“The Last Jedi” Finally Puts Star Wars to Bed
Lucasfilm Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Warning: spoilers ahead. I saw The Last Jedi earlier this week, and my reaction was a little different from the others I’ve seen. I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it, and I couldn’t care less about the allegedly massive backlash from true-believer fans.…
You Won’t Have to Work Forever. Really.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post writes today about seniors being forced to work forever thanks to the end of the traditional pension: The way major U.S. companies provide for retiring workers has been shifting for about three decades, with more dropping traditional pensions every year. The first…
Twitter Slams LA Times For All-White Magazine Cover
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Twitter is all over the LA Times today: very impressed by their commitment to diversity by including a redhead pic.twitter.com/Be6oM1zcu9 — Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) December 22, 2017 It’s not just an all-white cover, it’s a jarringly all-white all-blond cover (with one redhead). Even Donald Trump…
In the Trump Era, Steel Imports Are Way Up
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times reports that steel imports are up and steelworker jobs are suffering: The layoffs have stunned these steelworkers who, just a year ago, greeted President Trump’s election as a new dawn for their industry. Mr. Trump pledged to build roads and bridges,…
Wells Fargo Accidentally Admits the Truth: The Republican Tax Bill Has No Connection to its $15 Minimum Wage
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sucking up to Donald Trump is tricky business. On Wednesday Wells Fargo announced that it was raising its minimum wage thanks to the passage of the Republican tax bill: Wells Fargo to Raise Minimum Hourly Pay Rate to $15,…
Republican Campaign to Smear Robert Mueller Moves Into High Gear
Pete Marovich via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From NBC News: On the orders of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Justice Department prosecutors have begun asking FBI agents to explain the evidence they found in a now dormant criminal investigation into a controversial uranium deal that critics have linked to…