Matt Gagnon discusses Sydney Sweeney’s recent controversy, highlighting her voter registration as a Republican in Florida in 2024 and her skills demonstrated in videos, such as shooting and working on a car. He criticizes BuzzFeed for accessing her voter registration, suggesting it undermines claims of the secrecy of such data. Gagnon expresses satisfaction with American Eagle’s refusal to apologize for their ads featuring Sweeney, despite backlash, and criticizes corporations for previously caving to cancel culture, arguing that such apologies empower the mob. He celebrates the resilience of Sweeney and American Eagle in the face of attempts to cancel them.
They gathered at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday — former presidents, vice presidents, sworn political foes and newfound friends — in a show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of President Donald Trump.
Melania Trump and Usha Vance took their first trip together, spending time in North Carolina on Wednesday with service members and their families to show appreciation for their service and sacrifice as the holidays approach.
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.
The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
