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George Clooney’s outdated new play celebrates the ‘truth-telling’ press

In March, the Broadway premiere of Good Night, and Good Luck, co-written by and starring George Clooney, will debut at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. As Playbill explains, “a work of historical drama, Good Night, and Good Luck centers on a clash between famed journalist Edward R. Murrow and infamous U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, of anti-communist HUAC fame.” “Edward R. Murrow operated […]

Why I will vote against the Republican budget

The Republican budget voted out of committee this week purports to spend $4.6 trillion in fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30. If accurate, the budget passed by Senate Republicans would appear to be about $800 billion less than last year. Should we celebrate? Before anyone pops a cork of champagne, we should remember that the federal […]

Trump should call for new elections in Georgia

On Nov. 28, 2024, Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party announced the suspension of the country’s European Union accession process until 2028 — a move widely viewed as a betrayal of the nation’s long-standing aspirations to join Western alliances. Within an hour of the announcement, protesters flooded Tbilisi’s central thoroughfare in defiance of what they saw […]

Department of Education warns that public schools must remove DEI policies or lose federal funding

The Department of Education is warning state education departments that they could lose federal funding unless they remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

Eric Adams to sue Trump admin over revoked $80M in FEMA migrant shelter funding for New York City

New York City mayor Eric Adams plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration after it revoked more than $80 million in funding for migrant shelters.

Trump’s mugshot spotted hanging in ornate frame near Oval Office

Social media posts showed a framed front page 2023 mugshot of President Trump from the New York Post near the Oval Office in the White House.

New poll reveals growing number of Dems want party to move in new direction

After the Democratic Party's setbacks to Trump and Republicans in the 2024 elections, a new national poll indicates Democrats increasingly want their party to move toward the center.

Here’s what happened during President Donald Trump’s 4th week in office

President Donald Trump and his administration are working to negotiate an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, and everything else that happened his fourth week in his second administration.

Burn the paper straws

Paper straws may seem a picayune issue for President Donald Trump to take on in his first month in office amid a migrant crisis, stubborn inflation, and multiple international conflagrations. Doesn’t Trump have something more important to attend to? It’s a fair question. But we have a prior question: Were not paper straws a picayune […]

Federal department slashes millions in contracts, including $230K for ‘Brazilian forest and gender consultant’

The Agriculture Department has terminated nearly 80 contracts after a review by Elon Musk's DOGE, including for a Brazilian forest and gender consultant.

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