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Martin Mull, the droll comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and painter who found fame on the soap opera satire Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spinoff Fernwood 2 Night, has died. He was 80. Mull died Thursday at home after a “valiant fight against a long illness,” his daughter, Maggie Mull, shared on her Instagram. “He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials,” she wrote. “He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers,...

The Irish UFC star took to social media to throw terrorism accusations against Khabib Nurmagomedov after the undefeated legend's gym in Russia was raidedConor McGregor had been waiting for a moment like this to spit out more vitriol against Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team. On Friday, videos started emerging of the Russian authorities conducting a raid where Khabib Numagomedov trains in the town of Makhachkala, Dagestan. Conor was quick to point out he had been warning about Khabib's alleged connections with Russian terrorists since they fought and he lost. Back in 2018, Conor accused Khabib's trainer of being a 'terrorist...

"I AM SORT OF ACTUALLY EMBARRASSED FOR "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" WITH THIS PIECE AND THERE IS ONE, AT LEAST TO ME AND OTHERS, RICHARD, ANYONE WHO HAS SPENT ANY TIME AT ALL, JOE, MIKA, YOU. ANYBODY WHO SPENT ANY TIME AT ALL WITH JOE BIDEN KNOWS ONE THING ABOUT JOE BIDEN ABOVE ALL ELSE, HE IS A TALKER, HE'S A TALKER... ...SO THIS WAS A CLASSIC, CLASSIC HIT PIECE, PROBABLY ORDERED UP BY THE 93-YEAR-OLD FIFTH-TIME MARRIED RUPERT MURDOCH OVER THE WEEKEND -- PROBABLY, YOU KNOW? ... BUT, I MEAN, THIS PIECE IS SO TILTED, SO OFF THE MARK....

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, once rumored to be a candidate for president in 2024, assumed the role of top White House attack dog after President Joe Biden stumbled through Thursday night’s presidential debate. exp-customer-logo Republicans were quick to claim victory after the party’s presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump, went head-to-head with Biden during the year’s first presidential debate on CNN. Though Trump, 78, is only three years younger than Biden, he was far more energetic during the 90-minute matchup. The president, his voice noticeably raspy, struggled to land coherent blows, even on questions dealing with abortion and the Jan....

Americans in upper-income groups are concerned about their ability to pay bills, with more than 15 percent of this demographic taking up additional jobs over the past year, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.As of April 2024, 32.5 percent of respondents earning over $150,000 annually were worried about making ends meet over the next six months, up from 21.7 percent in April of last year, the June survey showed.This percentage is higher than for those in the income groups of $100,000 to $149,999, $70,000 to $99,999, and $40,000 to $69,999. Only individuals who earned less...

Many cities around the world have become very expensive to buy a home in, but which ones are the absolute most unattainable?In this graphic, Visual Capitalist' Marcus Lu highlights a number of housing markets that are deemed to be “impossibly unaffordable” in 2024, ranked by their median price-to-income ratio.This data comes from the Demographia International Housing Affordability Report, which is produced by the Chapman University Center for Demographics and Policy.Data and Key TakeawayThe median price-to-income ratio compares median house price to median household income within each market. A higher ratio (higher prices relative to incomes) means a city is less...

You know the term “authoritarian.” You think you know what it means. An authoritarian dad, boss, or government says: my way or the highway. They are forever barking orders and see compliance as the answer to all human problems. There is no room for uncertainty, adaptation to time and place, or negotiation. It’s ruling by personal dictate while tolerating no dissent. To be authoritarian is to be inhumane, to rule with arbitrary and capricious imposition. It can also mean to be ruled impersonally by a machine regardless of the cost. Sounds like a conventional government bureaucracy, right? Indeed. Think of...

Financial markets generally show no clear direction these days. Accordingly, relatively small movements cause market noise. A few examples happened in the currency market where non-U.S. dollar exchange rates depreciated. While Euro depreciation had its back story of extreme right-wing parties rising in election polls, Japanese Yen depreciation had its story of the central bank (Bank of Japan) not managing market expectations well, Chinese Yuan depreciation had its story of bad outlook, the ultimate result was a strong U.S. dollar, against all.Many views have listed so many reasons that the U.S. dollar should decline, if not collapse. However, the “cruel”...

It takes a lot of gumption to go on television and repeatedly lie to more than 300 million Americans. I honestly don’t know how Joe Biden does it. I suppose that after you have been lying for your entire career, lying comes as naturally as breathing does. Sadly, there are still millions of Americans that are falling for his lies after all this time. Biden would like for us all to believe that the economy is “booming”, that the southern border is under control, that our communities are safe, and that Ukraine is going to win their war against Russia....

