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Mar 30 2022
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Disney exec wants half its characters to be LGBTQIA, minorities by end of year
A Disney executive has vowed to drastically increase inclusivity in its productions, promising that at least 50 percent of its characters will be LGBTQ or racial minorities by the end of the year.
Karey Burke, president of Disney’s General Entertainment Content, said the company must do more to make its content more inclusive in a company-wide Zoom call Monday that was later posted to
New York Post (News)Oct 28 2022
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Pelosi's husband "violently assaulted" during home invasion
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said Friday that her husband, Paul Pelosi, has been hospitalized after a violent assault at their San Francisco home.
The big picture: The alleged attack comes amid an uptick in threats against members of Congress and a series of security incidents over the summer.
Driving the news: Pelosi's spokesperson Drew Hammill said in a statement, "Early
AxiosMar 03 2022
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Purdue’s Sacklers, States Reach Opioid Deal Valued at Up to $6 Billion
Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP and grew wealthy from sales of OxyContin agreed to give back $6 billion to settle lawsuits accusing them of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, earning the unanimous support of state attorney generals to resolve their liability and end the company’s bankruptcy case.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 26 2022
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Respect for Marriage Act
“The U.S. House of Representatives [last] Tuesday passed a bill protecting gay marriage rights… The bill, which passed the Democratic-controlled chamber by a vote of 267-157 with support from 47 Republicans, establishes federal protections for gay marriage and prohibits anyone from denying the validity of a marriage based on the race or sex of the couple…
“Under the House bill, states
The Flip SideOct 07 2022
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The Unemployment Rate Dropped In September — But The Reason Why Is Far From Encouraging
The unemployment rate ticked slightly down in September thanks in large part to more people leaving the workforce, an indicator of coming economic trouble, experts say.
Unemployment fell to 3.5% in September, down 0.2% from August, as 57,000 people left the labor force, edging participation down to 62.3% from 62.4% in August, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS
The Daily CallerNov 10 2022
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Nevada’s Clark County says ballot counting will stretch into next week
Election officials in the largest county in Nevada said Wednesday that ballot counting will continue through next week, though the majority of 2022 ballots could be counted by Friday, as the nation anxiously awaits election results for the state’s Senate seat.
Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said in a news conference that Tuesday, Nov. 15, is the deadline to verify mail-in
The HillNov 21 2022
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Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO, replacing Bob Chapek after a brief, tumultuous tenure
Bob Iger is back.
Disney, in a shocking late Sunday announcement, said it had reappointed Iger as chief executive, effective immediately, after Iger’s hand-picked successor as CEO, Bob Chapek, came under fire for his management of the entertainment giant.
“It is with an incredible sense of gratitude and humility — and, I must admit, a bit of amazement — that I write to you this
CNBCOct 14 2022
Analysis
Nevada could be Democrats’ biggest nightmare
The first thing Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto wants you to understand is that Nevada elections are always close.
“Nevada is a purple state and it’s independent and it’s strong,” she told me in early October, in a union hall she’d just used for a campaign event. “I also know a lot of the polling gets Nevada wrong, so I really don’t utilize or worry about that.”
If she sounds
VoxDec 13 2022
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‘It’s All So Unsettled’: 2024 Is the Year of Known Unknowns
Just under a month since Donald Trump announced his third consecutive White House bid, some of his loudest advocates are nowhere to be found.
Only one GOP senator — the former football coach last heard claiming Democrats support reparations for “people that do the crime” — is endorsing the former president, ostensible frontrunner and heretofore leader of the Republican Party. Trump
PoliticoSep 28 2022
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Mike Pompeo launches new campaign to combat what he says is ‘wokeness in the military’
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he has a new mission — to battle what he terms is "a woke military."
Taking aim at political correctness in the nation’s armed forces, the West Point graduate and Army officer who served in Germany during the Cold War is launching a campaign to target what he calls "woke polices" by President Biden’s administration that are directed toward the
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