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British Prime Minister Theresa May says she has “compromised” ahead of a last-ditch effort to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament.
On Tuesday, May attempted to win over opposition by offering the House of Commons a vote on whether to hold a confirmatory referendum on her Withdrawal Agreement – if it is pushed through parliament.
“I say with conviction to every MP of every party: I have compromised, now I ask you to compromise,” she said.
The holding of any fresh referendum for the British public would take a good deal of parliamentary wrangling to establish exactly what question should be asked, but a confirmatory vote would essentially be a choice between May’s deal and the cancellation of Brexit altogether.
“It’s her absolutely last throw of the dice to get her deal through and secure her legacy before she steps down,” said Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee, reporting from London.
May’s deal has faced opposition on several fronts. Hardliners in her own Conservative party believe it doesn’t go far enough, leaving Britain part of several European institutions and structures such as the Customs Union.
The DUP, on whose support May depends to command a majority in parliament, says efforts to avoid a “hard border” between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland – keeping Northern Ireland largely aligned with the EU until a new trade deal can be agreed, also known as the “backstop” position – undermines the integrity of the UK, creating a trade border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
And Labour, the principal opposition party, while politically committed to leaving the EU, also opposes the deal over issues of workers’ rights and those of EU nationals living in Britain and British nationals living within the EU.
Following May’s announcement on Tuesday afternoon, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party could not support the new Brexit Bill, saying it did not offer any significant change and was only offering a temporary customs union, not a permanent customs union, “which is what we want”.
May has said she has compromised on ten key points, but Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee says most of the “concessions” were already known, and the only new offer was that of the confirmatory referendum.
“Will it work? Probably not,” he said. “Her half-in, half-out approach has appeased no-one at all. Her final throw of the dice will more likely be a one than a six.”
Opposition to May’s proposed referendum has been swift.
On the right, David Davis, a former Brexit minister, said he would not vote to approve the Withdrawal Agreement, because it risked a second referendum. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the ringleader of the most ardent Conservative Brexiteers, told The Daily Telegraph he “wouldn’t put money on my backing the deal”.
On the left, Labour’s Wes Streeting tweeted: “Lots of us have been very clear that the PM’s deal can pass on the condition that the people get to decide through a referendum. That’s not what the PM is promising I’m afraid.”
Reuters reported a DUP spokesperson saying: “We will have to await the publication of the text of the Brexit Bill to see what the proposals actually mean, but the fact is that the fatal flaws of the draft treaty remain.”
The prime minister’s spokesman told reporters that “dialogue continues” with the DUP and other groups in parliament. Six weeks of negotiations between May’s administration and Labour proved largely fruitless and collapsed last week, with the opposition stating that, with May having agreed to set out her departure timetable and Cabinet ministers already jockeying for position to replace her, there was no guarantee that the next administration would uphold any agreement made now.
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If you ever find yourself in need of something to say in the mortifying seconds after you realize you’ve make a mistake, consider this timeless, charming phrase: “And I oop.”
If those three short words sound familiar, it may be because they’ve been floating around the internet since October 2015, when Jasmine Masters — a drag queen best known for competing on Season 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race — iconically uttered them in a video titled “Jasmine Masters handle your liquor.”
Around the 4:30 mark, the discussion about people needing to know their drinking limits came to an abrupt end when Masters exclaimed, “and I oop!” After taking a few minutes to recover, Masters went on to explain, “I just hit my balls.”
Since the video was uploaded to YouTube, the good people of the internet have given “and I oop” the meme treatment, imagining alternate scenarios for the phrase and dubbing the audio over other hilarious clips. After @eazy_a_714 shared the Masters clip on Twitter in March, the love for “and I oop” returned in full force.
As “and I oop” memes make the rounds online yet again, let us take time to marvel over some of the best jokes based off of the mood-changing three words. (The pig video deserves some sort of award.)
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this has and I oop energy
— Jenn McAllister (@jennmcallister) May 20, 2019
“And I oop-” has been a big fat mood all 2019
— 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥 (@yourlocalgaymom) May 19, 2019
Masters has addressed the love for “and I oop” several times on social media, posting video compilations of fans saying the phrase along with “and I oop” songs.
There’s even been some “and I oop” merch made.
