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The Queen Met 13 Sitting U.S. Presidents, Who Basked in Her Global Prestige

Queen Elizabeth II was a gracious host and guest over the last seven decades, even when faced with protocol mistakes and awkward missteps.

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New York City

A Few Words From a Master Journalist

Francis X. Clines wrote thousands of lyrical, acutely observed articles for The New York Times.Here are excerpts from a few of them.

March 22, 1991

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Will Joe Biden face a 2024 primary challenge?

The Biden White House is going out of its way to tamp down on whispers that he might not run for a second term in 2024.

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Los Angeles Times

2 months ago

Books

Column: For years, the Reagans' daughter regretted some things she wrote. Now she's at peace

Patti Davis has been chronicling her life as the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan since 1986.

She has written books about her father's battle with Alzheimer's and her complicated relationship with her own mother. [ more ]

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2 months ago

US politics

Charles Fried, Legal Scholar Who Broke With Conservatives, Dies at 88

Charles Fried was a conservative legal scholar who worked as Ronald Reagan's solicitor general and later criticized the conservative legal movement.

Fried argued against abortion rights but later changed his stance, stating that overturning Roe v. Wade would be an act of constitutional vandalism. [ more ]

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New York Post

4 months ago

Biden misnames president's chopper, claims Reagan sent it to him post-aneurysm

President Biden incorrectly referred to Marine One as 'Air Force Helicopter One' while recounting a story about being taken to the hospital in the 1980s

There is no evidence to support Biden's claim that Reagan sent Marine One to transport him during his brain aneurysm [ more ]

Los Angeles Times

Jimmy Carter, oldest living former U.S. president ever, is placed in hospice care

Former President Carter has entered hospice care, having decided to avoid "additional medical intervention," the Carter Center announced Saturday.The 98-year-old former president made his decision after recent hospitalizations, according to the Carter Center, a nonprofit group set up to carry out charitable activities supported by the former president and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

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World politics

Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for the coronavirus.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden's top medical adviser for the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "mild symptoms," the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Wednesday.

New York Daily News

Biden remembers Walter Mondale as a 'giant' at memorial for late U.S. veep

The late Walter Mondale was "a giant in American political history," President Biden recalled on Sunday at a memorial for the nation's 42nd vice president.

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San Francisco Bay Times

10 months ago

SF LGBT

The Bob & Marcus Mystery Series - San Francisco Bay Times

By Michele Karlsberg-
Michele Karlsberg: June is Rainbow Book Month, a perfect time to check out H.N. Hirsch's Fault Line, a suspenseful murder mystery set in the political world of Southern California.It is a sequel to Shade, Hirsch's first in the series and set in the Ivy League.(The author formerly taught at Harvard and other well-known universities and colleges.)

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US news

Flush With Campaign Cash, Tim Scott Is Set to Join '24 Race

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina will announce his candidacy for president on Monday and will enter the race with around $22 million cash on hand, making him one of the most serious competitors for the front-runner, Donald J. Trump, even as Mr. Scott has hovered around 2 percent in Republican primary polls.

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Music

Bruce Springsteen RDS: The week started with divisive Donald Trump but ended with 'the Boss' uniting 35,000

I couldn't help thinking how different his vision of America is compared to a certain ex-President who had been on a whistle-stop tour to Ireland.Donald Trump's America is one of division and hatred.Springsteen's America is the opposite of that.Had Trump decided to show up last night as some sort of publicity stunt he might have seen welcome signs on the stage similar to the home-made sign a fan handed up to Springsteen at his a 2018 concert at Munich's Olympic Stadium and which the singer waved proudly to the crowd in Germany: 'F*** TRUMP, WE WANNA DANCE WITH THE BOSS."

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KT McFarland Likened Trump's Transition Interventions to the Iran October Surprise - emptywheel

In an FBI interview on September 14, 2017, KT McFarland likened Mike Flynn's transition period interference with Obama policy to Richard Nixon's Chennault Affair and what she called Reagan's "purported dealings with Iran to free American hostages."Based on her study of prior presidential transitions, McFarland believed the sorts of things Flynn did were not unusual.

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George W. Bush's Press Secretary Asks, What Has Joe Biden Touched That He Hasn't Bungled?' And Takes a Swipe at Jimmy Carter While He's in Hospice

Fox News contributor Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary under George W. Bush during the run-up to the Iraq war, said President Joe Biden is bungling everything.Bush was a famously unpopular two-term president who launched two of the lengthiest wars in U.S. history, including the Iraq war.

