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New Hulu Doc ‘Get Huge’ Shows the Deadly Toll of Looksmaxxing
Before Clavicular, before Androgenic, before the Tate brothers, before bonesmashing and frame-mogging and the manosphere and looksmaxxing entered the online lexicon, there was Tony Huge. A 44-year-old former model turned lawyer turned bodybuilder turned supplement impresario, Huge fled the United States for Thailand to escape legal pressure on his company from the Food and Drug…
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‘My love language is cooking.’ How Olympian Danny Everett found his culinary calling
The 12th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. A debate has broken out above the empty plates and bowls covering Danny Everett’s dinner table. Is Everett, a former world and Olympic gold medalist, a better chef than he was a runner? “Chef,” votes Everett’s…
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‘Rumbling unrest’ threatens new Senate leader as push to sideline him ‘gains steam’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is “facing rumbling unrest” as a behind-the-scenes push to sideline him grows and newly elected Democrats look to chart a new course after the party’s historic midterm victory, Politico reported Monday. Democrats are poised to control at least 54 Senate seats and could reach 56 once races in Alaska…
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The right barber can change your life. For the famous clients in his chair, it’s always going to be Ronnie McCoy III
It’s 12:30 a.m. in the South Bay, and barber Ronnie McCoy III is getting ready for bed when his phone lights up. It’s Tyler Okonma, professionally known as Tyler, the Creator. He’s wondering if McCoy is free to cut his hair right now. Free? McCoy stares at the bright screen staring back at him, as…
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Mystery swirls over Trump’s secret calls with Fed chair: ‘Do what you want’
Democrats want answers from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, demanding to know whether he is hiding secret conversations with Donald Trump. The president says he and Warsh have talked. Warsh’s official records say they haven’t. And the Fed chair isn’t explaining the gap, the Washington Post reported. On Friday, the Fed released Warsh’s September calendar, and…
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Inside New Jersey’s surprising Hollywood revival
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — America’s film industry flickered to life in this state with a chip on its shoulder. In 1888, inventor Thomas A. Edison began developing a motion picture camera at his West Orange laboratory. His crew built an odd-shaped soundstage — giving birth to moviemaking. But soon, New Jersey lost the action to flashier…
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Rattled GOP boss doubts his Trump boast in real time: ‘I’m thinking if that’s really true’
A Republican Party chair in a county Donald Trump won comfortably in 2024 began doubting his own talking points out loud the day after Democrats swept Ohio’s top races last week. Tom McCabe, who leads the Mahoning County GOP, told The Washington Sun his county was still “Trump country” and that the president would carry…
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Trump says ‘I was only kidding’ with press secretary job offer to UFC boss Dana White
Dana who? President Trump claimed to reporters Sunday evening that he was just having some fun when he publicly offered the White House press secretary job to UFC honcho Dana White. “I will tell you, I was only kidding,” Trump said as he prepared to leave Florida after a weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “Dana…
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The Midterms Were a Pretty Good Sign for the Right-to-Repair Movement
Right-to-repair policies weren’t the headline issue in the midterms, but lawmakers across party lines ran on fixing the systems that lock buyers out. Iowa senator-elect Josh Turek and presumptive Minnesota state representative Jake Johnson both centered repair policies in their platforms, focusing on issues that affect farmers and their equipment. (As of publication, Johnson’s race…
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Secret files kept by Hegseth’s office could spell big legal trouble for him: insider
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s office kept secret paper files of internet search printouts and used them to block the promotions of senior Navy officers, most of them women and people of color, and that process may have violated federal law, according to a new report. A senior official with in-depth knowledge of flag and…