Charli xcx: from slow burn popstar to ‘brat’ US election influencer | Charli xcx
aCharli XCX has come a long way, despite spending much of her early career outside the mainstream: the British pop star who first gained traction on her MySpace page has gone on to inspire not only the memes of the summer but also a tumultuous transatlantic presidential election. “I can’t believe Charli XCX is successfully […]
A Slow Bloat to China
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Since the US birthed the entrance of China into the World Trade Organization in 1998 under Bill Clinton, the two nations have formed an unstable alliance of sorts. The thinking of Western elites has been that if China did well, they would become more like the West. They would become […]
Netflix adds over 8M subscribers, warns gains could slow
Netflix said on Thursday it added more than 8 million subscribers in the second quarter, benefiting from a crackdown on password-sharing and titles like “Bridgerton,” “Baby Reindeer” and “Roast of Tom Brady.” The subscriber gains beat analysts’ expectations that Netflix would gain about 5 million new customers between April and June. The new subscribers bring […]
January 6 arrests slow in June but are still running far ahead of 2023, 2022 levels
New statistics from the Department of Justice show that FBI arrests on Jan. 6th fell in June, but the total for the first half of 2024 is still well above the same periods in 2023 and 2022. According to the Department of Justice’s 42-month Jan. 6 report, the FBI arrested 15 people on Jan. 6 […]
Biden Is ‘Mentally Slow’ ‘with Sound Judgments’ Person We Saw at NATO Presser
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” The New York Times Columnist David Brooks said that President Joe Biden at Thursday’s NATO press conference was “Biden there, a little slow-witted, a little awkward in his delivery, but fundamentally with sound judgment,” and that Biden “is not the man he was a year ago. He’s a completely different man […]
Inflation expected to slow again in June, but high prices are still crushing Americans
Former Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Honig responded to Jerome Powell’s comments on “Cavuto Coast to Coast” that the Fed isn’t ready to start cutting interest rates. The closely watched inflation report due on Thursday is expected to show that price pressures within the economy continued to ease in June. Economists expect the […]
Oakland Man Whose Shop Was Robbed Points to Slow Police Response
A gas station owner in Democrat-governed Oakland, California, is working to recover after his store was attacked by a mob early Friday. The incident happened at 76 Gas Station & Mini Market on Hegenberger Street around 4 a.m. when a large group of people were inside. Plundered KTVU reported that the store was damaged. The […]
California lawmaker tells fellow Dems to ‘slow down’ on calls for Biden to step aside
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) has a message for his fellow Democrats about the panic surrounding Biden’s candidacy: “Stay calm and take a deep breath.” Garamendi Participated Fox News will be broadcasting on Saturday in the debate’s aftermath, with Biden set to take on former President Trump and discuss his ability to serve another four years […]
Charles Leclerc and Ferrari looking for answers to a ‘slow’ car at British Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc struggled to find the right answers but Ferrari doesn’t have many to offer at the moment. Speaking to the official F1 channel after his unexpected Q2 exit, the Ferrari driver lamented the frustrating state of the team at the moment. The Monegasque driver has struggled in recent weeks since finally breaking through with […]
LIV Golf’s Sergio Garcia falls short of The Open, frustrated by slow play warning
Sergio Garcia failed to qualify for the British Open. LIV Golf star headlines Final Qualifier in West Lancashire Golf club LiverpoolGarcia, one of four players from across the UK to make the final cut, finished with a three-under 141 after 36 holes and missed the cut by two strokes. “I did everything I could to […]