Be warned, once you “oop” there’s really no going back. I know because I’ve said the phrase out loud at my desk at least 10 times while writing this article.
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Ahead of its Cannes Film Festival premiere, we have our first full-length trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays unhinged TV star Rick Dalton who is trying to make it big in the movies with his sidekick-slash-stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). No big deal but they also encounter his neighbor Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and cult leader Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) along the way.
The star-studded ensemble includes Timothy Olyphant, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning, Damian Lewis, Scott McNairy, Emile Hirsch, Lena Dunham, and Bruce Dern among others. The film also marks Luke Perry’s final big screen appearance.
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood hits theaters on July 26.
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Presidential candidate and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants you to know that he’s a very cool dude.
In an interview on CNN’s New Day on Tuesday, in a segment called “Candidate Mixtape,” the mayor discussed his musical taste. While de Blasio admitted that The Clash was his favorite band (fine choice, frankly), he also confessed his love for ska, the much derided music genre that fused with punk in the ’90s.
“I love ska,” the mayor said, in a moment likely to haunt his candidacy, or at least my life, forever.
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Someone please make this a meme.
In the mayor’s defense, he does seem to have genuine respect for the genre. Later in the program, de Blasio mentions the Skatalites, an original and well-regarded ska band that formed in Jamaica in 1964.
The candidate also appears to have struck a real chord with host Alisyn Camerota, who proceeded to admit her own love of ska.
“There’s a whole hidden ska happening inside me,” Camerota admitted.
I’m not sure that I want to see what hidden, internal ska looks like, nor do I want to dig much deeper into de Blasio’s passion for ska.
Twitter wasn’t particularly impressed either.
Alisyn Camerota and Bill DeBlasio talking about punk and ska is the most boring conversation about punk and ska ever
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) May 21, 2019
Me, an idiot: “Bill de Blasio could not be more of a risible oaf.”
Bill, an intellectual: “I love ska.”
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) May 21, 2019
I too have a checkered past bill
— Smo (@Smomotion) May 21, 2019
please don’t start to associate ska with bill deblasio. ska is way cooler than that.
— ＧＥＲＧ (@sgoast) May 21, 2019
Next thing you know Bill de Blasio is going to try infiltrating the New Jersey ska scene and we can’t have that https://t.co/NLQ4yfTklk
— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) May 21, 2019
“Have you ever been close to tragedy, or been close to folks who have?”
Ska lyrics that double as descriptors of his pointless campaign.
https://t.co/R6nPa4jFDQ
— Pierce (@PierceAH66) May 21, 2019
de Blasio’s number one campaign promise: fourth wave of ska
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) May 21, 2019
Robert Caro’s 917-page opus on Bill de Blasio’s reshaping of the very essence of metropolitan power will just be “I love ska” written over and over and over
The acknowledgement page about Ina will still be heartfelt and moving
— Max Abelson (@maxabelson) May 21, 2019
It’s unclear whether de Blasio’s confession will help or hurt him in the polls, but his polling numbers are already poor. Just 21 percent of New York City Democrats want him to run for president.
Mighty Mighty Bill has a long way to go.
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Presidential candidate and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants you to know that he’s a very cool dude.
In an interview on CNN’s New Day on Tuesday, in a segment called “Candidate Mixtape,” the mayor discussed his musical taste. While de Blasio admitted that The Clash was his favorite band (fine choice, frankly), he also confessed his love for ska, the much derided music genre that fused with punk in the ’90s.
“I love ska,” the mayor said, in a moment likely to haunt his candidacy, or at least my life, forever.
SEE ALSO: The best and worst merch from the 2020 presidential candidates
Someone please make this a meme.
In the mayor’s defense, he does seem to have genuine respect for the genre. Later in the program, de Blasio mentions the Skatalites, an original and well-regarded ska band that formed in Jamaica in 1964.
The candidate also appears to have struck a real chord with host Alisyn Camerota, who proceeded to admit her own love of ska.
“There’s a whole hidden ska happening inside me,” Camerota admitted.
I’m not sure that I want to see what hidden, internal ska looks like, nor do I want to dig much deeper into de Blasio’s passion for ska.
Twitter wasn’t particularly impressed either.
