The @lucasbros join @mattwilstein on The Last Laugh podcast to break down how they went from standup comedy duo to Oscar-nominated screenwriters of “Judas and the Black Messiah” trib.al/YEAyc0s
Keith and Kenny Lucas, the twin comedians better known as the @lucasbros, had been trying to turn the story of Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton into a movie for years: “We went around town, pitched the idea and got a bunch of rejections" trib.al/YEAyc0s
The @lucasbros weigh in on who the real protagonist of the film is, considering the two title characters are both “supporting” players to the Academy.
"Capitalism wins at the end of the day, so I would say capitalism’s the lead," says Keith trib.al/YEAyc0s
Trans young people speak out to @TimTeeman about the onslaught of discrimination they are facing as the focus of many of the discriminatory health and sports bills working their way through state legislatures trib.al/5VrMpjR
Madi, 13, from North Carolina where doctors would be banned from providing gender-affirming care to trans youth under 21, says: “It feels horrible being threatened with who I am, because without these things I might not be here today.” bit.ly/3tpudLi
Ash, 16, told @TimTeeman: “It’s been a nightmare of mine for a couple of years that some legislation would be passed that would mean I could not access my hormones. I was deeply, terribly depressed and suicidal before I was on testosterone.” bit.ly/3tpudLi
EXCLUSIVE: As more details emerge about Gaetz’s role in an alleged sex ring, The Daily Beast has obtained several docs showing that the suspected ringleader, Joel Greenberg, made over 150 Venmo payments to dozens of young women, including a 17-year-old trib.al/K8CRk3m
The payment from Greenberg, an accused sex trafficker, to the 17-year-old girl took place in June 2017.
It was for $300 and, according to the memo field, was for “Food” trib.al/K8CRk3m
Nearly a year after Greenberg’s June 2017 payment, Gaetz Venmo’d Greenberg to “Hit up ___,” using a nickname for the teen. She was 18 years old by then.
Greenberg described the payment as being for “School” trib.al/K8CRk3m
The Taliban never kept secret what their reaction would be if the Biden administration delays the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan… trib.al/5xtNhH5
And now that it’s been delayed, U.S. forces may have to deal with a new, unbridled wave of violence and bloodshed in the final Afghanistan stretch trib.al/5xtNhH5
Mullah Salih Khan, a Taliban group commander, told The Daily Beast that the insurgent group is “very much prepared to strike,” against U.S. and Afghan government forces. He warned that the militants will turn Afghanistan “into a nightmare” for them trib.al/5xtNhH5
LISTEN NOW: On this week’s episode of the "FEVER DREAMS" podcast, hosts @willsommer & @swin24 chat with @ryanjreilly, a senior reporter at HuffPost covering U.S. law enforcement and its hunt for Trumpist rioters.
Trump’s infamous tweet about @morningmika “bleeding badly from a face-lift” originated from a conversation between her and the former first couple in their Mar-a-Lago bedroom.
.@morningmika and her co-host (and husband) @JoeNBC have regrettably, in her own words, had a working relationship with the former president since long before his first campaign, she tells @MollyJongFast on the latest episode of the @NewAbnormalPodtrib.al/9qj8S1k
Mika describes how she and Joe once came down to Mar-a-Lago at Trump’s request after she had just gotten a chin tuck.
“It’s New Year’s Eve and Trump is calling Joe and he’s like ‘Where’s Mika?’ He’s always obsessed with me.” trib.al/9qj8S1k
EXCLUSIVE: In two late-night Venmo transactions in May 2018, Rep. Matt Gaetz sent his friend, the accused sex trafficker Joel Greenberg, $900.
The next morning, Greenberg used the same app to send 3 young women varying sums of money that totaled...$900 trib.al/2SgYXyr
The first of Gaetz’s transactions to Greenberg was titled “Test.” In the second, Gaetz wrote “hit up ___,” using a nickname for one of the girls (who had only turned 18 less than six months before) trib.al/wQleRB4
When Greenberg made his Venmo payments to these three young women, he described the money as being for “Tuition,” “School,” and “School” trib.al/wQleRB4