Imagine a distant future in which humans compete for passenger seats on a spaceship headed away from this dying Earth to a more habitable planet. That’s more or less the current scene on Twitter — a slowly collapsing social network — as people scramble for access to Bluesky, a decentralized …
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Former President Donald Trump riled up supporters at a rally in New Hampshire on Thursday. Just as he took the stage, CNN published excerpts from a draft RNC report exploring the reasons Republicans underperformed in the 2022 midterms. One conclusion stood above the rest: Voters are tired of hearing about …
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Earlier this week, Tory Lanez’s lawyer Jose Baez posted a note to his 35,000 followers on Instagram alleging that the DNA evidence in Lanez’s shooting case was “false and misleading.” As if he were dropping a new album himself, he announced that he would divulge more details at 6 PM …
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Congressmen Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) have reintroduced the Restoring Artist Protection or RAP Act, a legislation that, if passed, would limit the use of song lyrics for use in criminal proceedings. The bill’s proponents — including music executives from the Recording Academy and its Black Music Collective …
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A judge granted a full temporary order of protection for the alleged victim in the case against Jonathan Majors. On Thursday, press secretary for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Doug Cohen, confirmed that a “judge granted a full temporary order of protection for the victim, per the People’s request and …
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Tucker Carlson may be gone from Fox, but MAGA world is going after his greatest nemesis: the green M&M. America First Legal, the legal activist group founded by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Mars Inc., the maker …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Dolly Parton‘s Instagram-famous pooch is now the star of his very own children’s book. Billy, the country legend’s pet Frenchie, is the inspiration behind Dolly Parton’s Billy the …
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Former Vice President Mike Pence testified on Thursday before a DC grand jury probing former President Donald Trump’s role in efforts to overturn the election. ABC’s Katherine Faulders reported that Pence was in the Washington DC courthouse for more than 7 hours. Pence had previously fought efforts by prosecutors to …
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A draft report analyzing the disastrous performance by Republicans in the 2022 midterms suggests it’s time to stop hawking claims of election fraud. The report, a portion of which was obtained by CNN, advises that voters have “no patience for endless conversations relitigating previous elections from Democrats and Republicans.” Republicans …
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R.I.P. to the great Jerry Springer, who died Thursday at 79. This man revolutionized daytime TV — he was the Martha Graham of afternoon talk-show slap-and-punch choreography. His eponymously titled show was a beautifully bizarre pageant of dysfunctional American life: You watched strangers sit down onstage, listened to them confess …
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