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‘Sit down and shut up’: GOP Senator scorned for ‘weakest’ RFK Jr. excuse
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) faced fury Thursday after he claimed he would have needed to be clairvoyant to predict Health department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would work to undermine vaccines. The Louisiana Republican – a physician – told a CNBC host that he did not regret voting to confirm Kennedy to lead Health and…
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LA Dem torches Nithya Raman after homeless board ouster: ‘All talk and no action’
Los Angeles’ homelessness machine just ate one of its own. Councilmember Nithya Raman, who represents Council District 4, was stripped of her chairmanship of the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee Tuesday after a 13-1 vote to dissolve the panel. And the sharpest attack on her leadership came from a fellow Democrat. Imelda Padilla, a…
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David Foster speaks out after viral Meghan Markle snub
David Foster insisted Meghan Markle is his “dear friend” after going viral for seemingly snubbing her at a charity event. The composer clarified to People on Wednesday that he had “already greeted” Prince Harry and Markle at the 40th anniversary gala for his foundation when the latter reached out her arm — and he walked…
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Can driving still be fun? All signs on this splendid Ojai route point to ‘absolutely’
Everyone knows the stars of Southern California’s driving landscape: Pacific Coast Highway, the cinematic connector of beach cities; Angeles Crest Highway, a stunning and winding mountain route; and “The Snake,” Mulholland Highway’s infamous roadway that reopened late last year. But there’s a less-traveled route that feels just as quintessentially SoCal: California 33 to Hudson Ranch…
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Todd Blanche criminalizes ‘bad breakups’ to hand bizarre gift to Nazis: analysis
Attorney General Todd Blanche might be trying to appease Neo Nazis with a new attack on “bad break ups,” a new legal analysis contends. Empty Wheel journalist Marcy Wheeler on Thursday penned a scathing critique of the Justice Department’s indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center as it accuses the DOJ of refusing to share…
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‘Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear’ took nearly 10 years to make. ‘Trust takes time,’ directors say
When Michael Dwyer and Justin Krook started filming “Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear” in 2017, they expected it to be completed within just a few years. It took nearly a decade. “It’s not what we planned,” Krook says. “No one would agree to filming or being filmed for almost 10 years. That’s a quarter of…
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Trump money-grab sets up Truth Social users for criminal charges: ex-DOJ chief
Trading firms paying for early access to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts could face criminal insider trading charges, a former Justice Department official warned Thursday. Former Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, during an appearance on CNBC, argued Truth Social users could be putting themselves in danger if they participated — and pointed to a…
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The Onion’s New InfoWars Is a Hotbed of Edgy Comedy — No, Seriously
Last Thursday, Tim Heidecker killed himself on a YouTube livestream so that he could continue his war against Alex Jones in hell. This is the new era of InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy-riddled media empire of Jones, now under the leadership of The Onion, which is fighting to buy the outlet and has already replaced Jones…
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Becerra holds strong lead over Hilton in race for California governor, new poll shows
SACRAMENTO — As the campaign for California governor heads into the general election, Democrat Xavier Becerra maintains a strong lead over Republican Steve Hilton, according to a new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times. Buoyed by the state’s liberal voting base, Becerra had support from 55% of likely…
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‘Outright corruption’: Critic warns Trump’s about to spend $1B on ‘absurdly niche’ fixes
President Donald Trump’s “dream home” was subjected Thursday to a scathing critique from an infuriated MS NOW analyst who decried the big cash involved in fixing “absurdly niche” problems. “Trump is well on his way to converting the people’s house into his own billion-dollar dream home,” MS NOW’s Hayes Brown wrote. “It’s a mismanagement of…