Comedian and veterans rights advocate Jon Stewart tore into Republican senators on Thursday, after the party blocked legislation that would have extended health care benefits to veterans, including those exposed to toxins from burn pits. “If this is America First,” he said, “then America is fucked.” At a press conference …
Read More »Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, and Over 400 TV Writers Call for Studios to Offer Protection in Anti-Abortion States
The women and birth-giving people of Hollywood are standing together to demand better protections from the executives at their studios. On Thursday, 411 TV writers — including A-listers like Issa Rae, Sara Bareilles, and Shonda Rhimes — signed a letter demanding protocols to protect pregnant employees when working in anti-abortion …
Read More »Hosting Saudi Golf Tourney, Trump Has Forgotten He Used to Blame Kingdom for 9/11
Yet again, the only thing standing between former President Trump and a public stance is a signature on a check. At a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament, held at Trump’s Bedminster golf course Thursday, the former President told reporters that “nobody’s gotten to the bottom of 9/11,” signaling a reversal from …
Read More »'We Need to Liberate Our People From the Horrors of Occupation': New Allegations of Russian War Crimes Emerge in Ukraine
When Tetyana Bozhko first saw her husband’s body, she screamed. Russian troops had just pulled out of her hometown on March 19th, and villagers were looking around the house the occupiers had commandeered to use as a makeshift headquarters — and apparently a torture chamber and a place of execution. …
Read More »Hulu Will Now Run Political Ads About Abortion Rights and Gun Control
Following an outcry, Disney announced Wednesday that they will allow political ads to run on their streaming service Hulu in the lead-up to the midterm elections. “After a thorough review of ad policies across its linear networks and streaming platforms over the last few months, Disney is now aligning Hulu’s …
Read More »'Not Okay' Gives Us an Anti-Heroine for Our Age of Perpetual Internet Thirst
Not Okay wastes no time telling us that its central character, a vapid Insta-famous charlatan named Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), is a bad person. Like, not a single second: Before the movie has even begun, a disclaimer pops up that warns of “flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an unlikable …
Read More »Emily Ratajkowski's Divorce Is the Super Bowl for Overly Confident Straight Men
Don’t Let This Flopis released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including ApplePodcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Stitcherand more. Earlier this month, multiple news outlets reported that model/author/perennial weird-baby-holder Emily Ratajkowski was out on the town sans wedding ring. EmRata had been off the market since 2018, when she married Sebastian Bear McClard, an …
Read More »'Moonage Daydream': Freak Out on the New Trailer for David Bowie Documentary
Neon has unveiled the full trailer for the upcoming David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream, the first film officially sanctioned by the music legend’s estate. Using the eponymous song as its soundtrack, the new preview teases the amount of unseen archival footage the film contains, spanning all eras of Bowie: From …
Read More »Two Ex-Minneapolis Cops to Serve at Least Three Years for Role in George Floyd's Death
Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were each sentenced to several years in prison after being found guilty on federal charges tied to the death of George Floyd, ABC News reports. Kueng and Thao, along with Thomas Lane, were all found guilty of depriving Floyd of …
Read More »Justice Department Zeroing in on Trump's Actions for Jan. 6 Investigation
The Justice Department is conducting an active investigation into whether former President Donald Trump attempted to directly interfere with the results of the 2020 election, according to several anonymous sources. As The Washington Post reports, key witnesses for the investigation, which include two top aides to former Vice President Mike …
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