South Korea President Yoon Defends Martial Law Decree in Defiant Speech
President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to “fight to the end,” despite the opposition’s push to impeach him and his own party’s demand that he resign.
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Attacks on Free Speech Are Already Ramping Up
For years, Donald Trump has vowed to go after his critics and journalists. As he prepares to reenter the White House, he’s nominating loyalists, like incoming FBI director Kash Patel, who have pledged to do the same. The Trump administration may soon have a new weapon to target perceived enemies. On this week’s episode of […]
Read President Yoon’s Speech Apologizing for Declaring Martial Law in South Korea
President Yoon Suk Yeol said his declaration of martial law was born out of “desperation,” and apologized for causing “anxiety.”
Biden Delays Climate Group Funding Over Pro-Palestine Speech
The Biden administration is withholding federal funding from a climate justice group that supports a ceasefire in Gaza. The Climate Justice Alliance, a national coalition of more than 100 community environmental groups, was one of 11 grant-making organizations designated for Environmental Protection Agency funding under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. The Climate Justice Alliance […]
Adele Says Goodbye to Las Vegas Residency in Emotional Speech
Adele delivered an emotional farewell speech during her final Las Vegas residency date on Saturday night at the Colosseum Theatre at Caesars Palace. “It’s been wonderful and I will miss it terribly, and I will miss you terribly,” Adele told the audience, according to videos circulating online. “I don’t know when I next want to […]
Adele Gives Emotional Speech at Final Las Vegas Residency Show
It has been an emotional weekend for pop stars, with Adele bidding adieu to her Las Vegas residency, and Taylor Swift ending her Toronto Eras Tour run with a teary goodbye. Adele delivered a tearful speech on Saturday night, Nov. 23, during her final Weekends With Adele Las Vegas residency show at the Colosseum at […]
Trump FCC Pick Brendan Carr Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job
“What he can do and wants to do is use his bully pulpit to bully companies that moderate content in a way he doesn’t like,” says Evan Greer, director of Fight for the Future, a digital rights advocacy group. “And if he continues to do that, he’s very likely to run smack into the First […]
From Drunk Awards Speech to Cormac McCarthy
Josh Brolin’s new memoir, “From Under the Truck,” isn’t a typical celebrity autobiography. For one thing, it’s told in non-linear fashion, skittering between reflections in recent years to his childhood to various points in his long and eventful career, from his breakthrough in “The Goonies” to adult milestones like “No Country for Old Men” and […]
Joe Biden wanders into Amazon rainforest after speech
Joe Biden wandered into the Amazon rainforest after giving a speech warning of the dangers of climate change. Wearing an open-necked blue shirt, dark slacks and his trademark Aviator sunglasses, the 81-year-old outgoing US president turned away from the podium and ambled into greenery. The purpose of the photocall was to highlight the dangers of […]