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13+ min ago (158+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said President Donald Trump was "furious" with her over her advocacy of the release of the Epstein files, and that doing so would "hurt people." Greene told Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes that she spoke with Trump about the files and her signature on the discharge petition. "We did talk about the Epstein files," Greene said. "And he was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files. I fully believe that those women deserve everything they're asking. They're asking for all of it to come out. They deserve it. And he was furious with me." "What did he say?" Stahl asked. "He said that it was going to hurt people," Greene replied. After Greene signed the discharge petition, Trump withdrew his endorsement of year in next year's midterms. She…...

19+ min ago (248+ words) Plus, the power couple shares their advice for the next generation of soccer stars. "We started the media division [of our business] with the mission to reimagine the way women are seen and experienced in sports," Heath tells Bustle. "We want to tell stories around the culture that exists in women's sports that wasn't being shown anywhere in the media." Below, the podcasting power couple discusses the future of women's sports and what they hope for the next generation of soccer stars after their appearance at Ally House. How has it been seeing the rise in viewership for women's sports over the past few years? CP: It's very inspiring. We've been fighting for progress and opportunity across the board, and it's not often you work towards something and see it come to fruition. What's happened in women's sports has been…...

20+ min ago (644+ words) Labour has "abandoned" women over issues such as trans rights and grooming gangs and can no longer call itself the party of equality and feminism, the former head of the human rights watchdog has said. Baroness Falkner of Margravine, whose term as the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission ended last week, told The Times that Labour had lost touch with its "fundamental values". She said the government's failure to publish statutory guidance after a Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces was because ministers were "terrified of their MPs" who wanted "trans self-identification" across all of society. Falkner, 70, also criticised the government over grooming gangs, accusing it of failing to stand up for women and girls who were "oppressed and vulnerable". The government has committed itself to a national inquiry on grooming gangs, but it has been thrown…...

20+ min ago (1829+ words) The past five years have been, as Baroness Falkner of Margravine puts it, a white-knuckle ride. As chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, she has found herself at the centre of one of the most toxic and politically charged debates in Britain. Falkner, 70, whose tenure at the EHRC came to an end last week, was responsible for trying to draw the line between women's rights and trans rights. At times, the hostility has been overwhelming. Falkner was on the receiving end of relentless abuse from trans activists, and eventually had to leave social media entirely. Some of the messages directed at her and others were so extreme that she became afraid that she was going to be attacked on her way to work, and began changing her daily route. "You're afraid that somebody will flip and attack you,…...

20+ min ago (644+ words) Labour has "abandoned" women over issues such as trans rights and grooming gangs and can no longer call itself the party of equality and feminism, the former head of the human rights watchdog has said. Baroness Falkner of Margravine, whose term as the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission ended last week, told The Times that Labour had lost touch with its "fundamental values". She said the government's failure to publish statutory guidance after a Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces was because ministers were "terrified of their MPs" who wanted "trans self-identification" across all of society. Falkner, 70, also criticised the government over grooming gangs, accusing it of failing to stand up for women and girls who were "oppressed and vulnerable". The government has committed itself to a national inquiry on grooming gangs, but it has been thrown…...

24+ min ago (270+ words) "America Alone" is a 33-page screed filled with grievances that rejects European allies, conceding the US must share global hegemony with China, all while searching for new allies in the Western Hemisphere. Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 08:30 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | This is why Trump's National Security Strategy is a fantasy.[image or embed] Note that the US already signaled earlier this year they won't be participating in NATO military exercises in 2026, so Europe, the EU, and Canada will be on their own if a conflict arises with Russia in the near future. Some takeaways of the screed which reads like 'word salad' at times: #1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-05 03:17 PM | Reply That the staff reflects the prez is a given, so this mob is a pretty lowlife crew of ignorami. Sadly, the US itself seems to have embarked on a…...

25+ min ago (896+ words) Determined to suppress growing public anger over the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People's Power (JVP/NPP) government's catastrophic mishandling of Cyclone Ditwah, which has left nearly 1,000 dead, a senior JVP/NPP minister has ordered police to invoke emergency regulations against critics. The measure, framed as a response to an "extremely malicious attack" through social media campaigns targeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and several ministers, is in fact a blatant attempt to silence dissent. Sri Lanka has been under a draconian state of emergency since Dissanayake declared it immediately after Cyclone Ditwah devastated large sections of the island. In a televised address on December 28, he justified the move as necessary to "provide legal protection and financial allocation" to "rebuild our country better than before." Notably, opposition figures such as Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa had urged the declaration of…...

26+ min ago (449+ words) An ode to the most impressive formula that hit the shelves in 2025. It's been a year packed with splashy beauty launches. I've tested everything from (even more) celebrity-backed lines to TikTok-viral makeup drops to clinical-grade skin care formulas " but the product that impressed me most was surprisingly understated: Victoria Beckham Beauty's Foundation Drops. "This feels like nothing, but it does everything," Beckham said in an Instagram clip promoting the formula. Her foundation goal was simple: something lightweight, not cakey, and genuinely good for her skin. As a self-professed minimalist, she wanted a product that didn't feel like makeup, yet still offered a natural, flawless finish. The drops also feature echinacea purpurea, spilanthes acmella flower, and olive leaf extract " a trio of botanical ingredients known to help support collagen and firmness. Hydrating staples like jojoba oil, glycerin, and pentylene glycol round…...

29+ min ago (218+ words) A health expert Friday warned that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made a dangerous error after dropping its recommendation that newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine. Former CDC director Tom Frieden criticized the body, and told CNN that he was hopeful that health leaders, including pediatricians, OBGYNs, nurses and other specialists, will continue to administer that vaccine " which has been part of the universal recommendation for children's vaccine schedule. He urged that experts "ignore what this hand-picked, unscientific group of people" have done. "This is a big mistake that would endanger American children. Don't mess with success," Frieden said. "The universal recommendation, since it's been applied, has not resulted in any significant harm to children." A CDC panel and agency led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Friday it would end its recommendation for the vaccine,…...

30+ min ago (444+ words) This argument exemplifies the role of the DSA and the middle class pseudo-left more broadly in promoting illusions in the Democratic Party and propping up the capitalist system, which is careening toward fascism and world war, defending it against the coming revolutionary challenge from the working class. Marquis and Jacobin go out of their way to reassure the corporate oligarchy that it has nothing to fear from their so-called "democratic socialism." "On the basic questions of how the economy is organized," Marquis writes, "Trump is not all that different from Mamdani." At one point he sums up the pathetic goal of Mamdani and company as giving the state "a firm nudge toward public value." Lest there be any remaining concerns, he writes, "When Mamdani advances democratic socialist policies, he's not suggesting we abolish markets" Marquis defines the "underlying issue" as…...