A "firehose" atmospheric river ripping through the state of California has been captured in space imagery. The satellite imagery released by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere‚ seen above‚ shows the massive band of moisture moving across California on Tuesday‚ February 20. "A firehose of moisture is aimed at Southern California this morning. Flooding risks remain as the atmospheric river continues to bring heavy rain‚" CIRA said on X‚ formerly Twitter. Parts of Southern...

On Friday‚ the state of Idaho filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) requesting that the high court allow the state to enforce a ban on so-called “transgender” procedures for minors‚ including drugs and surgeries. Fox News reports that the motion‚ filed by Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) and attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the law firm Cooper &; Kirk‚ asks SCOTUS to modify a previous ruling by a lower court...

President Joe Biden announced another tranche of student loan debt relief totaling more than $1 billion Wednesday morning. The move comes as Biden has encountered growing dissatisfaction from young voters for several reasons‚ including his failure to extend student loan debt forgiveness to all American borrowers in the face of his 2024 White House reelection campaign. The president last year put forward a plan that would have made good on that campaign...

The Biden administration on Wednesday said it is automatically forgiving $1.2 billion in student debt for 153‚000 borrowers. Loan holders whose debt will be discharged will receive an email from President Joe Biden today informing them of the forgiveness‚ the Department of Education said.  The debt relief is the latest push from the White House to address the nation's $1.77 trillion in student debt after the Supreme Court last year invalidated the Biden administration's plan...

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration is canceling $1.2 billion dollars in student debt for some 153‚000 borrowers enrolled in a new repayment plan. The Biden administration had initially planned to start forgiveness under the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan in July‚ but it is now taking effect almost six months ahead of schedule. "This shortened time to forgiveness will particularly help community college and other borrowers with...

In 2023‚ 37‚440 Chinese citizens were encountered by authorities at the southwest U.S. border — 54 times more than the 689 in 2021. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact‚ a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View this fact brief on Wisconsin Watch.

Critics of former U.S. President Donald Trump often share photographs in which he poses with his daughter Ivanka‚ allegedly behaving inappropriately towards her. One such photograph‚ shared online for years‚ purportedly showed her when she was a teenager‚ posing on a bed with her father. The photograph is authentic. It was featured in a 1995 issue of InStyle magazine. Therefore‚ we have rated the claim "True."

It has been a revealing week in the media‚ to be sure. Following the release of the Robert Hur Special Counsel report declaring Biden mentally unfit to stand trial‚ the reactions have been at a high hysteria level. The past week of media hand-wringing‚ hair-pulling‚ pearl-clutching coverage has completely shredded any veil of non-partisan coverage of this administration. What we have long know in theory has been all but confirmed these past days.

Drive-Away Dolls marks Ethan Coen’s first solo feature film. Born in Minnesota‚ together the Coen brothers have crafted a diverse and critically acclaimed body of work since their debut feature‚ “Blood Simple‚” in 1984. With a unique blend of dark humor‚ sharp dialogue‚ and a penchant for exploring the eccentricities of human nature‚ the Coen Brothers have left an indelible mark on cinema. Their filmography includes iconic works such as “Fargo‚” “The Big Lebowski‚” and “No Country for Old Men‚” which earned them Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. The Coen Brothers consistently challenge cinematic conventions‚ creating a legacy that reflects their artistic innovation and narrative prowess in the world of filmmaking. Drive-Away Dolls When Jamie’s girlfriend throws her out for cheating‚ Jamie and her mousey friend Marian decide to go on a road trip to Tallahassee for a fresh start. Too bad for them that they took the way wrong car. Now‚ the two will have to deal not only with Jamie’s complete lack of self-awareness and inhibition but also with the mysterious and violent men bent on retrieving some very special packages hidden in the ladies’ vehicle. If you were ever curious which of the Coen Brothers was the talented one‚ Drive-Away Dolls doesn’t help Ethan Coen’s case. Dolls is a slow-paced slog that inexpertly moves from one scene to the next as its two leads babble banal dialogue that vacillates between humorless attempts at humor and shallow attempts at depth; all brought together with underdeveloped supporting characters and a plot that had to have been conceived of while stoned. Andie MacDowell’s daughter‚ Margaret Qualley‚ plays Jaime‚ the free-spirited lesbian with a sex drive as over the top as her cartoonish southern accent and hammy performance. It’s a testament to the difference good material and a quality director with vision make when comparing Qualley in this embarrassment to her turn as Pussycat in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. It’s not that Qualley is bad so much as her character‚ much like the rest of the film‚ is poorly written with a meaningless point of view that writers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke manually churn like butter into every line of dialogue as they fumble from one scene to the next. The rest of the cast doesn’t fare much better. The villains are underdeveloped goons with no chemistry and so little screentime as to easily be forgotten between scenes‚ and there are coffee mugs more interesting than the character arc of Qualley’s costar Geraldine Viswanathan’s‚ Marian. In a film this bad‚ it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where Drive-Away Dolls fails hardest. However‚ it lacks the polish that’s synonymous with Coen Brother’s films. Instead‚ it feels like a half-baked‚ underdeveloped attempt at making a lesbian propaganda film in a poor approximation of a Coen Brothers’ film. It’s far more interested in extolling the wonders of sapphic love than it is with storytelling and spends large chunks of time its 1h 24m runtime doesn’t have devoted to overlong and sometimes graphic lesbian sex scenes (not the hot kind) while ignoring things like plot and character development or quality dialogue‚ or even style. Ultimately‚ Drive-Away Dolls is an embarrassingly bad film that will likely be praised for its “bravery” but is better left unwatched and forgotten. If this is the best that Ethan Coen has to offer‚ he should hold onto his brother’s coattails like grim death.   WOKE ELEMENTS Drive-Away Dolls is a 1h 24m LGBTQRSTUV celebration barely couched in the trappings of a film. The post Drive-Away Dolls first appeared on Worth It or Woke.

Earlier this week‚ the Maui Humane Society in Hawaii reunited a cat with her owners after she was displaced by the wildfires that occurred in the area last year. The cat‚ named Mahina‚ was found by the organization after surviving 100 days in the burn zone‚ the Maui Humane Society said … Source: Cat Reunites with Its Owners in Montana After It Was Displaced by the Maui Wildfires: It ‘Took a Village’ Nicely done.