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Confirm Kevin Warsh to head the Fed ASAP
If the Senate wants to fight inflation and put the US economy on an even keel, it should confirm Kevin Warsh to head the Federal Reserve Board as soon as possible. Warsh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee should remove any doubt he’s the right man to head the Fed. A Stanford professor…
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Photos: Reclaimed by Nature
VCG via GettyAbandoned oil tanks are covered by flourishing ivy plants in Huai an, Jiangsu province, China, seen on May 9, 2023. Artem Priakhin / SOPA Images / LightRocket / GettyA discarded sneaker, covered in thick layers of green moss, rests on a fallen tree branch in a public park on the outskirts of St.…
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Once punished for weaving, this Mexican artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance
MEXICO CITY — Xaneri Merino wasn’t meant to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps. Now a transgender woman, she was identified at birth as a boy in San Pedro Jicayán, an Indigenous community in southern Mexico where men are largely barred from becoming weavers. Merino was expected to tend cattle or work in the fields. Yet her grandmother…
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Trump’s core belief is crippling him
Friends, Trump’s domestic and foreign policies — ranging from his attempted coup against the United States in January 2021, to his ICE and Border Patrol excesses (including murders in Minnesota), to his incursion into Venezuela and abduction of its president, to his attack on Iran, and his threats against Cuba, Colombia, and Greenland — all…
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FCC Launches Review Into TV Parental Guidelines, Concerns Over Depicting ‘Gender Identity Issues’
The Federal Communications Commission has launched a review of the TV Parental Guidelines as part of an effort to ensure that it is “empowering parents to make informed decisions for their children.” The voluntary ratings system was established after Congress passed a law in 1996 to label programs that are appropriate for children. It also…
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Lakers’ ‘Swiss Army knife’ Marcus Smart sets the tone against Kevin Durant, Rockets
Marcus Smart stepped up to meet Kevin Durant at three-quarters court. The Lakers guard reached and poked the ball away. Instead of letting the lanky, nearly 7-foot Durant corral the loose ball, the 6-foot-3 Smart dove to secure it for himself. The Crypto.com Arena crowd jumped to its feet. From the opening minute to the…
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Supreme Court ‘cowards’ have learned how to hide ‘gutless actions’ from public: analysis
The Supreme Court has been grilled by a political analyst who believes some members have found a way to hide their actions from the public. The Supreme Court has employed a secretive practice known as the “shadow docket” to issue significant rulings. This mechanism allows the court to release orders and decisions with minimal explanation…
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‘The View’: Joy Behar Delights in Democrats Finding ‘Their Testicularity’ in Virginia Redistricting
Democrats secured a big win in Virginia on Tuesday night, after voters approved a redistricting measure that could the state more Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. On Wednesday morning, “The View” host Joy Behar was pretty happy to see Democrats fighting for the measure. To kick off the day’s Hot Topics, the ABC…
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Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef split after 5 years, call off engagement
Put a fork in it. Sandra Lee and her fiancé, Ben Youcef, split, ending their engagement after five years together. The former Food Network star’s rep, Jen Abel, confirmed the breakup news to TMZ Wednesday. Page Six has reached out to Youcef and a rep for Lee for comment but did not immediately hear back.…
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AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions
The advent of AI hacking tools has raised fears of a near future in which anyone can use automated tools to dig up exploitable vulnerabilities in any piece of software, like a kind of digital intrusion superpower. Here in the present, however, AI seems to be playing a more mundane, if still concerning, role in…