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President Biden says Jimmy Carter asked him to give his eulogy

President Biden said Monday that he had been asked by former president Jimmy Carter, who is currently in hospice care, to deliver a eulogy upon his death.Win McNamee/Getty Images Former President Jimmy Carter has asked President Biden to deliver a eulogy upon his death, Biden said Monday.Biden made the remarks to a few dozen attendees at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., as he discussed progress in cancer research.

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Newt Gingrich warns Republicans that Joe Biden is winning the fight

Republicans must quit underestimating Joe Biden, the former US House speaker Newt Gingrich said, because the president is winning the fight.Writing on his own website, Gingrich said: Conservatives' hostility to the Biden administration on our terms tends to blind us to just how effective Biden has been on his terms.

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RIP to the man who created an animitronic hellscape in which to buy milk

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New York City

Stew Leonard Sr. Dies at 93; Founded Disneyland of Dairy Stores'

Stew Leonard Sr., a folkloric retailer who expanded his namesake stores into merchandising meccas replete with petting zoos and mechanical singing farm animals, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Manhattan.He was 93.The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son Stewart Jr. said.Mr. Leonard opened his original store in Norwalk, Conn., in 1969 as a destination that promised fresh milk because it was built around a bottling plant.

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US news

Former U.C.L.A. Doctor Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Sexual Abuse Case

An obstetrician-gynecologist who worked for decades at the University of California, Los Angeles, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing patients, his lawyer said on Thursday.Dr. James Heaps, 66, appeared in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles County on Wednesday after jurors found him guilty in October 2022 of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person.

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Boston real estate

A Cohasset estate visited by presidents and film crews hits the market for $18m

Real Estate The 10-bedroom property was once owned by the founder of Barron's magazine."The Oaks," the historic Georgian-style Cohasset estate visited by Jon Hamm in 2022's Confess, Fletch, is on the market for $18 million.Located on the site of an ancient shipyard at 49 Margin St., the property was originally the summer home of financier Clarence W. Barron, founder of Barron's magazine.

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National Football League

Packers rumors: Brian Gutekunst had mind made up about Aaron Rodgers long before this offseason

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst seems more than ready to move on from franchise quarterback Aaron Rodgers to see what Jordan Love is all about.Let's just say Aaron Rodgers and Brian Gutekunst have been on way better terms before...This Green Bay Packers partnership has been rockier than rocky road ice cream.

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Eminem Is Suing Two Real Housewives of Potomac for Calling Their Podcast "Reasonably Shady"

On February 14, Eminem filed an opposition to "Real Housewives of Potomac" cast members Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon's trademark application for their podcast " Reasonably Shady ."Eminem, a rapper whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has gone by "Slim Shady" since 1996 and has had the term trademarked since the early 2000s .

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As Biden ponders 2024, here's why some presidents quit

A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter.

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2 years ago

World news

Trump swooped in to profit from White House photographer's book deal - report

Donald Trump blocked plans by his chief White House photographer to publish a book of pictures of his time in power - then published a book of such images himself, the New York Times reported.

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Television

Richard Belzer Had a Ball With the Relationship Between Comic and Crowd

When Richard Belzer did stand-up on Late Night With David Letterman, he always entered to the opening riffs of Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones, dancing his way onstage, looking like the life of the party in dark shades.Once he arrived at the microphone, he made a point of engaging with the studio audience in a way you rarely saw on television.

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Television

The One About When Groucho Marx and Dick Cavett Became Great Friends

On a hot summer day in 1961, a young TV writer and aspiring comedian named Dick Cavett attended the funeral of George S. Kaufman, the renowned wit and man of letters.There he saw one of his heroes, Groucho Marx.Cavett approached Marx, and managed to tell him that he was a big fan.Without missing a beat, Marx responded: Well, if it gets any hotter, I could use a big fan.

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US news

Ben Savage, Boy Meets World' Actor, Is Running for Congress

Ben Savage, the former child actor who was the star of the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World in the 1990s, said on Monday that he was running to represent a Los Angeles-area district in Congress.I'm running for Congress because it's time to restore faith in government by offering reasonable, innovative and compassionate solutions to our country's most pressing issues, Mr. Savage, 42, said in a statement on Instagram.

