Is Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris About to Usher Us Into (Another) ‘Saturday Night Live’ Golden Age?
21 Aug
Politics

Is Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris About to Usher Us Into (Another) ‘Saturday Night Live’ Golden Age?

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Politics tamfitronics I used to beg to get picked up early from sleepovers as a child so that I wouldn’t miss the 11:30 p.m. start time of Saturday Night Liveand while my enthusiasm for the late-night variety show (which is about to get the Hollywood biopic treatment) has waned over time—arguably in a way that demonstrates some healthy emotional growth—I’m still pretty invested in what goes on over at Studio 8H of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. That’s why, when I heard that SNL alum Maya Rudolph would be reprising her role as Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on the coming 50th season, I inwardly cheered. Even when electoral politics start to feel capital-T Tiresome, I know I’ll never get sick of watching a really good celebrity impression.
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Your guide to a disaster-prone election year
21 Aug
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Your guide to a disaster-prone election year

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Politics tamfitronics Hello and welcome to week three of State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters are reshaping our politics. I’m Jake Bittle.Hurricane Michael tore across the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm less than four weeks before the pivotal 2018 midterm elections, killing dozens of people and destroying more than 1,000 structures. In the weeks that followed the storm, then-governor Rick Scott issued an executive order that loosened restrictions around mail-in balloting and allowed local governments to open fewer Election Day polling places.“We do not find evidence that the amount of rainfall from the hurricane drove turnout declines. We do find that polling place closures and increased travel distances meaningfully depressed turnout.”— Kevin Morris and Peter Miller, authors of “Authority after the Tempest: Hurricane Michael...
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You’ll Be Surprised By The Quirky Careers These 17 US Politicians Had Before Politics
21 Aug
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You’ll Be Surprised By The Quirky Careers These 17 US Politicians Had Before Politics

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Politics tamfitronics In 1928, James Earl Carter, Sr. (Jimmy Carter's dad), and his family moved to a farm where they grew peanuts, cotton, sugar cane, and corn. They also raised livestock and ran a store next to their home. Jimmy Carter's responsibilities on the farm included picking cotton, selling peanuts, taking care of the animals, and watering the livestock.Source: NPS.GOV
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New jet: Presidency, NASS are bandits against Nigerians –Oby Ezekwesili
21 Aug
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New jet: Presidency, NASS are bandits against Nigerians –Oby Ezekwesili

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Politics tamfitronics Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has alleged that the presidency and the National Assembly have decided to be bandits against Nigerians.Ezekwesili stated this while commenting on the purchase of the new presidential aircraft during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.She said that Nigerians were drifting into poverty every minute.Ezekwesili  said, “That aircraft is 19-year-old. In everything that we have heard, they are trying to justify the purchase of the new aircraft.One Day Nigerian Politicians Would Behave Like Biden did in US – Laolu AkandeKano LG poll: NNPP fixes N600,000 as Chairmanship nomination fee“The fellows dare to play with the intelligence of the public. The executive, the presidency, the National Assembly, I think they have decided that they are the bandits.“The political class has decided that they are bandits against Nigerians....
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