Lorraine Ali
@lorraineali.bsky.social
News, media, culture columnist @LATimes.com. Previously Rolling Stone, Pup ‘N’ Taco. Wrote the book “No Lessons Learned: The Making of Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Angeleno Iraqi. Pitbull named Potato.
Trump’s press secretary lasted 5 days. A carton of milk has a longer shelf life www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Trump's press secretary lasted 5 days. A carton of milk has a longer shelf life
If history is any indicator, whoever replaces Zacharia as Trump’s press secretary should have a go bag packed and stashed directly behind the lectern.
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Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: “I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president”
‘There is no reason the U.S. should stoop to the barbarism of public executions. It’s ghoulish, inhumane and a marker of tyrannical rule. Do we really want to join Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia in the global hall of shame?’ Via @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Commentary: Public executions are the work of tyrants. Now, the U.S. is joining in
Should plans for the live stream of Nidal Malik Hasan’s killing become a reality, our peers will be countries that the U.S. has long held up as the worst of the worst.
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Public executions are the work of tyrants. Now, the U.S. is joining in www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Commentary: Public executions are the work of tyrants. Now, the U.S. is joining in
Should plans for the live stream of Nidal Malik Hasan’s killing become a reality, our peers will be countries that the U.S. has long held up as the worst of the worst.
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To Trump, the Cornell Seven are victims. It’s a familiar refrain for him www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Commentary: To Trump, the Cornell Seven are victims. It's a familiar refrain for him
Trump said Friday that the accused men “won’t get a fair shake." In painting the accused as victims, it appeared the president was speaking from personal experience.
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Finally, some love and money for local journalism.
suhauna hussain@suhauna.bsky.social · 3w agoGov. Newsom signed AB 2222, which would create refundable tax credits for California’s struggling journalism organizations, into law yesterday. Hard to overstate what a boon this is. It’s the biggest such package for newsrooms in the U.S. to date www.latimes.com/california/s...
History was made this week on Capitol Hill when a female senator womansplained sports to a male senator, and surprisingly, the gender-shaming reversal did not cause the universe to collapse on itself. Here’s to Amy Klobuchar. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: Senator flubs gotcha moment by mixing up sports teams. A woman steps in to correct him
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt's gotcha moment turned into a schooling by Democratic colleague Amy Klobuchar, turning the tables on the age-old art of mansplaining.
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Eleven days before the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, Egypt's intelligence chief made a secret mission to Israel to warn officials of a possible assault. He was on the ground just 67 minutes, so intent he had to come in person. Vivian Salama has the receipts. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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The commercial featured Trump speaking against the backdrop of Mount Rushmore in an audacious display that might have turned George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt to stone if they weren’t already immortalized in granite. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: Call it propaganda or a PSA, Trump's latest ad blitz is paid for by you
Criticism spills over on strategically timed ads paid for by the U.S. government touting the alleged achievements of President Donald Trump.
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State-run media comes to the US. Trump’s self-soothing therapy, footed by the taxpayer @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: Call it propaganda or a PSA, Trump's latest ad blitz is paid for by you
Criticism spills over on strategically timed ads paid for by the U.S. government touting the alleged achievements of President Donald Trump.
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'It’s not surprising that former “Today” host Billy Bush joined Fox News as a regular contributor this week. What is surprising is that it took so long.' Via @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: A decade after the leaked 'Access Hollywood' tape, Billy Bush joins Fox News. What took so long?
Billy Bush joins other right-leaning personalities who've rebuilt their careers at Fox following scandals elsewhere.
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There’s no better way to draw attention to an artist’s work than threatening to shut it down. Just ask “NAZA” filmmakers and Macklemore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Efforts to silence 'NAZA' filmmakers and Macklemore only amplifies their work
“NAZA” may not need a robust marketing plan if the Israeli government continue to condemn the film. Censorship, and worse, are the surest way to elevate an artist and their work. Just ask Macklemore.
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By dumping pro-Palestinian Macklemore from his tour, apolitical Ed Sheeran is suddenly political www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: By dumping pro-Palestinian Macklemore from his tour, apolitical Ed Sheeran is suddenly political
Apolitical singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is on the defense since Monday when Seattle rapper Macklemore announced that he had been dropped from Sheeran’s “Loop” tour.
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Good explainer of some complex science by Rong-Gong Lin II and Andrew Turner. www.latimes.com/california/s...
'Pretty epic' Kelvin wave is latest threat to SoCal coastal cities. How soon, and how bad?
Coastal communities are beginning to assess the damage from waves and flooding as Southern California braces for more potentially destructive conditions from a coastally trapped Kelvin wave.
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Any “Lanterns” fans out there? The Manhunter — Poorna Jagannathan — breaks down episode 5, and why she’s so damn good at playing baddies. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
In 'Lanterns,' Poorna Jagannathan takes another turn as a TV baddie: The Manhunter
The actor spoke about her role in HBO's DC Comics series as Zoe Macon, her big reveal in Episode 5 and why she likes playing powerful women.
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I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
Elon Musk threatens to sue over a new doc about him. But the film festival crowd loves it www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Elon Musk threatens to sue over a new doc about him. But the film festival crowd loves it
Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes are unwitting film fest stars as documentaries about problematic tech titans have dominated news coming out of prestigious film festivals.
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Trump’s vanity arch is coming and it’s no triumph for taxpayers www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Commentary: Trump's vanity arch is coming and it's no triumph for taxpayers
Building will soon be underway for Trump's Triumphant Arch
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The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-Sayed www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-Sayed
The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring
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The Trump administration is weighing a land swap that would give a private developer a strip of Yosemite National Park to build a road linking a planned commercial development to a key park route www.latimes.com/california/s...
strive to live your life in such a way that your freedom doesn't depend on being in good personal standing with laura loomer abcnews.com/US/milo-yian...
Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right British commentator, detained by ICE
Far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by ICE on Friday, according to an ICE detention database.
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From Appalachia to England, Dolly Parton and her music were a unifying force www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: From Appalachia to England, Dolly Parton was a supreme and unifying talent
In death as in life, Dolly Parton left us one of the few spaces where Americans can still unite under a single banner: the banner of Dolly.
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President Trump's transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, just made a road trip reality TV show sponsored by Boeing — a company he's supposed to be regulating. Meanwhile a lot of people have died on Boeing planes recently. Great column by @lorraineali.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Could Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's new travel show be making travel less safe?
The unintentional connections between Sean Duffy's YouTube reality roadtrip series and a Netflix flight exposé.
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RIP Dolly. Loved her courage, talent and wicked sense of humor. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Transportation Secretary Duffy’s road trip reality show is funded by corporate sponsors that are regulated by his department. The grift knows no bounds www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Sean Duffy's 'Great American Road Trip' is Trump-era grift posing as a reality show
The Transportation Secretary's YouTube series follows his family as they road trip across the U.S., and while a disclaimer says no tax dollars were used, it was sponsored by companies his department r...
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