Neil Young issued a dispatch on his Archives site to blast Donald Trump’s tweets regarding the California wildfires. The rocker also revealed that his own home near Malibu had been destroyed in the blazes that have thus far caused historic damage in both northern and southern California. “California is vulnerable …
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In a blow to the Trump administration’s fossil fuel agenda, a federal judge in Montana has blocked completion of the Keystone XL pipeline, ruling that the administration was “arbitrary and capricious” in ignoring climate impacts cited by the Obama State Department when ithalted the pipeline in 2015. The pipeline — …
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Sitcoms creatively peak sometime in their second or third year, and even the best ones would probably be best off ending after five or six seasons at the most. If this isn’t an immutable law, it’s at least common sense based on decades of history to back it up. But …
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John Mellencamp has unveiled his politically charged video for “Eyes on the Prize,” one of the 10 covers that appear on the rocker’s upcoming Other People’s Stuff. The video, released on the same day as the midterm elections, subtly broaches subjects like the border wall while telling the story of …
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A new lyric video highlights the fury of John Lennon‘s 1971 track “Gimme Some Truth.” The clip is set to the new “ultimate mix” of the song, which appears on the new reissue of Imagine. The ultimate mix of “Gimme Some Truth” has a more stripped-down feel than the original, …
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Stephen Colbert tapped Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to venture to Texas and chase down last minute interviews with Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz ahead of the midterm elections on The Late Show Monday. Triumph began his journey at an O’Rourke rally in Houston, where he spoke with several members …
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Joaquin Archivaldo Guzmán Loera has always made up for his size, even if his nickname, “El Chapo,” or Shorty, is a constant reminder of his squat, 5-feet-5-inches frame. The diminutive drug lord, 61, made a name for himself as the undisputed king of the ruthless Sinaloa Cartel. Over the years, …
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President Trump wants Tuesday’s midterm elections to be about immigration. The idea of criminal brown people invading the United States is abstract enough for him to propagandize the issue to no end. An issue like health care is not, but that hasn’t stopped the president from claiming the GOP will …
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Diplo, Sia and Labrinth have unveiled a new single under their LSD moniker. “Mountains” appears as the title track to an EP on Spotify, which includes their previously released songs “Thunderclouds,” “Audio” and “Genius.” The new tune quietly unfurls on a sweet note of falsettos from Sia and Labrinth, before …
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In the wake of the horrific Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, Samantha Bee devoted a segment of Wednesday’s Full Frontal to a recent wave of anti-Semitism in the U.S.She argued that President Trump and the Republican party are partially to blame for fostering that hateful climate. “Trump has whipped up a xenophobic …
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