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News Flashes 03.17.21: More Attacks on Asian-Americans, Alexi McCammond Steps Down, The First Gay Captain America, and Outside Lands


Asian-American Attacks Continue Following the hate crime committed in the Atlanta area yesterday, an elderly Asian man and an elderly Asian woman were attacked in San Francisco today. A 39 year old man first targeted the 83 year old man. It was when he was running from a security guard after this attack, that he then assaulted the 75 year old woman. Fortunately, she had a lot of fight in her. Using a stick she carries for protection, she began to beat him after he gave her a black eye. People jumped in to break up the fight and police… Read more »

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idobi News Flashes 01.14.21: Dolly, Dalai, Armie, Cap, Crocs, Foo Fighters, JLo and Gaga


Oh boy there’s a lot going on today! Let’s not waste any time and check it out! . Post Malone Donates His Sold Out Crocs to Frontline Workers View this post on Instagram A post shared by Musicians On Call (@musiciansoncall) In an announcement on Instagram today, Musicians On Call—a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering dream-worthy hospital performances by top artists—has partnered with Post Malone and Crocs to donate 10,000 pairs of his sold out Duet Max Clog II to frontline workers across the country. These near impossible to find clogs are the fifth collaboration between the Grammy Award winning… Read more »

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Watch This Week – 12/4


This week: Lucifer, Supergirl, Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, Marvel’s Runaways, Lethal Weapon, The Flash, Will & Grace, Blackish, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chicago Med, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Riverdale, The Big Bang Theory, The Crown, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Outlander

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Friday marks final signoff for analog TV service


TV stations across the U.S. started cutting their analog signals Friday morning, ending a 60-year run for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service. The Federal Communications Commission put 4,000 operators on standby for calls from confused viewers, and set up demonstration centers in several cities. Volunteer groups and local government agencies were helping elderly viewers set up digital converter boxes that keep older TVs functioning. Any set hooked up to cable or a satellite dish is unaffected. “When you’re alone like me, that’s my partner,” Patricia Bruchalski, 82, said about her TV.… Read more »

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Block the Vote: GOP's Campaign to Deter New Voters


These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare mesas. In national elections, the town overwhelmingly votes Democratic: More than 80 percent of all residents are Hispanic, and one in four lives below the poverty line. On February 5th, the day of the Super Tuesday caucus, a school-bus driver named Paul Maez arrived at his local polling station to cast his ballot. To his surprise, Maez found that his name had vanished from the list of registered voters, thanks to a statewide effort… Read more »

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Music industry defends hip-hop – "just a song"


Rap musicians and top record label executives defended the hip-hop business Tuesday, telling lawmakers it is wrong to single out the genre for congressional reprobation. Lavell Crump, who goes by the name David Banner, told the house consumer protection subcommittee that picking on rap unfairly singles out the black community. “When it comes down to it, it’s just a song,” Crump said. “Arnold Schwarzenegger is governor of California, but in his movies he killed half of Cambodia and he went to Mars and blew up Mars . . . but that’s OK because he’s a white man and he’s an… Read more »

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