Decades ago, “when the Clash was falling apart” – as the band’s bassist Paul Simonon tells it – Joe Strummer wanted to return to his roots busking in public. So he and the band journeyed to the north of England to play in the streets. “We slept on a lot of people’s sofas, because we left our credit cards and money behind and lived on what we earned in the street,” Simonon remembers on a Zoom from his home in London. “We had enough to get to the next town and something to eat.
- 4/6/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
I first started hearing about federal agents in Staten Island about four years ago, roughly a year after the killing of Eric Garner. I was working on a book about the case called I Can’t Breathe. The streets were abuzz with rumors about G-Men showing up in the old Bay Street neighborhood where Garner had been choked to death, in July of 2014, by a New York City policeman.
The New York Times summarized what happened to Garner:
Bystanders filmed the arrest on their cellphones, recording Mr. Garner as he gasped “I can’t breathe,...
The New York Times summarized what happened to Garner:
Bystanders filmed the arrest on their cellphones, recording Mr. Garner as he gasped “I can’t breathe,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Four years ago, on December 3, 2014, a grand jury in Staten Island decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African-American father of five.
The city of New York exploded in protest. Garner’s horrific death in July of that year had been captured on cell phone video. Police tried to arrest him, ostensibly for selling untaxed cigarettes — it is not at all clear that he was actually doing this at the time — and when he refused he was placed in what turned...
The city of New York exploded in protest. Garner’s horrific death in July of that year had been captured on cell phone video. Police tried to arrest him, ostensibly for selling untaxed cigarettes — it is not at all clear that he was actually doing this at the time — and when he refused he was placed in what turned...
- 11/23/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
In 2016, Donald Trump became the first presidential candidate since James Polk to lose both the state he was born in and the one where he resides. New York rejected the real estate scion by a margin of more than 22 points, and the gap was even greater in New York City, Trump’s hometown, where Hillary Clinton whooped the president, earning 79 percent of the vote.
There was only one corner of the city where that trend didn’t hold: Staten Island. In the “forgotten borough,” Trump banked 95,612 ballots to Hillary Clinton...
There was only one corner of the city where that trend didn’t hold: Staten Island. In the “forgotten borough,” Trump banked 95,612 ballots to Hillary Clinton...
- 10/24/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
A 28-year-old first-time progressive candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-n.Y.) on Tuesday, scoring one of the year’s biggest political upsets.
Crowley, who was a member of the Democratic leadership and was considered a possible successor to Nancy Pelosi, has been in the House since 1999, and has represented the 14th district since 2013. He was the chair of the House Democratic Caucus since 2017.
Ocasio-Cortez‘s victory was quickly compared to 2014 primary upset in which Dave Brat ousted Eric Cantor, then the No. 2 Republican in the House, from his Virginia district seat.
NY1 captured Ocasio-Cortez’s reaction as she realized she was winning the race.
“We meet a machine with a movement. That is what we have done today.” @Ocasio2018 looks up at @NY1 screen and realizes how big her lead is. #NY14 pic.twitter.com/SFSLQPqTXP
— Pat Kiernan (@patkiernan) June 27, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez ran a campaign that emphasized her working...
Crowley, who was a member of the Democratic leadership and was considered a possible successor to Nancy Pelosi, has been in the House since 1999, and has represented the 14th district since 2013. He was the chair of the House Democratic Caucus since 2017.
Ocasio-Cortez‘s victory was quickly compared to 2014 primary upset in which Dave Brat ousted Eric Cantor, then the No. 2 Republican in the House, from his Virginia district seat.
NY1 captured Ocasio-Cortez’s reaction as she realized she was winning the race.
“We meet a machine with a movement. That is what we have done today.” @Ocasio2018 looks up at @NY1 screen and realizes how big her lead is. #NY14 pic.twitter.com/SFSLQPqTXP
— Pat Kiernan (@patkiernan) June 27, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez ran a campaign that emphasized her working...
- 6/27/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
While the Trump administration and other Republicans in the U.S. government have been kind enough to not pile on the bad news the last couple Fridays, that didn’t mean Stephen Colbert didn’t have plenty of material for his monologue on “The Late Show” Friday night. Because while the end-of-week shenanigans may not have the wow factor of the Michael Cohen stuff or Trump violating the Iran nuclear deal or Trump being unable to welcome home Americans who had been held prisoner by North Korea without being weird about it, these shenanigans were still shenanigan-y enough to be joke material.
In particular, one of the things Colbert decided to go after on Friday night was the Republican bill proposing that portraits of Donald Trump and Mike Pence be required to be put up in all post offices.
“One Gop representative is introducing a bill that would force post offices to display pictures of Trump and Pence. And not the pictures that you’re hoping for,” Colbert said as images of wanted posters for Trump and Pence appeared on screen. “The bill is the brainchild of New York representative and man whose fetish is doing it in the bed, Dan Donovan. It all started when Donovan received a complaint from a constituent that pictures of former President Obama and Vice President Biden were on display during their administration at her local post office, but pictures of President Trump and Vice President Pence were never put up.
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“Okay, I mean, I get it. But think of the postal workers. Nobody wants to look at Trump all day. For Pete’s sake, the head of my research department has to do that all day, and it’s really taken its toll.”
