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“Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” an American Eagle ad announced, prompting a culture war on whether its newest advertising campaign centers on cheeky wordplay or something more sinister. “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color,” actress Sweeney, decked in denim, said in one video version of the adreleased July 23. “My jeans are blue.” On one side, people saw dog whistles in the script. “Jeans” is a homonym for “genes,” leading people to believe it had eugenicist tones. “A blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white woman is talking about her good…
On July 26, Joshua Rauh, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, testified at the Reagan Library before the House Ways and Means Committee. I learned a lot from his testimony and want to share it. Here are some highlights. A growing economy is essential for expanding economic opportunity for all Americans. It is deeply concerning, then, that in its January 2025 Economic Outlook the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected real GDP growth to average just 1.8 percent over the next decade. To put that in perspective, had growth been that low over the last 50 years, the US economy…
Oasis paid tribute to England’s Euro-winning Lionesses during a recent gig at Wembley – with several of the squad in the crowd to witness the shoutout in person.Back on the road for the first time since 2009, the Gallagher brothers have been lighting up sold-out arenas across the globe with their long-awaited reunion tour. And at one of their latest stops – a euphoric night at Wembley Stadium – the band delivered more than just nostalgic hits.Among the 90,000-strong crowd were some of the Lionesses’ Euro 2025 heroes, including goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, whose shootout heroics secured England’s win over Spain…
The Minnesota Lynx have acquired DiJonai Carrington from the Dallas Wins for forward Diamond Miller, guard Karlie Samuelson and the Lynx’s 2027 second-round draft pick. Carrington was averaging 10.4 points and a career-high 5.1 rebounds per game after joining Dallas in a February trade from the Connecticut Sun. Carrington was an all-defensive first team selection in 2024 as well as the WNBA’s Most Improved Player. The Lynx lost in the WNBA Finals last season to the New York Liberty and have the best record in the league with a mark of 24-5.
FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ. (FOX Weather)Updated at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025The National Hurricane Center is drawing two areas in the Atlantic where systems could develop. The one off the Carolina coast has a decent chance of being named Dexter over the next day or two. In the middle of the Atlantic, an African disturbance has a chance to develop later this week somewhere in that giant lemon.Potential Dexter This graphic shows the development chances of Invest 95L and an area to watch in the Atlantic Ocean. (FOX Weather)Once again, a front has stalled along…
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the global response to new U.S. tariffs, Gaza’s escalating hunger crisis, and former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol refusing to be questioned. ‘A New Reality’ For months, world capitals have anxiously waited to see what tariffs their countries’ exports would face come Aug. 1, when U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose sweeping duties on nearly all of Washington’s trading partners. That day is (mostly) here. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the global response to new U.S. tariffs, Gaza’s escalating hunger crisis, and former South Korean President…
Durables consumption has experienced extreme volatility over the last 9 months (since the election). However, services and nondurables should follow the permanent income hypothesis — at least halfway (DSGE’s usually incorporate about 50% hand-to-mouth consumers). So what do we see? Figure 1: Sum of nondurables and services consumption (blue, left log scale), 2023M11-2024M10 stochastic trend (light blue line, left scale),durables consumption (red, right log scale), 2023M11-2024M10 stochastic trend (light red, right scale), all in bn.Ch.2017$ SAAR. Orange shading denotes Trump 2.0 administration; orange dashed line at 2025M04. Source: BEA, July release, and author’s calculations. The gap between services consumption and…
Five of the six Premier League sides in pre-season friendly action on Saturday failed to win – and a former top-flight star shone for Bayern. Nottingham Forest, Brighton & Hove Albion, Brentford, Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland all played, scoring a total of four goals. Almost a year after joining Die Roten from Crystal Palace for £50.8 million, Michael Olise was at the double as the reigning German champions hosted Lyon. 101GreatGoals.com takes a look at the latest pre-season action with under two weeks until the Premier League returns. Birmingham vs Forest: Stansfield goal decisive In a match to honour…
A quirky new bet has emerged: the color of the next dildo thrown onto a WNBA court, titled “Color of Third WNBA Dildo If Not Green,” with a deadline of 00:43:05 on August 3, 2025. Options include Black/Brown and Rainbow (+200), White/Caucasian (+250), Pink (+300), Purple (+325), and Blue (+1400), plus a wager on how […] The post You can bet on the next dildo color thrown on a WNBA court appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
The Monroe Canyon Fire began on July 13 near Monroe, Utah. The fire has rapidly spread. Video from July 28 shows an air tanker dropping fire retardant ahead of the fire in Bear Valley. MONROE, Utah — Utah is under a 30-day state of emergency as crews continue battling the Monroe Canyon wildfire and the other large fires that have burned so far in 2025. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed the State of Emergency declaration on Thursday, due to the escalating wildfires across the state. The Monroe Canyon Fire, which began July 13 near Monroe, Utah, has so far burned…