Alaska special election results: Mary Peltola beats Sarah Palin to win House of Representatives seat!

Juneau, Alaska – Democrat Mary Biltola won the special election for Alaska’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, beating a field that includes Republican Sarah Palin, who has been seeking a political return to the state in which she was governor. Biltola, a 49-year-old Yup’ik on Wednesday, will become the first Alaskan Native to serve in the home and the first woman to hold the seat. She will serve in the remaining months of the term of late Republican Representative Don Young. Young held the seat…

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John Oliver delivers blistering burns to WB Discovery after shows are gone

HBO resident comedian John Oliver shot parent company Warner Bros. Discovery last week tonight, poking fun at the recent wave of content takedowns that has moved HBO Max from a powerhouse in the live-streaming scene to a Hollywood laughingstock. The company, which has removed a number of HBO Max originals for no justified reason, recently admitted that it had halted the almost-completed Batgirl movie as part of a tax scheme. As a result, it seems likely that any seemingly inexplicable move the company makes, perhaps aimed at getting some kind…

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