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Screenwriter says Kerala State Film Awards jury owes women apology over Best Lyricist to alleged abuser Vedan
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Screenwriter says Kerala State Film Awards jury owes women apology over Best Lyricist to alleged abuser Vedan

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Updated on: Nov 05, 2025 03:35 pm IST

The Kerala State Film Awards were announced on Monday evening. There has been backlash since then, including from Deedi Damodaran. 

Filmmaker-screenwriter and founding member of Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), Deedi Damodaran took to her Facebook account on Wednesday to slam the jury of the Kerala State Film Awards. She called them out for giving the Best Lyricist award to Hirandas Murali, better known as rapper Vedan, who was accused in a rape case earlier this year. She also stated that the jury owed the women of Kerala an apology. (Also Read: Child actor Deva Nandha slams Prakash Raj after he snubs children’s categories at Kerala State Film Awards)

Vedan received bail from the court after a case was filed against him in July this year for the alleged rape of a doctor.

Deedi Damodaran slams state awards jury over platforming Vedan

Vedan was given the Best Lyricist award for penning the lyrics of the song Kuthanthram from the 2024 hit Manjummel Boys. The winners of this year’s awards were decided by a jury headed by Prakash Raj. In her Facebook post, Deedi stated that the lines by Vedan, “viyarppu thunnititta kuppayam” (the shirt stitched with sweat), were “magnificent”, but the award was“stained by blood” from the wounds of the victims. She also wrote that no song can erase or conceal that.

Deedi further wrote, “The jury’s decision amounts to a breach of trust against the government’s policy declarations at the recent film conclave that those who exploit women will not be protected,” adding, “Even if this decision cannot be reversed through legal means, the film jury owes an apology to the women of Kerala for etching such a verdict into the history of cinema.” The screenwriter made her post after Vedan celebrated his win on Instagram by writing the exact lyrics she pointed out.

Sexual assault allegations against Vedan

In 2021, Vedan was accused of alleged sexual misconduct during the MeToo movement. However, no formal complaints were filed. In July this year, a rape case was filed against Vedan at the Thrikkakara police station in Kochi, Kerala. A young doctor accused the musician of sexually assaulting her multiple times between August 2021 and March 2023 under the guise of marriage after they met via social media.

In August, the Kerala High Court granted him anticipatory bail in the case, stating that “labelling physical intimacy as rape after a relationship ceased to exist is illogical and harsh.” He was arrested on record in September and released on bail. In August, a music researcher had also filed a sexual harassment complaint against Vedan, and the Ernakulam Central police registered a case against him. A chargesheet was filed against him in October. In November, the HC amended a previous condition imposed on him, allowing him to travel abroad for work.

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Watch Brandi Carlile Perform ‘Church & State,’ ‘Human’

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Both are from the Grammy-winning artist’s new solo album, Returning to Myself

Brandi Carlile returned to the Saturday Night Live stage with performances of two songs from her eighth studio album, Returning to Myself, which she released last week.

The acclaimed singer-songwriter first sang about a “failing empire” in “Church & State,” which she wrote with Andrew Watt and twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth.

Carlile’s first solo album since 2021’s In These Silent Days, Returning to Myself came after years of collaborations—with Elton John and Joni Mitchell—and playing in the country supergroup the Highwomen, as well as being in charge of music festivals like Girls Just Wanna Weekend and her Looking Out Foundation.

“Everybody came out of Covid with all this toxic energy, including myself,” Carlile explained to Rolling Stone in a recent interview. “I just wanted to explode onto the scene and accomplish and collaborate and be everywhere and do everything. And I think there’s been a little fallout from that. People pushed themselves to the limits of their mental health, in terms of what they were willing to do to make up for lost time.”

Carlile, making her fourth musical guest appearance on SNL, also played “Human”—second on the track list of her latest work.

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Carlile was most recently on the late night show in early April with John just after the release of their album Who Believes in Angels?

