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Contributor: Tom Steyer’s stumble shows the perils facing self-funded candidates

Contributor: Tom Steyer’s stumble shows the perils facing self-funded candidates

Published by Sam Flores

With Tom Steyer all but eliminated from California’s top-two gubernatorial runoff in November, he joins a long conga line of beaucoup-bucks, self-funding candidates who tried to buy their way into elected office in our state and failed miserably. This includes Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Al Checchi and Michael Huffington. Whitman, a former CEO of eBay, was the fifth-wealthiest woman in California when she became the last rich, first-time candidate to try to make the governorship a corporate-takeover target. She reached into her purse for a total of $144 million in the 2010 governor’s race, setting a record for the most ever spent on a statewide race in American history. For her trouble, she was demolished in the general election by Jerry Brown, 54-41. Steyer, for his part, made Whitman look like a piker, breaking all national records by finding $216 million in his spare-change drawer. I had my own first-hand experience with one of these wealthy first-time candidates in the 1998 governor’s race, in which I ran then-Lt. Gov. Gray Davis’ successful campaign. Our chief …

Kimi Antonelli Storms to Miami Grand Prix Pole as Mercedes Rebounds After Sprint Race Stumble

Kimi Antonelli Storms to Miami Grand Prix Pole as Mercedes Rebounds After Sprint Race Stumble

Published by Sam Flores

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Kimi Antonelli helped Mercedes rebound from a disappointing showing in the Saturday sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix by winning the pole in qualifying just a few hours later. It’s the third consecutive pole for the current Formula One championship leader, who blocked Max Verstappen from taking the top starting spot at Miami International Autodrome for a third straight year. Mercedes has dominated the competition this season, with George Russell winning from the pole in the season-opening race, then Antonelli winning from the pole in the two grands prix that followed. F1 then had a five-week break when a pair of races in the Middle East were canceled because of the war in Iran. All teams made upgrades to their cars during the break, but after Russell was fourth and Antonelli sixth in Saturday’s sprint race, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff acknowledged “we are a little out of sync with our upgrades compared to other teams.” Antonelli recovered by qualifying and turned a lap at 1 minute, 28.653 seconds to …

‘Brilliant Minds,’ ‘Stumble’ Canceled at NBC

‘Brilliant Minds,’ ‘Stumble’ Canceled at NBC

Published by Daniella Wilson

NBC has canceled two shows — Brilliant Minds and Stumble — as it heads toward its upfront presentation. Medical drama Brilliant Minds, starring Zachary Quinto, will end after two seasons. NBC earlier this year pulled the show from its post-Olympics schedule; its final episodes will run during the summer, beginning May 27. The comedy Stumble, a mockumentary about a college cheer squad and its coach (Jenn Lyon), is done after a single season. Its final episode aired in March. Both shows were among NBC’s least watched scripted series of the season. With seven days of linear viewing (i.e., before streaming), Brilliant Minds averaged just above 3 million viewers, a smaller total than any other drama on the network this season. Stumble, meanwhile, came in at 2.24 million viewers. NBC still has three shows waiting to hear word on their status for the 2026-27 season: dramas Law & Order and The Hunting Party and first-year comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. NBC also ordered eight pilots — a higher than usual number for recent years …

Talks Stumble as Iran’s Top Diplomat Leaves Pakistan and Trump Says He Told Envoys Not to Go

Talks Stumble as Iran’s Top Diplomat Leaves Pakistan and Trump Says He Told Envoys Not to Go

Published by Sam Flores

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The latest ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran appeared to fail Saturday before they began, as Tehran’s top diplomat left Pakistan and President Donald Trump soon afterward said he had told envoys not to travel to Islamabad. The negotiations were meant to follow historic face-to-face talks earlier this month between the U.S., led by Vice President JD Vance, and Iran, led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf. But Iranian officials have questioned how they can trust the U.S. after its forces started blockading Iranian ports in response to Iran’s war grip on the Strait of Hormuz waterway. “If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” Trump said on social media, adding: “Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!” The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would be going to Islamabad. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Islamabad on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to …

