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Wildfires: California’s new normal Nothing underscores my take on the wildfires ravaging California more than the title of a commentary I published a few years ago — “Groundhog Day: California’s Burning.” Alas, wildfires scorching wide swathes of the state are the new normal. The Pacific Palisades fire, alongside the Eaton, Hurst, and Woodley fires, has… Read more.
Trump: Everybody wants to be my friend Suddenly, everyone is kissing ass to curry favor with MAGA America, thinking it will help them thrive. That explains billionaire Jeff Bezos greenlighting a propaganda biopic on Melania Trump, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith gushing to MAGA’s chief propagandist Sean Hannity about their friendship, and liberal comedian Bill… Read more.
Faustian bargain coming home to roost for US firms In the chess game of global politics, China just flipped the board. Beijing slapped sanctions on 28 US companies, including defense giants Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin. Framed as safeguarding national security, the move underscores China’s growing confidence. It believes America now needs its economy as… Read more.
I am shocked, shocked! Elon Musk is breaking up with Nigel Farage! Why? Because Nigel dared to tell Elon to stop championing the lost cause of British White supremacist Tommy Robinson. Frankly, Musk’s nostalgia for the good old days of Apartheid South Africa has him fraternizing with far-right demagogues worldwide. And it’s troubling enough that… Read more.
Billionaires as eunuch scribes In a disheartening display of obeying in advance, media magnates are muzzling their outlets to placate the looming specter of Trump’s Second Reich. Jeff Bezos, Amazon overlord and owner of The Washington Post, quashed his editorial board’s Kamala endorsement, triggering resignations and a subscriber exodus. But he couldn’t care less. Bezos… Read more.
From on-set tension to courtroom drama Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie just wrapped their epic, 8-year divorce saga, but don’t worry—Hollywood’s next offscreen spectacle is already underway. Justin Baldoni directed It Ends With Us. Blake Lively stars. But the legal battle now playing out between Baldoni and Lively (and her husband Ryan Reynolds) is shaping… Read more.
Senator Kennedy: Theatrics trumps service Louisiana Senator John Kennedy cares more about entertaining MAGA Republicans with one-liners than serving his constituents. His disgraceful performance at yesterday’s press conference following the New Orleans terrorist attack proves it. While most public officials focused on the tragic loss of 15 lives, Kennedy seized the mic and ranted like… Read more.
Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga., after deciding nearly two years ago to forgo further medical care following a series of medical crises, according to two people close to the family and The Carter Center, the nonprofit he and his wife founded. At 100, he was the longest-lived… Read more.
MAGA civil war Elon Musk threw the following tantrum that triggered a schism in MAGA world: The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face.… Read more.
