AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatar4 days agoThe New Civil War Movie Is Eerily Right About How the Country Could Split Apartverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Joanna WeissThe political violence in Alex Garland’s dystopian thriller is chaotic and random — which is exactly what makes it so scary. The real Civil War was a lot like that, too. When the trailers for the movie Civil War dropped a few months ago, the internet assumed it knew what was coming. The promos, after …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatar5 days agoOpinion: What ‘Civil War’ reveals about this troubling Hollywood traditionverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Noah BerlatskyCNN — “Much of the American artistic and cultural work about the Vietnam War, even as it engages in anti-American criticism, places Americans firmly and crudely at the story’s center,” Viet Thanh Nguyen writes in his 2016 study, “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War.” You could expand …
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AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatar4 days agoDon’t sneer at white rural voters — or delude yourself about their politicsverified_publisherVox - Eric LevitzWhat the debate over “white rural rage” misses. White rural Americans are a “racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-gay” authoritarian fifth column that poses an existential threat to our republic. Unless they are actually a downtrodden people who rightly resent the condescension of liberal elites …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatar5 days agoFlorida blocks heat protections for workers right before summerverified_publisherNPR - Alejandra BorundaFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law that prevents cities or counties from creating protections for workers who labor in the state's often extreme and dangerous heat. Two million people in Florida, from construction to agriculture, work outside in often humid, blazing heat. For years, many of …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatar6 days agoRepublican Group Torches Trump With His Own Words In Damning New VideoHuffPost - Ed MazzaThe new spot from Republican Voters Against Trump features one alarming number. Donald Trump has tried to backpedal from strict abortion bans in recent days, but one Republican group opposed to the former president won’t let him get away with it. The new video from Republican Voters Against Trump …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarWhy America fell for gunsAeon Media - Megan KangIn 1970, amid a national confrontation with the United States’ gun culture following the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatar"Unprecedented": Jared Kushner’s “unusual” dependence on foreign money shocks other investorsverified_publisherSalon - By Charles R. DavisTechnically, it would not be accurate to say that literally all of the investment money that’s been flowing to Jared Kushner since he left the White House has come from foreign sources, such as the governments he worked with while serving former President Donald Trump. The actual figure, as …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarTennessee lawmakers pass bill requiring public schools to show AI video on fetus developmentverified_publisherCNNCNN — Tennessee could soon become the latest state to require public school students to watch a three-minute computer-generated video on fetal development created by an anti-abortion group. The state Senate passed the legislation, commonly known as the “Baby Olivia Act,” in a 21-6 vote Thursday and …
AvatarBethany FrasierFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMary Ellen Klas: What’s happening in Tennessee isn’t funnymiamiherald.com - By Mary Ellen Klas, Bloomberg OpinionIf you haven't been watching the Tennessee Legislature, you're missing out. Members of the Republican-controlled body, which is dominated by old …
AvatarBethany FrasierFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTrump Media stock tanks as new filing reveals heavy losses, 'greater risks' on Trump's involvementyahoo.com - Alexandra CanalTrump Media & Technology Group (DJT), the parent company of Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social, sank more than 21% Monday following a …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarTexas appeals court blocks state from investigating families seeking gender-affirming care for trans youthverified_publisherCNNCNN — A Texas appeals court upheld two injunctions in a pair of legal cases Friday, in an order blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating families of transgender youth who are seeking gender-affirming medical care for their children. The legal battle began …