NJ mom dons eerie ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ costume to vote
A tearful New Jersey mother went to vote Tuesday morning wearing a scarlet robe and oversized white hood straight out of the dystopian Hulu series “The Handmaid's Tale.” “What this outfit means to me is a way for me to fight back,” said Veronica McGrogan, a 50-year-old optician after voting at Bloomfield Middle School in […]
Harris claims Trump win would be ‘catastrophic’ for Social Security, but first term tells different tale
Vice President Kamala Harris cited a bipartisan budget report that says former President Trump's plan would “drastically defund Social Security” during a campaign stop on Monday, eliminating the income tax on Social Security benefits. He criticized former President Trump's proposal to do so. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonpartisan policy think […]
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot review – true tale of rescued kids is test of faith | Movies
aFollowing the controversial success of “The Sound of Freedom'' in the United States, producer Angel Studios is focusing on developing another title that delves into the misery of children. Directed by Joshua Weigel, the film aims to address America's broken foster care system through a true story. Donna Martin and her husband Bishop WC Martinhere […]
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter review – a staggering, mesmerising true-crime tale | Television & radio
I It feels like a long time (ten minutes? maybe twenty?) since Netflix last added to the true-crime documentary genre (anthologies focused on men's violence against women and girls), but “Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter” is worth the wait, if only for the strange, perverse way in which such a voyeuristic endeavor takes place. […]
Hillary Clinton Goes on ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Abortion Rant at Telluride Film Festival
Like Hillary Clinton herself, The The Handmaid's Tale / The abortion metaphor is old and overused and it never seems to go away. Hillary Clinton reportedly used the cliche again last weekend while appearing at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado to promote a new documentary on abortion. Zulawski v. Texas; She produced a documentary […]
The Body Next Door review – a jaw-droppingly addictive true-crime tale | Television
circleDetective Inspector Gareth Morgan often talks about murder as a ‘whodunit’ but he thinks a ‘whodunit’ is a more appropriate phrase for an extremely bizarre case that took place under his watch in South Wales in 2015. When a filthy, seeping bundle was discovered in the village of Beddow – a decomposing body semi-preserved within […]
Paul vs. Perry: Tale of the Tape
Fear no one! The combat sports world is buzzing with anticipation as the highly anticipated showdown between social media sensation and boxer Jake Paul and former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star and current Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) superstar Mike Perry is set to take place tonight (Sat., July 20, 2024) and will be streamed […]
Trump assassination attempt: ‘Utter chaos’ a newsroom tale as old as time
I learned about the assassination attempt on former President Trump while I was driving back to Washington after the funeral in Richmond, Virginia. I was driving to a wedding on Long Island when I learned about the 2012 attempted assassination of former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He was on an elliptical at a gym […]
A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on expanding kids' health insurance – The Washington Post
Arizona and Florida, which have among the nation’s highest rates of uninsured children, set goals last year to expand their safety nets to provide health insurance to people under the age of 18. But the two companies’ plans to expand coverage highlight key ideological differences over the government’s role in subsidizing children’s health insurance: how […]
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is the GOP Guidebook for Trump Second Term
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Velshi” that “The Handmaid’s Tale” will become a guidebook for the Republican Party if former President Donald Trump wins the November election. “I like to think of a Sharpie in a hurricane,” Raskin said. “Donald Trump tried to ignore, and in some ways did ignore, the scientists […]