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Can ‘The Gilded Age’ and ‘All’s Fair’ Keep Their Ratings Momentum?
Beyond their premiere dates and glitzy vibe, “The Gilded Age” and “All’s Fair” have little in common — but they both stirred up notable ratings the last time they aired. As they launch new seasons this week, can they keep that ratings momentum going? As both shows return for their next installments, they face the…
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Newsom wants to empty death row. Most politicians wouldn’t bother — or dare
Courage in politics is rare. It’s especially difficult and fraught for a politician such as Gavin Newsom, who has Oval Office ambitions and everything to lose from a misstep. Playing it safe is playing it smart. On Thursday, Newsom took what can only be described as a courageous stand, a risky stand — commuting the…
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Melania memecoin hit rock bottom after Republicans took a beating on election day: report
Investors who have held onto their Melania memecoins since the token’s $13.05 peak at its January 2025 launch got more bad news after Republicans took a beating in the midterm election. The first lady’s cryptocurrency sank to a “record low” as Republicans were losing their grip on Congress, Happy Coin News reported. MELANIA shed nearly…
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DOJ Intensifies Criminal Probe Into Supreme Court’s Politico Leak
The Justice Department has stepped up its criminal investigation into the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, issuing grand jury subpoenas as prosecutors seek to identify who provided the draft opinion to Politico, The New York Times reported Thursday. The investigation, overseen by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington, D.C.,…
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Goldman Sachs buries DEI metrics as it names biggest partner class since 2010
Goldman Sachs is burying the diversity metrics of its newest partner class — blaming a changed legal environment as it swells its elite ranks to a 16-year high to fight off defections. The Wall Street giant led by CEO David Solomon tapped 109 employees on Thursday to join its partnership on Jan. 1, marking the…
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Nicolas Cage awkwardly backtracks claim sinkhole made him ‘homeless’ after backlash
Nicolas Cage is walking back his recent claim that he was left “homeless”after a sinkhole almost swallowed his $10.5 million Malibu home. He explained that he was just “riffing,” and insisted that he was “content” and “fine.” “I went to Comic Con and I was riffing with a very good interviewer and he just had…
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Right-wing pundits spiral after midterm rout: ‘Delusion has become disbelief’
Conservative media personalities are struggling to process Republicans’ crushing midterm defeat, and many are turning on one another. “Delusion has become disbelief,” wrote The Bulwark’s Will Sommer. “Disbelief has become despair. And despair has become disgruntlement.” Few rode the rollercoaster harder than pro-Trump pundit Benny Johnson. As the first results came in Tuesday afternoon, he…
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Voters Supported Every Single Anti-Data Center Proposal in America, Except One
Voters across the US have sent data center developers packing, in a bruising defeat for the tech lobby across local and state battlegrounds. The midterm elections on Tuesday saw 41 anti-data center ballot measures go up for a vote across 10 states, a blend of moratoriums on new developments and measures meant to clear the…
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A reckoning is coming for the corruption and brutality of Trumpism
Congrats, America. You didn’t blow it. Lots of people have a story about election night 2016. Mine is that as a center-left opinion journalist at a big national newspaper, I was pre-writing a joint column with a libertarian conservative colleague who couldn’t stand Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. We both expected her to win. Late…
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Trump DOJ moves to wipe out MAGA ally’s contempt conviction
The Trump administration made a second attempt Thursday to throw out Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, NBC News reported. Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist and senior counselor in Trump’s first term, was found guilty on two…