Topline Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) a conservative Democrat who often breaks with his party on key votes, signaled that he is firmly in support of convicting President Donald Trump when the Senate meets to consider articles of impeachment. Key Facts In a https://twitter.com/FiringLineShow/status/1350185994423726080?s=20″ aria-label=”PBS Firing Line…
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The historic victory of “Parasite” at last year’s Oscars has put Korean cinema under a brighter spotlight than ever before. Now “The Man Standing Next” director Woo Min-ho is hoping his political thriller will follow in the footsteps of the first non-English Best Picture winner as South Korea’s selection for the 2021 Best International Film category.…
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I was a little worried about Hulu’s recent film release, The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, even before I watched it. The trailer teased a fair amount of young adult entertainment tropes, including that of the sick-teen-in-love, found in films like The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and Five Feet Apart (2019), based on young adult…
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Lana Del Rey addressed the controversy surrounding her Chemtrails Over the Country Club album cover and the U.S. Capitol riot during a BBC Radio 1 interview Monday (Jan. 11).
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As the UK plans to dismantle Public Health England â in a move health expert Dr Anthony Laverty describes as âretrogradeâ â the Government is being called on to take âbolder actionâ to combat obesity.
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After Trump supporters staged an insurrection at the Capitol, Javanka’s remaining social capital—and the fear that accompanied it—has dried up. Says one former friend of Ivanka’s: “How do you associate yourself with the worst, most toxic people in U.S. history?”
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Fox’s “The Masked Dancer” plummeted in ratings with its second episode, which faced some unique competition on broadcast television. The silly dancing show went up against a lot of live news coverage of Wednesday’s riots in and around the U.S. Capitol Building. NBC’s news division won the night (on broadcast at least), according to Nielsen.…
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President Trump’s caught-on-tape effort to bully the Georgia secretary of state shows that the powers Trump used to cajole his way to the top of business — and into the presidency — are now failing him in his White House final days.Why it matters: “The clock …
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Mehdi Hasan takes a look at Trump’s four years of failed deal-making. “Donald Trump has had four years to prove himself the ultimate dealmaker. What he has proven instead is the truth of a line from his own book: ‘If you don’t deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.’”
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What makes a Monitor journalist? It takes curiosity, compassion, and a willingness to look for light in even the darkest places. This writer brings all three qualities to his commentary.
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