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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump

LA Times

She’s an Iraq war combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has sought for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct. But when Sen. Joni Ernst appeared initially cool to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary — a man who once said women should not serve in combat and who has himself …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct. But when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appeared initially cool to the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump ’s choice of Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary — a man who once said women …

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1 month ago

Hegseth successfully gaslights on women in ‘combat’

Raw Story

He's been called the "least qualified nominee in American history," and has insisted to reporters that his confirmation battle will not be played out in the press, but Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, after multiple appearances before the cameras, appears to be gaining ground on what some assumed last week was a nomination that was …

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1 month ago

Pete Hegseth gets surprising boost of momentum after Trump's MAGA allies pressure skeptical senator

Daily Mail

Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon Pete Hegseth captured a new boost of momentum for his Cabinet bid in a sign that Republicans are bending to Donald Trump's will. 'As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources,' she said after holding a second meeting with the former …

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1 month ago

Republicans Look Past Sexual Assault, Alcohol Allegations Against Pete Hegseth

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon under Donald Trump’s second term in the White House appears to be back on track as Republican senators look past allegations leveled against him involving alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct. “As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not …

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1 month ago

Key Republican Joni Ernst Gives Boost to Embattled Pete Hegseth Nomination

Live Mint

-- Republican Senator Joni Ernst, a key player in the struggle over Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as defense secretary, offered a boost on Monday to President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled nominee. “He does respect that I’m taking the time.” Trump’s team was said to be examining alternative candidates for the position last week as Hegseth came under criticism. Hegseth “is a very …

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1 month ago

Sen. Joni Ernst wants to hear from Hegseth on sex assault in the military and women in combat

Associated Press

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Republican Sen. Joni Ernst made her most expansive comments yet on Pete Hegseth, telling a largely GOP audience at a California security conference Saturday that she needs to hear more from President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick on key issues before she decides whether to support him. So I’d like to hear a lot more …

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1 month ago

GOP senators beyond Joni Ernst not 'jumping for joy' about Hegseth nomination: ex-insider

Raw Story

According to a former Republican party insider now serving as an analyst for MSNBC, Sen. Joni Ernst may not be the only roadblock to Fox News personality Pete Hegseth becoming the next secretary of defense after being tapped by Donald Trump. While the focus has been on Ernst, who seems poised to be the leader of a revolt against Trump's …

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1 month ago

16 times celebrities hated their own biopics: ‘I felt violated’

The Independent

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1 month ago

'J.D. who?' Expert predicts MAGA up-and-comer may overtake Vance for who comes after Trump

Raw Story

Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary could wind up deciding who will inherit the MAGA movement, according to a CNN analyst. The president-elect's first nominee Pete Hegseth appears to be losing support from Republican senators over damaging allegations about excessive drinking and abusive behavior toward women, in addition to questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon, and Trump is …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Musician Graham Nash talks about making the song 'Our House'

NPR

Musician Graham Nash talks about making the song 'Our House' On the podcast Song Exploder, a musician takes apart one of their songs and tells how it was made. Graham Nash talked about "Our House" from Crosby Stills Nash and Young's 1970 album Deja Vu. Recently, host Hrishikesh Hirway spoke with Graham Nash about "Our House" from the 1970 Crosby, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Knives are out': Senator tapped for DOGE caucus warns 'waste is on the chopping block'

Raw Story

An Iowa senator has been tapped to take the helm of a new Senate caucus that will work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's largely symbolic Department of Government Efficiency, which is tasked with identifying areas to slash spending. Sen. Joni Ernst will head the Senate DOGE Caucus after meeting with Ramaswamy at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Politico reported. "The …

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2 months, 1 week ago

The hidden chapter of Joni Mitchell that shows the singer’s risk-taking side

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And to be honest, I’d put a mental blockade …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Laura Marling review, Patterns in Repeat: Happy departure from the Joni Mitchell motherhood narrative

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ever since the release of her 2008 debut album, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Joni Mitchell hits Donald Trump with expletive-laden attack

Raw Story

With 17 days to go until Election Day in the United States, folk music icon Joni Mitchell told 17,000 people assembled at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles how she feels about the Republican presidential candidate. Mitchell drew applause with the remark, which followed her performance of "Dog Eat Dog," a 1985 song she hadn't performed publicly since the year …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Joni Mitchell rouses the Hollywood Bowl with an epic 3-hour Joni Jam (and F-bomb Trump diss)

LA Times

You could hear her before you could see her: a throaty, rat-a-tat laugh — ha-ha-ha-ha — drifting through the cool canyon air. Backed by Carlile and an expansive cast of players that included Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste, Jacob Collier, Blake Mills, Rita Wilson and Robin Pecknold, Mitchell did as many deep cuts as hits, skipping some of her best-known songs, …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stumping for Trump in Nebraska?

