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  • Amanda Batula, West Wilson’s romance fallout will take center stage in ‘Summer House’ spinoff ‘In the City’

    Amanda Batula, West Wilson’s romance fallout will take center stage in ‘Summer House’ spinoff ‘In the City’

    The “Summer House” spinoff, “In the City,” picked cameras back up after Amanda Batula and West Wilson’s bombshell relationship announcement. Bravo exec Frances Berwick confirmed to The Ankleron Wednesday that the upcoming series shot “a new scene” to cover the fallout of the shock romance. “’In the City,’ which launches in a couple of weeks

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  • The ‘Great Man’ Presidency

    The ‘Great Man’ Presidency

    Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts This week, the State Department released a mock-up of a new limited-edition passport designed to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. Previews show it including John Trumbull’s famous image of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence, but the image is small and crowded,

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  • Failed plane and bus trips: How ICE can’t bring back man wrongfully deported to Mexico

    Failed plane and bus trips: How ICE can’t bring back man wrongfully deported to Mexico

    The U.S. government had no trouble deporting Lazaro Romero León to Mexico in February, despite a California federal judge’s order that the Cuban national stay in this country. The problem now, government officials claim, is getting him back. First, Immigration and Customs Enforcement considered putting Romero León on a plane from the Mexican state of

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  • New Trump admin court loss on horizon after Kash Patel uttered ‘famous last words’: expert

    New Trump admin court loss on horizon after Kash Patel uttered ‘famous last words’: expert

    FBI Director Kash Patel’s lawsuit against The Atlantic is not going to get very far, attorneys Shant Karnikian and Brian Kabateck agreed on the latest episode of their “Civil Action” show on Meidas Touch’s Legal AF Network. The reason is simple, they observed: Patel would have to prove something that will be almost impossible to

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  • The Era of Normie Extremism Is Here

    The Era of Normie Extremism Is Here

    On Saturday night, after Cole Tomas Allen’s alleged attempt to assassinate President Trump and administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a familiar ritual began on the internet: compiling a portrait of the shooter, based on the digital breadcrumbs of his online life. Over the past decade, this trail has frequently led to a

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  • One of the World Cup’s biggest sponsors is Big Oil

    One of the World Cup’s biggest sponsors is Big Oil

    As FIFA prepares to bring the largest-ever World Cup to Los Angeles and other parts of North America this summer, the global soccer organization is again promoting a commitment to environmental sustainability. But some of its sponsorship agreements tell a different story — including a premiere deal with the largest oil and gas company in

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  • Beauty queen stripped of crown for racist tweets takes over state GOP’s digital media

    Beauty queen stripped of crown for racist tweets takes over state GOP’s digital media

    In 2019, Kathy Zhu was stripped of her title in the Miss Michigan beauty queen pageant due to offensive tweets deemed by many to be racist and Islamophobic. Almost seven years later, she’s handling digital media for the Michigan House Republicans. Zhu has been employed as digital strategist director for the Republican Central Staff at

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  • Trump warns he may cut US troop presence in Germany after Iran feud

    Trump warns he may cut US troop presence in Germany after Iran feud

    President Trump on Wednesday leveled a new threat against NATO ally Germany, suggesting he could soon reduce the US military presence there as he continues to feud with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the US-Israel war against Iran. Trump made the threat after Merz earlier this week said that the US was being “humiliated” by the Iranian leadership and criticized Washington’s lack

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  • L.A. council member pushes plan to let noncitizens vote in city elections

    L.A. council member pushes plan to let noncitizens vote in city elections

    Los Angeles voters could be asked this year to take the first step toward giving noncitizens the right to vote in city and school board elections. City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who represents an Echo Park-to-Hollywood district, released a proposal Wednesday to ask voters in the Nov. 3 election to give the council the power to

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  • GOP ‘fissure’ erupts over Trump’s new attack on late-night comedian: report

    GOP ‘fissure’ erupts over Trump’s new attack on late-night comedian: report

    Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr’s decision to initiate an early renewal review of Disney’s broadcast licenses is creating divisions within the Republican Party, with some lawmakers expressing concern about potential government censorship while others defend his authority to investigate diversity practices. Carr cited Disney’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices as the reason for the

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