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Donald Trump wants more political violence — the Supreme Court just handed MAGA one excuse
Donald Trump was the luckiest man alive last Thursday. President Joe Biden's abysmal debate performance overshadowed what should have been the biggest story of the night: Trump, as he did in the 2020 presidential debate, winkingly encouraged his supporters to commit political violence. Biden correctly noted during the debate that Trump has promised to pardon the over 1,200 people charged with federal crimes for the January 6 insurrection. Trump responded by calling the rioters "innocent" and saying Biden "ought to be ashamed" because his Justice Department charged them with crimes. This echoes Trump's increasingly rabid defense of the insurrectionists on the campaign trail, where he often calls them "hostages" and "political prisoners" and holds ceremonies honoring those who are imprisoned.
Joe Biden desperately needs to rebrand
In advertising and marketing, a brand is a way of creating an emotional attachment between the public and a product (a good or a service – or a person such as a celebrity, politician, or other public personality). This is done through repeated messaging that involves slogans, songs, logos, color use, narrative, and other means of storytelling and emotional manipulation. The most effective marketing achieves “semiotic unity” where the brand and what is being sold are universally understood to be inseparable from one another in the minds of the target audience (for example see “Coca Cola” and other legacy brands).
How does diabetes start? A new study suggests it begins in the gut
Diabetes has been a well-known condition since ancient times, described 1500 years before Christ was born, in the Egyptian medical text the Ebers papyrus. Modern doctors thought they knew how it manifested: when the pancreas struggles to process insulin and therefore your blood glucose (or blood sugar) becomes too high.
Rep. Clyburn weighs-in on Trump's backhanded "Black jobs" comment
During Thursday night's shambling vs. rambling first televised presidential debate of 2024, which aired on CNN to 20-year record low debate viewership, Donald Trump spoke of undocumented immigrants "taking Black jobs," causing many to wonder . . . what exactly is a "Black job?" Speaking to CNN's Dana Bash —...
Kelly Jaggers on cooking for one, embracing leftovers and making the kitchen a more enjoyable place
Cookbook author Kelly Jaggers knows how tricky it can be to avoid the siren song of DoorDash and whip up fresh, hot meals nightly. She also knows how annoyingly inconvenient it can be to modify recipes built to serve four when you're only looking to cook for yourself. So, she's put together "The Ultimate Meal Planning for One Cookbook," which helps to arrange and strategize your kitchen plans, ensuring that the dish you make on Monday night will supply you with leftovers to repurpose on Tuesday.
What I wish I'd known about bisexuality and the truth about love
“My mom is a lesbian,” my then-third-grader announced one evening at dinner. We were sitting around the dining room table, and I hadn’t even dug into my salad. My father raised his eyebrows. It was an otherwise unremarkable night during a slow-to-warm spring. “Well, not a lesbian per...
There is one big reason why Joe Biden refuses to step aside
President Joe Biden is running against a man with 34 felony convictions, two impeachments and a historically bungled attempt to manage a pandemic. Even worse, former President Donald Trump is the only president to ever refuse to accept the results of an election if he lost, a petulant and politically perilous practice in which Trump has indulged since before he became president.
Expert: UK's Tories committing "electoral suicide" — but the far right will be back
By the end of this coming week, the United Kingdom will almost certainly have a new prime minister, Keir Starmer of the Labour Party. That will also bring an early end, in all probability, to the political career of Rishi Sunak, the Conservative Party's current whiz-kid prime minister, who at 44 is just about young enough to be Joe Biden's grandson. But the contest between those two distinctly unimpressive party leaders is only a footnote to the real story.
Mass extinction is a choice. A new study shows how we can dramatically reverse it
Extinction is a natural byproduct of life and evolution, but an alarming number of species have entered the dustbin of history thanks to human activity — which is anything but natural. In a 2023 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists learned humans...
Alec Baldwin judge refuses to drop charges after evidence damaged
Alec Baldwin faced another setback in court on Friday, with a judge rejecting a motion to toss his case after the FBI destroyed a key piece of evidence: the firearm that mistakenly discharged on set. Baldwin, who was involved in a 2021 accidental shooting on the set of his film...
"The Bear" brings Syd and Carmy to a boiling point, but here's why they can't be endgame
Season 3 of “The Bear” begins by tossing fresh meat to SydCarmy loyalists – an aiguillette of hamachi with a blood orange reduction, if you want to get technical. The dish stars in Carmen Berzatto’s (Jeremy Allen White) memory of a tortured day working for Joel McHale’s cruel NYC chef at his five-star establishment.
Once branded as “cheap eats,” Asian cuisine is finally getting the awards it deserves
Chef Christina Nguyen kickstarted her restaurant career in 2011 when she and her husband Birk Grudem opened Hola Arepa, a food truck serving platters of Venezuelan street food. Three years later, the pair opened its brick-and-mortar location in South Minneapolis and, in 2018, added Southeast Asian restaurant Hai Hai to their résumé.
CNN reports 20-year record low debate viewership
CNN reports indicate that just 47.9 million people tuned in to the first 2024 presidential debate. The 2020 re-match saw a 35% dip in audience from the first clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which drew 73.1 million viewers in September 2020. The debate, hailed by many as catastrophic...
Why Chappell Roan is your dream girl’s dream girl – and 2024's breakout artist
In August 2023, Chappell Roan released a music video for her 1980s electro-pop throwback “HOT TO GO!” Set in Springfield, Missouri — she grew up in nearby Wilder — the clip centers around a choreographed dance in which she spells out the song title with her arms.
Hillary Clinton and top Democrats rally around Biden as media pushes drop out message
After Joe Biden’s mediocre debate performance drummed up immense support from the pundit class for him to drop out of the race, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and other Democratic lawmakers rallied around the president. Clinton, who lost to Donald Trump in 2016, framed the race as a choice between...
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