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Gavin Newsom, Bari Weiss, and the Washington Power Class Gather for the Vanity Fair and CAA Party to Celebrate WHCD Weekend

Gavin Newsom, Bari Weiss, and the Washington Power Class Gather for the Vanity Fair and CAA Party to Celebrate WHCD Weekend

Published by Sam Flores

Bari Weiss—who will have fifteen (!) tables for CBS at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, her first ever WCHD as well as her first as editor-in-chief of the network—chats with the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd and Michael Grynbaum (who wrote the recent history of Condé Nast, Vanity Fair’s parent company). Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint, who recently roasted Pam Bondi during her congressional hearing , dishes that she enlarged Christopher Anderson’s photos for Vanity Fair—the ones of Susie Wiles, Karoline Leavitt, Marco Rubio, et al—and put them on her office wall. Meanwhile, former CBS producer Shawna Thomas, who left the network just months after Weiss’s contested arrival, introduces herself to California Governor Gavin Newsom, who simply cannot make it past the grand foyer and into the bustling party on account of the crowd that descends on him. “I’m the political director of MS Now,” Thomas says—or she will be. She starts in June. Newsom poses for a photo with Oz Pearlman, the mentalist booked to perform at tomorrow’s dinner. “Will you be going?” I ask …

Potential 2028 presidential candidates gather in L.A. for Democratic fundraiser

Potential 2028 presidential candidates gather in L.A. for Democratic fundraiser

Published by Sam Flores

Prominent Democratic governors, some considering 2028 presidential bids, gathered Thursday in Los Angeles for a high-dollar fundraiser. Tickets to attend the event cost up to $100,000, according to an invitation. Closed to the press, it was expected to raise more than $1.5 million for the Democratic Governors Assn., among the largest amount the group has ever raised at a fundraiser in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced fellow Democratic Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Laura Kelly of Kansas, Katie Hobbs of Arizona, Wes Moore of Maryland, Josh Stein of North Carolina, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. Several attendees, including Newsom, Beshear and Whitmer , are widely believed to be eyeing a presidential run in 2028. Walz was then-Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in her unsuccessful 2024 bid for the presidency. Host Andrew Hauptman moderated the conversation among the state leaders at the Los Angeles-area home he shares with his wife, liquor heiress Ellen Bronfman Hauptman. Attendees enjoyed cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres around the pool before …

Europe’s far-right leaders gather in Milan rally against immigration

Europe’s far-right leaders gather in Milan rally against immigration

Published by Sam Flores

Far-right leaders from Europe gathered in Milan Saturday for a rally attended by thousands against irregular immigration and Brussels bureaucracy, the first since the electoral defeat of nationalist Viktor Orban in Hungary. Supporters of the Patriots for Europe party, the third-largest bloc in the European Parliament, rallied in front of Milan’s Duomo cathedral, separated by a significant police presence from a likewise thousands-strong rally by anti-fascist groups.   Organiser Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s nationalist League party, has deemed that “symbol of Christianity” ideal for the event billed as “Without Fear – in Europe, Masters in our Own Home!” France’s Jordan Bardella and the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders were in attendance at the invitation of Salvini, who is also deputy prime minister in the coalition government of Giorgia Meloni. Read more‘Allies, not vassals’: How Meloni’s break with Trump became a political moment for Italy “Today, the tragedy we predicted has become a reality. Our people, the original inhabitants of Europe, have been hit by a tsunami of mass immigration, illegal immigration, mostly from Islamic countries,” Wilders …

513 humpback whales gather at massive Caribbean breeding ground

513 humpback whales gather at massive Caribbean breeding ground

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is widely seen as a model success story for wildlife conservation. Prior to the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling, marine biologists estimated only around 10,000 of the marine animals still existed around the world. Today, more than 135,000 of them swim in Earth’s oceans. This steadily increasing population is a testament to both human environmental stewardship as well as the humpback whale’s own adaptability and intelligence. But even scientists aboard the superyacht-turned-research vessel M/Y Solace were surprised at the sheer number of whales during a recent excursion in the Caribbean. Speaking with Popular Science, the EYOS Expeditions team confirmed that Navidad Bank, a shallow underwater coral formation around 62 miles off the coast of the Dominican Republic, is one of the world’s most densely populated humpback whale breeding grounds. EYOS Expeditions Discovers Humpback Whale Breeding Ground Near Dominican Republic’s Navidad Bank “This is an extraordinary testament to the power of long-term marine conservation,” …

This Passover, we gather in bomb shelters

This Passover, we gather in bomb shelters

Published by Sam Flores

The story of Passover starts in mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, which symbolically means “the narrow place.” For millions of Israelis like myself, the Jewish festival of freedom will be marked this year from the narrowest of places: a bomb shelter.  Across Israel, tens of thousands of shelters have become part of our daily life. They are rarely comfortable, often cramped and makeshift, and for some families, especially in the North, access is inadequate. Yet even in these spaces, life does not stop. People gather, improvise, steady one another and continue living. There is a painful irony in that reality, but also something deeply resonant with the Passover story itself. The journey from slavery to freedom was never simple or serene. It was marked by uncertainty and fear, but also endurance. This year, many Israelis are living with all three. With the war with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, whole neighborhoods have been destroyed. Thousands have been injured and thousands more evacuated from their homes to hotels hundreds of miles away. Families have been uprooted, …

‘All we want is justice for Amy’: Thousands gather at vigil for mother after man charged with murder | UK News

‘All we want is justice for Amy’: Thousands gather at vigil for mother after man charged with murder | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

Thousands have gathered for a vigil to honour a mother of two who was killed last week. Amy Doherty, 28, was found seriously injured at a property in Derry last Saturday and later died in hospital. Hundreds could be seen gathered at the city’s Guildhall on Friday evening carrying flowers and purple balloons. Image: Amy Doherty was found with serious injuries last Saturday – she later died in hospital. Pic: PA In an emotional address to the crowd, Amy’s mother Sharon said her daughter had been “brutally taken from us and her babies”. “I don’t want Amy and the other 29 women’s murders to be in vain,” she said, referring to other female victims violently killed in Northern Ireland since 2020. “All we want is justice for Amy.” Image: Sharon Doherty speaks at the vigil for her daughter Amy. Pic: PA Balloons were then released into the sky in honour of Ms Doherty and other women killed in Northern Ireland. Earlier in the day Connor McNamee, 30, appeared in court, charged with Ms Doherty’s murder. …

‘Europeans Committing Demographic Suicide’: EU Politicians Gather To Discuss Immigration Crisis

‘Europeans Committing Demographic Suicide’: EU Politicians Gather To Discuss Immigration Crisis

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via Remix News, Europeans are committing demographic suicide and the tools used to managed migration are failing at every level, said Rodrigo Ballester, the head of the Center for European Studies at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium. He made his remark at a recent Ordo Iuris Institute event in Warsaw, Poland, which saw European politicians, policymakers, and other important players gather to discuss a groundbreaking paper: “Taking Back Control from Brussels. The Renationalization of the EU Migration and Asylum Policies.” “As Europeans, we are committing demographic suicide. We are a continent of old rich people, facing a continent of young, hungry, and determined people — ambitious people. We’re still trying to manage migration with hopelessly outdated tools, using conventions from a century ago. They have completely lost their meaning today. In practice, I’m talking about the Geneva Convention. This is the ‘sacred cow’ we should get rid of,” Ballester emphasized. The “Taking Back Control” paper, which was recently covered by Remix News, outlines 18 ways Europe can regain control of immigration policy. Ballester emphasized that these policies need …