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As Compton students ace tests, educators are baffled by Rep. Maxine Waters’ snub of school bond
When Compton Unified School Board President Micah Ali checked his mailbox last week, he was in for a shock. The school district has been making headlines as a state and national leader in student performance gains, and it has been upgrading and replacing its aging campuses to help advance that growth. Next week’s ballot includes…
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Yet another star quits Trump’s ‘Freedom 250’ concert after threats
Another performer has pulled out of the “Freedom 250” festival following widespread backlash over its association with President Donald Trump. Rocker Bret Michaels, of Poison fame, announced on social media Friday morning that the event celebrating the anniversary of America’s founding has become politically toxic and had subjected him to a wave of violent threats,…
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Becoming a Perfect Wife, by Any Means Necessary
Over the course of six seasons, the Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale became known for its brutality. Women who reveal any hint of rebellion against their oppressors, including the government officials to whom some are forcibly betrothed, lose their eyes, their tongue, and sometimes their life.Women who revealed any hint of rebellion against their oppressors,…
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Race cars and cage fights — on National Park land?
President Trump plans to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — and his own 80th birthday — next month by watching bare-chested and bloody UFC fighters kick, punch and choke each other on the storied South Lawn of the White House. Later, during the administration’s summer-long festival to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence,…
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Trump makes ‘striking break’ from past presidents as he fears public humiliation: analyst
President Donald Trump and his team are taking great care to avoid any public appearances, except in tightly controlled situations, that could result in him being harangued and booed as his approval numbers spiral into record lows, according to a new analysis. MS NOW’s Ryan Teague Beckwith noted that the president has made a “striking…
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon reveals his warning to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani during closed door meeting
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has claimed in a new interview that he told Mayor Zohran Mamdani “everything I wanted to say” when the two met face-to-face last week, adding that the meeting was “pleasant.” “He was very polite. It was very earnest. We had a very good conversation, but I said everything I wanted…
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In politics after Trump, nothing is disqualifying
After a decade of Trumpism, it should come as no surprise that President Trump’s ethos (presenting scandal as strength, outrage as authenticity and public disgrace as evidence you’re a “fighter”) has trickled down into congressional campaigns of both parties. In Maine, for example, controversial oysterman and veteran Graham Platner, a Democrat, appears poised to face…
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When the President Takes a Cut
When it comes to the government’s relationship with business, Donald Trump is the most activist president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He has wielded tariffs, the government’s purchasing power, and the threat of regulatory action to bend companies to his will. Over the past year, the president has even made the federal government a corporate shareholder…
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Why these rare early Marilyn Monroe photos stayed hidden for decades
It was the summer of 1949 when a 22-year-old, newly hired Milwaukee photojournalist was assigned to take portraits of an unknown 23-year-old actor passing through town on a publicity tour. John Ahlhauser spent 30 minutes capturing seven photos of the up-and-coming starlet. One was published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Ahlhauser took the other…
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‘Gaslighting 101’: Three-time Trump voter appalled as admin spreads ‘laughable’ rumors
There’s scant evidence to support claims by tech billionaires and the Trump administration that local backlash against massive data centers is being orchestrated by China and other foreign nations — and those conspiracy theories have only served to embolden opponents, according to a report. Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian billionaire and “Shark Tank” personality, has claimed…