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Lalo Schifrin, Acclaimed Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘Mannix’ Themes, Dies at 93 The Argentine native blended jazz and classical music, earned six Oscar noms and four Grammys and inspired a martial-arts legend.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n.... #Schifrin was brilliant.

3 takeaways as the Chicago White Sox reach the halfway mark of the 2025 season with a 26-55 record The Chicago White Sox reached the midway point of the 2025 season by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3. Here’s a closer look at the team through 81 games.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/c.... Better than last year! #WhiteSox #CWS #chisox #chicago

MLB Gameday: Orioles 4, Rays 1 Final Score (06/19/2025) Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Orioles vs. Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field

www.mlb.com/gameday/orio... #Orioles win! #baltimore

William Langewiesche, the ‘Steve McQueen of Journalism,’ Dies at 70

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b... RIP His work for Vanity Fair used to be excellent.

Leonard A. Lauder, Philanthropist and Cosmetics Heir, Dies at 92

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b... RIP

GOP senators break ranks on Trump’s military parade, likens it to North Korea “We were always different than the images you saw of the Soviet Union and North Korea,” Senator Rand Paul said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Rand Paul is right about Trump’s birthday military parade. It is very Soviet or North Korean.

Fulbright board quits, claims Trump administration politicized scholarships The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board said State Department officials denied awards for a "substantial number" of people for the upcoming academic year.

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/t... Drumpf is jealous of those who are intelligent.

America's best tippers "No tax on tips" proposals have been working their way through Congress.

@alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/06/11/b... Did the study consider the impact of state/local sales taxes and the obscene fees levied on users of credit cards in some jurisdictions?

MLB Gameday: Nationals 4, Mets 5 Final Score (06/10/2025) Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Nationals vs. Mets at Citi Field

www.mlb.com/gameday/nati... #LGM #Mets win in extra innings! #nym

Pentagon estimates sending Marines, National Guard to LA will cost $134M - another colossal waste of taxpayer funds courtesy of Dictator Donny.

Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86 Tributes paid to ‘one of the world’s great thriller writers’ as the author of The Day of the Jackal dies after a brief illness

www.thetimes.com/culture/book... RIP

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

www.propublica.org/article/trum.... Trump administration is an amalgam of a kakistocracy and a kleptocracy.

D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary Veterans are gathering on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime

abcnews.go.com/Internationa... Thank you to the Allied veterans of D-Day. #WW2 #Normandy #history

Two Chinese scientists arrested for smuggling toxic fungus into US Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... As if exporting #Covid weren’t bad enough, now #prc exports plant fungus. #china will stop at nothing in its drive to conquer & control the world. Don’t be fooled by the ccp’s savvy spin machine.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon struggles to add up proposed budget cuts Secretary of Education nodded along as senator mistakenly said $1.58 million over 10 years was ‘over a trillion’

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a.... McMahon is part of Trump’s kakistocracy, where incompetence and stupidity are the norm.

@cnn Remember that hamas started this war!

Boulder terror attack latest: Suspect charged with 16 counts of attempted murder FBI said suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman shouted ‘Free Palestine!’ while carrying out ‘targeted terror attack’ on group calling for Israeli hostages to be freed

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... May #justice be Swift and decisive. This #terrorist should pay dearly. #boulder

Suspect in Boulder terror attack determined to be Egyptian man in US illegally: FBI FBI Director Kash Patel confirms an investigation into a suspected terror attack in Boulder, Colorado.

www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-inves.... #muslim #terrorism on full display in #Colorado.

Loretta Swit, the Emmy-winning 'M*A*S*H' actress, dies at 87 Swit's representative said in a statement her death was likely from natural causes.

www.cnbc.com/2025/05/30/l... RIP Hot Lips Houlihan

White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos. There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... An administration of scam artists, liars, thieves, philanderers… What would Jesus say?

Trump to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, convicted of fraud and tax evasion President Donald Trump has granted many high-profile pardons since returning to the White House, including for individuals convicted of white-collar crimes.

www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/t... Fraudsters pardoned by the fraudster-in-chief. Very putinesque. The rule of law is dead.

So many mail pieces that appear in USPS Informed Delivery never reach my mailbox.

Bone spur boy clearly doesn’t understand the solemnity of Memorial Day or the sacrifices so many service people (whom he called losers) have made for this country.

He is a marketing and media darling.

Senga shakes off Shohei's HR, then Pete ends drought to best LA NEW YORK -- It’s “not fun,” Kodai Senga said, to pitch to Shohei Ohtani. Facing his superstar countryman in the first inning Sunday night at Citi Field, Senga turned to watch Ohtani deposit a 95 mph f...

www.mlb.com/news/kodai-s... #LGM #Mets

Marcel Ophuls, ‘Sorry and the Pity’ Documentarian, Dies at 97 Ophuls was also behind the influential docs 'Hotel Terminus,' 'A Sense of Loss,' 'The Memory of Justice' and 'Veillees d'armes.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... RIP Marcel #Ophuls

Orioles’ Dean Kremer controls Red Sox in 5-1 win to split series Dean Kremer threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings and the bullpen held its own in the Orioles’ 5-1 victory over the Red Sox in Boston on Sunday.

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/25/o... Nice work, Kremer! Go # Orioles! #baltimore

What If The Alfa Romeo 4C Returned As A Hybrid? Ferrari proved that hybrid sports cars can still be soulful with the 296 GTB, so could Alfa apply a similar strategy to their beloved 4C?

www.autoblog.com/features/wha... The 4C is a work of art. #AlfaRomeo

Never forget that #hamas started the war by savagely & brutally attacking #Israel.