Jared Leto. Ha!

Commentary: Trump posts 'Praise be to Allah,' a roast of the pope and an image of himself as Christ. Nope, not weird at all For the second time in two weeks, President Trump wrote 'Praise be to Allah' in a post about the war against Iran. It stands out as a particularly strange misfire.

Trump posts ‘Praise be to Allah,’ a roast of the pope and an image of himself as Christ. Nope, not weird at all.
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Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

pic of Dana White, Rubio, and Trump

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at UFC in Miami tonight as diplomatic negotiations with Iran fail

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Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more.

They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom.

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Readers have been reaching out all morning about their experience trying to find Olympic tickets via the LA28 presale. One said he’d attended the Paris and Milan Olympics, but gave up on LA due to absurd pricing and limited availability. It’s apparently cheaper to fly to Europe…

So wrong.

I’ll light some candies and put out good thoughts that you find the other magical batch of $28 tickets

Glad I did but sorry you were subjected to the same kinda sidelining. So damn greedy

Argh!!!

But don’t despair. LA28 has another way locals can attend the Olympics and it won’t cost a dime: Volunteer to work the games! We should clarify that the dime saved is theirs, not yours. You’ll be working for free.

And gymnastics were all gone when we looked, even those billion dollar seats

Congrats. You found rare, magical $28 tickets.

Commentary: LA28's first Olympics ticket drop flops, leaving locals locked out of events in their own backyards LA28 organizers promised that those living near venues would have access to tickets for the Olympics for as little as $28 apiece. Folks who tried to buy quickly learned otherwise.

LA28’s presale ticket drop for locals pisses off all of LA. Sunday was my window to sign in for the privilege of seeing what wasn’t available, or what was so far out of my price range it might as well have been cordoned off behind a gold rope and glass. www.latimes.com/california/s...

A whodunit with sex, untimely death and interpretive ASL dance? That's 'DTF St. Louis' Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and David Harbour talk about their HBO limited series where they play middle-aged suburbanites in a love triangle who try to spice up their lives with a hook-up app.

A whodunit with sex, untimely death and interpretive ASL dance. That’s “DTF St. Louis.”
So smart, twisted and funny.

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Ha!

Commentary: From late-night TV to viral memes, Kristi Noem was the gag that kept on giving. What now? Kristi Noem's bravado, cruelty, incompetence and commando cosplay inspired more wickedly funny material than Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and Sean Spicer combined.

From late-night TV to viral memes, Kristi Noem was the gag that kept on giving. What now?

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Commentary: Iran, Israel, pet otters and hair gel. Gavin Newsom's book tour stops in L.A. Gov. Gavin Newsom's book tour stops in Los Angeles.

Iran, Israel, pet otters and hair gel. Gavin Newsom’s book tour stops in L.A.

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This hip L.A. neighborhood is installing emergency sirens to warn of ICE raids Community activists are installing sirens across Highland Park in hopes of providing warnings on mobile devices to residents about possible ICE raids.

Love my city today…Communities have used loud sirens to warn people about approaching tsunamis and tornadoes, but now activists in Los Angeles are using sirens to warn about immigration agents.

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"What’s the point of having these [US] bases [in the GCC] if it's actually causing you to be attacked"

Iranian-American relations expert @tparsi.bsky.social tells @premthakker.bsky.social about how the Iran conflict could transform the Gulf

Commentary: Jane Fonda and Tucker Carlson agree on this: Trump's Iran war is bad — and a betrayal ”America first” was Donald Trump’s promise on the 2024 campaign trail, but his administration broke that oath late Friday when it launched a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Now the president’s stau...

Jane Fonda and Tucker Carlson agree on this: Trump’s Iran war is bad — and a betrayal

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Every anti-vaxxer I encounter seems to love weird unregulated supplements. They hate Big Pharma but they love Little Pharma, Big Pharma’s younger sibling who grew up without any adult supervision.

I know it’s wrong but every time I read about the Jalisco New Generation cartel, I picture a 90s boy band. Pop culture poisoning is real.

Commentary: Racist rhetoric from on high has hit a fever pitch. The BAFTA slur only adds to the hurt The slur at the BAFTA Awards was not an intentional hate bomb, but it still carries the weight of its history and stings.

Racist rhetoric from on high has hit a fever pitch. The BAFTA slur only adds to the hurt

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Truly a mystery

Commentary: The anti-Latino agenda behind Trump wanting Americans to have more kids This is the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac — but for the White House, it’s more like the Year of Babies.

‘While the president told a crowd last October, “We want more babies, to put it nicely”…his administration was keeping an average of 175 children a day in immigration detention—a 700% increase from the end of the Biden administration’

Via @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
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It is a little unfair how good he is at this stuff.

Commentary: Yes, Wasserman should go. But what about all those other guys in the Epstein files? L.A. Olympics committee head Casey Wasserman is the rare elite who has been held accountable in the aftermath of the latest Epstein files release.

Wasserman is the rare case of a wealthy, renown American elite whose empire is crumbling under demands for accountability. But what about all those other guys with ties to Epstein?

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A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.

This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)

Commentary: The unintended hilarity of Pam Bondi's finger-wagging testimony Poor "SNL." Attorney General Pam Bondi’s unwittingly hilarious performance Wednesday before a House Judiciary Committee will be hard to top.

The unintended hilarity of Pam Bondi’s finger-wagging testimony

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