Carlile’s the Human Tour in support of Returning to Myself begins in February on the east coast. That fall, she’ll be in Ireland, the U.K., then mainland Europe.

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Deep Cut Friday: ‘State Trooper’ by Bruce Springsteen

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Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.

Bruce Springsteen’s sixth album Nebraska was a pivot away from the spotlight, released in between two hit-filled blockbuster albums, 1980’s The River and 1984’s Born in the U.S.A. Living in relative seclusion in Colts Neck, New Jersey, in 1981, Springsteen documented his new songs with a four-track recorder, making stark acoustic demos that he decided could be an album unto itself. Nebraska was critically acclaimed and modestly successful, eventually going platinum, and became a cornerstone of Springsteen’s artistic legacy. In the last few weeks, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere hit theaters, with Jeremy Allen White playing the Boss during the creation of Nebraska, and Springsteen released an expanded reissue of the album.

Bruce Springsteen’s affinity for the New York punk scene may have surprised a few people at the time. The Phil Spector-inspired maximalism and romance of Born to Run was a far cry from the grit of the CBGBs bands, but he did take note of what was happening across the Hudson River. In 1978, Patti Smith and Springsteen co-wrote her biggest hit “Because the Night,” and two years later Springsteen nearly gave away one of his signature songs, “Hungry Heart,” to the Ramones. The CBGBs band that inspired Springsteen the most, though, was Suicide, the duo of Martin Rev and Alan Vega. One of Nebraska’s darkest tracks, “State Trooper,” was directly influenced by “Frankie Teardrop,” the 10-minute centerpiece of Suicide’s 1977 self-titled debut.

“Frankie Teardrop,” built on Rev’s eerie synthesizers and ticking drum machine, is about a suicidal factory worker. “State Trooper,” with a simple guitar-and-vocal arrangement, is about a man driving a stolen car and hoping not to get pulled over. Despite the very different instrumentation, the two songs share an eerie, paranoid atmosphere and intense, heavily reverbed vocal performances. “Deliver me from nowhere,” Springsteen softly sings before “State Trooper” ends with a startling howl reminiscent of Alan Vega’s vocal on the climax of “Frankie Teardrop.”

In 2005, Springsteen began covering Suicide’s 1979 single “Dream Baby Dream” in concert, eventually recording it for his 2014 album High Hopes. Vega died in 2016, and last year, Springsteen wrote the foreword for Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere’s biography Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega. “‘Frankie Teardrop’ – that was incredible. That might be his greatest piece of work right there,” Springsteen wrote. “It was something I really related to. And definitely inspired the way I wrote ‘State Trooper.’”

Three more essential Bruce Springsteen deep cuts:

“It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City”

The closing track on Springsteen’s 1973 debut Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was the song that convinced Mike Appel to be the young singer’s manager and was part of the audition that got him signed to Columbia Records. One of Springsteen’s earliest famous fans was David Bowie, who recorded a cover of “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City” in 1973, though it wouldn’t be released until 1989.

“Candy’s Room”

The fourth track on Darkness of the Edge of Town is the E Street Band at its most cinematic, Max Weinberg’s 16th note hi-hats and Roy Bittan’s surging piano constantly driving the song’s energy further and further upward.

“Bobby Jean”

One of Springsteen’s oldest friends, Steven Van Zandt, left the E Street Band shortly before the release of Born in the U.S.A. to focus on his solo career. The album featured “Bobby Jean,” a bittersweet song about friendship that’s been widely interpreted as a tribute to Van Zandt.

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bitchy | The state of California will sell its own affordable insulin for $11 per pen
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bitchy | The state of California will sell its own affordable insulin for $11 per pen

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In 2020, the California legislature set up CalRx, a signature program for Governor Gavin Newsom which he envisioned as a way to reduce ever-increasing health care costs by cutting Big Pharma out of the process. CalRx was finally funded in 2022, and by the next year the state had contracted a nonprofit manufacturer to produce long-acting insulin. After a couple years in development, CalRx has announced that starting in January they will be selling insulin pens to pharmacies for $45 per five-pack, who in turn will make the packs available to patients with a suggested retail price of no more than $55 a pack. What’s the comparison to packs offered by Big Pharma companies? Anywhere from $89 to $411. Big Pharma, working for the profits; Big Govt, working for the people.

