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2 days, 22 hours ago

A grim feeling of déjà vu on vaccine misinformation and the bird flu

LA Times

It is Saturday, Dec. 21. In an op-ed column, Robin Abcarian raises alarm over an effort by RFK Jr.’s close advisor two years ago to cancel the polio vaccine and speaks with a survivor of the illness that, prior to the 1950s, often killed or disabled children. In another op-ed piece, writer Susan Hall tells of her son’s productive, “enriched” …

Newsom

1 week, 2 days ago

'You don’t win by complaining': Columnist says Dem's win offered a trove of insights

Raw Story

The impressive victory of incoming Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet offers revealing clues about where Democrats went wrong in this year’s election – and she isn’t pointing the finger at “woke” politics, according to a new analysis. “We focused continuously — almost exclusively — on pocketbook issues, on getting more money in people’s pockets,” McDonald Rivet told Aleem. He wrote …

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1 week, 3 days ago

LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump’s cabinet picks, report says

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong killed an opinion …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

This MAGA ally can be Trump’s 'relatively competent lieutenant': columnist

Raw Story

One potential addition to President-Elect Donald Trump's administration is Peter Navarro — the former Trump official who served four months in prison earlier this year over his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena in the January 6 investigation. In an op-ed published by MSNBC Thursday, MSNBC Opinion writer and editor Zeeshan Aleem submits, "Navarro can serve as a relatively …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Parents who were publicly shamed by liberal daughter-in-law reveal true story she left out of viral op-ed

Daily Mail

A conservative couple publicly disowned and shamed as racists by their daughter-in-law in a magazine article have responded to her explosive claims. Ingrid Rojas Contreras wrote an essay for The Cut in which she claimed she was forced to stop speaking to husband Jeremiah Barber's parents Blaine and Kristine Barber due to their inflammatory stance on immigration. After the fall …

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1 month ago

'More dangerous than any': Op-ed warns terrifying aspect of Trump pick is being missed

Raw Story

The most dangerous aspect lurking within President-elect Donald Trump's chosen Cabinet isn't what is garnering the most attention — and most people are unaware of it, an Atlantic columnist opined Thursday. "The man who emerges from the page appears to have sunk deeply into conspiracy theories that are bizarre even by contemporary Republican standards but that have attracted strangely little …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi and his op-ed: Why we must not be fooled into believing that is changing from ‘anti-business’ to ‘anti-monopoly’

Op India

Rahul Gandhi has recently written an article for a newspaper about his “new deal” for business and also a video about how he is not “anti-business” but only anti-monopoly”. The gist of that article is that he links East India Company’s colonial loot with modern monopolies and offers us a “new deal” for “progressive” businesses. No one believes the “oh …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

George Clooney taking step back from politics after being made a 'scapegoat' for Kamala Harris' loss

Daily Mail

George Clooney feels he is being used as a ‘scapegoat’ in the furious blame game over who could have cost Kamala Harris the election – and will now take a step back from politics. George Clooney feels he is being used as a ‘scapegoat’ in the furious blame game over who could have cost Kamala Harris the election – and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi alleges ’senior minister’ forcing ’play-fair businesses’ to praise PM Modi

Live Mint

In a tweet following the release of his recent op-ed, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made an allegation against the government, claiming that several "play-fair businesses" have been pressured by a "senior minister" to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government's programs on social media. Rahul Gandhi wrote, "After my article, many play-fair businesses are telling me that a senior …

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Chris Pratt dumbfounded by brutal response to op-ed he hoped would 'unite' Americans ahead of election

Daily Mail

Chris Pratt 'doesn't realize' why his neutral op-ed about the 2024 election sparked a furious backlash, according to sources who claim the Hollywood actor simply wanted to 'unite' people. Chris Pratt 'doesn't realize' why his neutral op-ed about the 2024 election saw him face backlash, sources have revealed to DailyMail.com They continued: 'He's surprised by the reaction to his op-ed. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chris Pratt writes about sports and helping an old lady move in fumbled election op-ed

Salon

Chris Pratt has never publicly supported Donald Trump, but the sports analogy-laden op-ed he wrote for his mother-in-law Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper ramping up to the election reads like something Trump could have written himself — in that it rambles and wedges in self-praise throughout. Titled, "Win or lose, my hope is we show up for each other," Pratt's opinion …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

'One part grift and one part vengeance': Op-ed cries corruption over Trump transition team

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump's refusal to meet routine deadlines foreshadows his willingness to embrace an alarming aspect of Project 2025 should he be reelected in November, a new analysis contends. Trump's slow-walking of the presidential transition process to vet potential staffers and appointees suggests he means to force federal workers to do his bidding by dismantling key protections, Salon columnist …

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2 months ago

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn reveals she underwent plastic surgery at 12

Daily Mail

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn revealed that she underwent plastic surgery when she was only 12 years old in a New York Times op-ed over the weekend. Amber disclosed that she had ear-pinning surgery after children at her school in Los Angeles made fun of her because they 'stuck out like big butterfly wings.' The Sisterhood …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'Tired old jokes': Detroit newspaper hits Trump with blistering rebuke to latest attack

