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Tennessee conductor fired after telling July 4 passengers America is greatest country, critics should ‘leave’
A part-time conductor on the Incline Railway in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was dismissed after a TikTok video showed him making patriotic Independence Day remarks to passengers, telling those who disagreed that they “could leave”. The transit agency that operates the railway publicly apologised and fired him the same day, framing his comments as exclusionary and in…
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Heather The Jerk – “Write A Letter”
Heather Sawyer has been in Madison punk bands like the Hussy, Proud Parents, and Boo/Hiss, and she makes her own spiky, gnarly, catchy DIY tracks as Heather The Jerk. Just a few months ago, she impressed us mightily with the cassette album Scroll If You Love Devil, which our own Chris DeVille described as “a…
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Fierce Trump critic makes stunning admission on defense spending: ‘He has won the argument’
At the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that President Donald Trump has “won the argument” on NATO defence spending, crediting years of sustained US pressure with persuading Canada and European allies to shoulder a greater share of the alliance’s security costs. The comment is notable because Carney has been…
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6 Worst 2000s Horror Movies That Are Truly 0/10
From The Happening, to FeardotCom, to House of the Dead, these 2000s horror flicks are horrendous.
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Rosie O’Donnell fumes over Trump’s involvement with FIFA after US star’s red card: ‘It’s sickening’
Actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell has publicly criticised US President Donald Trump over his intervention in a FIFA disciplinary matter during the World Cup. Trump reportedly telephoned FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ask the organisation to review a red card issued to US men’s national team striker Folarin Balogun, after which FIFA suspended the resulting…
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Teachers who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination now cash in with taxpayer-funded settlements
Public universities and school districts in the United States have agreed to pay more than $2.7 million to settle lawsuits brought by educators who were disciplined over social media posts about conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September 2025. The settlements, several of which allege violations of the educators’ First Amendment rights, matter…
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Candice Bergen dishes on dates with Donald Trump and Henry Kissinger
Actress Candice Bergen has spoken about dating both Donald Trump and Henry Kissinger decades before either became prominent political figures, sharing the recollections on Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast. The 80-year-old, best known for “Murphy Brown”, described her single outing with a young Trump as memorably brief, saying she was home by…
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One Spider-Man Veteran Confirms He Is Not Returning This July
J.K. Simmons, who has portrayed Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson across two and a half decades of Spider-Man films, has confirmed he will not appear in the forthcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Speaking to ComicBook.com, the actor dismissed online speculation about his return, saying he was baffled that fans had come to treat his…
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Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups
Crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund, its third venture vehicle and fourth fund overall, to invest in what founder Matt Huang described on Wednesday as the “technical frontier”. Crucially, the firm is broadening its remit beyond its cryptocurrency roots to include robotics and artificial intelligence, reflecting the surging interest in…