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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking the state legislature to allocate $25 million so that the California Department of Justice will have the money necessary “to defend California from unconstitutional overreach.” Short of making Kamala Harris attorney general again, this is about the dumbest thing our DOJ could do. Which, according to my Newsom-to-English decoder ring, translates as follows: taxpayer money for nuisance lawsuits against the Trump administration with the sole intention of generating publicity for...Gavin Newsom. Clearly, we’re well into the next phase of his ‘I’m not running for president’ ruse. Next, an exploratory committee to consider the various reasons Newsom doesn’t plan to run for president. Then, an eye job or maybe a super-sized helping of Botox. Great. The state is going broke and Newsom wants to spend millions battling Trump. Meantime, California Attorney General and wannabe governor Rob Bonta says that $25 million may not even be enough for his office. At a Sacramento press conference Bonta called the sum “a down payment” and “a beginning not the end...We believe we will need to use all of it.” Boy, the way this guy Bonta throws other people’s money around – maybe he should be in the House of Representatives. Bonta is like one of those creepy slip-and-fall trial attorneys who specializes in shaking down the guys with the deepest pockets. I’m waiting to see a sleazy billboard alongside the 110 freeway in downtown LA. Maybe some bus stop benches with his menacing mug! This wouldn’t be the first time California Democrats have called a play from this playbook. In President Trump’s first term, then California Attorney General and current Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, spent about $42 million over four years suing the federal government. Back to the present, right after Newsom and Bonta threatened to sue the Trump administration 15 ways from Sunday, they turned around and asked the federal government for billions of dollars to pay for the 2028 Summer Olympics! Talk about going for the gold! That had to make for some awkward exchanges down at the courthouse. “Okay, if everyone suing President Trump could form a line here, and everybody asking President Trump for a hand-out could form a line here...” Side note: why would you sue somebody on one hand and then ask them for a hand-OUT with the other? If there’s one thing us Hollywood folks can’t stand, it’s being two-faced. Last month, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority board wrote President-elect Trump a letter requesting $3.2 billion to improve public transportation for the 2028 Summer Games, calling the next Olympics to be held in the United States “the largest and most spectacular sporting event held in American history.” Which I think would come as something of a surprise to the producers of the next WWE pay per view. Related Articles Opinion Columnists | California’s housing crisis has gotten worse, not better, over the last 30 years Opinion Columnists | Jon Coupal: The Gann Limit is back in the news Opinion Columnists | End the IRS’s worldwide tax grab Opinion Columnists | Mass deportations are bad for everyone’s liberties Opinion Columnists | The draconian penalties that Hunter Biden escaped affect people whose fathers can’t save them The Los Angeles Times reported that in their letter, the board cited past contributions from the federal government to American Olympic hosts as $1.3 billion for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City and $609 million for the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, as justification for the request. Isn’t it interesting that California has plenty of money for performative lawsuits against the incoming Trump administration before anyone has even been sworn into office and done anything, but not enough money to get ready for the Olympics – which we were awarded back in 2017! What’s great about these stories is that they perfectly illustrate why government in California is in the pathetic state that it’s in: Our dearly elected leaders are primarily interested in political theatrics that generate celebrity and attention for themselves, at the same time that they have no interest in carrying out the basic duties of government that they were elected to perform. All gesture and no substance. That’s the Newsom way. Sorry, Gavin. This time you’re going to have to settle for the bronze. John Phillips can be heard weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on “The John Phillips Show” on KABC/AM 790.
NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on Wednesday in a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, police said, setting off a massive search for the fleeing assailant hours before the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting nearby. Brian Thompson, 50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. as he walked alone to the New York Hilton Midtown from a nearby hotel, police said. The shooter appeared to be “lying in wait for several minutes” before approaching Thompson from behind and opening fire , New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Police had not yet established a motive. “Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target,” Tisch said, adding that the shooting "does not appear to be a random act of violence.” Surveillance video reviewed by investigators shows someone emerging from behind a parked car, pointing a gun at Thompson’s back, then firing multiple times from several feet away. The gunman continues firing, interrupted by a brief gun jam, as Thompson stumbles forward and falls to the sidewalk. He then walks past Thompson and out of the frame. “From watching the video, it does seem that he’s proficient in the use of firearms as he was able to clear the malfunctions pretty quickly,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. Thompson was shot at least once in the back and once in the calf, Tisch said. The shooter, who wore a jacket, face mask and large backpack, fled through Midtown on foot before pedaling an electric bike into Central Park a few blocks away, police said. The assailant remained at large Wednesday afternoon, sparking a search that included police drones, helicopters and dogs. “Brian was a highly respected colleague and friend to all who worked with him,” the insurer’s Minnetonka, Minnesota-based parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., said in a statement. "We are working closely with the New York Police Department and ask for your patience and understanding during this difficult time.” Police issued a poster showing a surveillance image of the man pointing what appeared to be a gun and another image that appeared to show the same person on a bicycle. Minutes before the shooting, he stopped at a nearby Starbucks, according to additional surveillance photos released by police on Wednesday afternoon. They offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Thompson’s wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News that he told her “there were some people that had been threatening him.” She didn’t have details but suggested the threats may have involved issues with insurance coverage. Eric Werner, the police chief in the Minneapolis suburb where Thompson lived, said his department had not received any reports of threats against the executive. The killing shook a part of New York City that's normally quiet at that hour, happening about four blocks from where tens of thousands of people were set to gather for Wednesday night’s tree lighting. Police promised extra security for the event. The hotel is also a short walk from other tourist sites, including the Museum of Modern Art and Radio City Music Hall, and is often dense with office workers and visitors on weekday mornings. Many security cameras are nearby. “We’re encouraging New Yorkers to go about their daily lives and their daily business but to be alert,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said. Investigators recovered several 9 mm shell casings from outside the hotel and a cellphone from the alleyway through which the shooter fled. They were also searching Thompson's hotel room, interviewing his UnitedHealthcare colleagues and reviewing his social media, Kenny said. Police initially said the shooter rode into Central Park on a bicycle from the city’s bike-share program, CitiBike. But a spokesperson for the program’s operator, Lyft, said police officials informed the company Wednesday afternoon that the bike was not from the CitiBike fleet. Health care giant UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual meeting with investors to update Wall Street on the company's direction and expectations for the coming year. The company ended the conference early in the wake of Thompson's death. “I’m afraid that we — some of you may know we’re dealing with a very serious medical situation with one of our team members,” a company official told attendees, according to a transcript. “And as a result, I’m afraid we’re going to have to bring to a close the event today. ... I’m sure you’ll understand.” Thompson, a father of two sons, had been with the company since 2004 and served as CEO for more than three years. UnitedHealthcare is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. and manages health insurance coverage for employers and state-and federally funded Medicaid programs. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz posted on the social platform X that the state is “sending our prayers to Brian’s family and the UnitedHealthcare team.” “This is horrifying news and a terrible loss for the business and health care community in Minnesota,” the Democrat wrote. Associated Press writers Tom Murphy in Indianapolis, Steve Karnowski in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Anthony Izaguirre in Albany, New York, contributed to this story. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.In an innovative move towards sustainable practices, Microsoft has unveiled its groundbreaking zero water waste data center design. This cutting-edge technology aims to revolutionize the way data centers operate by significantly reducing water consumption and environmental impact. With each facility capable of saving over 1.25 billion liters of water annually, this initiative sets a new standard for eco-friendly data management.
