This Sunday at 5:00 Pm, BBC One presents another captivating episode of “Countryfile.” In this week’s installment, the team heads to the blooming gardens of Rhs Wisley in Surrey for a celebration of one of nature’s most important creatures: the bee. Join hosts Hamza Yassin and Sammi Kinghorn as they explore the vital role that bees play in our ecosystem and discover the beauty of the gardens in full bloom.
Additionally, Joe Crowley delves into a pressing issue as he investigates the controversy surrounding a pesticide that poses a deadly threat to bees. With in-depth reporting and expert interviews, viewers will gain insight into the challenges facing these essential pollinators and the efforts being made to protect them.
Don’t miss out on this informative and thought-provoking episode of “Countryfile,” where nature takes center stage and important environmental issues are brought to light. Tune in to BBC One...
Additionally, Joe Crowley delves into a pressing issue as he investigates the controversy surrounding a pesticide that poses a deadly threat to bees. With in-depth reporting and expert interviews, viewers will gain insight into the challenges facing these essential pollinators and the efforts being made to protect them.
Don’t miss out on this informative and thought-provoking episode of “Countryfile,” where nature takes center stage and important environmental issues are brought to light. Tune in to BBC One...
- 4/15/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
TikTok might be hit with a ban in the United States, but the embattled app isn’t going down without a fight. The organization OpenSecrets, which is committed to “following the money in politics,” has revealed that TikTok and parent company ByteDance have spent $13.4 million on U.S. government lobbying since 2019.
OpenSecrets shared a chart that divulges ByteDance’s year-over-year lobbying expenses. In 2019, the Chinese corporation spent less on lobbying than comparable tech companies. But as U.S. politicians have threatened to ban TikTok, the app has ramped up its influence campaign. In 2022 alone, TikTok and ByteDance spent $5.4 billion on their attempts to lobby D.C. power players.
TikTok’s lobbying spend per year. Originally published by OpenSecrets.
ByteDance may not have spent much on its U.S.-based lobbying efforts in 2019, but even at that time, the corporation was still thinking about its reputation. Politico — which claims ByteDance has spent $16 million...
OpenSecrets shared a chart that divulges ByteDance’s year-over-year lobbying expenses. In 2019, the Chinese corporation spent less on lobbying than comparable tech companies. But as U.S. politicians have threatened to ban TikTok, the app has ramped up its influence campaign. In 2022 alone, TikTok and ByteDance spent $5.4 billion on their attempts to lobby D.C. power players.
TikTok’s lobbying spend per year. Originally published by OpenSecrets.
ByteDance may not have spent much on its U.S.-based lobbying efforts in 2019, but even at that time, the corporation was still thinking about its reputation. Politico — which claims ByteDance has spent $16 million...
- 3/31/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Kina Collins, a gun violence prevention activist and newly declared Democratic candidate for Congress, sat in the backyard of a craftsman house in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park last September and lamented the state of the Democratic party — specifically, how it approached the subject of her activism. Young people died constantly of gun violence in her neighborhood, she explained. “We have to console the parents when their sons get scraped off the ground from being shot,” she said. “We have to deal with the abandoned buildings and vacant lots in our neighborhoods.
- 6/29/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Four women channel personal hardships and national angst into progressive, grassroots Congressional campaigns in the upcoming documentary Knock Down the House, which premieres globally on Netflix and in select theaters on May 1st. The film’s new trailer previews the divergent yet harmonious paths of Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Amy Vilela (Nevada), Cori Bush (Missouri) and Paula Jean Swearengin (West Virginia), all of whom ran in the 2018 midterm elections.
The clip opens with Ocasio-Cortez, the only winning candidate, as she gears up to challenge — and ultimately upset — 10-term incumbent Congressman Joe Crowley.
The clip opens with Ocasio-Cortez, the only winning candidate, as she gears up to challenge — and ultimately upset — 10-term incumbent Congressman Joe Crowley.
- 4/22/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
‘Knock Down the House’: Review by Peter BelsitoAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes center stage in an emotional feature documentary that tracks the 2018 primary campaigns of four progressive female candidates.
I think this is a very important and inspiring documentary about newcomer insurgents taking on the system. Women rebelling.
