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Consider the fact that such a bizarre, oxymoronic accolade as the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples once existed-and that it was created after his plans for agricultural collectivization resulted in the deaths of some four million Ukrainians. Once considered a hallmark of Soviet ineptitude, the starvation now appears, Anne Applebaum writes in her new book, " ," to have been the deliberate result of a plan to rid the state of a rebellious peasantry.
After waiting five days to put out a short statement on the Harvey Weinstein scandal through her spokesman , twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finally personally addressed the issue in a CNN interview on Wednesday. She told host Fareed Zakaria that the allegations against Weinstein make her feel "sick," "shocked" and "appalled," distancing herself from a man she had "known in the past" -- pointing out that "many others" within her political party are also in the same boat.
Former Vice-President Joe Biden has joined the many Democrats denouncing Harvey Weinstein, a longtime supporter of candidates on the left, following allegations that he sexually harassed and assaulted many women during his long career in Hollywood. Biden condemned the film mogul at a Manhattan fundraiser for the nonprofit Anti-Violence Project, where he received an award for his work on behalf of the LGBT community.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to what it called a "family dispute" yesterday in Hollywood. Entertainment news website TMZ says Harvey Weinstein's 22-year-old daughter told police her father was "suicidal and depressed."
Bannon is the latest politico touched by the widening tentacles of the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal... . FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, producer Harvey Weinstein appears at the amfAR charity gala during the Cannes 70th international film festival, Cap d'Antibes, southern France.
The noise of car engines enveloping the streets of the French capital might in the future become a memory for Paris pedestrians. The Department of Veterans Affairs has abruptly dropped plans to suspend an ethics law barring employees from receiving benefits from for-profit colleges.
Former Vice President Joe Biden had terse words for Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday, as a growing sexual-harassment scandal continued to engulf the movie mogul. Biden called Weinstein's recent firing a "justifiable end" to what has been described as a long history of abuse by the Hollywood executive.
With the same cluelessness that lost her the presidency, Hillary Clinton is setting herself up for trouble in the way she is handling the revelations about one of her key political backers, Harvey Weinstein. First of all, she waited five whole days before responding at all, and when she first broke her silence, she did it indirectly.
Obama speechwriter-turned Hollywood speechwriter and strategist Jon Favreau and all around frat boy type hasn't quite got the memo yet about condemning Harvey Weinstein, and acting 'shocked, shocked' that Weinstein's sex depredations went on around Hollywood as his campaign donations to Democrats flowed. Galling from someone who called a dozen victims of sexual assault liars in order to elect their abuser president: https://t.co/pFALcwHiC7 https://t.co/CABokKqnny Let's get one thing straight; Jon Favreau is That Guy who got caught putting his hands on the boobs of a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton while shoving a beer to her mouth in a gleeful frat-boy style photo.
Any "Johnny Dangerously" fans out there? Farrow's ordeal in trying to get NBC to bite on a bombshell about one of the most formidable scumbags in Hollywood reminds of the scene where Johnny's brother goes to his boss, the crooked D.A., saying that he's got the goods on the elusive mobster Dangerously. "Notarized depositions! Tire prints! Blood samples! I've got eyewitness accounts! Murder weapons! Fingerprints!" "Hold it, kid, hold it," says the D.A., who's on the take from Johnny, of course.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday tore into film producer Harvey Weinstein over the plethora of sexual abuse allegations against him, vaguely suggesting she would give away the money he's contributed to her political campaigns. The 2016 presidential candidate told CNN's Fareed Zakaria that she would "of course" donate Weinstein's campaign contributions to charity, though it remained unclear if and how she would actually do so.
In this Oct. 9, 2017, photo, former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a television interview in New York. Bannon is the latest politico touched by the widening tentacles of the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal.
In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Co., effective immediately, following new information revealed regarding his conduct, the company's board of directors announced Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017.
Former President, Barack Obama has released a joint statement with wife, Michelle condemning movie mogul and long-time-Democrat-supporter Harvey Weinstein . "Any man who demeaned and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status.
Showing off the liberal media's willful blindness concerning the Clintons, Tuesday's CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin featured CNN political commentator and former Ted Cruz staffer Amanda Carpenter being shouted down in a Harvey Weinstein segment for invoking the sexual misdeeds by Bill Clinton and enabling by Hillary Clinton. Baldwin turned to Carpenter for the political side of the horrifying Weinstein story, wondering why it took five days for Hillary Clinton to offer a statement seeing as how her campaign received truckloads of money from Weinstein.
Yet another example of women gutting other women . During a red carpet interview, fashion designer Donna Karan of DKNY was asked about the accusations being levied against Harvey Weinstein.
Paltrow said she was left "petrified" after Weinstein propositioned her when she was just 22 while Jolie vowed never to work with him again after a "bad experience" as a young actress. The high-profile pair join a growing list of stars accusing the producer of sexual harassment, while allegations of rape have also now emerged.
Affleck got his big break in Hollywood as a writer and actor in "Good Will Hunting," which was produced by Weinstein's former company Miramax Films. In a statement posted to Twitter, Affleck said he was sickened by the news.
The NY Times continues to push their Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment story. Anyone worried that their blood pressure is dangerously low and their IQ dangerously high should read Lena Dunham's whinging about how Hollywood men need to take the lead on denouncing this because... well not Girl Power.