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Amber Heard has expressed her views on the current allegations that Blake Lively has brought forward against her “It Ends With Us” co-star, Justin Baldoni. Amber Heard spoke exclusively to NBC News about social media and the power it has in creating misinformation, especially regarding the complaint Lively brought against Baldoni. Actress Blake Lively, who starred in the film It Ends With Us, filed a formal complaint with the California Civil Rights Department accusing Justin Baldoni, who directed the film, of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment, and launching a targeted social media campaign to damage her reputation. Lively revealed that Baldoni had hired Melissa Nathan, who is a renowned crisis manager in PR. The manager had earlier handled media strategy during the defamation case Johnny Depp had against Amber Heard. The complaint alleges that Baldoni’s camp orchestrated a “retaliatory social manipulation campaign” against Lively during the promotional phase of the film. This campaign, according to the complaint, included “proactive fan posting” and “social manipulations” to change the perception of the public against Lively and destroy her image. The allegations have caused shockwaves in Hollywood, considering that the promotion of the film had already raised questions over the tension between the cast members. He said, in this regard, that he realized how social media was potent in spreading false narratives while speaking to NBC News through her statement. “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close,” she said. It’s as terrifying as it is destructive.” Heard’s words resonate with her personal experience in her legal battle with Johnny Depp. The actress has been vocal about how social media played a role in shaping the public’s perception of the defamation case she faced. Heard’s comments come after a jury delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of Depp in their defamation trial, handing him $15 million in damages, a ruling that Heard has publicly condemned. “The jury gave me my life back,” Depp said at the time, but Heard felt that the verdict set a dangerous precedent for women speaking out. She contended, “It turns back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.” Fallout From The It Ends With Us Promotion Lively’s complaint provides further details on how the alleged social media campaign against her unfolded. The promotion of It Ends With Us was marked by noticeable tensions between the film’s stars, particularly between Lively and Baldoni. Social media fans took note of the awkwardness during press events, with rumors swirling that the two co-stars didn’t get along on set. Fans also pointed out that Baldoni appeared to be promoting the film separately from Lively and other cast members, and that several stars, including Lively and Jenny Slate, had unfollowed Baldoni on Instagram. The PR Crisis As a reaction to the allegations against Lively, Bryan Freedman of the law firm representing Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios said the accusations are “categorically false.” According to him, Wayfarer Studios was compelled to hire a crisis communications team due to Lively’s behavior during filming, including threatening not to appear on set or promote the film. Freedman also reacted to Amber Heard’s statement, saying, “TAG PR must be the most powerful group of publicists the world has ever seen for it to be able to change totally the perception of both Amber Heard and Blake Lively. Freedman continued his statement by mentioning the ongoing media attention with regard to both Lively and Heard. He claimed that every move made by the involved individuals has been highly publicized and well-documented, which enables the public to make their own decisions regarding the issue. According to Freedman, the situation involving both actresses is in no way comparable because of the vastly different facts and context. ALSO READ | Deepika Padukone And Ranveer Singh Host Private Event To Introduce Daughter Dua To Paparazzi
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As the saga at Manchester United continues to unfold, one thing remains certain: unless there is a fundamental change in the way the club is run and managed, the face-slapping cycle of disappointments and failures will persist, much to the dismay of fans and observers alike. Lord Glazer may hold the power, but it is the soul and spirit of Manchester United that is at stake in this ongoing battle for redemption and relevance.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — One of the few bright spots in the Patriots’ 34-15 loss at Miami dragged Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to the ground Sunday for his first sack of the season. Related Articles New England Patriots | Top takeaways: Patriots outclassed in 34-15 blowout loss to Dolphins New England Patriots | Patriots top defender to play vs. Dolphins after last-minute injury designation New England Patriots | Patriots rookie tight end to make NFL debut vs. Dolphins? New England Patriots | Patriots players who must step up Week 12 in rematch with Dolphins New England Patriots | NFL Notes: The Patriots are getting snubbed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame That was Christian Barmore, who made a splash in just his second game back from a blood clots diagnosis this summer. Barmore finished with two tackles and a sack Sunday, which killed Miami’s opening drive after halftime. After the game, Barmore credited his teammates for helping position him for the big play. “Some of the guys, Keion (White), we made real adjustments, me and him,” Barmore said. “And I was just following what he wanted me to do, and it’s really all my D-line.” Barmore entered training camp as arguably the Patriots’ best pass rusher and their best defensive tackle, only to be sidelined after a matter of days. The 25-year-old finally returned to action less than two weeks ago, practicing once before his season debut against the Rams when he played 21 snaps. The Patriots again held him out of practice last Wednesday and Friday to ease him back into full football activity. “It’s hard. But I listen to the doctors,” Barmore said of sitting out. “But it’s hard (playing), especially after one practice, especially no padded practices on Wednesday when I can get my run fits and pass rush. But I do what I gotta do.” Barmore nonetheless produced, playing within a rotation on a Patriots defensive line that otherwise finished with zero quarterback hits and no tackles for loss. As a defense, the Pats allowed 30-plus points for the fourth time in a dozen games and third in the last seven weeks. “We just gotta watch the film and get ready for next week. That’s the goal,” Barmore said. “Just watch the film, correct our mistakes and get ready for next week.”