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East Bay (California)

Photos: Fred Karger, first openly gay presidential candidate, lists California beach home for $3.5 million

Fred Karger, the first openly gay candidate to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2012, has listed his longtime weekend home in Laguna Beach for $3.495 million.(Composite by Sandra Barrera, Southern California News Group; Inset: Ken Steinhardt, The Orange County Register file photo; House: Property Media Services) The kitchen.

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Historian admired by Truss says she completely misunderstood his work

A historian admired by Liz Truss has claimed she has misunderstood his work to a mind-blowing degree, prompting him to feel terribly guilty.

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World politics

North Korea Launches 2 Ballistic Missiles, in 24th Weapons Test This Year

TOKYO - Two days after North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan, it launched what appeared to be two more short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday morning, Japan's Defense Ministry reported.

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World politics

Japan Tells China to Stop Military Drills Off Taiwan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for "an immediate halt" to the exercises.Speaker Nancy Pelosi said China "will not isolate Taiwan."

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250m design for King Charles' scrapped superyacht unveiled

The 250m design for King Charles' superyacht that was scrapped last year has been unveiled.Plans for the 125-metre Royal Yacht Britannia were previously confidential but have now been published by London-based firm Vitruvius Yachts.The superyacht was initially set to sail by 2025, but in October last year it was reported chancellor Jeremy Hunt was planning on scrapping the plans as part of a package of spending cuts.

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Boris Johnson begged people for votes' in demeaning' way, says Iain Duncan Smith

Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has described Boris Johnson as begging Conservative MPs for nominations during his demeaning failed bid to return to Downing Street.Mr Johnson announced he would not formally stand in the race to replace Liz Truss on the eve of nominations closing despite claiming to privately have the support of the 102 MPs needed to make it to the ballot after cutting short a Caribbean holiday to drum up support.

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Economic storm tests UK's new leader, alarms Conservatives

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss came under growing pressure Wednesday from opponents and inside her Conservative Party to reverse announced tax cuts that are fueling a financial crisis in an already struggling economy.

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

AI of Andrew Jackson, Who Literally Owned Slaves, Insists That He Wasn't Racist

Historical Figures
A new AI chatbot, Historical Figures, promises to take its users on a journey through space and time, simulating conversations with famous leaders - from Jesus to Joseph Stalin to Henry Ford and many more.Just, uh, one thing: apparently, pretty much every historical figure was absolutely perfect, and definitely feels bad if anything went wrong if or when they were in power.

Los Angeles Times

How will California's new laws affect you?

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down the landmark federal abortion rights case Roe vs. Wade led to a flurry of new laws in California, even though abortion rights already are solidly protected in the state.Still, 2022 proved to be a fairly measured year when it comes to the number of bills approved by the California Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, perhaps a continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic lull in recent years.

Los Angeles Times

Richard Borow, L.A. attorney who fought for Angela Davis' right to teach at UCLA, dies

Richard Borow, a Los Angeles trial attorney who defended Angela Davis after the UC Board of Regents dismissed the outspoken UCLA assistant professor because she was a member of the Communist Party in what became one of California's great fights over academic freedom, has died at 87.

Los Angeles Times

All the things California is doing to protect abortion rights after Roe vs. Wade reversal

With Roe vs. Wade now dead, liberal California finds itself more than ever as the vanguard for abortion rights.

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Media industry

Washington Post chief announces job cuts and refuses to answer questions

Turmoil at the Washington Post has intensified after a contentious town hall meeting on Wednesday in which the newspaper's publisher, Fred Ryan, astounded staffers by announcing substantial job cuts to come, then quit the meeting, refusing to answer questions.This is embarrassing, this is embarrassing, one staffer was heard saying as Ryan made his hasty exit, according to video footage posted on social media.

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Chicago

Editorial: Behold the joy of Brazilian soccer

In government, industry and politics, some people manage to be happy warriors.They're able to escape the demons of insecurity, competitiveness and jealousy and do their work in good spirits, even if critics are snapping at their heels.They're often highly successful, especially when it comes to motivating colleagues.

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Chicago

Editorial: Rita Crundwell, comptroller who bilked Dixon, should complete the remainder of her sentence

Life is getting back to normal in Dixon, Illinois, victim of an especially disgusting scam, even in a state notorious for public corruption.

