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On a sticky August Friday afternoon on Fire Island, New York City’s second most illustrious summer weekend destination, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and First Secretary of Transportation Gentleman Chasten Buttigieg held the most successful fundraiser in the island’s history, according to event co-chair and former 18-year treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Andrew Tobias. He
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Hank Harris’ latest album Beautiful Planet ranks high as a cohesive musical and lyrical statement. The collection’s eleven compositions span subjects internal and external without losing the same steady voice fueling the songs. The South Dakota-based songwriter surrounds himself with a capable array of musicians sympathetic to his vision, but his voice and writing are the incontestable
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Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance claimed that his past remarks on the country being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies” was merely a “sarcastic comment” in a face-saving interview with journalist and television personality Megyn Kelly that aired Friday. In a 2021 interview with former Fox News host and current ally Tucker
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Image Credit: Getty Images President Joe Biden appeared in an historic televised presidential address since stepping down from the 2024 presidential race. While speaking to the American public from the Oval Office on Wednesday, July 24, the 81-year-old began his speech by crediting his predecessors, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, “who showed us presidents
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“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller… all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, who died at 90 yesterday at his home in California, described the influences that shaped his musical tastes and inspired a career that stretched
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View gallery Image Credit: WireImage It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a decade since the British boy band One Direction was formed on The X Factor. July 23 marks the 14th anniversary of the band — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and former member Zayn Malik — being placed together by Simon Cowell. Their rise
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Taylor Swift is the influencer to end all influencers, able to wield her massive popularity and power effectively enough to impact economies and legislation, moviemaking practices and album release strategies. She’s lent her voice in the past, to great effect, to voter registration efforts, but with the news that Vice President Kamala Harris is the
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