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In mid-2022, executives from what was then called HBO Max approached James Gunn about doing another series adapted from DC Comics, following his hit “ Peacemaker .” His first idea: an animated show loosely based on the DC comics characters known as the Creature Commandos , i.e. group of monsters thrown together into a black ops team tasked with taking out their enemy by any means necessary. He wrote the seven-episode first season over a few weeks on spec — and then Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav hired Gunn and “Peacemaker” executive producer Peter Safran to run DC Studios and relaunch the DC Universe. “And I said, ‘Oh, I know what I can greenlight!’” Gunn says with a laugh. Two years later, the merrily TV-MA series “Creature Commandos,” debuting on Max on Dec. 5, is serving as a kind of appetizer for the new DCU, before Gunn’s feature film “Superman” provides the main course when it premieres in July 2025. As the studio co-chief, Gunn sees the series as a way to establish both his overall creative philosophy for the DCU and how he intends to build out its wider storytelling landscape. “I just liked the idea of a soft intro to our universe in which metahumans exist, monsters exist, magic exists and incredibly complicated political situations exist,” Gunn says. “And we see what the world of the DCU is through an animated perspective where it costs as much to create a battlefield as it does to create a kitchen — well, not exactly, but not as dissimilar as it would be in a film.” Working in animation also afforded Gunn the freedom to make the show as violent and sexual as anything he’s made in live action — for example, Dr. Phosphorus (voiced by Alan Tudyk) thinks nothing of using his radioactive skin to melt the face off of his enemies, and multiple characters disrobe for bouts of enthusiastic intercourse. But Gunn cautions that this kind of frisky boundary-pushing won’t be a part of every DC Studios project. “One of the main things I want to establish is that you can do anything at DC Studios,” he says. “We can make complete family fare. We can make something that’s for general audiences, like ‘Superman.’ We can make something that’s violent and sexual, like this — which I didn’t think was that violent and sexual; ‘Peacemaker’ is both more violent and more sexual — but I want every project to have its own voice. It isn’t about creating a world in which everything is all sex and violence. It’s about creating a world in which we can tell the story about, you know, one type of character in different genres.” To that end, Gunn and executive producer Dean Lorey assembled their cast — which includes Indira Varma as The Bride; Zoë Chao as Nina Mazursky, an amphibious scientist; and Sean Gunn as G.I. Robot, a WWII-era, Nazi-killing android — with the intention that the actors would play their roles in live action as well, should they be needed for another DCU production. The show is already doing that in reverse: Sean Gunn is also voicing Weasel, the human-sized furry mammal he first played in James Gunn’s 2021 live-action film “The Suicide Squad”; Viola Davis is reprising her performance as Amanda Waller from that film and “Peacemaker,” along with Steve Agee as his “Peacemaker” character John Economos. For most of the new cast, the potential for playing their roles in live action is, at this point, just that. “It’s not contractual,” says Tudyk with a chuckle. “It would be neat!” “I don’t want to get too excited about it,” adds Chao, “because I’m already just excited to be involved in the animated version. I could still eff it up, so I’ll believe it when it happens.” When Gunn first approached David Harbour about playing Eric Frankenstein — an erudite buffoon convinced The Bride will love him, eventually — “we just casually talked about it,” Harbour says. The actor also doesn’t know when, or if, he would embody Frankenstein on camera, let alone whether it would be through makeup, performance capture CGI, or “a little bit of both.” But his face lights up when talking about the possibility. “There’s such a big universe out there that [Gunn] wants to play with in little stories,” Harbour says. “He says he doesn’t want this big sort of MCU arc. He wants to play more individualized things. But wouldn’t it be fun to see, you know, Frankenstein show up in a Batman movie?” While the live-action future for the Commandos remains up in the air, one actor, Frank Grillo — who voices Rick Flag Sr., the seasoned military veteran assigned to lead the team — has already reprised his role, in “Superman” and in Season 2 of “Peacemaker,” as the main narrative thread connecting all three projects. “It was scary and exhilarating at the same time,” Grillo says of the realization that he’d be bringing Flag Sr. to flesh-and-blood life. “[Gunn] did say that the character would resemble me, and then I saw the character and I’m like, I wish I looked like that guy. But then I saw the first four episodes, and I was blown away by how attractive my animated self is.” Grillo has already run into a tricky logistical hurdle with bringing Flag Sr. to “Peacemaker,” where his character replaces Waller as the head of A.R.G.U.S., the U.S. government agency overseeing the Commandos and other metahuman activity. Because the actor’s Paramount+ series “Tulsa King” has been shooting at the same time, he couldn’t recreate Flag Sr.’s striking grey coif. “Hair has been an issue,” Grillo says. “I wanted my hair to be exactly the way I am in the animation, because I think that is a badass haircut. But because of my other obligation, I couldn’t, so we had to reverse engineer the hair.” The production strove to make the animation seem “a little more realistic” in general, Lorey says, when compared to recent DC animated shows like “Harley Quinn.” “We wanted to give it a sort of an Eastern European flair, and have a darker, more complex color palette,” he says. That realism became quite vivid when the animation team began visualizing Gunn’s already evocative descriptions of the action sequences. “James usually really gets graphic with his visuals,” Agee says. “You can read it and be like, ‘Jesus Christ, this is brutal.’ And then when you see it, you’re like, ‘Holy shit, this is even more brutal than it was on the page.’” According to Gunn, there was even a point where he wondered whether the animators had gone a bit too far. “Originally, the script was written in such a way that there were definitely moments of violence, but it maybe wasn’t going to be as violent as it ended up, you know?” he says. “The truth is what they were doing was so great, I was like, ‘Oh, let’s just do it.’ It just seemed true to it. I like the mix of the sweetness of some of the moments and the melancholy of these outcasts, and then this horrific violence that we see from time to time. And the sexiness!” The piece of animation that seems to have surprised Gunn the most didn’t involve any violence, but the decision to create an animated version of him for the opening credits. “We did it without telling James,” Lorey says, as Gunn, seated next to him, begins to blush. “We were like, I hope he’s not offended!” “Well, I didn’t say no, but I didn’t want people to think that I told them to put myself in there,” Gunn says, laughing. “My ego was stroked and I was very embarrassed by it. But at the end of the day, I said OK, and it’s in there. So what are you going to do?”The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday named cabinet minister Aman Arora, 50, as the new state president of the party in Punjab. Chief minister and present state unit chief Bhagwant Mann announced the appointment on X, a day after Arora’s name was cleared for the post by the political affairs committee of the AAP at a meeting held in Delhi. The AAP has also appointed Batala MLA Amansher Singh Sherry Kalsi, 37, as the state working president of the party. “Today, I have handed over the responsibility of party president to two of my close colleagues, cabinet minister Aman Arora and MLA Amansher Singh Sherry Kalsi. The party has decided that Aman Arora will serve as the party president and Sherry Kalsi as the working president,” Mann posted on X, expressing full confidence in their ability to strengthen the party organisation in Punjab and take it to new heights. Arora, the minister for new and renewable energy and governance reforms, is a prominent Hindu face of the AAP in Punjab. He has replaced Mann, a Jat Sikh, as the state president. Arora’s appointment is widely seen in political circles as effort by the AAP to attract Hindu voters, particularly in urban areas, while also countering the growing influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state. Ashutosh Kumar, a professor of political science at Panjab University, said the AAP made the appointment with an eye on Hindu votes. “The AAP came to power by promising to eradicate corruption and drugs, but they have failed to deliver on these promises. The BJP is the rising force, and they (AAP) are taking these steps to retain their support base,” he said, describing the move as a “rearguard action.” The BJP, which ended its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal four years ago, is making an aggressive push to expand its presence in the state ahead of the 2027 assembly polls. However, AAP’s state general secretary Harchand Singh Barsat countered that the party is secular and appointments are based on performance, not caste or community. The state party chief’s appointment, which has come a day before the results of the recent byelections to Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Barnala and Chabbewal (SC) assembly seats, was in the offing for some time. Mann, who has been holding the post since 2017, was the first to indicate this change by expressing a desire last month that he would speak to the party’s central leadership for appointing a full-time president of the state unit. “Being the chief minister, I have big responsibilities. I have 13-14 departments. I will speak to the party to appoint a full-time state unit chief so that the responsibilities can be divided,” he stated after addressing a campaign rally in poll-bound Chabbewal on October 27. Arora’s name started doing the rounds for the post immediately, but the AAP central leadership waited for the election process to get over to announce his elevation. After the declaration, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal wished Arora and Kalsi success in their new responsibilities. “I am confident that Aman Arora and Sherry Kalsi will work tirelessly to address the issues of the people and take the party to greater heights,” he stated. The AAP leadership has tasked Arora with strengthening the party’s organisational set-up at the grassroots. Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan also congratulated Arora and Kalsi on getting the responsibility of party president and working president, respectively. Arora thanked Kejriwal, Mann, party national general secretary, organisation, Sandeep Pathak and the entire political affairs committee for entrusting him the important responsibility. “I will build on the organisational foundation already established in Punjab and strengthen the party further,” he said. A two-time MLA from Sunam in Sangrur district, Arora, the son of former Punjab minister Bhagwan Das Arora, is a former Congressman who joined the AAP in 2016. He is among those who led the AAP’s rise in the state. Arora was first elected to the assembly in 2017 and then scored a huge victory by more than 75,000 votes in the 2022 assembly elections, forcing the forfeiture of security deposits of all his opponents. Kalsi is a first-time MLA from Batala. The AAP fielded him from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in the April-May 2024 parliamentary polls and he came third behind Congress’ Sukhjinder Randhawa and BJP’s Dinesh Singh with 25% of the total votes polled.Title: "Two Markets Close with 100 Stocks Hitting the Limit Up: Stock Market Booms with Hot Trading Activity"