Sunday’sCNN Money headline was terrifying: “The $6.3 trillion debt binge: American companies have never owed this much” Thanks to low interest rates, Trump’s tax cuts and a financial unsafe-sex atmosphere where regulatory oversight is almost nonexistent, companies are borrowing massive amounts and encouraging waves of stock buybacks, sending an already …
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On Thursday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit against the federal government and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Woodhull Freedom Foundation et al. v. United Statesis the first lawsuit to challenge SESTA-FOSTA, or the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which has faced widespread criticism since it …
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Drake released his fifth official album, Scorpion early Thursday night. The album features a Side A and Side B – presumably split to show off Drake’s rapping and singing, respectively. Scorpionclocks in at a hefty 25 songs and features the Number One singles “God’s Plan” and “Nice For What” (as …
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Bebe Rexha‘s voice makes a quirky, squirmy sound that may not be your cup of squeak. But if it is, then it’s crazily irresistible and, given the right melody, unstoppable. Her serpentine wail is the precious ingredient in some of today’s biggest hits, the factor that’s turned otherwise bland songs …
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Amid the public outcry over President Trump’s family separation policy, the Supreme Court today cemented itself in the national conversation about how America treats foreigners. In a split 5-4 decision, the court let everyone who hoped that the justices would protect American citizens from the whims of Donald Trump know …
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Nothing Donald Trump has done in his 17 months as president has elicited as much disgust as his policy of dividing migrant families at the border. The separation of over 2,300 migrant children from their parents has led in recent weeks to real-life backlash against Trump administration officials. Department of …
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Last time we heard from Ruston Kelly in April’s foul-mouthed “Asshole,” the Nashville alt-folkie was getting himself thrown in jail. On his aching new song “Jericho,” the first to be premiered from his debut LP Dying Star, the walls he’s surrounded by are metaphorical. “Jericho” finds Kelly channeling the dark …
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When Teyana Taylor’s new album arrives on Friday, it will mark the end of a bold experiment in distribution: Five seven-track albums over five weeks, each produced by Kanye West. Less remarked upon is the fact that West is overseeing an album by an R&B singer – a rare activity …
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All hail the greatest rock video trilogy of all time – Aerosmith‘s Alicia Silverstone Trilogy, which kicked off 25 years ago this week. The future Clueless starlet played the plucky teen heroine of three perfect videos – “Cryin’,” “Amazing” and “Crazy.” As soon as “Cryin’” hit MTV in the summer …
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Tiffany Haddish opened the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards with parodies ofBlack Panther and Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” as well as a spitfire monologue filled with hilarious Hollywood barbs. For her first bit, Haddish inserted herself into Black Panther‘s coronation ceremony scene, challenging Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa to a duel …
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