There is something happening here. In the Us.
Since the election of the current and increasingly unpopular U.S. President, there has been a growing movement of dissatisfaction and anger with and towards the government.
Trump represents a minority and this film shows the growing majority frustrated and angry with the situation.
The film focuses on a divergent group of women candidates from various places and with varying backgrounds. They are all first time political candidates.
“This is not about electing me to Congress,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just before her debate versus longstanding New York Rep. Joe Crowley. “This is about electing us to Congress.
I think this is a very important and inspiring documentary about newcomer insurgents taking on the system. Women rebelling.
There is something happening here. In the Us.
Since the election of the current and increasingly unpopular U.S. President, there has been a growing movement of dissatisfaction and anger with and towards the government.
Trump represents a minority and this film shows the growing majority frustrated and angry with the situation.
The film focuses on a divergent group of women candidates from various places and with varying backgrounds. They are all first time political candidates.
“This is not about electing me to Congress,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just before her debate versus longstanding New York Rep. Joe Crowley. “This is about electing us to Congress.
- 4/15/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was actually made it to the Sundance Film Festival tonight, at least digitally.
Yesterday, Deadline revealed and the newly minted Congresswoman confirmed online that she wouldn’t be showing up in Park City in person as previously planned for the premiere of a documentary about her remarkable winning campaign due to “complications from the gov shutdown.”However, the conclusion of the first of five Sff screenings for Knock Down the House gave attendees a shock on Sunday when Aoc herself actually did showed up live on the big screen via Skype.
“This is my first time seeing it in its final form,” the tech friendly Representative for New York’s 14th district enthusiastically told the full Marc Theatre as she was connected from the nation’s capital – as you can see from this video below by Showtime’s communications chief:
She couldn’t be here in person, but...
Yesterday, Deadline revealed and the newly minted Congresswoman confirmed online that she wouldn’t be showing up in Park City in person as previously planned for the premiere of a documentary about her remarkable winning campaign due to “complications from the gov shutdown.”However, the conclusion of the first of five Sff screenings for Knock Down the House gave attendees a shock on Sunday when Aoc herself actually did showed up live on the big screen via Skype.
“This is my first time seeing it in its final form,” the tech friendly Representative for New York’s 14th district enthusiastically told the full Marc Theatre as she was connected from the nation’s capital – as you can see from this video below by Showtime’s communications chief:
She couldn’t be here in person, but...
- 1/28/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the Sundance Film Festival after all on Sunday, showing up via webcast to salute the premiere of “Knock Down the House,” a documentary about the women candidates driving a political revolution in 2018.
“We can do 2018 again better in 2020,” the newly-elected congresswoman from the Bronx told the cheering crowd, which gave the film and her a standing ovation. “So when someone tells you they’re gonna run for office, believe in them early, don’t dismiss them, and know that we all participate, and when we all know what we have to give and choose to give it, our nation will be better.”
The documentary by director Rachel Lears focuses on four first-time candidates, all of them running against the odds, all of them underdogs, all of them running out of rage and frustration at the lack of change for working class Americans.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far,...
“We can do 2018 again better in 2020,” the newly-elected congresswoman from the Bronx told the cheering crowd, which gave the film and her a standing ovation. “So when someone tells you they’re gonna run for office, believe in them early, don’t dismiss them, and know that we all participate, and when we all know what we have to give and choose to give it, our nation will be better.”
The documentary by director Rachel Lears focuses on four first-time candidates, all of them running against the odds, all of them underdogs, all of them running out of rage and frustration at the lack of change for working class Americans.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far,...
- 1/28/2019
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Sundance’s most anticipated attendees, has canceled her trip to Park City, Utah.
The freshman Congresswoman announced the decision in a tweet.
“For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them,” she wrote.
“Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House. This film was made, with love, for people.”
“Knock Down the House” is Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick’s kickstarter-funded documentary that followed four women who ran for Congress, including Ocasio-Cortez and Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin. It’s scheduled to premiere at Sundance Film Festival at the Marc Theater at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27.
As one of the hottest titles at Sundance, Variety wrote: “It’s all about these three letters: Aoc. They stand for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
The freshman Congresswoman announced the decision in a tweet.
