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Some billionaires, CEOs hedge bets as Trump vows retribution

By Jeff Stein, Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 At a five-star resort in California last week, Wall Street executives, fast-food CEOs, a few dozen other industry titans and two former presidents gathered for off-the-record conversations. One subject that inevitably came up, according to two people familiar with the matter: The possibility that former […]

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Democrats spotlight racist Puerto Rico insult at Trump rally amid battle for Latinos

By Sabrina Rodriguez, Hannah Knowles (c) 2024 , The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA – Democrats moved quickly Monday to cast a spotlight on the fallout from Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, where sexist, racist and other demeaning insults were used by opening speakers, including a stand-up comedian who called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” […]

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Democrats spotlight racist Puerto Rico insult at Trump rally amid battle for Latinos

By Sabrina Rodriguez, Hannah Knowles (c) 2024 , The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA – Democrats moved quickly Monday to cast a spotlight on the fallout from Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, where sexist, racist and other demeaning insults were used by opening speakers, including a stand-up comedian who called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” […]

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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’

By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]