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Missouri voters just made it much harder for lawmakers to overturn citizen-led initiatives
Across the country on Tuesday, voters delivered a wave of Democratic victories, flipping seats in Congress as well as state legislatures, and weakening a number of Republican majorities. Missouri was no exception. Democrats made significant gains in the state House, picking up 16 seats, though Republicans still hold every statewide office and maintain control of…
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Mattel’s Roberto Stanichi Joins Netflix as Global Consumer Products and Experiences VP
Mattel Chief Marketing and Brand Officer Roberto Stanichi is set to join Netflix as the streamer’s new vice president of global consumer products and experiences. In his new role, Stanichi will oversee the company’s global consumer products licensing and retail business, as well as global experiences, including Netflix House. He will report to Netflix Chief…
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Sonja Shaw concedes California superintendent race, says God ‘isn’t finished’
Richard Barrera, the San Diego school board president backed by California’s powerful teachers union, has won the race for state superintendent of public instruction. “Last night, voters made their choice,” Chino Valley school board president Sonja Shaw said Thursday as she conceded. “I would be lying if I said my heart wasn’t heavy. As a…
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Ellen DeGeneres’ late producer Matt Wright’s secret health struggles revealed after TV veteran died in his sleep
Matt Wright was privately battling health problems prior to his shocking death at 52. Page Six has learned that those close to the late talk show producer knew he suffered from “heart problems” prior to his passing. An official cause of death has not been revealed. Wright died in his sleep in Los Angeles on…
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Harold Greene, beloved L.A. news anchor, dies at 82
Harold Greene, a beloved Los Angeles news anchor, has died. He was 82. His daughter, Courtney Greene, shared news of his passing on Wednesday via Facebook, adding that she was by his side, alongside his wife, Charlene Greene, when he “signed off for the last time.” His cause of death has not yet been announced…
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‘Crazy’: Right-wing pundit trashed after floating bizarre Supreme Court gambit for Trump
In the midst of GOP angst that the new Democratic Senate majority could stop the confirmation of MAGA judges, right-wing ABC News and SCOTUSblog analyst Sarah Isgur came up with a bizarre idea on Thursday: President Donald Trump could just nominate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s replacement even if he hasn’t retired, just to pre-emptively…
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Fox Entertainment Studios Signs First-Look Deal With Lisa Hamilton Daly’s Cottage Industry Entertainment
Fox Entertainment Studios inked a first-look development and production deal with Cottage Industry Entertainment. The deal will include a slate of scripted television series and feature films based on both original projects and literary adaptations from executives Lisa Hamilton Daly, former programming executive at Hallmark Media, and Alysia Cotter Thomas. Upcoming adaptations in their pipeline…
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Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters
A journalist is being raked over the coals after she was caught using AI to edit a photo of an election night party of Michigan Democrats. The journalist, Olivia Reingold, is a staff writer for The Free Press, a conservative, billionaire-aligning media outlet best known for ragging about perceived instances of “wokeness” in culture and…
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American sentenced to life in prison for murders of partner and infant daughter in Rome
ROME — An American man was found guilty by a Rome court Thursday of murdering his partner and their infant daughter, whose bodies were found naked in a city park, the LaPresse news agency reported. He was sentenced to life in prison. Francis Kaufmann, 47, fled to the Greek island of Skiathos after the killings in June…
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Supreme Court’s ‘merciless rebuke’ of Trump signals start of a ‘new era’: analysis
The Supreme Court took just seven hours to shut down the Trump administration’s bid to intervene in California’s ballot count on the eve of the midterms, a “merciless rebuke” that New York Times chief legal correspondent Adam Liptak said could signal the start of a “new era.” The justices didn’t even ask California to respond,…