In 1957, the Jack Arnold B-movie “The Incredible Shrinking Man” hit theaters. This low-budget film was based on Richard Matheson’s 1956 book, “The Shrinking Man.” The story has to do with a man who, while on vacation with his wife, walks through a mysterious mist and starts to shrink, gradually shrinking to microscopic size. Advertisement…
Trump’s first post-election presser gave us some more wild exaggerations of his election victory. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Donald Trump has a habit of grossly exaggerating his popular support, particularly his performance in elections. This had famously pernicious effects in 2020: He refused to accept defeat, claiming not just that he won but that he…
Kansas’s Republican delegates certified the 2024 election results, the final step in the state before the votes are certified by the United States Congress on Jan. 6. The six Republican presidential electors signed more than 20 copies certifying their votes for President Donald Trump. They are as follows: Kansas Republican Party Chair Mike Brown. Kristi…
A new analyst report that looks at downloads and user data could show the winners and losers and what’s ahead for the streaming sector. The Media and Internet Report: JPMorgan analysts led by David Karnovsky released a report on streaming downloads and user data using data from Sensor Tower, the iOS App Store and Google…
President-elect Donald Trump is vowing an all-out assault on President Joe Biden’s efforts to make electric vehicles the new king of the American road. But an eleventh-hour decision by Biden will make it harder for Trump to kill those EV dreams. A waiver that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted Wednesday morning will allow California…
Image credit: Sincerely Media on Unsplash I am still reeling from the results of the 2024 election. It was far worse than I could have imagined. There is so much I don’t pretend to understand about why Donald Trump was elected. While numbers can be viewed in countless ways, here are a few ways to…
The United States should proceed cautiously as officials consider new natural gas export terminals, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday, warning the incoming Trump administration that “unfettered exports” of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could drive up domestic prices and increase planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Granholm’s statement came as the Energy Department released a long-awaited study…
The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear a challenge to a new law that would lead to the banning of video sharing site TikTok. In the announcement, the Court said it would allocate two hours for oral argument on Friday, January 10, 2025. The ban is set to take effect on January…
Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R), who lost her reelection bid to Democrat Janelle Bynum in the November elections and is now President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, appears to be moving full steam ahead in her bid while dodging the intense scrutiny that Trump’s other nominees have received. Advertisement On December 12, Chavez-DeRemer…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois officially awarded its 19 electoral votes Tuesday to Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the unsuccessful Democratic candidates to be the next president and vice president of the United States. During a ceremony at the Statehouse that lasted only about half an hour, 19 people chosen by the Democratic…