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Sen. Alex Padilla: Vance Knows I’m Not ‘José’

Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrat from California, spoke with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, the host of “The Interview” at The New York Times, about how his experience being pushed to the ground and handcuffed during a Homeland Security news conference in June is representative of the Trump administration’s attitude towards Latinos and dissent. Padilla also addressed Vice President JD Vance, who called him “José” shortly after the incident went viral.

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What ‘One Battle After Another’ Achieves

Paul Thomas Anderson uses Leonardo DiCaprio as a bait and switch that might add up to the director’s best movie yet. “Cannonball” is a new podcast from The New York Times, with the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris. Every week, Wesley talks to writers, artists and friends about the culture that moves us — the good, the bad and whatever’s in between. Surprisingly personal and never obvious, new episodes on Thursdays. Watch their full conversation on “Cannonball” on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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