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The family of George Floyd slammed comedians Tony Hinchcliffe and Kevin Hart over a joke told during Netflix’s The Roast of Kevin Hart, which streamed live on Sunday. “The black community is so proud of you,” Hinchcliffe told Hart during the roast, adding, “Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard he can’t breathe.” Floyd’s family and friends reacted through Travis Cains, a spokesman for The Gianna and George Floyd Foundation, telling TMZ that Hart condoning Hinchcliffe’s remark is “sad for the culture.” They also slammed Hart for allegedly giving the comedian the green light to make a joke about Floyd,…

Spain’s refusal to allow the United States, its NATO ally, to use its military bases for the war in Iran remains in place, Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares reiterated Tuesday. The Spanish socialist government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has stood out as one of the fiercest critics of the United States’ military actions against the Iranian regime, which Sánchez has accused of being a “absurd, cruel, and illegal” conflict. In line with its opposition to the United States’ actions against Iran, the Spanish government barred the U.S. planes from utilizing the Spanish military bases in Rota, Cádiz and…

Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim and a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, reportedly lacks a medical license in Michigan and New York, though he has claimed he is a physician, according to a recent report. While El-Sayed, who is running to fill Sen. Gary Peters’ (D-MI) seat, has claimed in interviews that he’s “been a doctor” for his “whole career” and also lists being a “physician” on his LinkedIn account, Politico reviewed medical records from the two states and found El-Sayed has “never been granted a medical license in those states.” Though the outlet’s review found that he…

Kuwait has claimed four men linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tried to enter Bubiyan Island by sea   Kuwait has accused Iran of attempting to infiltrate the strategic Bubiyan Island after authorities arrested four men suspected of belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Bubiyan, Kuwait’s largest island, lies at the northern edge of the Gulf near the Iraqi border and is considered strategically important because of its proximity to shipping routes and northern oilfields. The island also hosts a US military base.Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that four men were arrested after attempting to enter the country by sea…

“The truth is there really isn’t anything to fear because what it can never replace is what true art comes from, which is not the physical, it comes from the soul,” she said. “It comes from the spirit of each and every one of us sitting here, to each and every one of us who creates every day. And that they can never recreate through something that is technical.” The use of generative-AI in movies has become a hot-button topic in Hollywood, with some of the industry’s most acclaimed directors casting critical eye on it. “I’m not negative about generative…

Spain has called for the creation of a “European Army” to free the continent from American “coercion” and reliance on Washington for defence. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has called for the creation of a European Union army that would ensure that Europe is free from what he described as “coercion”. This continental army, the Minister argued, would also ensure that Russia or other forces are not tempted to “exploit doubts” over whether the U.S. would ride to the rescue in the event of a future conflict, the very basis of the NATO alliance’s founding agreement. Speaking at Tuesday’s Foreign Affairs…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated that tariffs on China “hurt Americans. There’s pain being realized by both sides,” and tariffs “probably didn’t do anything to help with affordability, but if we want to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, we have to focus on manufacturing things in the United States.” Comer said, “I would support banning anything from China if they don’t stop their unfair trade practices of manipulating their currency, of stealing our intellectual property and our patents, and if they don’t start complying with basic environmental laws and regulations…

Far-left Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman in a recent interview bizarrely accused her opponent, former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, of representing “fascism.” “I think that Spencer Pratt is tapping into a lot of the frustrations that people have in Los Angeles,” Raman — who has been a member of the Democratic Socialists of America — said during an interview with progressive podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen. Watch Below: “And his Trumpian qualities is exactly why I think Angelenos should be taking this race seriously, but should also be grappling with the critiques,” she continued, before outlining reasons why “it feels like we…

Sure capitalism is driving us toward collapse on multiple fronts while everyone gets sicker, poorer, dumber, crazier, and more miserable, but hey look, McDonald’s is bringing back the McRib. Reading by Tim Foley: Sure plutocrats are killing our biosphere, but hey, at least they’re creating technology that lets you avoid the cognitive discomfort of writing your own words and thinking your own thoughts. Sure the empire is butchering human beings at horrifying scale around the world, but on the bright side it’s creating refugees who will move to your country and bring you treats that you can order from an…

The European Union (E.U.) is set to ban Brazilian meat imports on September 3 over the use of antibiotics to stimulate growth unless producers show compliance with safety regulations before the deadline — an announcement that comes roughly two weeks after the E.U. provisionally kicked off its controversial free trade deal with Mercosur. An E.U. committee group unanimously voted on Tuesday to remove Brazil from the list of countries authorized to export animal products intended for human consumption. The decision reportedly makes Brazil the first country to be removed from the list of states that complies with E.U. restrictions on…