Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio was arrested Monday, weeks after allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a Washington D.C. protest. The city’s Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that Tarrio, 36, had been charged with destruction of property in connection with the December 12th incident, which occurred …
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Fashion executive Peter Nygard was indicted on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges Tuesday, months after he was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting 10 women. The 79-year-old Nygard, the public face of the Nygard Group empire of clothing brands, was charged with nine counts of “racketeering, sex trafficking, …
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Jennifer Jones spent most of her summer at home, as so many of us did, trying to avoid the plague. Jones, 45, lives in Tavernier, a community in the Florida Keys just south of Key Largo, and passed a lot of time in her yard, puttering around with plants. At …
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UPDATE (11/30): Moderna will submit its Covid-19 vaccine to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization after the biotech firm completed its Phase 3 trial, NBC News report. The study found that the vaccine was 94.1% effective at preventing Covid-19, and 100% effective at preventing severe cases (along …
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On Thursday, Hillary Clinton will appear as the latest guest on The Dissenters, a new podcast series that features 21 interviews with leaders and activists on their meaning of “dissent.” The series is hosted by Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani, co-founders of the non-profit campaign I Am a Voter. In …
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Objectively speaking, Claudia Conway is fascinating. It’s controversial to state this point-blank, mostly because Conway is 15 years old, and there’s a tacit agreement among most mainstream media outlets that minors are off-limits (despite the entirety of the celebrity industrial complex serving as evidence to the contrary). But the daughter …
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Since President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, there’s been a great deal of attention paid to the People of Praise, a secretive Christian and Catholic fundamentalist group of which Coney Barrett is reportedly a member. Coney Barrett has declined to comment publicly on her …
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Former President Bill Clinton will be launching a new podcast, as Deadline reports. Created in a partnership between his Clinton Foundation and iHeartMedia, the podcast is expected to launch early next year. “The podcast is inspired by President Clinton’s belief that the purpose of his work in public service is …
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UPDATE: Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli were formally sentenced August 21st after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges in the college admissions scandal. Loughlin will serve two months in prison, while Giannulli will serve five, along with additional fines, community service and probation stipulations for both. Per CNN, Giannulli — who …
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A liens are calling me, but first I have to buy Lunchables. Soon, I’ll be heading into the Nevada desert. I will not be alone. It is pre-pandemic September, and tens of thousands of seekers are reported to be descending on Hiko and Rachel, two no-stoplight towns 150 miles north …
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