Coronation Street airs major stumble for Maggie Driscoll in early ITVX release

Coronation Street airs major stumble for Maggie Driscoll in early ITVX release

Published by Daniella Wilson

*Warning: Spoilers for Friday 3 April 2026’s episode of Coronation Street, available now on ITVX and YouTube.* Coronation Street aired a major stumbling block for scheming Maggie Driscoll (Pauline McLynn) on Friday. The ITV soap has already revealed to viewers that Rovers Return landlord Ben Driscoll (Aaron McCusker) is actually the secret son of the late cobbles icon Jim McDonald (Charlie Lawson) after he had a brief liaison with Maggie years prior. This also means that Ben is actually the half-brother of his new close friend Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson). However, Ben has always believed that his dad, Alan Driscoll (Aidan O’Callaghan), was his biological father. Fans also know from a special flashback episode that Maggie was also responsible for Alan’s death. During Friday’s episode, Maggie attempted to get through to her grandson Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale) following his suffering at the abusive hands of his teacher, Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon). However, a brainwashed Will would not betray Megan – even though Maggie came close to getting her grandson to open up to her. Want …

Sewer line workers stumble on Viking ship timber

Sewer line workers stumble on Viking ship timber

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Work on a sewer line southeast of Amsterdam was paused recently, after construction crews discovered an unexpected and very large obstacle. According to a recent social media post from the Dutch town of Wijk bij Duurstede, municipal workers encountered a timber slab measuring over 10 feet -that likely belonged to a Viking era ship from around the 9th century CE. Although the maritime artifact will be the town’s first archaeological discovery of its kind if confirmed, Wijk bij Duurstede’s history extends even further back in time. Originally known as Dorestad, the riverside was a vital trading hub between the 7th and 9th centuries that linked the Scandinavian world to the north and Frankish world (present-day central Germany) to the south. Archaeologists cautioned that while they still need to conduct dendrochronological analysis (dating based on tree rings), they believe the timber was likely part of a ship that sailed during the Carolingian period about 1,200 years ago. Named after the …

Brussels’ privacy reforms stumble out the gate – POLITICO

Brussels’ privacy reforms stumble out the gate – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

The Commission in November presented its “digital omnibus” plan as part of a bigger overhaul of data and AI laws that seeks to boost AI technology in Europe. It is one of (so far) 10 so-called omnibuses that aim to slash red tape and boost European competitiveness proposed by Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. The new document, dated Feb. 20, was prepared by the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, currently held by Cyprus, and serves as a basis for national governments to negotiate a joint position on the privacy reforms. The Cypriots took aim at a core change to the data protection rulebook: how the law defines personal data. If approved, the change would move troves of data out of the scope of privacy protections. The revision sought to adapt the GDPR to a recent ruling by the EU’s top court (SRB v EDPS), which found that sometimes “pseudonymized” data, where a person’s details are obscured so they can’t be easily identified, could move it outside the strict privacy guardrails of the GDPR. That …

Simone Biles empathizes with Ilia Malinin after disastrous Olympics stumble: ‘I know what he’s going through’

Simone Biles empathizes with Ilia Malinin after disastrous Olympics stumble: ‘I know what he’s going through’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Simone Biles has responded to American figure skater Ilia Malinin’s two falls during the men’s figure skating final at the Winter Olympics. Malinin’s performance was one of the most highly anticipated of the games. But his stumbles during Friday’s event left him off the podium in eighth place as he held back tears. He began his routine aiming to become the first man to land seven quads in a single Olympic event, including the difficult quad axel. While he landed the quad flip, he stuttered on the axel, managing only a single rotation. He then stepped out of the lutz and could add only a double toe loop. Olympic gymnast Biles, 28, landed in a similar situation herself, as she had the “twisties” during …

Bari Weiss’s 60 Minutes Stumble Follows Private Rejection From Megyn Kelly

Bari Weiss’s 60 Minutes Stumble Follows Private Rejection From Megyn Kelly

Published by Sam Flores

“Dismal,” “confused,” “demoralized,” “super fucked.” That, as one reporter tells Vanity Fair, is the mood inside CBS News this week—all because of Bari Weiss, about 14 minutes of television that criticized the Trump administration, and a Canadian streaming service, of all things. Over the weekend, CBS News’ controversial new editor in chief abruptly pulled a 60 Minutes segment featuring interviews with several Venezuelan migrants sent by the Trump administration to CECOT, a notorious prison in El Salvador, without trial. Her decision caused an uproar both inside the network and online. Then the report was mistakenly uploaded by a Canadian network—allowing anyone with Wi-Fi to see the segment Weiss had tried to shelve. “I mean, it’s already out there, so now we just look like idiots,” the CBS reporter tells me. (A representative for CBS News did not respond to Vanity Fair’s request for comment.) The controversy is the latest in a series of hurdles for CBS News under Weiss, who was handpicked by new Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison to serve as the outlet’s editor …