Rx to the rescue: The insulin pens will be supplied through the CalRx program, an initiative launched under Newsom in which the state contracts with manufacturers to produce generic pharmaceuticals. The pens, which people with diabetes use to control the level of insulin in their bodies, will be the same as other long-acting insulin on the market. They will come with a suggested price for consumers of no more than $55 for a pack of five — a significant discount from current prices.

Doing the right thing: “California didn’t wait for the pharmaceutical industry to do the right thing — we took matters into our own hands,” Newsom said in a statement announcing the new drug. “No Californian should ever have to ration insulin or go into debt to stay alive — and I won’t stop until health care costs are crushed for everyone.” The announcement establishes California as the vanguard among states for ways to keep health care affordable in a system dominated by for-profit companies and underscores the Golden State’s ability to leverage the scale of its massive economy and buying power.

The scrooges making our medicine: The cost of insulin has come down since it was a major political issue in 2017 when the top manufacturers of the drug — Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk — were accused in a class action lawsuit of dramatically raising prices each year. A prescription that had cost patients $25 had ballooned to $300, the lawsuit claimed, and politicians latched on to the issue as an example of the pharmaceutical industry run amok. In 2024, the federal government brought a suit against pharmacy middlemen, also accusing them of contributing to the ballooning cost of insulin.

A new deal: Under the CalRx deal, pharmacies in California will be able to purchase the 5-pack of insulin pens for $45 and sell them to patients at the suggested retail price of $55. Similar products from name brand companies cost pharmacies between $89 and $411, according to state figures.

Naloxone is next: Through CalRx, the state has also contracted to provide a cheaper version of the naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose. And earlier this year Newsom announced plans to work on bulk-purchasing asthma medication. He has also floated the idea of using CalRx to either produce or stockpile abortion medication.

[From Politico]

Damn, between this and California recently banning loud ads on streaming platforms (ok, less life and death but still important!) I’m feeling downright nostalgic for my home state! As the fifth fourth largest economy in the world, this is exactly the kind of ballsy move California should be making. To paraphrase Newsom (to exaggerated effect), we’re all gonna die waiting for Big Pharma to do the right, humane thing. Even when it comes to lifesaving medicine. So that’s why we need government to advocate on our behalf rather than try to kill us.

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bitchy | The Secret Service were nuisances behind-the-scenes at the UK state banquet
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bitchy | The Secret Service were nuisances behind-the-scenes at the UK state banquet

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Donald Trump is not a gourmand. The man loves a Big Mac and french fries. He reportedly likes a well-done steak, hard as a brick, and he loves Doritos. His favorite drink in the world is Diet Coke. What I’m trying to say is that it’s a fool’s errand for world leader to try to impress Trump with a world-class menu at a state dinner. For last week’s banquet in Windsor Castle, King Charles approved of a three-course meal, per NYT: “The menu began with a Hampshire watercress panna cotta, served with parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad. The main course was an organic Norfolk chicken ballotine wrapped in courgettes, with a thyme and savory-infused jus. For dessert, guests were to be served a vanilla ice cream bombe with Kentish raspberry sorbet interior and lightly poached Victoria plums.” Basically, cheese, salad, chicken and ice cream. Which is pretty smart for someone like Trump. Still, there was a major snafu behind-the-scenes, at least according to the Daily Mail:

The lavish Windsor Castle banquet held as the centrepiece of President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain was hit by a furious behind-the-scenes row, The Daily Mail has learned. The spectacular dinner saw Trump and his wife Melania hosted by King Charles, Prince William and Princess Kate, surrounded by dozens of high-flying business chiefs and diplomats from both sides of the Atlantic. But as the 160 VIP guests enjoyed their three course meal in the refined surroundings of Windsor Castle’s St George’s Hall, tensions ‘below stairs’ were soon boiling over.

