Michelle Lujan Grisham was ready for the coronavirus — or at least as ready as a governor can be for a once-in-several-generations pandemic to ravage every aspect of life in their state. The former health secretary and U.S. representative from New Mexico who took over the state’s highest office in …
Read More »President Obama on the George Floyd Protests: 'There is a Change in Mindset That's Taking Place'
President Barack Obama shared his perspective on the protests that have gripped the nation for the last six days on Wednesday afternoon, issued a call to action for voters and mayors around the county, and talked about why he remains optimistic about America’s future. The former president appeared via Zoom …
Read More »'Let's Get to Work': Obama Pens Essay About Turning Protests Into Real Change
While President Trump reportedly has “nothing to say” to a nation protesting the death of George Floyd and other black victims of police brutality, former President Barack Obama penned an essay Monday about “how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change.” In the essay, …
Read More »Trump Threatens to Shred First Amendment to Defend 'Free Speech'
After weeks of tweeting misinformation about mail-in voting, Twitter on Tuesday decided to slap a small disclaimer on some of President Trump’s posts on the subject. “Get the facts about mail-in ballots,” reads a link to a string of reputable reports about proxy voting, which is practiced in both Democratic …
Read More »Half of Fox News Viewers Believe Bill Gates Wants to Use Virus Vaccines to Track You, New Poll Says
Misinformation is taking a dangerous hold on Fox News viewers. According to a new poll, half of all Americans who name Fox News as their primary news source believe the debunked conspiracy theory claiming Bill Gates is looking to use a coronavirus vaccine to inject a microchip into people and …
Read More »Mike Love and John Stamos Drop COVID-19-Themed Track 'This Too Shall Pass'
Mike Love has a message for everyone hunkering down in quarantine: “This too shall pass.” And since he’s a Beach Boy and thus some mention of the sun is decreed, he adds: “The best is yet to come/So let’s get back to having fun, fun, fun in the sun.” Love …
Read More »'Bull' Review: A Broken Rider, a Lost Teen and an Unlikely Friendship
There are the screen actors that most folks have recognized, and deservedly canonized, as the profession’s top-tier — your Streeps and De Niros, your Brandos and Blanchetts, your Hoffmans (both Dustin and Philip Seymour). And then there are the great actors who toil away from the brighter spotlights but still …
Read More »'SNL': Adam Sandler, Pete Davidson Team for Quarantine Song 'Stuck in the House'
Pete Davidson and Adam Sandler teamed for a quarantine jam about going stir crazy while self-isolating on Saturday Night Live at Home. “Stuck in the House” opens with Davidson singing about the tediousness of his social distancing experience, which includes him sitting around his mom’s house in Staten Island, answering …
Read More »How a Legal Brothel Worker Is Selling the 'Girlfriend Experience' During COVID-19 Pandemic
Like nearly 22 million Americans, many people in the sex industry are unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Allissa, 31, is one of them. For the past 10 years, she’s been working at Sheri’s Ranch, a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada. Pahrump is located in Nye County, one of …
Read More »Keep Calm and Read This New Book About the London Blitz
Erik Larson should be on a book tour right now. Instead he’s tucked away on the east end of Long Island, avoiding the plague, reading thrillers (Shari Lapena’s The Couple Next Door is hitting the spot), and fielding phone calls from the likes of me. Larson, 66, is a master …
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