This gleefully silly stage version of the TV series stars Alex Brightman and Sara Chase in a production that winks at ‘Carousel,’ ‘The Music Man,’ ‘Oklahoma!’ and other classics. on.wsj.com/4sPXzR0
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Election Live Updates: Virginia Passes New Map, Lifting Democrats’ Midterm Chances www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Project Prometheus, the secretive AI startup cofounded by Jeff Bezos, is raising around $10 billion in fresh funding at a post-money valuation of around $38 billion, according to sources who have seen the deal. https://bit.ly/4tZWqaG
Jail, please
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Three decisions in three days last week showed us how Americans can keep corporate Goliaths in check, even when the federal government refuses to,” writes Lina Khan and Doha Mekki.
"The range of options within the party of ordinary governing is very wide, from good to mediocre to ill advised to odious. But compared to the personality cult, they are better by far—especially because the lion’s share of them operate as a party on the lion’s share of issues."
FBI Director Kash Patel got some bad news on Tuesday, as a federal judge threw out his lawsuit against legal commentator Frank Figliuzzi.
After federal agents began eating at Juan Hernandez’s restaurant, immigrant customers stayed away. Sales went down 40%.
He says he felt angry: “They are looking for us, and then they come to eat here.”
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Idiocracy
Greek yogurt was little known in the US before Chobani, today a $20 billion brand, helped make it a refrigerator staple.
Chobani non-fat vanilla yogurt has become my go-to breakfast food.
I add refrigerated chunks of canned peaches or apricots in fruit juice. I should have discovered this a long time ago.
Mindy Brashears, USDA’s food safety lead, has deep financial and advisory affiliations to the industry she regulates, a new @propublica.org database shows.
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Democrats should get louder in championing clean energy’s affordability and resilience from global shocks, according to some of the party’s leading voices on the climate.
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
From Soderbergh to Aronofsky, esteemed Hollywood directors are starting to find ways to include artificial intelligence in the production of their films
Breathing polluted air significantly increases the risk of developing and dying from multiple cancers - including liver and breast cancer - according to a new report calling for stricter air quality standards.
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"What we see is essentially a wash. After all this redistricting, all these new lines drawn in many of these states, neither side is likely to come out ahead on this," says Amy Walter. https://to.pbs.org/4evPe1h
Kash Patel just screwed over Trump's DOJ with 'terrible' decision: lawyer
www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-26...
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
How much of the $1600 I paid for a Sony Tv was due to illegal tariffs?
How much am I getting back? 🙄🤪😏
Come on, I’m 78 and I knew pro wrestling was fake back in the 1950s when Killer Kowalski, and Haystacks Calhoun were stars.
The new bill would allow Coloradans to sue any federal official for violating their civil rights. That’s a broader approach than Senate Bill 5, which would apply only to immigration enforcement.