JTFMax Satire: When Hollywood Buys the Newsroom Let’s begin with the money, because nothing in media moves without dollar signs doing the tango. Netflix has a signed deal to scoop up most of Warner Bros. — the studios, HBO, the streaming platforms, all the scripted glam — for about $82.7 billion. Th...
JTFMax Biz: Paramount Escalates Hollywood War with Hostile Strike on Warner Bros. Discovery The battle for one of Hollywood’s most storied studios has officially exploded into a high-stakes corporate showdown. Paramount has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, bypassing the co...
JTFMax: “Powell Puts December Cut on the Back Burner Amid Rate-Cut Déjà Vu” In Washington this week, Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, delivered a not-so-sweet music note to borrowers and big-ticket spenders alike: yes, the Fed trimmed its benchmark rate for the second time this year, but...
Desert Hot Springs Kids Shine in S.T.A.R.S. Program—Building Strength, Confidence, and Joy DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. – In a city that celebrates heart, hope, and hometown pride, a remarkable youth program is giving local children a reason to leap even higher. The S.T.A.R.S. program—short for Specia...
JTFactsMax Who Turned Up the Volume in Our Desert Sky? Something’s different in the skies above Desert Hot Springs. You’ve probably heard it — quite literally. Our serene desert town, where the loudest sound used to be the wind sighing through palm fronds or the occasional pool filter grumbling at d...
DLNews Health: “Measles Resurgence: Worst U.S. Outbreak Since Elimination, Coachella Valley Confirms Case” In 2000, the United States proudly declared measles eliminated, a milestone many thought would hold for generations. Yet here we are in 2025, facing the most severe outbreak in a quarter centur...
DLNews Guest Columnist: The Vaccine Backslide That Could Shorten Our LifespansBy Leanne Clark-ShirleyThe federal government is on the brink of reversing a century of medical progress for older adults.As a social scientist, it's not often that I weigh in on medical policy. But as president of the Ame...
JTFMax: Free Speech “Don’t Mute America: Disney’s Free Speech Showdown” Free speech in America is supposed to be louder than a brass band at a Fourth of July parade. Yet lately, it feels like someone keeps reaching for the mute button. The latest flare-up? More than 100 former ABC News journalists ...
DLNews Local Theatre Entertainment: Golden Tickets Await at PCT’s Season Opener Palm Springs’ Palm Canyon Theatre is striking a sweet chord this fall as it opens its 29th season with Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, playing October 3–12, 2025. The beloved tale unfolds with a cast of 4...
JTFactsMax World at War: Forget peace efforts: Putin is leading us by the nose again. Three days ago, Washington played host to a mega-summit that briefly convinced optimists that peace in Ukraine might finally be more than a coffee-break fantasy. There was chatter of a direct Zelensky–Putin meeting...
Turning a Curiosity-Driven Discovery into Lifesaving Tests with the Aid of Patent Rights By James E. Dahlberg At the University of Wisconsin–Madison and research institutions across the nation, researchers are working every day to unlock breakthroughs in medicine, robotics, artificial intelligence, ...
JTFMax "We Have Evidence": German Spy Chief Warns Russia Poised to Test NATO’s ResolveBND Intelligence Signals Chilling New Phase in Putin’s Westward Ambitions BERLIN — In an extraordinary warning from the heart of Europe’s intelligence community, Germany’s outgoing Federal Intelligence Service (BND...
