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Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann, a Republican, says he will introduce the bill for a referendum as early as this week on whether Texas should assert its independence from the United States.
The notion, which has been batted around Texas for generations, looms much larger now in the wake of the violence in the U.S. capital.
While baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election have sowed discord in the country, advocates of a Texit insist the effort is not about Trump. It s being dismissed as a fringe phenomena, until the moment where it surprises everybody and becomes mainstream, said Richard Kreitner, a secession expert. I think it s going to be the story of the 2020s.
Live from New York, really? The least likely SNL hosts
By Sean Keane of Yardbarker |
Live from New York, really? The least likely SNL hosts
After a decades-long feud with the show, no one thought Eddie Murphy would ever return to SNL. But 35 years after he left, Murphy returned to Studio 8H. Murphy was one of SNL’s many unlikely hosts over the years, including presidential candidate Steve Forbes, mayor Ed Koch, journalist Jimmy Breslin, athletes like a pre-disgraced Lance Armstrong and a post-assault Nancy Kerrigan and classic stars like Broderick Crawford and Ricky Ricardo himself, Desi Arnaz. They’ve had blind hosts like Ray Charles, and old hosts like 80-year old Ruth Gordon, 88-year-old Betty White and 80-year-old Miskel Spillman, the winner of the show’s “Anyone Can Host” contest. Truly anyone can host SNL you just wouldn’t have expected it to be these people.
Trump supporters are like ISIS fighters
By Christopher Harper
If anyone represents the disdain of the media for Trump supporters, CNN media maven Brian Stelter would be an excellent example.
Recently, Stelter compared Trump supporters to ISIS members who’d been brainwashed.
“The same pipeline that helps my children learn, helps you connect with your loved ones, also poisons some adults, and distorts their reality. The body of research about radicalization is very clear,” Stelter said. “The Internet creates more space for extremism, and the echo chamber effect accelerates the process. QAnon is one really clear recent example. But so is ‘Stop the Steal,’ and so are some corners of the anti-vaccination movement.
Lala ngoxolo, Zwide ka Langa! 21 December 2020 Lucky Nxumalo Daily Sun Photographer.
THE exuberant spirit of our colleague and brother Lucky Nxumalo is no more. Anyone who met and was touched by his life and his work will remember his can-do personality that was a unique characteristic.
Ever so jovial and kind-hearted, Lucky, who was affectionately referred to by his praise name Zwide, brought the sun with him every time he entered a room.
He gave his all as a photographer and to journalism in the three decades he served Mzansi though his lens.
Lucky will be solely missed in the
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