After months of damaging news stories (personal and professional), dwindling poll numbers, and rising doubts from restive donors, Ron DeSantis’ big moment has finally arrived. The first Republican debate is here and, with it, a chance for the Florida governor to reclaim his vaunted status as DeFuture of DeParty. There’s …
Read More »Victoria Monét's 'Jaguar II' is the Crown Jewel of This Summer's R&B Resurgence
Across the roll out of her debut studio album, Jaguar II, Victoria Monét has been a jokester and a party girl, all while proving that her skill is nothing to play with. The 34 year-old is a real triple threat who writes, sings, and dances with social media appeal that …
Read More »Britney Spears Stans Are Hopeful About Her Future, But a 'Level of Angst' Looms
With a fresh divorce from Sam Asghari and speculative headlines about Britney Spears’ life back in tabloid headlines, fans of the pop star are entering a new era of uncertainty and looking into the future with cautious optimism. After all, they, along with Spears, have somewhat been here before. When …
Read More »Why Is the Right So Obsessed with Seed Oils?
“Before seed oils were invented, everybody was hot and healthy,” reads the first sentence of an Aug. 21 tweet by Carnivore Aurelius, a Twitter account with more than 300,000 followers. The tweet cites statistics claiming to link consumption of seed oils to an increase in obesity and cardiovascular disease rates, …
Read More »Twitter Isn't Being Overrun with Porn — People Just Don't Like Sex Workers
In theory, the “community notes” feature on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter till it was inexplicably renamed by owner Elon Musk), is intended to refute or provide more context for a given tweet, which is — again, in theory — supposed to curb the spread of misinformation on …
Read More »How Sun Myung Moon 'Digested the Scientists' and Fueled Climate-Change Denial
IF THERE WERE A DENIAL Mt. Rushmore the two biggest heads would be S. Fred Singer and Frederick Seitz. Dishonesty’s Lincoln, lying’s Washington. Together, the two graybeard prophets launcheda movement. Frederick Seitz’s slab would be the larger and more solemn. Most decorated scientist ever to slip over to the dark …
Read More »Here's the Plan to Take Montana's Massive Climate Win Nationwide
Are boomer politicians obligated to act on climate change so gen alpha can inherit a livable planet? A state judge in Montana declared that doing so is a constitutional imperative Monday — validating a cutting-edge litigation strategy that could bring court-ordered climate action to states from Hawaii to Virginia, and …
Read More »How Dr. Luke Staged a Comeback in the Shadows
I N JULY 2014, the songwriter, producer, and mogul Lukasz Gottwald, a.k.a. Dr. Luke, paced the halls of one of his favorite workplaces, Conway Studios in Hollywood, and mused about thriving under pressure. The way he saw it, he faced more of it as a behind-the-scenes hitmaker than artists do. …
Read More »What Can Young Thug's RICO Case Tell Us About Donald Trump's?
On Aug. 14, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally announced the state of Georgia’s 41-count indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 others for allegedly attempting to overthrow the 2020 election. Trump, who’s also facing three other indictments in New York, Washington, D.C., and Florida, is the highest-profile …
Read More »Inside Trump's Georgia Indictment: RICO, Kanye's Ex-Publicist, and Hacked Voting Machines
The former president has once again been indicted on criminal charges — this time by a Georgia Grand Jury that voted on Monday to charge Trump and 18 of his allies in relation to their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. It’s the fourth criminal indictment brought against the former …
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