Matthew Smith

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Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, experienced a mild stroke this week, the organization says.

Ambassador McCain will be traveling to Arizona to recover and will return to Rome when her physicians give her the go ahead.

🤷🏼

Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack underway targeting energy infrastructure | CNN Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.

JUST IN: Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."

CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Confirmed to Return to the Stage CATS: The Jellicle Ball! has officially been confirmed to return to Broadway. The production will play Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre beginning in March. Learn more!

CATS: The Jellicle Ball, will play Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre with previews beginning Wednesday, March 18, 2026. www.broadwayworld.com/article/CATS...

I love how Johnson is doing all these mainstream DC shows to obscure the fact he has the rest of the Republican caucus in the witness protection program.

He knows that if his people are in DC getting questions on health care and Epstein, instead of hiding, they will break.

“I’ve been the luckiest girl in television to have these magnificent men in my life and in my workplace and in my heart.”

Oh, Deidre. 💔😭 #Days #Jarlena

This isn’t how it works! If he introduces legislation does it mean the republicans are returning to work?

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

Liberty Vote is owned by a former Republican election official.

(kind of a big point that should be in the headline fwiw)

Dominion, the voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote.

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. n.pr/3Wv0EIt

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Mamdani Maintains 13-Point Lead as Cuomo Gains Ground After Adams’s Exit While former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo benefited from Mayor Eric Adams’s departure, Zohran Mamdani still enjoyed a sizable lead in the Quinnipiac University poll.

The race to lead New York City has tightened since Mayor Eric Adams' departure, but Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, maintains a 13-point lead a month before Election Day, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Jeremy Jordan Will Return to THE GREAT GATSBY; Watch 'Green Light' Music Video Jeremy Jordan will return to The Great Gatsby on Broadway as Jay Gatsby. Learn more about Jordan's Broadway return and about the Broadway production here!

Jeremy Jordan will return as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby on Broadway! www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jere...

I miss real journalists

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

'Origins' pays tribute to 'NCIS' legend David McCallum. Here's your exclusive first look. "NCIS: Origins" honors David McCallum in a tribute episode Oct. 28 featuring young "Ducky" Mallard's return. USA TODAY gets an exclusive sneak peek.

"NCIS: Origins" honors David McCallum in a tribute episode Oct. 28 featuring young "Ducky" Mallard's return. USA TODAY gets an exclusive sneak peek.

I need a reporter to look one of these numpties in charge dead in the eyes and go “excuse me, are you dumb?”

Also did not realize NCIS:LA’s Eric Christian Olson is the EP (he’s who escorted him off the set)

I’m sorry, WHAT?!?

GOP Oklahoma governor criticizes Texas National Guard deployment to Illinois Kevin Stitt, the chair of the National Governors Association, broke with his party in an interview with The New York Times.

Republican Governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt condemns the deployment of Texas's National Guard to Illinois.

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration,” Stitt told The New York Times in an interview.

Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been dismissed.

I don’t like how they’re putting her name out there like that. Variety only said a co-star.

Woah

New York Attorney Letitia James Indicted By Trump Justice Department Trump ordered his attorney general to prosecute political enemies, including James, just a few weeks ago.

BREAKING: A federal grand jury has reportedly indicted New York A.G. Letitia James — a stunning move pushed for openly and aggressively by Trump.

‘Matlock’ Star David Del Rio Fired Following Sexual Assault Allegation "Matlock" actor David Del Rio has been fired from the CBS series following a sexual assault allegation, Variety has confirmed.

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*ding ding* We’re seeing rampant lawlessness from the Trump admin @billybinion.bsky.social

OK - I just stopped believing...

Another Guilty Verdict After Appeal in Pelicot Rape Case One of the dozens of men convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot appealed his verdict, but a French court again found him guilty.

Breaking News: The only man to pursue an appeal after being convicted in a mass trial of raping Gisèle Pelicot was found guilty again.