President Trump has given up on his bid to put a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, ending a naked effort to further concentrate political power among Republicans at the expense of immigrants and their communities. The question — despite the administration’s half-hearted and thoroughly unconvincing attempt to dress it …
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Dolly Parton may be a woman for all seasons but she’s been especially prolific when it comes to Christmas-related projects. This year the global icon teams with the Hallmark Channel to spotlight the East Tennessee theme park that bears her name in the holiday-themed TV movie, Christmas at Dollywood. Starring …
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President Trump and Attorney General William Barr have moved from burying the contents of the Mueller report to jamming a question about citizenship status onto the Census. The Supreme Court has already rejected the bid for a citizenship question on the all-important population survey. But the president’s hand-picked head of …
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Singer-songwriter Caroline Spence chronicles a whole hilarious series of mishaps and an unlikely romance in the new video for “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes,” which premieres today. The song appears on Spence’s 2019 album Mint Condition. With its ringing, guitar-driven approach, “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes” nods to Tom Petty’s …
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The Who brought their Moving On! orchestral tour to London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday evening, and they were joined by Eddie Vedder for the Quadrophenia classic “The Punk and The Godfather.” “He’s going to share this song with me because he knows where it came from,” Roger Daltrey told the …
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Rosalía dropped a surprise double video on Wednesday, titled “Fucking Money Man.” The new visuals are accompanied by two songs: “Milionária” and “Dio$ No$ Libre Del Dinero,” which translate to “Millionaire” and “God Save Us From Money.” If we’ve learned anything from Rosalía this year, it’s that she’s not afraid …
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Harriette Pilbeam was struggling to write songs for her new album when, one day last year, she suddenly had an idea. “I was like, ‘I want to write a song that’s super simple, really repetitive, just a straight-up compressed New Order pop song,’” says the singer-songwriter better known as Hatchie. …
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UPDATE July 2nd: Taylor Swift’s lawyer Donald Passman has refuted Scott Borchetta’s claim that Swift was able to buy her masters. “Scott Borchetta never gave Taylor Swift an opportunity to purchase her masters, or the label, outright with a check in the way he is now apparently doing for others,” …
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During a news conference on Saturday in Osaka, Japan, President Donald Trump once again made his ignorance and lack of curiosity embarrassingly clear. When asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s recent opinion that Western-style liberalism had “become obsolete,” Trump responded as though Putin was speaking about liberals in America’s West …
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Ed Sheeran and Khalid have teamed up for new song “Beautiful People.” The song will appear on Sheeran’s forthcoming No.6 Collaborations Project, which will be released on July 12th. The tune is about remaining true to yourself and not trying to become one of those so-called “beautiful people” obsessed with …
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