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The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare
Unprecedented extreme weather is no longer once-in-a-lifetime. We live in an era when seasonal hurricanes have the potential to be nothing short of astronomical. Heat waves are not only the norm, but literally deadly. Lately, fears have grown that the upcoming El Niño — a cyclical climate phenomenon that can cause flooding, heat waves, and…
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L.A. mayoral candidates vie for the crucial Latino vote. Bass has an edge over Pratt and Raman
It’s a Friday night happy hour at Distrito Catorce bar in Boyle Heights, and the regulars note that the crowd listening to Spanish-language jams has a few more unfamiliar faces than usual. The reason quickly becomes clear, as Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman arrives for a hora feliz con Nithya, sipping a Tajin-rimmed drink…
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This ghastly nightmare was meant as a warning. It became the GOP’s mission
They may call themselves the “Pro-Life Party,” but the GOP certainly doesn’t act like it. They claim to be “Pro-” a lot of other things as well: family, faith, women, and above all else, children. In the Upside Down of Trumpworld, “Pro-” actually means “Anti-” every time, because they’re ultimately only “Pro-” padding their own…
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Something Is Going Right at Universities
Roosevelt Montás grew up in a small mountain village in the Dominican Republic. Two days before his 12th birthday, his mother flew him up to New York, where she had found a minimum-wage job in a garment factory. A few years later, when he was a sophomore in high school, some neighbors in his apartment…
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Trump voter decries president’s ‘slap in the face’ with bid to oust Epstein files champion
President Donald Trump has poured considerable political capital into ousting Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who infamously bucked the president by leading the charge to force the release of the administration’s files on Jeffrey Epstein – a move one Trump voter recently condemned as a “slap in the face.” “We love our congressman, and the fact…
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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed at Arizona commencement over AI, sex harassment claims from much-younger girlfriend
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was roundly booed by students at the University of Arizona’s graduation Saturday — following backlash over his selection as commencement speaker over sex abuse allegations from his much-younger ex girlfriend. Tech billionaire Schmidt, 71, was discussing artificial intelligence and automation when students began jeering him, Business Insider reported. However, he…
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GOP senator ‘chewing his fingers down to a nub’ as Trump leaves him hanging: MS NOW host
MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart on Sunday painted a vivid picture of one anxious Republican senator sweating out President Donald Trump’s primary endorsement decision — and warned the GOP that Trump’s habit of meddling in primaries could backfire in swingier states. Discussing Saturday’s stunning Louisiana primary defeat of Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of the seven Republicans…
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Barney Frank’s Second Coming Out
Barney Frank might not draw a connection between his coming out as gay nearly four decades ago and his coming out against left-wing dogmatism in the Democratic Party today. But the parallel is unmistakable: The 86-year-old former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts is shining a light on a sensitive subject that many people wish he would…
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Reimagining George Washington’s Portrait
George Washington has long been something of an American visual cliché. When the Russian diplomat and artist Pavel Svinin visited the United States in the early 19th century, he found it “noteworthy that every American considers it his sacred duty to have a likeness of Washington in his house, just as we have images of…
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Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable
In April, Polish fashion brand Enfin Levé dropped a bombshell straight from the late cretaceous period: a handbag they claim is made of “lab-grown T-rex leather.” The startling announcement made headlines throughout the luxury design world, which was quick to balk at the nearly $600,000 starting price at a coming auction in Paris. In the…