Author: Michelle Korhonen
When historians chronicle the end of the Grand Old Party, they may mark 2024 as the turning point. Something called the Republican Party will surely exist for years to come, like a legacy brand subsumed by a competitor, but it appears to be coming to its end as a functional party. Instead, the Republican Party has become just another subsidiary of Donald Trump Inc.Yesterday, Trump announced his effective takeover of the Republican National Committee, endorsing Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, as chair; his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as co-chair; and one of his top campaign advisers, Chris…
Scores of current and former Royal Marines Commandos are set to take the Ministry of Defence to court after claiming they were exposed to asbestos during a set of training exercises in Latvia. Edward Hill, an ex-Marine engineer and vehicle mechanic now studying law at the Open University, is taking the Ministry of Defence to court for allegedly breaching his and 259 other soldiers’ human rights. The 46-year-old claims their bosses breached their rights by making them sleep in a garage allegedly containing the banned substance that can lead to the fatal cancer mesothelioma – which itself can take over…
President Joe Biden’s economic agenda is achieving one of his principal goals: channeling more private investment into small communities that have been losing ground for years.That’s the conclusion of a new study released today, which found that economically strained counties are receiving an elevated share of the private investment in new manufacturing plants tied to three major bills that Biden passed early in his presidency. “After decades of economic divergence, strategic sector investment patterns are including more places that have historically been left out of economic growth,” concludes the new report from Brookings Metro and the Center for Energy and…
Tom Sandoval’s tryst with Rachel Leviss while in a relationship with Ariana Madix caught even those in his inner circle by surprise.‘I was in shock and totally confused,’ Sandoval’s ex-assistant Ann Maddox told Variety in an interview Tuesday spanning a number of topics involving her former employer, 40.Variety reported that ‘because Maddox signed an NDA with Sandoval,’ the ‘interview was conducted over email, and there were a few questions she didn’t answer,’ including the circumstances behind her no longer working with Sandoval.Maddox, who is also involved in improv/sketch comedy and podcasting, has been seen on this season’s edition of the…
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.The presumptive Republican nominee showed yet again this weekend how little he thinks of America’s men and women in uniform.First, here are four new stories from The Atlantic:A Pattern of DisdainDonald Trump made news over the weekend by saying that he would invite Russian aggression against NATO members. I wrote on Saturday that these statements were far more dangerous than his usual disconnected blustering. But…
House Republicans vote to IMPEACH Alejandro Mayorkas on second attempt after embarrassing failure last week: Biden’s DHS secretary’s ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ facilitating the southern border crisis will now be referred to the Senate for trial – Sound health and lasting wealth
In the late aughts, while working on the island of Jersey, in the United Kingdom, Erica Cartmill found herself staring at a daughter giving her mother some grief.The little one was waving a stick in her mother’s face and then yanking it back when her mother reached to snatch the object away—a performance so persistent, so targeted, Cartmill told me, that it was almost impossible for the grown-up to ignore. Cartmill was immediately reminded of kids threatening to poke each other in the back seat of a car. Only, the pair she was watching weren’t human: They were an orangutan…
THE BBC was last night under fire for broadcasting episodes of The Apprentice starring a candidate accused of making ‘a stream of anti-Jewish’ comments on social media.Television executives refused to take the programme off-air after former NHS doctor Asif Munaf continued to make ‘grotesquely antisemitic’ remarks after a BBC-organised diversity and inclusion training course.Dr Munaf – who now owns his own wellness brand – described Zionism as a ‘g-dless, satanic cult’ in the aftermath of the October 7 terror attack.He also wrote on social media that he was compiling a ‘list of sadistic doctors’ who were ‘supporting the Zionist genocide’.Dr…
The CDC is reportedly planning to drop the isolation guidance for those who test positive for COVID-19. Experts say this may align with the current how people are behaving but may not bode well.
Jon Stewart’s return to the show he popularized isn’t a mere nostalgia ploy—it’s a sharp spin on an old formula.Matt Wilson / Comedy CentralFebruary 13, 2024, 11:45 AM ETListen to this articleProduced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration.For me, the experience of watching The Daily Show belongs to a different, bygone era of TV. Either I flipped my cable box over to Comedy Central at 11 p.m. if I happened to be channel surfing that late or I caught up on my DVR the next day, eagerly fast-forwarding through the ads to get to Jon Stewart’s…