Risa

Risa

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“A young Mackie drew the initial sketch for Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ dress when he was working for designer Jean Louis, and went on to dress Elton John in that memorable Donald Duck costume, complete with webbed feet.” RIP www.out.com/obituaries/b...

out.comBob Mackie, famous gay fashion and costume designer, dies at 87Legendary designer Bob Mackie, who dressed everyone from Cher to Elton John, has died.

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Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...

ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.

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60 Minutes? More like 60 Seconds Before You Change Channels, amirite?!? (I charge extra for quality posts like this.)

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Per sources at CBS, Nick Bilton just sent out an email confirming the new correspondents at 60 Minutes. Besides Ross Douthat, he's announced Norah O'Donnell, Sebastian Junger Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips will have roles on the show.

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NEW: Taylor Farms is a big player in conservative politics. The company donated $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025 and its CEO has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates. It's also spent $810,000 on anti-regulatory lobbying since 2025

wired.comTaylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea OutbreakThe company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

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Breaking news: The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators at President Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn, and requiring those who attend to pay their own way and meet height and weight requirements.

washingtonpost.comPentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos showInternal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that military personnel must pay their own ways and meet strict physical requirements to be eligible.

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HAHAHAHAAHAA! Not only did Trump send in a rerun video of himself reading a Bible passage, he also went golfing while his "flock" spent nine hours at the Rededicate 250 Religious Hypocrisy Jubilee in DC. What absolute rubes. My goodness.

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COLLINS: But if someone was paying $2.98 a gallon before the war, and now they're paying $4.53, saying 'that's life' might not make them feel better JIM JORDAN: Those are your words, not mine COLLINS: You said that just now. I quoted you.