Nevada border that faded into obscurity could get a second life. A Las Vegas-based truck-stop company is reportedly hoping to revive Primm to its former glory. But the would-be comeback faces a hurdle: striking a deal with the landowners, the Primm family. In an interview with the Las Vegas…
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Convicted pedophile and Trump insiders handed Congress access in credentialing mess
EDITOR’S NOTE: Raw Story writer Matt Laslo’s congressional bureau, The LCB, has been credentialed by the Radio-Television Correspondents’ Association (RTCA) since 2012. WASHINGTON — America’s most powerful TV networks have been handing out coveted congressional press credentials to people Congress has strictly barred from eligibility. They include a man arrested by the FBI on child…
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The Trump Administration Wants to Frighten Would-Be Whistleblowers
Early in Donald Trump’s second term in office, the White House declared itself “the most transparent administration in history.” The federal government has continued to insist on this slogan, even as it has barred journalists from the Pentagon, administered polygraph tests in an effort to ferret out leakers, and fired independent inspectors general tasked with…
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Happier than ever, Gary Oldman isn’t ready to quit ‘Slow Horses’ anytime soon
Two years ago, Gary Oldman found himself in Yorkshire for the wedding of his oldest son, Alfie. As Oldman’s other sons, Gulliver and Charlie, were there too, along with his wife, Gisele Schmidt, and his stepson, William, Oldman thought it’d be a lark to make the hourlong drive through the countryside to the York Theatre…
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The Roberts-Trump feud is a distraction — Supreme Court already handed him the keys: Slate
While the public has been focused on the occasional high-profile clash between President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, the court’s conservative supermajority has been quietly using the shadow docket to hand Trump something far more consequential — effective control of the federal government — and legal analysts say that work is now largely complete.…
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Hey, Zohran: Your ‘new’ magic housing plan has been failing for decades
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “Block by Block”plan to build 200,000 subsidized apartments entails a lot of handwaving, magical thinking and reliance on “responsible stewards” . . who have been failing to manage the real-estate portfolios they already have. In Mamdaniland, the problem with housing is all the owners who stubbornly insist on trying to make a…