WASHINGTON —After Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Amanda Litman, 27 years old and living in New York, started hearing from old high school and college friends. She says she was the only person they knew who worked in politics — she’d had jobs on Obama’s reelection campaign in …
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President Trump has provided America with yet another reminder to never underestimate how deep into the gutter he will crawl to win an election. On Wednesday afternoon, the president tweeted a new, deeply racist campaign ad in which he continued to drive the narrative that Democrats are pro-crime. It begins …
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A Star Is Born became the first theatrical film in 15 years to have its soundtrack spend three straight weeks at Number One as the Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper-led album again topped the Billboard 200. A Star Is Born sold an additional 109,000 total copies, including 61,000 traditional albums, …
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Following her Broadway debut with Waitress, Sara Bareilles has released her new single “Armor.” It is the lead single off her forthcoming fifth album, which is set to be released next year. “Armor” was produced by T Bone Burnett and celebrates the strength of women. Above a groovy, jazz-inflected bassline, Bareilles …
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How do you gauge the corrosive effect on our democracy of leaders like President Donald Trump and Rep. Devin Nunes? For Andrew Janz, a prosecutor in Fresno, California, it’s in the courtroom, during jury selection. Janz recalls a prospective juror recently declaring that he didn’t trust prosecutors — “I think …
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Explosive devices and/or suspicious packages were sent to a number of major Democratic Party-linked figures this week, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, philanthropist and financier George Soros, former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), and former CIA chief John Brennan. The offices of the San Diego Union-Tribune were …
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Late rapper XXXTentacion reportedly admitted to domestic abuse and other violent acts in a secret recording,Pitchforkreports. The audio recording was obtained via the Miami-Date County state attorney’s office. Prior to his death this past June, XXXTentacion – real name Jahseh Onfroy – was facing several charges related to a 2016 …
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Chicago rapper Joey Purp teamed with RZA to perform “Godbody Pt. 2” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday. It’s the latest single from Joey Purp’s 2018 album, Quarterthing. Backed by a drummer and keyboardist, RZA delivered the intro detailing success. “Sitting on Oprah’s sofa/ My drink is …
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Zach Condon previewed his upcoming fifth Beirut LP, Gallipoli, with the record’s beaming, brassy title-track. The single finds the songwriter crooning through a fuzz effect over a swirl of stately trumpets, spacey Farfisa organ and throbbing percussion. In a statement, Condon detailed the song’s visual inspiration and quick conception in …
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Halloween is on the horizon, but Nashville space-country duo Steelism are getting into the spirit a little early with the release of the surprise new Superhero Themes EP. The centerpiece of the three-song effort is a hard-charging, riff-heavy take on “Batman Theme,” the title song of the sixties TV show, …
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