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Luke Johnson, The Washington Post Published 11:33 am PST, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 January 1937: Leon Trotsky arrives in Tampico, Mexico, surrounded by plainclothes policemen, with his wife (behind left), and Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, left. January 1937: Leon Trotsky arrives in Tampico, Mexico, surrounded by plainclothes policemen, with his wife (behind left), and Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, left. Photo: Keystone, Getty Images Photo: Keystone, Getty Images Image 1 of / 63 Caption Close Image 1 of 63 January 1937: Leon Trotsky arrives in Tampico, Mexico, surrounded by plainclothes policemen, with his wife (behind left), and Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, left. January 1937: Leon Trotsky arrives in Tampico, Mexico, … [Read more...] about You might be unknowingly binge-watching Russian propaganda on Netflix

Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post Published 9:12 am PST, Monday, February 18, 2019 Senator Kamala Harris speaks on stage during a campaign event for Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom at The Chapel the night before the midterm elections in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, November 5, 2018. Newsroom was joined by his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Senator Kamala Harris, and out-going California Governor Jerry Brown, with a quick appearance by San Francisco Mayor London Breed. less Senator Kamala Harris speaks on stage during a campaign event for Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom at The Chapel the night before the midterm elections in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, November 5, 2018. Newsroom ... more Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Buy photo Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Image … [Read more...] about Branding 2020 Democrats as ‘socialist’ could be harder than Republicans think

By Joel Rubinoff Torstar News Service Mon., Feb. 18, 2019 When I first met David Fine in the summer of ’72 there was nothing about him that screamed “FUTURE OSCAR WINNER AND FOUR-TIME NOMINEE!” He was 11, for god’s sake, one of five long-haired preteens in Camp Tamarack’s Cabin 5 in bucolic Bracebridge, Ont., a likable, slightly shambolic character who reminded me of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, but feistier. Who would have guessed he and his artistic partner and spouse, Alison Snowden, would become category killers in Oscar’s Best Animated Short division: Nominated in 1985 for Snowden’s student film Second Class Mail, on which Fine collaborated. Nominated in ’87 for George and Rosemary, about two “golden agers” in love. Article Continued Below Won in ’94 for the squeamishly entertaining Bob’s Birthday, about a dentist in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Nominated this year for the … [Read more...] about Creator of Oscar-nominated animation short born and bred in Ontario

Nana Efua Mumford, The Washington Post Published 10:51 am PST, Sunday, February 17, 2019 FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017 file photo, Jussie Smollett participates in the "Empire" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Smollett, an actor on the TV series "Empire," is also an R&B musician who performed Saturday night, Feb. 2, 2019, at a concert in Los Angeles. Smollett, who is openly gay, says two masked men attacked him early Tuesday in Chicago in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) less FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017 file photo, Jussie Smollett participates in the "Empire" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. ... more Photo: Willy Sanjuan, Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP … [Read more...] about Opinion: I doubted Jussie Smollett, and it breaks my heart that I might be right

Josh Rogin, The Washington Post Published 7:27 pm PST, Saturday, February 16, 2019 NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: Michelle Wie (2nd R), 2014 U.S. Women's Open Golf Champion, with hosts Heather Nauert, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Maria Molina, play golf at "FOX And Friends" at FOX Studios on June 24, 2014 in New York City. less NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: Michelle Wie (2nd R), 2014 U.S. Women's Open Golf Champion, with hosts Heather Nauert, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Maria Molina, play golf at "FOX And Friends" at FOX Studios on June 24, ... more Photo: Rob Kim, Getty Images Photo: Rob Kim, Getty Images Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Image 1 of 8 NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: Michelle Wie (2nd R), 2014 U.S. Women's Open Golf Champion, with hosts Heather Nauert, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Maria Molina, … [Read more...] about Heather Nauert nomination sunk by nanny issues