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El Malilla brings his party from Mexico to the States

El Malilla brings his party from Mexico to the States

Published by Sam Flores

Waving a Mexican flag with a vaquero sombrero on, El Malilla made history at Coachella last year as the first reggaeton Mexa act on the lineup. To keep the momentum going, the rising Mexican star had planned for his first U.S. tour to take place last summer. After the Trump administration ramped up the ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids around the same time, El Malilla decided to put the safety of his fans first and postpone the tour. “With what was happening with Mexicans and immigrants — the big problem being ICE — I decided to pause the tour, because I didn’t feel comfortable exposing my fans to that kind of situation,” El Malilla says over Zoom from his home in Valle de Chalco, on the outskirts of Mexico City. “For me, it was important to bring this tour to the U.S., but in a safe way without putting anyone in harm’s way.” After wrapping up the Mexican leg of his Tu Maliante Bebé Tour, El Malilla, who was born Fernando Hernández Flores, is …

Politics Home Article | The Green Party Is Rethinking Its Strategy For The Burnham Era

Politics Home Article | The Green Party Is Rethinking Its Strategy For The Burnham Era

Published by Sam Flores

Zack Polanski’s Green Party is at risk of losing voters back to the Labour Party with Andy Burnham as PM (Alamy) 10 min read48 min As the Green Party embarks on a media blitz to challenge Andy Burnham ahead of his arrival in Downing Street, an internal strategic debate is intensifying over what his premiership means for the party’s future. After months of benefiting from disillusionment with Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, Green figures are now grappling with a new political landscape. Burnham is viewed as a more formidable communicator who is potentially more capable of winning back progressive voters while also occupying some of the political territory the Greens have started to claim since Zack Polanski became leader last year. That has prompted a wider discussion inside the party about everything from electoral strategy to political messaging, and even how the Greens define themselves in an increasingly fragmented five-party system. According to research by Thinks Insight & Strategy for PoliticsHome earlier this month, Burnham will put Labour in a stronger position …

Princess Olympia of Greece shows off killer sun tan and rock-hard abs in tiny string bikini during wild hen party

Princess Olympia of Greece shows off killer sun tan and rock-hard abs in tiny string bikini during wild hen party

Published by Daniella Wilson

Wedding season is truly underway, and for Princess Olympia of Greece, that means jetting off on a lavish hen do of dreams – but it’s her killer summer wardrobe that has left us smitten. The 29-year-old royal was a vision on Friday when she shared her latest slew of exuberant snaps documenting the hen of dreams she is currently on in honour of one of her close friends. Princess Olympia took glam cues from Sabrina Carpenter, rocking platinum blonde plaits Partying away the days and nights on a lavish boat, one candid moment from the Greek royal saw her slip into a stylish black bikini set, as she posed in front of the most idyllic cliff landscape of dreams – the azure blue water making the location extra enviable. Olympia’s striking platinum locks are seldom not a talking point when we fawn over the fashionista’s impeccable sartorial taste, and her weekend away is no exception. For the occasion, Olympia seemed to take her glam cues from pop star Sabrina Carpenter, who famously rocked a pair …

Burnham confirmed as leader of UK’s governing Labour Party, headed for PM | Politics News

Burnham confirmed as leader of UK’s governing Labour Party, headed for PM | Politics News

Published by Sam Flores

Andy Burnham set to become UK prime minister but faces challenges including the cost of living crisis and two wars. Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026 Andy Burnham, a left-leaning former mayor of Manchester, has been elected leader of the United Kingdom’s governing Labour Party, putting him in line to become prime minister in the coming days. Burnham promised to restore hope to the country as he was confirmed as the party head on Friday. He will be appointed PM on Monday, replacing outgoing premier Keir Starmer, and has promised to unite the country and fight off the challenge from the populist and far-right Reform UK. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list At a special party conference that confirmed his leadership, the PM-in-waiting said he was ready for power and would work to offer hope to people in “forgotten places everywhere”. “We are united, and we put the power that comes from that unity at the service of people and places who have been waiting too long for politics to let them …