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Newt Gingrich Warns Republicans: Stop Underestimating Biden

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned his party this week to change tactics in confronting the Biden Administration and its agenda as he argued, Republicans must learn to quit underestimating President Joe Biden.In a post on his personal website, Gingrich wrote, The clarity of winning and losing creates a clarity of analysis about who is doing well and who isn't.

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2 years ago

Why George H.W. Bush's Single Term Should Worry Joe Biden

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.

The President was riding high.

Portland Mercury

HEAR IN PORTLAND: Fiery Shows from TEKE::TEKE and Jinkx Monsoon Heat Up December

Despite seasonal focus on holiday shopping chaos, things are still looking promising on the Portland music front.There's no shortage of releases to get into, and even a couple of upcoming shows that will warm things up.This week we're stoked about a new project from rapper Milc, new single from Rules., and upcoming shows from epic local twosome Volcanic Pinnacles, Japanese psych rockers TEKE::TEKE, and music-minded drag performers Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme.

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HEAR IN PORTLAND: Fiery Shows from TEKE::TEKE and Jinx Monsoon Heat Up December

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Portland Journalist Sarah Marshall Takes Her Wry Revisionist Podcast "You're Wrong About" on Tour

Curiosity is intoxicating.Once latching onto a topic of special interest, it's easy to spend innumerable hours scrolling down an endless hole of search engine investigations.

Portland Mercury

Better off

It's been about 40 years since Ronald Reagan uttered the question "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?"This short sighted idea of 4 year cycles has led us to where we are now.

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Arts

A director critically reexamines his 1980s childhood in 'Armageddon Time'

Banks Repeta plays 11-year-old Paul Graff and Anthony Hopkins is his grandfather in Armageddon Time.Anne Joyce /Focus Features A lot of filmmakers these days seem to be in an intensely personal, self-reflective mood.There's a terrific movie in theaters right now called Aftersun, and it's based on the childhood memories of its first-time director, Charlotte Wells.

Vulture

Podcast

This Month in Comedy Podcasts: More Julio Torres, Please

The comedy-podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe.We're here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable.There are a lot of great shows, and each one has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional and the noteworthy.Each month, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists and especially enthusiastic people will pick its favorites.

Futurism

Graphic design

Wait, the NASA Logo on SpaceX's Rocket Looks Completely Messed Up

A Falcon 9 rocket effortlessly delivered a Crew Dragon spacecraft with a crew of four on board into orbit this week.

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UK politics

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have made a declaration of class war | Jonathan Freedland

he makes Margaret Thatcher look like a moderate and Ronald Reagan seem positively wet.

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UK politics

Ideological strength could be Liz Truss's key weakness, hopes Labour

If, as widely assumed, Liz Truss takes over from Boris Johnson, it will not just be the nation having to adjust.

Advocate

LGBT

Orgies, Lies, and Presidents: The Secret Gay Cabal of Washington

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick provides an in-depth and exhaustively researched account of the underground world of primarily white gay men through presidential administrations from Franklin Roosevelt's to Bill Clinton's.

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Law

Judge appoints special master to review materials seized from Mar-A-Lago

In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Los Angeles Times

LA real estate

Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin spends record $70 million on Ronald Reagan's former home

Hollywood Hills just saw its priciest home sale ever.

The Real Deal Los Angeles

LA real estate

Home Once Owned by Ronald Reagan Sells for $70 Million

An entity linked to Aquilini named Cordell Trust acquired the home for $8.5 million in 2012.

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Others in the running include hip hop star Drake's $75 million purchase of 9904 Kip Drive in Beverly Hills in April.

Los Angeles Times

LA real estate

Lee Iacocca's longtime Bel-Air estate sells for $27.7 million

The longtime home of Lee Iacocca, the late automobile visionary who developed the Ford Mustang and saved the Chrysler Corp. from bankruptcy, just traded hands in Bel-Air for $27.7 million.

SFGATE

SF real estate

Ronald Reagan Lived Here: Beautifully Restored Sacramento Mansion Is Listed for $5M

A stately 45th Street mansion in Sacramento was so grand that Ronald and Nancy Reagan preferred it over the California governor's mansion.

Fatherly

7 years ago

Fathers

Do Your Part To End The Dad Bod Meme With This Simple 20-Minute Workout

Sometime around Spring 2015, the Internet bestowed upon us "dad bod," that term for when a previously-in-shape dude (you) chases a 30 minute-a-morning routine on the elliptical machine with 8 slices of pizza at a toddler's birthday party.

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