“For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them,” she wrote.
“Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House. This film was made, with love, for people.”
“Knock Down the House” is Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick’s kickstarter-funded documentary that followed four women who ran for Congress, including Ocasio-Cortez and Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin. It’s scheduled to premiere at Sundance Film Festival at the Marc Theater at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27.
As one of the hottest titles at Sundance, Variety wrote: “It’s all about these three letters: Aoc. They stand for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
- 1/26/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Knock Down the House will still premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, but the timely documentary won’t have Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the house after all.
With the unprecedented 35-day government shutdown ending on Friday for at least three weeks, the Kdth star and one of the biggest stars in the political heavens has decided to cancel her planned trip this weekend to the Robert Redford-founded fest, I’ve learned. Ocasio-Cortez was expected to attend the January 27 debut of Knock Down The House at the spacious Marc Theatre, as Deadline revealed on January 17.
Update: The freshman congresswoman from New York later confirmed today’s news online:
For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them.
Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House.
With the unprecedented 35-day government shutdown ending on Friday for at least three weeks, the Kdth star and one of the biggest stars in the political heavens has decided to cancel her planned trip this weekend to the Robert Redford-founded fest, I’ve learned. Ocasio-Cortez was expected to attend the January 27 debut of Knock Down The House at the spacious Marc Theatre, as Deadline revealed on January 17.
Update: The freshman congresswoman from New York later confirmed today’s news online:
For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them.
Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House.
- 1/26/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a good reason that much of Hollywood braves the thin mountain air each year to make the trek to the Sundance Film Festival, and it’s not to check out the nearby ski slopes. The annual launch of the indie film gathering brings with it the possibility of discovering the next big thing in moviemaking. Sundance has played a critical role in the careers of such A-list talent as Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, David O. Russell, and Quentin Tarantino, and has hosted the premieres of such classics as “Reservoir Dogs,” “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” and “Manchester by the Sea.”
The prospect of finding the rare indie movie that can break out of the arthouse has inspired a lot of all-night bidding wars over the years. Sometimes those frenzied negotiations and massive deals pay off, as was the case with “Brooklyn” or “Fruitvale Station.” In other instances, studios end...
The prospect of finding the rare indie movie that can break out of the arthouse has inspired a lot of all-night bidding wars over the years. Sometimes those frenzied negotiations and massive deals pay off, as was the case with “Brooklyn” or “Fruitvale Station.” In other instances, studios end...
- 1/24/2019
- by Brent Lang and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
It might have been one of the bumpiest primary-campaign finishes in New York state history, but 27-year-old Julia Salazar pulled it off, upsetting 16-year incumbent Martin Dilan to clinch the nomination for the state senate’s 18th District, representing a large swath of northern Brooklyn.
Salazar, a community organizer and Democratic Socialists of America (Dsa) candidate, beat Dilan with roughly 57 percent of the vote as of this writing.
The homestretch of Salazar’s campaign was marred by a series of scandals, heaping more national attention on a state-level primary already...
Salazar, a community organizer and Democratic Socialists of America (Dsa) candidate, beat Dilan with roughly 57 percent of the vote as of this writing.
The homestretch of Salazar’s campaign was marred by a series of scandals, heaping more national attention on a state-level primary already...
- 9/14/2018
- by Phoebe Neidl
- Rollingstone.com
If the Trump presidency’s festering pile of scandals, corruption and human rights abuses has even a glimmer of a silver lining, it’s that his surprise victory has inspired a wealth of people outside of the political mainstream to run for office. Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof and Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE star Kane, both told Rolling Stone after their respective wins that Trump’s political success gave them the confidence to run for office themselves. The phenomenon may be even more prevalent on the left, most...
- 8/14/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the Democratic establishment in June when she defeated 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in the party’s primary for New York’s 14th district. The 28-year-old newcomer ran a grassroots campaign on a relatively simple platform. She called for universal healthcare. She called for fully funded public universities. She called for a federal jobs guarantee. Taken at face value, these are practical, common-sense measures. They also happen to be among the core tenets of Democratic Socialism, a perceived dirty phrase that Republicans and establishment Democrats have weaponized to...