Alisyn Camerota and Bill DeBlasio talking about punk and ska is the most boring conversation about punk and ska ever
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) May 21, 2019
Me, an idiot: “Bill de Blasio could not be more of a risible oaf.”
Bill, an intellectual: “I love ska.”
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) May 21, 2019
I too have a checkered past bill
— Smo (@Smomotion) May 21, 2019
please don’t start to associate ska with bill deblasio. ska is way cooler than that.
— ＧＥＲＧ (@sgoast) May 21, 2019
Next thing you know Bill de Blasio is going to try infiltrating the New Jersey ska scene and we can’t have that https://t.co/NLQ4yfTklk
— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) May 21, 2019
“Have you ever been close to tragedy, or been close to folks who have?”
Ska lyrics that double as descriptors of his pointless campaign.
— Pierce (@PierceAH66) May 21, 2019
de Blasio’s number one campaign promise: fourth wave of ska
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) May 21, 2019
Robert Caro’s 917-page opus on Bill de Blasio’s reshaping of the very essence of metropolitan power will just be “I love ska” written over and over and over
The acknowledgement page about Ina will still be heartfelt and moving
— Max Abelson (@maxabelson) May 21, 2019
It’s unclear whether de Blasio’s confession will help or hurt him in the polls, but his polling numbers are already poor. Just 21 percent of New York City Democrats want him to run for president.
Mighty Mighty Bill has a long way to go.
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Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith, this year’s commencement speaker at Morehouse College, revealed Sunday that he would pay student loan debt in full for the school’s entire graduating class.
This was huge news for grads, many of whom were leaving school with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt. It was also an enormous surprise for everyone, including one attendee whose shocked reaction is the best part of this video.
Check out the guy on the bottom left
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The New England Patriots and wide receiver Julian Edelman are reportedly finalizing a multiyear contract extension.
NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Tuesday that the extension will likely keep Edelman in New England for the remainder of his career, and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport added that the wideout is receiving a two-year extension that will also provide him with a raise.
Per ESPN’s Mike Reiss, the extension includes an $8 million signing bonus and $12 million in guaranteed money.
Edelman, who will turn 33 on Wednesday, has spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Pats.
After missing all of 2017 with a torn ACL and the first four games of 2018 due to a performance-enhancing drug suspension, Edelman bounced back in a big way.
He finished with 74 receptions for 850 yards and six touchdowns in 12 regular-season games. After registering 10 catches for 141 yards in New England’s 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII, Edelman was named Super Bowl MVP.
Although his career numbers are somewhat modest with 499 receptions for 5,390 yards and 30 touchdowns, he is among the greatest postseason wideouts of all time.
His 115 receptions and 1,412 career receiving yards in the playoffs rank second behind only the legendary Jerry Rice, who is widely considered the greatest receiver ever.
From a regular-season perspective, Edelman has done most of his damage over the past five seasons in which he has been healthy:
James Palmer @JamesPalmerTV
Edelman has 430 receptions and 4,676 receiving yards in his last 5 seasons
had 69 total receptions in his first 4 seasons
Despite his age, Edelman is expected to be a huge part of New England’s receiving corps in 2019 and beyond.
On the heels of tight end Rob Gronkowski‘s retirement, the Pats have major question marks with regard to their pass-catchers. Outside Edelman, N’Keal Harry is a rookie, Demaryius Thomas is coming off an Achilles injury and Josh Gordon is still suspended.
Also, 38-year-old tight end Benjamin Watson had briefly retired until he recently signed with New England.
Edelman had been set to become a free agent after 2019, but he is now locked in through at least 2021, which will be his age-35 season.
Quarterback Tom Brady continues to play at an MVP level despite having some suspect weapons around him, but with Edelman’s retention, Brady can continue to rely on one of the best slot receivers of his era.
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Sudan‘s main protest group called on Tuesday for a general strike after talks with the country’s military rulers stalled on who will lead an agreed three-year transition.
Protesters are demanding civilians head a new sovereign council which is meant to oversee a transition towards democracy. The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) said the army was still insisting on directing the transition and keeping a military majority on the council.
“Civilian power means that the structure is fully civilian with a civilian majority in all its parts,” the SPA said in a statement.
“In order to achieve a full victory, we are calling for a huge participation in a general political strike,” it said, without giving a date.
