Tag: vanity fair
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In yet another historic break from tradition, Donald Trump and his family will not be participating in the Kennedy Center Honors awards this year, or hosting any events to honor the recipients. http://bit.ly/2wcrnPo
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Stephen Bannon, the former Breitbart News chairman who helped Donald Trump win the election and served as the West Wing’s resident nationalist ideologue, is leaving the White House. http://bit.ly/2wYuTdM
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“I don’t think Bannon’s behind it for a number of reasons,” Mike Cernovich, the right-wing media personality and former pizza truther, told me recently, describing the alleged feud between Steve Bannon, the president’s chief strategist, and H.R. McMaster, his national security adviser. http://bit.ly/2vICDSE
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Donald Trump had barely managed to quiet the controversy surrounding his original, tepid denunciation of white nationalist and neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, when he unexpectedly reignited the controversy in a stunning press conference Tuesday afternoon at Trump To http://bit.ly/2uOhiUW
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As Donald Trump continues his 17-day not-a-vacation vacation, John Oliver turned his attention to one of the president’s initiatives: expanding the border patrol by 25 percent. http://bit.ly/2uhBL4g
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As Donald Trump heads off for a two-week vacation at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey (not to be confused with his other 20-odd golf excursions since his inauguration, according to Politifact), it is worth noting how few of his many campaign promises he has actually accomplished in office.…
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It was way back in 2015 that Martin Shkreli, a.k.a. the “Pharma Bro,” became an instant celebrity (and, more important, a social pariah) when he decided to raise the price of a lifesaving drug from $13.50 to $750 overnight. People were appalled. The media flew into a frenzy. http://bit.ly/2vqER9U
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In exchange for taking Washington’s worst job, John Kelly has also become, at least for a week, Washington’s most powerful person. A senator or congressmen is only one of hundreds. A Cabinet fiefdom is only one of fifteen. A Supreme Court justice is only one of nine. http://bit.ly/2wnNTS2
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Several months ago, HBO and Daily Show alum Jon Stewart officially decreed that their planned multi-platform animated series was dead on arrival. But that wasn’t the end of the partnership between the two media giants. http://bit.ly/2v0SXOB
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Senators Call to Reconvene Congress After Zika Mosquitoes Likely Found in U.S. http://bit.ly/2ajAejv
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Democratic lawmakers called on Congress Friday to interrupt its summer recess and return to Washington after Florida health officials announced that local mosquitoes are believed to have transmitted the Zika virus, for the first time, within the United States. http://bit.ly/2akdxgi
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Hillary Clinton spoke to F.B.I. agents on Saturday as part of the investigation into her use of a private e-mail server while she was Secretary of State, the presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign said. Agents interviewed Clinton for about three and a half hours at F.B.I. http://bit.ly/29kNtVH
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The beloved cult feminist website The Toast came to its publishing end this week, and to bid proper farewell, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton wrote a post. http://bit.ly/29mryhn
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Support for Donald Trump has dipped, a result of the Republican candidate’s recent weeks of campaign missteps. Now, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll has found that Hillary Clinton has jumped to a wide 12-point lead against Trump. http://bit.ly/296jsqi
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http://bit.ly/28PnLoC In rapid succession, the Senate voted down four separate gun-control measures on Monday, which would have addressed background-check loopholes and barred individuals on the government’s terror watch list from purchasing guns. http://bit.ly/28PnLoC