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View More NewsThe union for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees is worried about the agency’s turn toward privatization. Earlier this week, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)—which represents 47,000 Transportation Security Officers at 400 airports across the country—issued a press release calling the Trump administration’s “push” to put airport security screening in the hands of private contractors a threat to its members’ jobs and public safety. The statement came after three airports—Tampa International Airport, Des Moines International Airport, and Charleston International Airport—announced that they would join the TSA’s Gold+ program, a “public-private partnership” initiative by the Trump administration soft-launched in May.…
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Three thousand years ago, Homer gave us the face that launched a thousand ships. This weekend, Christopher Nolan gave us the film that launched a million grifts, and he buried them.His Odyssey opened to $124 million domestically and a whopping $264 million worldwide. The haul does not prove the film is good. It does prove that the seven-month social-media campaign against it face-planted the moment real people bought tickets.Their indictment ran on three charges. Nolan cast Lupita Nyong’o, a black actress, as Helen of Troy, the legendary beauty of the ancient world. Elliot Page, the transgender star, was said to…
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