Sources have told the Daily Mail that several members of the Secret Service team guarding the President went into the kitchen to oversee the preparation by the royal chefs, and even tasting the food – which some of them felt was disruptive. The guests were blissfully unaware but the atmosphere in the kitchen quickly became tense as tempers began to fray between kitchen staff and visiting American security.

The royal source said: ‘The banquet was a resounding success in the main hall, but there was a disruption behind the scenes. Tensions flared between the chefs preparing the meal and the US security team responsible for protecting the President and his entourage. The chefs, working to plate three courses flawlessly, grew frustrated as US Secret Service agents repeatedly checking and even sampling all the food. What began as quiet irritation escalated into a heated exchange, with raised voices on both sides. It took several minutes for tempers to cool and for the kitchen to return to its usual rhythm. Guests in the hall remained completely unaware of the row, but in the kitchen, it was impossible to miss.’

[From The Daily Mail]

It pains me to say this, but… isn’t this business as usual for the Secret Service? While it sounds like they were going out of their way to make nuisances out of themselves, it also sounds like the palace kitchen team were (stupidly) unprepared for Secret Service to take those kinds of precautions when it came to handling the NotMyPresident’s food. Additionally, those British lushes made a big deal about the extensive wine list and another specialty cocktail made for the banquet. Did Charles not realize that Trump doesn’t drink alcohol? Granted, I’m sure everyone else enjoyed their wine and cocktails, but I’m also sure that Trump was dying for a Diet Coke.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

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Autopsy Confirms Suic*de in De@th of Delta State Student Demartravion Reed, Found H@nging From Tree
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Autopsy Confirms Suic*de in De@th of Delta State Student Demartravion Reed, Found H@nging From Tree

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Autopsy Confirms Suic*de in De@th of Delta State Student Demartravion Reed, Found H@nging From Tree

Another update has been released in regarding Demartravion “Trey” Reed.

The 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a tree near the pickleball courts on campus around 7 a.m. Monday. The Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s autopsy determined his cause of death was hanging and classified the manner of death as suicide.

Investigators say there is no evidence of foul play so far. The Bolivar County Coroner reported no signs of assault—no cuts, bruises, fractures or other injuries. Toxicology results are pending and may take two to four weeks. Meanwhile, officials have given all materials to the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office for further review.

The discovery has stirred strong emotional reactions on and off campus, especially given Mississippi’s history. Delta State’s president acknowledged the painful imagery the incident evokes and the concern among students and community members. The university also received threats in the aftermath, prompting increased law enforcement presence. Trey Reed’s family has retained civil-rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is calling for transparency and access to video and all investigation materials. We continue to send our condolences to his family, friends and loved ones.


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Is Late-Night TV Dying? The State of All Hosts and Shows in 2025 – Hollywood Life
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Is Late-Night TV Dying? The State of All Hosts and Shows in 2025 – Hollywood Life

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The summer of 2025 became a nightmare for late-night television hosts. CBS made the shocking decision to cancel Stephen Colbert‘s The Late Show. Next was ABC; it suspended Jimmy Kimmel over a Charlie Kirk-related “MAGA” comment. With fictional series like HBO’s Hacks showcasing the pressures of the late-night comedy world, viewers are asking if the long-running staple might be dying in reality. After all, streaming shows and social media have become the norm, so cable networks may be tightening their wallets.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Ending

CBS announced in July 2025 that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026. Network executives cited finances as the reason behind the cancelation.