- 7/24/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Frank Bruni of the New York Times, in scalding-hot-take mode while filling in for Tom Friedman, wrote a piece this week called “The Center Is Sexier Than You Think.”
Bruni’s screed is the latest in an increasingly comic (and panicked, and over-blown) series of media reactions to the surprise primary win of young Bronx Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez is a Democratic Socialist who worked on the 2016 campaign of Bernie Sanders. She espouses several political views – like abolishing Ice, favoring a government jobs program and free college education – that make D.C. thinkfluencers nervous.
Bruni’s screed is the latest in an increasingly comic (and panicked, and over-blown) series of media reactions to the surprise primary win of young Bronx Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez is a Democratic Socialist who worked on the 2016 campaign of Bernie Sanders. She espouses several political views – like abolishing Ice, favoring a government jobs program and free college education – that make D.C. thinkfluencers nervous.
- 7/12/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
The day after Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Rachel Lears set out to make her next film, “Knock Down The House.” Linking forces with Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, two organizations that recruit ordinary working Americans to run for office, Lears found four female candidates with personal narratives of battling injustice who could represent a movement of women finding their political voices to fight Trump.
One of Lears’ subjects was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose primary upset of Representative Joe Crowley sent shockwaves through the political establishment and skyrocketed the 28-year old Bronx native to the national stage.
“People are connecting Alexandria’s personal story and saw the person I did when I was first filming her a year ago working in a bar,” said Lears, who started filming Ocasio-Cortez in March 2017 when she was still working double shifts to stave off foreclosure on her family’s home.
One of Lears’ subjects was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose primary upset of Representative Joe Crowley sent shockwaves through the political establishment and skyrocketed the 28-year old Bronx native to the national stage.
“People are connecting Alexandria’s personal story and saw the person I did when I was first filming her a year ago working in a bar,” said Lears, who started filming Ocasio-Cortez in March 2017 when she was still working double shifts to stave off foreclosure on her family’s home.
- 7/3/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stopped by The Late Show on Thursday (June 29) following her headline-making victory over longtime incumbent Joe Crowley in New York's Democratic congressional primary on Tuesday.
Host Stephen Colbert aired the clip that's since gone viral of a visibly shocked Ocasio-Cortez learning of her win live on TV, and Ocasio-Cortez explained how her memorable reaction came about. "It was so crazy because I had not checked any of the polls in the car on the way to this party, to the watch party," she said. "I hadn't checked any of the polls on my ...
Host Stephen Colbert aired the clip that's since gone viral of a visibly shocked Ocasio-Cortez learning of her win live on TV, and Ocasio-Cortez explained how her memorable reaction came about. "It was so crazy because I had not checked any of the polls in the car on the way to this party, to the watch party," she said. "I hadn't checked any of the polls on my ...
- 6/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Joe Scarborough said there was a lot of blame to go around as President Donald Trump became poised yesterday to permanently alter the ideological balance of the Supreme Court, but he also had a moment of anger on Thursday’s “Morning Joe” saved for Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton didn’t visit Wisconsin and didn’t visit Michigan enough,” said Scarborough. “Hillary never had a message. She ran a horrible campaign, and this is just, this is a consequence of it.”
Scarborough compared Clinton unfavorably to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old woman who unseated 10-team Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York primary earlier this week, saying that Ocasio-Cortez’s message was “more inspiring in three minutes than what Hillary Clinton gave us in two years.”
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On Thursday, the MSNBC host and former Gop congressman said that while...
“Hillary Clinton didn’t visit Wisconsin and didn’t visit Michigan enough,” said Scarborough. “Hillary never had a message. She ran a horrible campaign, and this is just, this is a consequence of it.”
Scarborough compared Clinton unfavorably to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old woman who unseated 10-team Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York primary earlier this week, saying that Ocasio-Cortez’s message was “more inspiring in three minutes than what Hillary Clinton gave us in two years.”
Also Read: 'Morning Joe': Donny Deutsch Compares Trump Voters to Nazis
On Thursday, the MSNBC host and former Gop congressman said that while...
- 6/28/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
The future is bleak according to late-night hosts Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, all of whom reacted to the potential impact of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement.