Raising a child can be expensive, often costing hundreds of thousands of dollars from birth through to adulthood.This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows the 10 most expensive metro areas to raise a child in, among the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Costs include food, housing, childcare, healthcare, transportation, and other necessities.All figures are as of February 2024. Data is from SmartAsset.Methodology: SmartAsset used MIT Living Wage Calculator data to compare the living costs of a household with two working adults and one child to that of a childless household with two working adults in extensive metro areas.Boston Tops...

Almost every Democrat and leftist who saw the presidential debate on Thursday night and watched President Joe Biden melt down is "panicked" and plotting. From the legacy media, to mega-donors, to other Democrat electeds, they all want to know when Joe Biden will be replaced on the Democrat ticket. Our Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar outlined cogently how it could be done, while moving historic VP Kamala Harris to the side in the process. So, as the speculation grows louder (so much for "democracy"), so does the floating of names on who could be potential replacements.MSNBC's Chief Political Analyst Chuck...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic got politically messy. A Friday Supreme Court ruling could frustrate government responses to public health emergencies even further. The Supreme Court struck down a long-standing legal doctrine that directed judges to defer to reasonable federal agency interpretations of ambiguous or technically challenging aspects of the law. The loss of the so-called Chevron doctrine calls into question every federal agency’s interpretation of a statute, so the ruling affects the regulations of all federal agencies. ... There were other cases in which Chevron didn’t come up but that involved agencies making legal justification...

On Tuesday, the WSJ reported that a lunar capsule carrying the first rock samples from the far side of the Moon had touched down on Earth, marking a significant milestone in space exploration. But, unlike the pioneering missions of the space race of decades past, this cutting-edge endeavor wasn’t masterminded by the US or Russia, but by China.Space Race 2.0China's lunar ambitions have been growing steadily since its Chang'e 1 lunar orbit mission in 2007, with NASA data revealing that the country has now made 9 missions to the Moon. But, collecting rocks is just one small step in China’s...

Mr. Pompeo is keenly aware that today’s Democratic Party is the chosen vessel for a bold strain of Western Marxism that has been rising in America since former President Barack Obama’s time. He knows what’s at stake in this election if the far left continues to march through our institutions, media and corporations. Graduating first in his class at West Point, Mr. Pompeo has lived the U.S. Military Academy motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.” He is appalled by the “woke” military. From the sobering intelligence he’s seen, he understands the importance of restoring America’s military capabilities and projecting them smartly to...

Tech companies and startups overhired, overspent, and overpromised — so what they’re doing now that the money isn’t coming as easily should be no surprise. Since 2022, the industry has laid off over 528K workers, echoing the downturns of the Dotcom Bubble and the Great Recession. Even with an improving economy and record stock valuations, jobs aren’t returning. This time, things might really be different.Peak software: ADP reports that the US employs fewer software developers than pre-pandemic — with a 17% drop since 2018. Job opportunities in traditionally stable tech fields are also drying up as software companies’ growth slows...

After a brief leak of the decision documents yesterday on the Court’s website, the Supreme Court of the United States today formally issued its guidance in the Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States cases by choosing to return them to a lower court. The ruling lifts a stay on an injunction limiting enforcement of Idaho’s Defense of Life Act previously put in place by a federal district court order. This means Idaho hospitals receiving Medicaid funding must allow abortions to be committed as “stabilizing care” in compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). However,...

The Supreme Court decided on Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors, even in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking. The case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the US are without a permanent place to live. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court reversed a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment. The majority found that the 8th Amendment prohibition does...

Abortion is no longer “between a woman and her doctor” in Michigan, where a judge blocked enforcement of three of the state’s pro-life laws on the basis that they now contradict a state amendment that created a constitutional ‘right’ to abortion. On Tuesday, Judge Sima Patel of the Court of Claims placed a preliminary injunction on the state’s 24-hour-waiting period for abortion, as well as a requirement that only physicians can commit abortions. She also blocked a portion of a law that requires abortion businesses to give their clients information about adoption and depictions of the fetus. The injunctions were...

President Joe Biden’s dismal showing at the CNN presidential debate against former President Donald Trump resonated around the world, with foreign diplomats expressing shock and concern while raising questions about the implications for a consequential US election that could upend the foreign policy status-quo should Trump be elected again. “Hard to watch” is how multiple foreign diplomats described Thursday night’s debate between Biden and Trump to CNN. The overwhelming sentiment among more than half a dozen diplomats from Europe, the Middle East and Asia whom CNN spoke to was that it was “a bad night for Biden,” as one European...

President Joe Biden blasted former President Donald Trump at a rally over his “one-man crime wave” and let out a laugh as supporters chanted “Lock him up!” The big story to emerge from CNN’s debate Thursday night was the panic after deadly early stumbles from Biden set the tone for debate coverage — though his performance improved as the debate went on. Brutal quotes from some Democrats and calls for Biden to drop out from his supporters in the media ensued. But it was a peppy and optimistic Biden who showed up to a debate watch party with First Lady...