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Radical left-wing actress Jane Fonda teamed with extremist Democrat Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for a badly staged video to lambast the proposed merger between media giants Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount Skydance came out as the top bidder after streaming giant Netflix bowed out of its multibillion-dollar failed effort to buy the Warners studios. So, Hollywood’s focus is now landing on this deal. And they are worried. The Paramount deal is just entering into its phase of jumping through the regulatory hoops it will need to get approval, but at least one of those hoops was successfully jumped…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune defended on Wednesday a Department of Homeland Security funding framework as it comes under heavy criticism from Democrats and some conservatives. “I think it’s going to be … still the best landing spot, but we haven’t heard anything back from the Dems yet,” Thune said when asked if the framework was still viable. He added that the best way for the shutdown to end would be for Democrats to “take a deal” but added that he doubted they “have a clear idea about what they want to do or how they see us concluding.” “But…

Germany’s troubled industrial base is increasingly pivoting toward defense production German auto giant Volkswagen could repurpose one of its struggling plants to produce components for an Israeli arms company, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.Volkswagen’s factory in Osnabruck, Lower Saxony is expected to halt vehicle production later this year as part of a sweeping cost-cutting and restructuring plan adopted in 2024. The FT reports that the company is now in talks with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems about converting the site to manufacture elements of the Iron Dome air defense system.Sources cited by the newspaper said that, if approved, the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in a war update on Monday that the government of Russia was allegedly offering Iran intelligence to help it more accurately target sites, presumably American or Israeli targets, in the ongoing war in the region. Zelensky accused Russia, which has been engaging in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022, of “prolonging” the war between Iran and America and Israel by helping Iran use lethal force. In addition to strikes on Israel, Iran has targeted about a dozen neighboring countries since the United States announced Operation Epic Fury to erode the ability of the Iranian…

The Economy That Never Came in from the Cold Four score years ago, the United States brought forth a new economic system, dedicated to the proposition that we would rebuild the world from the wreckage of the Second World War and stand athwart communism. For 40 years, that system worked. Germany and Japan, economically devastated, got rebuilt. In return, the United States accepted persistent trade deficits and the gradual hollowing out of our manufacturing base. The logic was coherent: we needed these allies secure and prosperous. Then the logic expired in 1989, but we never stopped. For the past 30…

A Guatemalan jurist is suing Socialist Spain’s Equality Ministry for over 375,000 euros on allegations it illegally appropriated her work for the nation’s abortion law reforms, the newspaper El País reported on Wednesday. El País explained that in 2021, the Equality Ministry reached out to jurist Adilia de las Mercedes to commission a “blueprint” for the abortion law reforms that were ultimately passed by the Spanish socialists in 2023. De las Mercedes reportedly specializes in “human rights, sexual and reproductive health, and international law,” and has served as an expert for organizations such as the United Nations and governments in Asia, Europe, and…

President Donald Trump maintained government documents relevant to his business interests after he left office, according to an internal memo from former special counsel Jack Smith’s office. The memo, viewed by POLITICO, was transmitted by the Justice Department to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees earlier this month. It was turned over in response to Republican-led probes into the investigations Smith led during the Biden administration surrounding Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office, as well as his efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election. “Process is very much ongoing but the FBI has already since…

Meanwhile, support for the right-wing anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, which campaigned on a pledge to ensure zero net migration of Muslims, has nearly tripled Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats party has suffered its worst election result in over a century, securing about 21.9% of the vote in Tuesday’s general election – its lowest share since 1903 – according to exit polls.While the party will remain the largest in the Folketing, the Danish parliament, it is projected to drop to 38 seats from 50. The entire left-leaning bloc appears short of a majority, with the Social Democrats, Liberals, and…

OpenAI announced that it will be shutting down its Sora AI video app on Monday, effectively killing its deal with Disney. The company thanked the users of Sora without specifying the reasons for pulling the plug. “We’re saying goodbye to Sora. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you,” the company, per The Hollywood Reporter (THR). “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.” Though OpenAI’s ChatGPT app will still be used…

Former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe has praised the “bravery and courage” of the Iranian women’s soccer team for their actions during the Women’s Asia Cup. The Iranian women’s soccer team became an international sensation after they refused to sing their country’s national anthem following the U.S. attacks against Tehran, with Iranian broadcasters deeming them “wartime traitors” for their actions. After the team’s defeat by the Philippines, fear broke out that they could face possible jail and even death upon return to Iran, sparking demands for the Australian government to grant them asylum. Only two players stayed in the country…