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Remember when racists were afraid to voice their beliefs in public for fear of being labeled βracistsβ? I know, itβs hard to think back that far, before 2016 when Fox News gave Tucker Carlson his own primetime show and βExecute the [Now Exonerated] Central Park Fiveβ Donald Trump won the election. Weβve slipped so far….
A Los Angeles jury dealt a blow to social media giants Meta and YouTube this week when it found that the platforms were negligent for designing addictive features that harmed the mental health of a California woman. Both companies plan to appeal, but the ruling has ignited uncertainty around the tech companiesβ future and sparked…
This is the story of two announcements – and the bigger lessons they tell us about the state of our politics. First, there was a policy announcement by the Liberal Democrats as they gathered in Bournemouth for their annual conference. Some Lib Dems were already aggrieved they do not get coverage commensurate with their parliamentary…
Dylan Carter, a contestant on Season 24 of βThe Voice,β died in a car accident on Saturday. According to the NBC affiliate serving the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, the musician died in a single-vehicle crash on a rural road in Colleton County. He was 24. Country music legend Reba McEntire, who was Carterβs coach…
Immigrant truck drivers have sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles for terminating the commercial driverβs licenses of thousands of drivers, alleging that the decision violated their rights and threatened their livelihood. Californiaβs DMV gave a 60-day cancellation notice to 17,000 drivers on Nov. 6 after a federal audit found the licenses issued to immigrant…
Rwanda has demanded the UK pay more than Β£100m over the failed migrant deportation deal which Sir Keir Starmer scrapped in 2024 when Labour came to power. During a hearing at The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, the East African country claimed Britain owed the money under the agreement which was struck by Rishi Sunak’s…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπ With one month to go until the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, is the electoral map about to be redrawn? In his first major test since the general election, Sir Keir Starmer faces a major health check and verdict on his government…
Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Larry Ellison family would control two historic Hollywood film studios, dozens of cable channels, HBO and two legendary newsrooms, CBS News and CNN. Concerns about the potential loss of more Hollywood jobs, and questions about newsroom independence, dominated a hearing Friday to…
State Sen. Scott Wiener is a strategic and effective legislator who rarely lets emotion make his decisions β much like Nancy Pelosi, whose congressional seat he would like to take. It has been a wide-open secret for years that Wiener wanted to make a run for federal office when or if Pelosi retired, but heβs…
In an age of changing media consumption (and work-from-home) habits, the phrase βwatercooler televisionβ may be something of an anachronism. But as anyone following shows like βThe White Lotusβ can tell you, discussing, dissecting and debating hit series never goes out of style. And of all networks, HBO knows how best to capitalize on such…