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Sudan protests – Learning during the overnight sit-in (2:22) |
The impasse has hit hopes of a quick recovery from the political turmoil that climaxed in the end of former President Omar al-Bashir’s nearly three-decade rule on April 11.
The military removed the former general after months of anti-al-Bashir protests, which first erupted in December over soaring prices, cash shortages and other economic hardships.
It set up a Transitional Military Council (TMC) to rule the country and promised to hand over power after elections.
The TMC has faced pressure from Western governments and the African Union to agree to a civilian-led transition – a key demand of the thousands of demonstrators who have spent weeks camped outside the Defence Ministry compound in Khartoum.
The council and protest leaders had reached an agreement on the other main aspects of the transition, including a three-year transition period and the creation of a 300-member parliament, with two-thirds of legislators to come from the protesters’ umbrella group.
The two sides launched what had been billed as a final round of talks on the transition late on Sunday.
The TMC acknowledged early on Tuesday that the make-up of the sovereign council remained the main point of contention, but did not go into details on its position.
“Aware of our historical responsibility, we will work toward reaching an urgent agreement … that meets the aspirations of the Sudanese people and the goals of the glorious December revolution,” said a statement signed by the TMC.
It gave no date for when talks would resume.
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But the speaker is resisting the push, fearful that it would hurt Democrats at the polls.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want to impeach President Donald Trump, but a growing number of her members are trying to drag her there.
Despite repeated pronouncements from the California Democrat that she doesn’t want to try to remove Trump from office — including taking a hard line in a tense leadership meeting Monday night — Pelosi faces increasing calls from her rank and file to trigger an impeachment inquiry.
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Pelosi is now attempting to keep her caucus in line as the White House continues to fuel the conflict with the new House majority over its investigations. Trump on Tuesday blocked his former White House counsel from testifying in a highly-anticipated hearing with the House Judiciary Committee.
Pelosi and her top deputies announced they will hold a closed-door meeting Wednesday to fully brief members on the House Democrats’ sprawling oversight efforts and investigations — an attempt to mollify the faction of Democrats who have begun to demand more drastic measures against Trump.
But at a closed-door meeting late Monday, Pelosi rejected calls from House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler to move ahead with an impeachment inquiry, according to multiple sources. Nadler was also instructed to tell members of the panel not to bring up the notion of an impeachment inquiry at the panel’s high-profile hearing Tuesday, where former White House counsel Don McGahn was expected to defy a Democratic subpoena.
Calls for that impeachment inquiry surfaced in multiple closed-door meetings Monday, as frustrated members of the House Judiciary Committee vented about the White House’s repeated stonewalling of their investigation and bluntly urged Pelosi to begin the impeachment process.
“Yes, we do need to start an inquiry,” said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), one of several members of Judiciary who sharpened her stance his week.
“I think we’re at an inflection point. We’re no longer dealing with a president who obstructed the Mueller inquiry. He’s now obstructing Congress at every turn including telling witnesses who no longer work for the government that they cannot speak about public documents,” Scanlon said.
Several other key Judiciary members, including Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Pramila Jayapal, also said for the first time this week that they backed an impeachment inquiry.
The issue did not come up at the caucus’ hour-long meeting Tuesday morning, which focused on the Trump administration’s heightened tensions with Iran.
But with McGahn defying Democrats, impeachment was on the minds of many rank-and-file members — several of whom say they were warming to the idea of moving toward impeachment.
“A couple of more moves like that latest is probably going to push me over. And I don’t celebrate it, it’s not something that makes me happy,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said.
Key members of leadership are also backing up the speaker, who worries any impeachment push would distract from the party’s agenda and could backfire politically.
“It’s clear to anybody who’s paying attention. We’re in the majority because of… [members] who did not run on impeachment, did not run on collusion, did not run on obstruction of justice,” said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
“That remains the North Star for the overwhelming majority of the House Democratic Caucus,” he said.
Other Pelosi allies insisted any movement toward impeachment was mostly contained to the Judiciary Committee.
“Judiciary members may be intense. But I fully support Nancy Pelosi where she is right now,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said. “We also have to deliver on prescription drugs and infrastructure, and a partisan impeachment would tear this country apart.”
Kyle Cheney contributed to this report.
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