“We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire The Late Show franchise in May of 2026,” CBS said in a statement. “We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television. This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”

Two months later, Colbert and his staff took home the Emmy Award for best talk series.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Suspended

An ABC spokesperson revealed in a brief statement that Jimmy Kimmel Live! “will be pre-empted indefinitely.” The announcement came shortly after the comedian said, “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

In response to Kimmel’s comment, Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, criticized Kimmel on Benny Johnson’s show and threatened to “do this the easy way or the hard way,” according to multiple outlets.

“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “Disney needs to see some change here, but the individual licensed stations that are taking their content, it’s time for them to step up and say this, you know, garbage to the extent that that’s what comes down the pipe in the future isn’t something that we think serves the needs of our local communities. … There’s calls for Kimmel to be fired. I think you could certainly see a path forward for suspension over this.”

Nexstar, an ABC-affiliated station, said it would not broadcast Kimmel’s show for the “foreseeable future,” adding that it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Still on the Air

Jimmy Fallon‘s late-night show has not faced an outstanding problem from NBC yet. However, Donald Trump has called for his cancelation in addition to other comedians.

Late Night with Seth Meyers — Still on the Air

Seth Meyers has not had an outward issue with his network, NBC.

After Midnight — Canceled

The CBS Taylor Tomlinson–hosted show ended after two seasons in June 2025. Tomlinson chose to resume her stand-up career after leaving the show on her own accord.

Real Time with Bill Maher — Still on the Air

HBO’s Bill Maher has not publicly stated any imminent doom with his show.

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Still on the Air

Andy Cohen has not cited any pending problems with his network, Bravo, an NBCU network.

Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver — Still on the Air

Jon Oliver is still on the air with his network, HBO.

Gutfeld! — Still on the Air

Greg Gutfeld still hosts his show on the Fox News Channel.

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bitchy | Princess Kate wore Phillipa Lepley to the Trumps’ state banquet in Windsor
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bitchy | Princess Kate wore Phillipa Lepley to the Trumps’ state banquet in Windsor

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Here are some photos from the state banquet at Windsor Castle last night. The staging looked (to my eyes) almost identical to the Macrons’ state visit and banquet several months ago. The biggest difference might have been the Prince and Princess of Wales, both of whom seemed extra-keen to show off their statesmanship. Like the Macron visit, Will and Kate posed for their own stand-alone portrait in their finery too. They did that because King Charles and Queen Camilla didn’t include the Waleses in the formal portraits with the Trumps, taken before the banquet.

Kate got to buy a new dress for the occasion: a cream-and-gold gown by Phillipa Lepley. I’m pretty sure this is only the second time Kate has worn this British designer, after Kate famously wore a Lepley gown during the Caribbean Flop Tour of 2022. I actually like the idea of this dress – a cream or white gown with a lace “coat” overlay. Valentino famously did a great version of this with delicate black lace. The Lepley design would have looked better without the lace turtleneck, and it really should have been more like a “coat.” Kate also wore the Lovers Knot Tiara, one of the tiaras she consistently gets to borrow.

Interestingly, William changed up his look for the state banquet. At the Macron banquet, William apparently threw a hissy fit about wearing the “Windsor uniform” for white-tie banquets, the special tailcoat with a red collar and cuffs. Previously, William just wore a normal black jacket. For this banquet, he actually wore the Windsor coat. Harry’s visit really put the fear of god into poor pitiful Peg.

As for Melania Trump, she wore an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress in canary yellow. A strange choice for a state dinner, where most first ladies or important women would do more “diplomatic-dressing.” Like, Mel could have showcased a young American designer or a British designer or worn something flaggy, with stars or stripes. Instead, she just went for “LOOK AT ME!” Camilla wore a blue Fiona Clare gown which I swear I’ve seen like a dozen times before. Recycling! She paired it with the Belgian Sapphire Tiara. She’s been doing a sapphire theme for this state visit and I have no idea why.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Matt Porteous for Kensington Palace.

