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There’s no denying that Taylor Swift dominates pop culture, but the fact that her politics align with the left, which has a stranglehold on pop culture, helps explain why colleges and universities all across the nation are featuring classes on the singer — hell, even Harvard is offering a class dedicated to Swift. And we wonder how an entire generation can be so uninformed. But make no mistake, the driving force is Taylor Swift’s politics, with the Trump-hating singer proving to be a great platform to further advance the prescribed left-wing narrative. “We will learn how to study fan culture,...

Taking up a discourse of idealised whiteness in conjunction with star theory, Sean Redmond frames white female stardom as a privileged yet restrictive state. Locating Johansson within such a construction of stardom, Redmond looks to how her idealised white star image as resolved through her roles in Her, Under the Skin and Ghost in the Shell is simultaneously recognisable and alienating within these texts. As idealised white star, Johansson traverses the cinematic universe, moving with privileged access into roles, spaces and intimacies laid open for her. Yet as an unobtainable and non-reproductive idol, Johansson is also alienating, an embodiment of...

Is there a deadline to impeach Biden? Have the Republicans been working for impeachment as much as for funding Ukraine? Will there be impeachment flags flying like there were Ukrainian flags flying? I suspect the Republicans have the evidence of Biden and Hunter's corruption, but what are they doing with it? Are they planning to present it the day after the election? That doesn't seem smart. Trump has his court problems, but does Biden have any? If not, why not? Why isn't he being sued up and down block by the Republicans? Inquiring minds like to know.

Watch the movie carefully. The president isn't who all the leftist reviewers claim it is. (Hint: it isn't Trump.) I thought the ending was very well done.

Mike Johnson has sold out Trump after both gave speeches. Mike Johnson will prolong the Ukraine war with aid long enough to get Biden elected. Is Mike Johnson like Bill Barr? Absolutely, and Trump has fallen for it again. The people who are close end up as backstabbing enemies. I predict that Biden gets elected because of this. It doesn't matter how many times Biden soils his pants in public, the American public is gullible to believe the MSM narrative that he has kept it all together. That Biden is working behind the scenes so you can get your tax...

The establishment Republicans are sustaining the Ukrainian war till after the election. They are doing so to support Joe Biden getting elected. If they followed common sense, they would realize that throwing money at Ukraine will do noting to win the war. The war is already lost for Ukraine. What it will do is sustain the war till after the election of Joe Biden. Joe Biden can say he stayed the course, he was true to his word. What these traitors have done: 1) Sided with Joe Biden instead of Donald Trump 2) Thrown away American money on a pipe...

Imagine a record label where the heads of preeminent brass (classical), jazz, and blues labels collaborated with Beezwax Records, LLC to issue one release per year in their respective genres. Imagine a record label whose A&R vetting was guided in part by a select group of visually impaired, eclectic audiophiles tilting toward the same. Imagine a record label that limits its market exclusively to a set of prequalified subscribers who eagerly await their next Beezwax Record, and when they get it it has their name on it. Imagine a record label that dovetails seamlessly with the manufacturers of physical...

Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. This is what American cities looked like a century ago. Everything you see here was demolished. Why?

Heritage Auctions Executive Vice President Joe Maddalena (L) and Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry Jr., son of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, shake hands in front of the starship Enterprise model used in the original series' opening credits. Photo by Josh David/Heritage Auctions April 18 (UPI) -- The original model of the starship Enterprise has returned to the family of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Heritage Auctions last week returned the long-lost model, featured in the original Star Trek series' opening credits, to Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment and son of the late Gene Roddenberry, the company announced...

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The creators of PaintCam Eve want it to be a new, rather artistic force in neighborhood watchPaintCam The humble security cam is now ready and willing to choose violence. A big-thinking Slovenian startup has created a curious smart security camera that doesn't just spy on your visitors, but will actively open fire on potential intruders with paintball pellets – or even tear gas rounds – with "ultra high precision." What could possibly go wrong? Do-it-yourself home security systems are commonplace these days. They're clever and simple enough that more or less anyone can install one to keep watch on property...

Memo released Tuesday informed Participant's staff of 100 that the 20-year-old studio is winding down operations Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like "Spotlight" and socially conscious documentaries like "Food, Inc," and "Waiting For Superman" is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations. "This is not a step I am taking lightly," Skoll wrote in the memo. "But after 20 years of groundbreaking content and world-changing impact campaigns, it is the...

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce finds himself at the center of a social media storm after purportedly liking an Instagram post featuring former President Donald Trump. The post, uploaded by former ESPN host Sage Steele, shows Trump during his visit to UFC 299 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, last month. He was seen engaging with the crowd and various personalities. Trump, accompanied by his daughter Ivanka, was met with a mix of cheers and chants from the audience. Trump’s presence at the sporting event was punctuated by a viral moment when a “F*** Joe Biden!” chant...

Greg Howells' wife told SFGATE she believes the playwright staged his own death On a summer evening in 1997, a theater director headed out to hit a twilight round of golf in Carmel Valley, the wealthy oceanside town on California’s Central Coast. There was a gentle breeze rustling the oak trees and tall grass that evening, the sea air a mild 60 degrees. Greg Howells played 12 holes and was never seen again. His cart was found on the 13th tee, with no balls remaining in his bag and some clubs thrown down on the grass. A script of...

Wynonna Judd's daughter Grace Kelley has been hit with another charge stemming from her arrest on April 5. On Thursday, records show that the 27-year-old was also charged with "soliciting prostitution." She allegedly "exposed her breasts and lower body" on a busy highway in Alabama and — per a Daily Mail interview with Millbrook police chief P.K. Johnson — was carrying a sign that said "ride for a ride." Her bond is now set to $2,000. A spokesperson for the Millbrook Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Kelley, whose father is Arch Kelley III, was...

From a Golden Wedding to a Golden Divorce, Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist have decided to end their marriage only three months after tying the knot. The former couple, who met on the very successful first season of The Golden Bachelor, announced the shocking news on this morning’s Good Morning America. “We have received so much love and support from so many people who watched The Golden Bachelor, and I don’t think we can tell you how many people told us that it gave them so much hope,” Nist began. “We want none of that to change for anybody.” Turner...

Stringed Instruments in History.

Country music star Jelly Roll revealed he once declined an invitation to meet with rapper and music mogul P Diddy. During an interview with Tana Mangeau on the CANCELLED podcast, the singer said he was given the opportunity to meet Diddy when he and the rapper were star guests on Jimmy Kimmel. “I will tell this story, and I’ll probably get in trouble for it. Not harping on it cause it’s a hot topic. But I did Kimmel the day Diddy did Kimmel,” he said. “This is the first time in my career, ever, where they said, ‘Do you want...

A music video of an older partial eclipse videoed from my backyard. The clouds act as a scrim for viewing.

Country music icon Morgan Wallen was allegedly arrested and charged with three felony counts early Monday morning after an incident at Eric Church’s Nashville bar. Wallen, 30, was reportedly arrested in downtown Nashville after witnesses say he threw a chair off the sixth-story roof of Church’s Broadway-based Chief’s Bar, according to Billboard. Wallen’s attorney, Worrick Robinson allegedly confirmed his client’s arrest, saying that “At 10:53p Sunday evening Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities.” Two Metro Nashville Police Department officers were standing on the street below the bar...