“In some ways, it feels like all hope is lost,” Noah said during Wednesday’s Daily Show. What began as an uplifting segment about rookie politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beating out 10-term Democratic congressman Joe Crowley transitioned into a discussion that marveled at the fact that President Donald Trump is getting a second Supreme Court pick.
“Kennedy was, without question, the most powerful justice on the court,” Noah continued. “He...
“In some ways, it feels like all hope is lost,” Noah said during Wednesday’s Daily Show. What began as an uplifting segment about rookie politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beating out 10-term Democratic congressman Joe Crowley transitioned into a discussion that marveled at the fact that President Donald Trump is getting a second Supreme Court pick.
“Kennedy was, without question, the most powerful justice on the court,” Noah continued. “He...
- 6/28/2018
- TVLine.com
On Wednesday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah addressed about the news that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring and the fact that progressives are probably as screwed as they think they are.
“Progressives were like, ‘Hey, maybe the future isn’t so bad after all,'” Noah said after a segment about how progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a Democratic primary on Tuesday night. “And the future was like ‘Oh, you don’t know me.'”
After noting that Kennedy handed Donald Trump the chance to appoint “a justice who would discriminate, and dismantle abortion rights, and Lgbtq rights,” Noah joked, “that sound you’re hearing right now? That’s Mike Pence having his first orgasm.”
Also Read: CNN Legal Analyst Predicts 'Abortion Will Be Illegal in 20 States in 18 Months' With Kennedy's Retirement
“I know this news is very painful for a lot of people. Feels like for the next 30 years,...
“Progressives were like, ‘Hey, maybe the future isn’t so bad after all,'” Noah said after a segment about how progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a Democratic primary on Tuesday night. “And the future was like ‘Oh, you don’t know me.'”
After noting that Kennedy handed Donald Trump the chance to appoint “a justice who would discriminate, and dismantle abortion rights, and Lgbtq rights,” Noah joked, “that sound you’re hearing right now? That’s Mike Pence having his first orgasm.”
Also Read: CNN Legal Analyst Predicts 'Abortion Will Be Illegal in 20 States in 18 Months' With Kennedy's Retirement
“I know this news is very painful for a lot of people. Feels like for the next 30 years,...
- 6/28/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not come out of nowhere. The 28-year-old Democratic primary winner may have stunned the country last night when she unseated long-time Congressman Joe Crowley, but the Bronx-born daughter of a Puerto Rican immigrant, community organizer, and former Bernie Sanders campaigner did not just emerge from nothing to snap up the nomination and set alight the November race. It’s just that most people ignored her.
Even the New York Times looked past her, forcing the outlet to pen an explainer about Ocasio-Cortez in the early hours of the morning, long after her big win. “Before Tuesday’s victory catapulted her to the front of the political conversation, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez seemed to find readier audiences with outlets such as Elite Daily, Mic or Refinery29 — websites most often associated with millennial and female audiences — than with traditional publications,” the Times noted, pointing directly at other outlets that did not discount her campaign.
Even the New York Times looked past her, forcing the outlet to pen an explainer about Ocasio-Cortez in the early hours of the morning, long after her big win. “Before Tuesday’s victory catapulted her to the front of the political conversation, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez seemed to find readier audiences with outlets such as Elite Daily, Mic or Refinery29 — websites most often associated with millennial and female audiences — than with traditional publications,” the Times noted, pointing directly at other outlets that did not discount her campaign.
- 6/27/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On Mubi Off is a column exploring two films: one currently available on Mubi in the United States, and the other screening offsite (in theaters, on VOD, Blu-ray/DVD, etc).On MUBIThe Official Story (Luis Puenzo, 1985)My instinct to stand, whenever possible, slightly outside the zeitgeist leads me to look askew at things like the Academy Awards. To my mind, they're a good excuse to have a party (heavily attended, so I can pay that much less attention to the ceremony itself), though I realize they have a certain fleeting cachet that can boost the prospects of a film or a career. As a metric of quality, however, they're about as worthless as any mass-consensus accolade. I love Oscar-feted films like The Silence of the Lambs and Schindler's List—to name two stopped-clock cases where AMPAS's tastes corresponded to my own—despite and not because of the number of nude...
- 3/7/2016
- by Keith Uhlich
- MUBI
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