Andy Burnham’s speech in full as new Labour Party leader declares: ‘I have a plan’

Andy Burnham’s speech in full as new Labour Party leader declares: ‘I have a plan’

Published by Sam Flores

The prime minister-in-waiting said there were “five things” he will do to “make us better”. They included handing more power to regional communities and eradicating the “insidious briefing culture” that has plagued his party. Mr Burnham pledged to be a leader “for the north, the south, the east, and the west, for Scotland, Wales, and for Northern Ireland”. Here is his speech in full: Andy Burnham with his wife Marie-France van Heel (right), Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell (left) and Home Secretary and Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee Shabana Mahmood (centre) PA “Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you so much, friends. “What a moment, and what backing you’ve given me? All our affiliated trade unions, all our socialist societies, 379 of our MPs, and I don’t need to say commiserations to Catherine West because she backed me too. Thanks, Catherine. “All of them heard the call from the people of Makerfield on behalf of forgotten places everywhere, up and down this country, for a return of the Labour …

Trump Dooms His Own Party

Trump Dooms His Own Party

Published by Daniella Wilson

In early 2021, Republicans were poised to win a majority in the U.S. Senate. Had they won, they could have stalled President Biden’s agenda and forced him to govern on Republican terms. All they had to do was win the two Senate seats in Georgia headed to a run-off in January. Then Donald Trump opened his yap. He had just lost the presidency. To assuage his own ego injury, Trump attacked the election as fake and rigged. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the effect of this talk in Georgia. In rural and conservative areas of the state, 752,000 Georgians who had voted in November stayed home in January. Turnout rose by 228,0000 in Democratic-leaning areas. Trump had discouraged his own voters and energized his foes. His party lost both seats and any hope of retaining the Senate. Tonight, Trump repeated his self-destructive behavior. If you are an anti-Trump voter who watched all or part of tonight’s speech to the nation, you saw a president removed from reality, babbling about conspiracy theories, threatening your right to vote. …

American Jews face a Democratic Party rethinking unconditional Israel support

American Jews face a Democratic Party rethinking unconditional Israel support

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — American Jews woke up to a stark new reality Wednesday: Decades of unequivocal support for Israel is no longer a key plank of the Democratic Party. That reality was plain when almost half of Democrats in the House of Representatives (103 out of 212) voted Wednesday (July 15) to cut all $3.3 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Israel from a foreign affairs spending bill. The measure failed and only one Republican supported it — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who sponsored the amendment to the bill. But it underscored an emerging reality, that unconditional support for Israel’s actions in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon are no longer deemed acceptable by as many as half of elected Democrats. Ian Lustick, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and a consultant to past administrations on Israel, likened the result of the vote to a balloon popping. “There’s a principle in physics and politics of constrained volatility,” Lustick said. “If there’s a tremendous amount of discontent that’s constrained over …

[UNVRS] Owner Yann Pissenem Tells VF How He Became Ibiza’s King of Nightlife

[UNVRS] Owner Yann Pissenem Tells VF How He Became Ibiza’s King of Nightlife

Published by Sam Flores

But when Pissenem first visited Ibiza as a guest in the 1990s, it was clear even then that it was a golden decade. A change had started in 1987, when the future British superstar Paul Oakenfold and some friends had taken ecstasy and danced to DJ Alfredo on the Amnesia nightclub terrace. They’d flown home describing an open-air island nightlife that felt like MDMA, and dopamine-poor Brits started booking flights. After the British government cracked down on raves in the early ’90s, Ibiza became Europe’s place to dance to electronic music. On his first trip to the island, Pissenem found a loosely regulated world of dance parties. Promotion teams competed on the beach to sell tickets to the superclubs—Amnesia, Pacha, Privilege, Space—but also to pop-up raves in coves and hills. A single night might include a live sex show over the indoor pool at Privilege, an Oakenfold set at Amnesia, and a beachside comedown at Cafe del Mar, the birthplace of “chill out” music. At the time, Pissenem didn’t see an opening for his after-parties …