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bitchy | Royalist: The Windsors ‘debased’ themselves for Donald Trump’s state visit
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bitchy | Royalist: The Windsors ‘debased’ themselves for Donald Trump’s state visit

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Bad news? I think they’ve pumped so many drugs into Donald Trump, he now looks somewhat healthier than King Charles. I would feel bad about saying that, except I remember Charles’s courtiers running around, briefing the press about Joe Biden’s age several years ago. Charles was pissed that President Biden didn’t go to the coronation, remember that? So Charles made it all about Biden’s age and health. Now Charles has been receiving cancer treatments for nineteen months and his mealy pallor makes Trump look hale and hearty.

Of course, there are plenty of other parts to this state visit which are pretty disgusting. Trump is being feted and celebrated like a conquering king. He’s a pathetic authoritarian hellbent on destroying NATO, the European Union and all postwar societal, cultural and economic advancements. I don’t exactly blame Charles and the royals for this – this was decided by Downing Street and Keir Starmer’s government, to roll out the red carpet this way for Trump. But that didn’t stop Tom Sykes from going OFF on his Royalist Substack, in a piece called “Britain Grovels Before Trump, Shamefully Enabling This Sick, Destructive Man.” An excerpt:

The United Kingdom shamelessly prostrated itself at the feet of Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, throwing a welcoming party for his state visit at Windsor so lavish it looked less like diplomacy than ritual self-humiliation. No foreign leader has ever been greeted with this degree of ceremonial excess. The choreography was on the scale of Elizabeth II’s funeral, yet this was not grief but a spectacle, a genuflection staged for a man many Britons see as a wrecking ball aimed at the very post-war settlement the country once helped design.

To those watching with clear eyes, it was nauseating. There was at least a grim honesty in the absurdity. Trump demands spectacle, and Britain, desperate to please, delivers. He wants to be king; Britain obliges.

But in obliging, the U.K. reveals something darker about itself: that to keep America close, it will debase itself utterly, strip its traditions for parts, and hire out its monarch like a sex worker to soothe the vanity of a man who insists on being treated as sovereign.

Royal ceremony is theatre, but this was a theatre that revealed far more than a sovereign nation should about its craven need to please a foreign leader who has done nothing to help Britain and plenty to harm it.

[From The Royalist Substack]

Yeah, I agree with all of that. It’s pathetic on both sides – Trump is a global embarrassment, and America will likely never recover from any of this. But I don’t hold it against the UK for doing what they can to stay on Trump’s good side. In fact, I think Starmer and many other European leaders have figured out their own ways to manipulate Trump and/or work around him. This is part of how they do that – they play to his vanity, they treat him like the most delicate and superficial strongman ever, because that’s exactly what he is.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.

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'Married to Medicine' Star Dr. Heavenly Kimes Reveals Pushback From Bravo After Announcing Run For Georgia State Rep: T'm Doing Something Unprecedented'
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‘Married to Medicine’ Star Dr. Heavenly Kimes Reveals Pushback From Bravo After Announcing Run For Georgia State Rep: T’m Doing Something Unprecedented’

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‘Married to Medicine’ Star Dr. Heavenly Kimes Reveals Pushback From Bravo After Announcing Run For Georgia State
Rep: T’m Doing Something
Unprecedented’

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

In a newly released interview with Pastor #JamalBryant, Married to Medicine’s Dr. Heavenly revealed that Bravo stars are “not allowed to run for office.” The medical professional announced her candidacy in July on the Democratic ticket for Georgia State Representative in District 93.

Speaking previously with PEOPLE about her campaign, Dr. Heavenly said:

“I’m not a career politician. I’m a mom, a doctor, a business owner — and I’m not afraid to stand up for what I believe in. I’m running to serve, and I’m ready to work.”

However, her transition into politics nearly hit a roadblock. She told Pastor Bryant that she was unaware of #Bravo’s rules regarding political runs, and it took the network “eight weeks” to finalize her contract and outline the parameters for showcasing this next chapter of her life.

Clearly, nothing, and no network, can stop Dr. Heavenly from making moves!??


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