Megan Rapinoe seems to have deluded herself into thinking Dwayne Johnson stole her partner’s concept for the redesigned XFL logo. But the only thing that’s the same about the two is that the X doesn’t meet in the middle: There’s a space between the left and right halves. That’s it.
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Truth Social's failed rollout was entirely predictable. It fits the pattern of Donald Trump's broken promises and hairbrained schemes: He'll roll out some overhyped idea, hire some sycophant to execute it, and lose interest when it fails to catch fire. Then he'll cast blame or simply ignore it, and move on to the empty promotion.
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There is, unfairly, a social stigma that goes with baldness and which is tied to shallow judgment of people that’s based on appearances. It’s far worse for women. It can open them up to ridicule, whispered or otherwise. People think there’s something wrong with them. Being bald is only “justified” for a woman if she has cancer, which becomes an excuse to feel sorry for her, rather than affirm her intrinsic beauty — hair or no hair.
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There’s a fundamental difference in how Trump’s base looks at things and how thinking individuals view the world. And the nature of evangelical religion — how it operates — holds the key to identifying it. There’s long been a tension between faith and science: not just faith in the sense of religious piety, but in the sense of belief without evidence.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is, in effect, holding Dolly Parton hostage to its decision-making process. Should she really be forced to be part of an organization she doesn’t want to be associated with (at least at this point)?
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Accountability. It’s a word you hear a lot these days, often uttered alongside the catchphrase “no one is above the law.” That’s about as absurd as saying “all men are created equal” in a society that creates — and amplifies — inherent advantages based on skin color, inherited wealth, and genetic predispositions. Catchphrases have a way of sounding good on paper but being nearly worthless when the rubber meets the road.
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