“The Late Show” then played a clip from the brainwashing scene in “A Clockwork Orange,” but with Alex being forced to watch a video of Trump at a campaign rally.
“He’s going to be fine. He’s fine,” Colbert continued. “But it turns out a Us Postal Service regulation prevents the display of the president and the vice president, but the rule was never enforced. But Donovan is on top of fixing this not-problem, and his new bill requires ‘the official portraits of the president and vice president shall be displayed side by side, be equal in size, and displayed at the same height.’ Well, the law’s the law, folks. So as a concerned citizen, I’d like to make a donation to my local post office. They’re official portraits of President Trump and Vice President Pence. And because it’s the post office, they’re each the size of a postage stamp.
Also Read: Colbert Clowns Trump for Saying Kim Jong Un Was 'Excellent' to Those Americans He Imprisoned (Video)
“Bonus: if you lick the back of the Trump stamp, he’ll pay you $130,000 to say you didn’t.”
As another bonus, Colbert also did a pretty killer impression of Eric Trump in his monologue, In which he looked like this:
You can watch that Eric Trump impression and the rest of this portion of the monologue from the Friday night episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
Read original story Colbert: If Post Offices Are Forced to Put Up Pictures of Trump and Pence, They Should Be the Size of a Stamp (Video) At TheWrap...
In particular, one of the things Colbert decided to go after on Friday night was the Republican bill proposing that portraits of Donald Trump and Mike Pence be required to be put up in all post offices.
“One Gop representative is introducing a bill that would force post offices to display pictures of Trump and Pence. And not the pictures that you’re hoping for,” Colbert said as images of wanted posters for Trump and Pence appeared on screen. “The bill is the brainchild of New York representative and man whose fetish is doing it in the bed, Dan Donovan. It all started when Donovan received a complaint from a constituent that pictures of former President Obama and Vice President Biden were on display during their administration at her local post office, but pictures of President Trump and Vice President Pence were never put up.
Also Read: Colbert Unleashes Dead-On Eric Trump Impression: 'They Gave Me a Very Important Role Handing Out Bumper Stickers' (Video)
“Okay, I mean, I get it. But think of the postal workers. Nobody wants to look at Trump all day. For Pete’s sake, the head of my research department has to do that all day, and it’s really taken its toll.”
“The Late Show” then played a clip from the brainwashing scene in “A Clockwork Orange,” but with Alex being forced to watch a video of Trump at a campaign rally.
“He’s going to be fine. He’s fine,” Colbert continued. “But it turns out a Us Postal Service regulation prevents the display of the president and the vice president, but the rule was never enforced. But Donovan is on top of fixing this not-problem, and his new bill requires ‘the official portraits of the president and vice president shall be displayed side by side, be equal in size, and displayed at the same height.’ Well, the law’s the law, folks. So as a concerned citizen, I’d like to make a donation to my local post office. They’re official portraits of President Trump and Vice President Pence. And because it’s the post office, they’re each the size of a postage stamp.
Also Read: Colbert Clowns Trump for Saying Kim Jong Un Was 'Excellent' to Those Americans He Imprisoned (Video)
“Bonus: if you lick the back of the Trump stamp, he’ll pay you $130,000 to say you didn’t.”
As another bonus, Colbert also did a pretty killer impression of Eric Trump in his monologue, In which he looked like this:
You can watch that Eric Trump impression and the rest of this portion of the monologue from the Friday night episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
Read original story Colbert: If Post Offices Are Forced to Put Up Pictures of Trump and Pence, They Should Be the Size of a Stamp (Video) At TheWrap...
- 5/12/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
American Idol was announced to be coming to an end after 15 seasons yesterday (May 12), but did you know that Ryan Seacrest used to have a co-host?
Brian Dunkleman hosted the Fox competition's first season alongside Ryan Seacrest, before the latter took sole control. History has not been kind to poor old Brian since, with Fox TV CEO Dana Walden joking about a possible reunion for the pair.
"Where is Brian Dunkleman? If you give me his number, I will call and invite him," she joked, though Dunkleman gave as good as he got last night:
I knew American Idol would never last without me #Cancelled
— brian dunkleman (@briandunkleman) May 11, 2015
To honour Dunkleman, we have collected a few hosts of massive shows that you may have cruelly forgotten, starting with the man himself.
1. Brian Dunkleman (American Idol)
The comedian co-hosted the Fox series with Ryan Seacrest for its first season, which...
Brian Dunkleman hosted the Fox competition's first season alongside Ryan Seacrest, before the latter took sole control. History has not been kind to poor old Brian since, with Fox TV CEO Dana Walden joking about a possible reunion for the pair.
"Where is Brian Dunkleman? If you give me his number, I will call and invite him," she joked, though Dunkleman gave as good as he got last night:
I knew American Idol would never last without me #Cancelled
— brian dunkleman (@briandunkleman) May 11, 2015
To honour Dunkleman, we have collected a few hosts of massive shows that you may have cruelly forgotten, starting with the man himself.
1. Brian Dunkleman (American Idol)
The comedian co-hosted the Fox series with Ryan Seacrest for its first season, which...
- 5/12/2015
- Digital Spy
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