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California Rep. Katie Porter presented another masterclass in political interrogation. On Wednesday, the Democratic lawmaker began trending on Twitter after she grilled a pharmaceutical CEO on his wildly high salary and the significanct price surge for Revlimid—a cancer drug commonly used to treat multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome. Porter presented her argument during a House Oversight Committee hearing that centered on an […]
California’s governor has signed a historic reparations bill amid nationwide outcries against racial injustice. “After watching last night’s debate, this signing can’t come too soon,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, as he signed Assembly Bill 3121 into law. The legislation makes California the first state to officially consider reparations for slavery; however, as Deadline points out, […]
Political debates, on the national level, have historically been public theater, but yesterday night introduced America to a calamity of unprecedented levels. These spectacles lean into the overblown construct of the “undecided voter” to give candidates a space to make sweeping declarations and big-tent promises that appeal to the broadest swath of people, while rousing […]
Joe Biden‘s quickly excerpted and widely shared request for Trump to simply “shut up, man” during Tuesday night’s debate has now received the inevitable merch treatment. Over on the offical site for Biden and Harris campaign merch, you’ll now find a black “Will you shut up, man” t-shirt. The shirt—which is the latest piece of campaign merch to be built […]
Putting on an event during a global pandemic is a challenge for anyone in the world in 2020, but for London-based artist Elliot Fox, creating an exhibition that requires both emotional and physical engagement has provided a much-needed antidote to what’s been a digital-heavy and socially-distanced year. Idol Hands is the name Fox’s new multi-medium show in Southwark, South London, which repeatedly uses visual and verbal […]
Like many of you, Frank Ocean wasn’t impressed by Tuesday night’s presidential debate. Toward the end of the event, the singer-songwriter took to Instagram to share a few thoughts on Donald Trump and Joe Biden‘s much-anticipated face-off. Frank posted an Instagram story that suggested he was bored with the unusual situation, but stressed the importance of getting Trump […]
Portland Trail Blazers center Hassan Whiteside is claiming that the tweet about him “moving to Hawaii” to get out of the United States if Donald Trump wins a second term was fake. As I’m sure you know (hopefully), Hawaii is part of the United States. On Tuesday night, Republican Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, faced off […]
If you’ve been keeping up with Luca Guadagnino’s new military base-set HBO series We Are Who We Are, which is definitely something you should be doing, then you know by now that Kid Cudi‘s character was recently revealed as a MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporter. In a new interview, Cudi—whose 2020 filmography also includes a pivotal […]
Christians have raised more than $500,000 for Kyle Rittenhouse‘s legal defense, arguing—presumably after clicking the little “pray now” button on the fundraising site or whatever—that the 17-year-old from Illinois who’s been charged with first-degree intentional homicide “bravely tried to defend his community.” The fundraiser, housed on the self-described “No. 1 free Christian fundraising site” GiveSendGo, has been […]
Donald Trump suggested recently that he and Joe Biden should submit to drug tests ahead of their first debate, and now Biden’s campaign has shot back. “I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night. Naturally, I will agree to take one also,” Trump […]
