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Новости за 18.12.2024

Why aren’t more Democrats speaking out against RFK Jr.’s HHS nomination?

Raw Story 

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes the rounds on Capitol Hill, talking this week with Republican senators about his contentious nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and as the media continues to unearth even more highly controversial statements the anti-vaccine advocate has made, almost 20 GOP lawmakers have begun to voice their support for the Trump nominee, while Democrats, widely expected to vote against confirmation, by comparison have been less vocal and less definitive.

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'In a lot of trouble': Trump lashes out at Liz Cheney in middle-of-the-night attack

Raw Story 

In the very early hours of Wednesday, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform, attacking ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and doubling down on his threat to see her prosecuted for opposing him.

On Tuesday the former GOP House member pushed back at a report released by MAGA Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) defending the president-elect over his part in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol that led to a House elect committee investigation.

As part of that report, the Georgia Republican suggested Cheney should be investigated by FBI... Читать дальше...

Jenkins Lost with the Lions

Splice Today 

I hope Disney paid Barry Jenkins a lot of money to direct Mufasa the Lion King. I also hope they made assurances about funding some personal films, about human beings, of the sort Jenkins is currently one of the best filmmakers at making. That’s the only way I could imagine the director of Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Medicine For Melancholy spending two or three years of his career on a prequel to a remake of a 30-year-old Disney movie.

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The Coffin Maker

Splice Today 

69th St. in Woodside and Maspeth hasn’t been known as Fisk Ave. for several decades… except on the 69th St. platform of the #7 Flushing Line el, where the name’s retained, these days for tradition’s sake. Other stops on the #7, such as Rawson (33rd), Lowery (40th), Bliss (46th) and Lincoln (52nd) also appear on platform signage. When the line opened in 1917, the Queens Topographical Bureau was at the beginning of a borough-wide street numbering plan that wouldn’t be complete until the late-1920s... Читать дальше...