February 15, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: “The Goonies” are officially back. Warner Bros. has hired Potsy Ponciroli to write the script for the sequel, it was announced Friday — almost 40 years after the original movie hit theaters back in 1985. Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Holly Bario will produce for Amblin Entertainment alongside Chris Columbus, who wrote the original “Goonies” script. Josh …
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February 15, 2025 Elon Musk, Infighting Is Funny
The Daily Beast reports: Social media commentators slammed Elon Musk as a hypocrite following claims that the DOGE leader fathered his 13th child with a fourth woman—right-wing influencer Ashley St. Clair, 26. Although Musk, despite a stream of tweets since, has yet to respond to St. Clair’s claim that she had his baby five months ago, the news has set …
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February 15, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Administration
Fast Company reports: Last Monday, inspired by reading about a small protest of Elon Musk and DOGE that happened at a Tesla charging station in Maine, Joan Donovan decided to make a digital flyer inviting people to join her at a protest this weekend at a Tesla showroom in Boston. Days later, the idea has grown organically into more than …
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February 15, 2025 Elon Musk, Pop Music
Mediaite reports: Singer Sheryl Crow sold her Tesla and donated the proceeds to NPR as a way to stick it to “President Elon Musk” and the Trump administration, sharing a farewell video on social media. In an Instagram post aimed at Musk, Trump, and DOGE’s slashing of federal jobs and agencies, Crow said she had sold her electric vehicle in …
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February 15, 2025 Business, Donald Trump
Bloomberg News reports: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. rewarded employees with more than $107 million in stock last year as revenue declined and it posted a $401 million loss, according to an annual report posted after markets closed Friday. Revenue slipped more than 12% to $3.6 million while its annual loss swelled more than six-fold. The results boosted the …
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February 15, 2025 Guns, Republicans
Utah Public Radio reports: Utah students in as early as kindergarten would be required to learn about firearm safety in the classroom under a bill that passed the state House with overwhelming support Friday. The Republican-controlled chamber approved the measure in a 59-10 vote and sent it to the Senate, despite concerns from some gun violence prevention advocates that it places …
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February 15, 2025 Covidiots, Trump Administration
“As a father of nine, thank you. We should have the parental freedom to decide what vaccines our kids take as opposed to school systems and governors forcing it upon the people that love these kids the most, the parents. So thank you for signing that.” – Reality contestant turned Fox host turned Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, first asking Trump …
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February 15, 2025 Crime, LGBT News
The Associated Press reports: New York State Police charged five people Friday in the murder of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field. The victim, Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man originally from Minnesota, was reported missing …
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February 15, 2025 Politics, Republicans
Politico reports: Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan is the latest swing-district Republican to issue a warning over deep spending cuts GOP leaders are targeting for key safety net programs in a bill to enact Trump’s massive domestic agenda. “I ran for Congress under a promise of always doing what is best for the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania,” said Bresnahan in a …
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February 15, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump Administration
CNN reports: Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs. Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons. The agency began rescinding the terminations Friday morning. …
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