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Karol G critica a los #LatinGRAMMY : “Más de 20 años de historia y ninguna edición en América Latina. ¿Hasta cuándo aceptaremos que una premiación que celebra nuestra música y cultura se realice fuera de nuestra tierra? Merecemos celebrar lo nuestro en casa.”

Lewis Hamilton speaks out in support of Gaza following a visit to the Rafah border, calling out Israel for not allowing aid to reach Palestinians: “The past three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is appalling. It’s an injustice for people to being denied their freedom, their safety and their dignity. No human being should be treated as though their life matters less. […] Israel needs to fulfil its obligations under the ceasefire and let the aid trucks in. No excuse.”

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Beyoncé for i-D 📸: Blair Caldwell

And it was. Whoopi said that she had felt none of her roles had left an impact during an interview and an autistic man in the audience spoke up to tell her how much this role meant to/helped him.

Taraji P. Henson says her fee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was less than 2% of Brad Pitt's. After taxes and her team, about $40,000 was left. The film made $335 million. "I'm just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do, getting paid a fraction of the cost." She said it on SiriusXM in December 2023, during the press tour for The Color Purple. Her role earned her an Oscar nomination. She says she also paid for her own housing during the shoot. Her math, in her words: "Uncle Sam is getting 50%." The case for Taraji: the film made hundreds of millions, her work got an Oscar nomination, and her take-home was smaller than many salaries. The case for the studio: Brad Pitt sold the tickets, she signed for a supporting role, and pay follows box office power. In the video below, she breaks down where an actor's money goes. If your work helps a movie make $335 million, should a supporting role ever get a share of the profits?

Man tried picking a fight with a buff Kick streamer in a sailor outfit... it didn't go the way he planned 💀you can tell the way he squared up, he’s trained

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

if u think ur blue vote doesnt matter in california just remember norcal still exists