Raw Story

OMAHA — Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst crossed the Missouri River on Saturday to encourage more than 100 Republican volunteers in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District to spend the next few weeks knocking on voters’ doors for former President Donald Trump. “You know Nebraskans support Donald Trump, but this is a swing area.” Trump said something similar about the importance of …

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3 months ago

Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins on Joni Mitchell at the Bowl and the rock stardom that wasn’t

LA Times

Brandi Carlile is picky about voices — “very picky,” she says, “and strange, and specific” — which is probably why she’s surrounded herself with the same ones for more than 20 years. “One sounds like Cat Stevens, one sounds like Chris Cornell, and together they only sound like the twins.” Says Tim with a smile: “That’s something where we can …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life's wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life’s wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

Associated Press

NEW YORK — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive to see the United States elect a female president.” Turns out her book went to the printers a tad too soon. “I think I’m going to be around to see the first woman president!” Clinton, 76, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

The 19 albums, shows and music books we’re most excited about this fall

LA Times

Even after a very busy summer, fall promises plenty for music fans to get excited about. Alan Sparhawk, “White Roses, My God” Mimi Parker, Sparhawk’s wife and bandmate in the influential indie-rock trio Low, died in 2022; this is his debut solo album — a startling collection of synth-based tunes he says “must have been what needed to come out …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘We’re going to head into a civil war.’ Bill Baird, the ‘father’ of birth control, on the religious right and Supreme Court

LA Times

Bill Baird has been called many things: butcher, murderer, pied piper of sex, unholy deviant. In 1980, he appeared like a party-crashing, secular prophet at a Dallas religious convention where televangelist Jerry Falwell and other right-wing pastors were mobilizing Christian voters and calling for Supreme Court justices to oppose abortion: “This is the first time in the history of this …

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7 months ago

Understanding Joni Mitchell’s genius from both sides now

LA Times

Book review Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell By Ann Powers Dey Street Books: 448 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Last year someone I was talking to snorted that an older, lefty, white woman we both know seemed “like the kind …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

16 times celebrities hated their own biopics: ‘I felt violated’

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the email, Assange said the film’s script was based on …

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Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump

Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump

Hegseth successfully gaslights on women in ‘combat’

Pete Hegseth gets surprising boost of momentum after Trump's MAGA allies pressure skeptical senator

Republicans Look Past Sexual Assault, Alcohol Allegations Against Pete Hegseth

Key Republican Joni Ernst Gives Boost to Embattled Pete Hegseth Nomination

Sen. Joni Ernst wants to hear from Hegseth on sex assault in the military and women in combat

GOP senators beyond Joni Ernst not 'jumping for joy' about Hegseth nomination: ex-insider

16 times celebrities hated their own biopics: ‘I felt violated’

'J.D. who?' Expert predicts MAGA up-and-comer may overtake Vance for who comes after Trump

Musician Graham Nash talks about making the song 'Our House'

'Knives are out': Senator tapped for DOGE caucus warns 'waste is on the chopping block'

The hidden chapter of Joni Mitchell that shows the singer’s risk-taking side

Laura Marling review, Patterns in Repeat: Happy departure from the Joni Mitchell motherhood narrative

Joni Mitchell hits Donald Trump with expletive-laden attack

Joni Mitchell rouses the Hollywood Bowl with an epic 3-hour Joni Jam (and F-bomb Trump diss)

Why is Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stumping for Trump in Nebraska?

Brandi Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins on Joni Mitchell at the Bowl and the rock stardom that wasn’t

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life's wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life’s wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

The 19 albums, shows and music books we’re most excited about this fall

‘We’re going to head into a civil war.’ Bill Baird, the ‘father’ of birth control, on the religious right and Supreme Court

Understanding Joni Mitchell’s genius from both sides now

16 times celebrities hated their own biopics: ‘I felt violated’