Raw Story

The Detroit Free Press’ Khalil AlHajal on Friday slammed Donald Trump’s “tired old jokes” about the city, writing in an op-ed that the former president’s “off-the-cuff jab” at the Motor City “didn’t land” during a speech at a Detroit Economic Club meeting. Writing in the Detroit Free Press, AlHajal noted the crowd “stayed silent for this dire forecast of life …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

JD Vance trolled after claiming he’d ‘never’ praise Obama - despite writing article doing exactly that

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kim Kardashian insists Menendez brothers should be freed in op-ed: 'Their only way out of prison now is death'

Daily Mail

Kim Kardashian said in an op-ed published Thursday that she believes convicted killers Lyle and Erik Menendez should be freed from prison following their 1996 conviction in the 1989 shooting deaths of their parents. Kim Kardashian, 43, said in an op-ed published Thursday that she believes convicted killers Lyle and Erik Menendez should be freed from prison following their 1996 …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

George Clooney calls Biden most ‘selfless’ president since George Washington after his damning op-ed urging him to drop out of race

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Laugh-out-loud funny': Experts guffaw as Times op-ed asserts Trump can win 'on character'

Raw Story

A New York Times headline has political pundits rolling in the proverbial aisles with an assertion about Donald Trump's best bet on winning in 2024. Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, argued in a Times op-ed that Trump should ignore the advice of many Republicans and bombard Vice President Kamala Harris with accusations of weakness. "This is what …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Climate debate: Criticism of the Economic Survey misses the forest for the trees

Live Mint

Edward Said recounted how, when he critiqued Western scholars for biased depictions of the East, a prominent scholar dismissed his arguments by attacking his credibility rather than engaging with their substance. On 6 August, an oped in Mint argued that India’s Economic Survey “has wide gaps and odd arguments" on climate change. First, the charge that the survey adopts a …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuela’s Machado Fears for Her Life, She Writes in WSJ Op-Ed

Live Mint

-- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is in hiding and fearing for her life, she wrote in an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal. Her words come a day after President Nicolas Maduro said she and her stand-in candidate, Edmundo González, “should be behind bars.” She again emphasized that González was the rightful winner of Sunday’s presidential election, …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hillary Clinton Writes Passionate Op-Ed Supporting Kamala Harris

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING In an op-ed for The New York Times, Hillary Clinton said she believes in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ability to win against Donald Trump, her former political opponent whom she lost the presidential election to in 2016. Clinton, who made history as the first woman in the U.S. to win a presidential nomination by a major political …

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5 months ago

The View co-host says George Clooney should write a ‘big check’ for Harris after calling for Biden to leave

The Independent

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5 months ago

Conservatives feel 'abandoned' by Trump after RNC speakers leave out key issue

Raw Story

Anti-abortion advocates are feeling “abandoned,” by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has shifted the party-platform from staunchly pro-life to a side-stepped subject with a murky policy agenda during his second bid for the White House. In an Op-Ed penned for the New York Times Friday, conservative policy analyst Patrick T. Brown bemoaned the future of a Republican party led …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Unfortunately, the George Clooney Op-Ed Was Really Good

Slate

At the risk of revealing Americans to be as shallow as the rest of the world thinks we are, recent history shows that in this country, a celebrity cameo is sometimes what it takes to make a news story feel, well, real. So maybe it’s a good sign that as Democrats scramble and squabble over the question of whether Joe …

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A grim feeling of déjà vu on vaccine misinformation and the bird flu

'You don’t win by complaining': Columnist says Dem's win offered a trove of insights

LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump’s cabinet picks, report says

This MAGA ally can be Trump’s 'relatively competent lieutenant': columnist

Parents who were publicly shamed by liberal daughter-in-law reveal true story she left out of viral op-ed

'More dangerous than any': Op-ed warns terrifying aspect of Trump pick is being missed

Rahul Gandhi and his op-ed: Why we must not be fooled into believing that is changing from ‘anti-business’ to ‘anti-monopoly’

George Clooney taking step back from politics after being made a 'scapegoat' for Kamala Harris' loss

Rahul Gandhi alleges ’senior minister’ forcing ’play-fair businesses’ to praise PM Modi

Chris Pratt dumbfounded by brutal response to op-ed he hoped would 'unite' Americans ahead of election

Chris Pratt writes about sports and helping an old lady move in fumbled election op-ed

'One part grift and one part vengeance': Op-ed cries corruption over Trump transition team

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn reveals she underwent plastic surgery at 12

'Tired old jokes': Detroit newspaper hits Trump with blistering rebuke to latest attack

JD Vance trolled after claiming he’d ‘never’ praise Obama - despite writing article doing exactly that

Kim Kardashian insists Menendez brothers should be freed in op-ed: 'Their only way out of prison now is death'

George Clooney calls Biden most ‘selfless’ president since George Washington after his damning op-ed urging him to drop out of race

'Laugh-out-loud funny': Experts guffaw as Times op-ed asserts Trump can win 'on character'

Climate debate: Criticism of the Economic Survey misses the forest for the trees

Venezuela’s Machado Fears for Her Life, She Writes in WSJ Op-Ed

Hillary Clinton Writes Passionate Op-Ed Supporting Kamala Harris

The View co-host says George Clooney should write a ‘big check’ for Harris after calling for Biden to leave

Conservatives feel 'abandoned' by Trump after RNC speakers leave out key issue

Unfortunately, the George Clooney Op-Ed Was Really Good