• The Guardian view on Russia’s election: in Stalin’s footsteps

    Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in a fake contest marks the latest phase in a transition from authoritarianism to outright autocracyOne of the curiosities of the Soviet Union was the serious weight its leaders attached to holding elections. In a dictatorship, why bother? Academic studies concluded that ensuring a 99% vote share for the only candidate on the ballot was a useful tool for civic mobilisation, and a way of isolating and intimidating anyone who aspired to a real democratic...

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    There’s A Revolution Transforming Women’s Sports. Are Retail Brands Keeping Pace?

    Women's sports are breaking through age-old barriers. In the past few years, we've witnessed significant progress, notably highlighted by the 2023 Women's World Cup, which saw women's sports take center stage. That momentum gained further traction when EA Sports included women's teams and players in their video game for the first time with EA FC

  • The View Defends Media’s Trump ‘Bloodbath’ Hoax, Claims It’s in Context

    Over the weekend, the liberal media went hog-wild with a grossly out-of-context soundbite of former President Trump claiming that he was going to bring a “bloodbath” to America if he wasn’t reelected. ABC’s The View kept the falsehood going Monday morning by airing a deceptively edited clip of Trump and repeatedly insisting that he was completely in context. Only one of them dared to get close to the truth and even then, they only played footsie with it. Ahead of their defense of the media’s...

  • The View Defends Media’s Trump ‘Bloodbath’ Hoax, Claims It’s in Context

    Over the weekend, the liberal media went hog-wild with a grossly out-of-context soundbite of former President Trump claiming that he was going to bring a “bloodbath” to America if he wasn’t reelected. ABC’s The View kept the falsehood going Monday morning by airing a deceptively edited clip of Trump and repeatedly insisting that he was completely in context. Only one of them dared to get close to the truth and even then, they only played footsie with it. Ahead of their defense of the media’s...

  • Chewing Gum’s Demise and Crumbl’s Rise: The Top Food News of the Week

    Thanks to a newly unveiled innovation by Hormel, we might all soon be eating an entirely new type of pepperoni on our pizzas—and if you can believe it, that wasn’t even the biggest story in the food world this week. Read on for more info about a McDonald’s system outage, the closure of 1,000 Dollar Tree stores, and the French pastry craze known as the crookie. McDonald’s Customers Unable to Order Food After Global Outage McDonald’s customers worldwide experienced an unprecedented moment...

  • ‘Sport is never just sport’: Olympics exhibition in Paris reflects 20th century’s highs and lows

    Les Jeux Olympiques: Miroir des Sociétés opens ahead of Paris Olympics and puts previous games in context of conflicts and injusticesFrom the Nazi stadium propaganda in 1936 Berlin to the 1968 Mexico City podium protest of medal-winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were expelled from the competition after raising their gloved fists in a Black Power salute against racial injustice, the Olympic Games have held a mirror up to some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history.Now, as the...

  • Total Eclipse: 7 Optimal U.S. Destinations to View April’s Total Solar Eclipse

    (AP) – NASA expects a total solar eclipse to pass over Mexico, the United States, and Canada on April 8, 2024. While total solar eclipses typically occur two to five times annually, April’s is unique for several reasons. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Many eclipses are only visible from inaccessible areas

  • ‘Tennis is a s sport’ – Footage captures Daniil Medvedev’s X-rated rant during Indian Wells final

    Daniil Medvedev did not hold back from voicing his frustrations during his Indian Wells final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz. The world number four raged about his sport after missing an opportunity to b

  • The View’s Whoopi Goldberg & Sunny Hostin Speak Out About Using Weight Loss Medications Following Oprah’s Special

    The View’s co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin, have followed Oprah Winfrey, who spoke out in her televised special An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, which debuted on ABC on March 18 and the next day on Hulu, about using popular weight loss medications on the market. Deadline reports that Goldberg […] The post The View’s Whoopi Goldberg & Sunny Hostin Speak Out About Using Weight Loss Medications Following Oprah’s Special first appeared on The Source.

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    Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Debuts as Disney+’s No. 1 Music Film, With Nearly 5 Million Views

    There’s probably a Taylor Swift lyric that’d make a fantastic opening line here, but I’m more of a Susanna Hoffs guy. So let’s just get into it, instead. The three-and-a-half hour Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) concert film generated 16.2 million hours of viewing in its first three days of release, which translates […]

  • Anxiety Rises Around Ethereum’s Stability; STX Achieves New Peak; BlockDAG’s Batch 4 Expected To Be Sold Out In 24 Hours

    Sponsored article: Concerns mount over potential classification of Ethereum as security. STX price reaches an all-time high. BDAG's presale sees a surge after a viral keynote debut.

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    Housing minister mocks Doug Ford’s concerns with fourplexes. Here’s what happened at Ontario’s Queen’s Park this week

    Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...