#‘Farha’ Filmmakers on Social Media Backlash to Jordan’s Oscar Contender: “It Felt Very Much Like an Organized Thing”

#‘Farha’ Filmmakers on Social Media Backlash to Jordan’s Oscar Contender: “It Felt Very Much Like an Organized Thing”

‘Farha’ Filmmakers on Social Media Backlash to Jordan’s Oscar Contender: “It Felt Very Much Like an Organized Thing” Farha was a classic indie film success story.  Darin J. Sallam’s low-budget drama, set in 1948, in the early days of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, premiered in Toronto last year before touring an A-list of international festivals with…

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#Ocasio-Cortez under investigation by House Ethics Committee

#Ocasio-Cortez under investigation by House Ethics Committee

Ocasio-Cortez under investigation by House Ethics Committee Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, the panel’s acting chair and ranking member said in a statement on Wednesday. The committee did not specify what exactly it was probing regarding the congresswoman and noted that its statement “does not itself indicate that any violation…

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#The Hill’s Top Lobbyists 2022

#The Hill’s Top Lobbyists 2022

The Hill’s Top Lobbyists 2022 Welcome to The Hill’s annual list of top lobbyists Lobbyists played a key role in shaping an avalanche of legislation in 2022, including Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act and several bipartisan bills — ranging from the CHIPS and Science Act to the Respect for Marriage Act — that brought sharply divided…

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#Economists: A US housing recession has already arrived

#Economists: A US housing recession has already arrived

Economists: A US housing recession has already arrived This has been a year of watershed moments in real estate, and not the good kind.  The Housing Market Index, a closely watched industry metric that gauges the outlook for home sales, declined to 33 in November on a hundred-point scale, its lowest level in a decade, save for…

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#CBC Execs Talk Inclusive Storytelling to Reflect Changing Canada: “We Have to Double Down”

#CBC Execs Talk Inclusive Storytelling to Reflect Changing Canada: “We Have to Double Down”

CBC Execs Talk Inclusive Storytelling to Reflect Changing Canada: “We Have to Double Down” Top Canadian Broadcasting Corp. programmer Barbara Williams didn’t flinch from touching Canada’s third rail — acceptance of the country’s increasing cultural diversity and inclusivity — when she pitched local advertisers at her Winter Upfront presentation on a “reset” so the public broadcaster can remain…

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