In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by third-time guest of the show Shahid Buttar, who is running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi in California. In a double edition of the segment “Democrats Suck,” Katie and Matt look at the Massachusetts …
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Paul Redding, CEO of the independent record company Beggars Group, plans to swim the English Channel to raise £200,000 (about $263,000) for two music-related charities: the PRS Foundation in the United Kingdom and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund in the United States. Redding plans to embark on his epic swim …
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For anyone watching the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on cable news or a major broadcast network, the event wrapped up with Michelle Obama’s powerful speech before the show cut away to commentary. But viewers watching online or on C-Span got to see the actual grand finale of …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Apple’s AirPods have become hugely successful since their original launch in 2016, and especially since the release of the AirPods Pro last year. The totally-wireless headphones have a …
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Following news late Friday that President Donald Trump plans to ban TikTok in the U.S., the popular social media app responded to Trump’s claim, with U.S. general manager Vanessa Pappas taking to the platform to tell TikTok users it will not be leaving the U.S., and that TikTok is a …
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Tegan and Sara premiered their new video for “I Know I’m Not the Only One” on Wednesday with a 24-minute special, streamed live on YouTube. Filmed right before the COVID-19 quarantine took place, the music video (starting at the 12:16 mark) was inspired by the sisters’ high school days and …
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Kansai Yamamoto — the celebrated fashion designer who worked extensively with David Bowie, as well as Elton John and Stevie Wonder — died last Tuesday, July 21st, after a short battle with leukemia. He was 76. Yamamoto’s death was announced Monday, July 27th, on his company’s social media pages. He …
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TikTok, which has recently played host to an explosion of QAnon-related content, has removed hashtags associated with the movement due to such content violating its guidelines. Searches for the hashtags #OutOfShadows, #FallCabal, and #QAnonTruth now yield zero results, as do searches for the hashtags #wwg1wga and #QAnon. As Rolling Stone …
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Earlier this month, Bruce Springsteen dug into his vault and released a killer E Street Band show recorded at Philadelphia’s First Union Center on September 25th, 1999. It was the culmination of a six-night stand in the city where he celebrated his 50th birthday and resurrected songs he hadn’t played …
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Phoebe Bridgers and her skeleton suit took a wild car ride to perform “I See You” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The indie star has been wearing the outfit quite regularly — even on the cover of her new album, Punisher — and in the Late Show …
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