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Elizabeth Banks Criticizes “White Ladies” Who Voted for Trump, Says “More of Us” Should Be Like ‘Hunger Games’ Character

15 April 2026 at 20:29
'The Miniature Wife' star said she "wish[es] more of us were becoming revolutionaries" like her Effie, who initially "props up this fascist regime" but "gets turned by the events."

Elizabeth Banks Says ‘I Don’t Understand the 53% of White Ladies Who Voted’ for Trump and ‘More of Us’ Should Be Like Effie From ‘Hunger Games’: ‘Become Revolutionaries’ and Oppose Fascism

15 April 2026 at 16:20
Elizabeth Banks appeared on Bustle’s “One Nightstand” podcast to promote her new Peacock series “The Miniature Wife” and called out the white women who voted for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. While the actor can’t understand how one could make that decision, she did evoke her “Hunger Games” character Effie […]

Juan Verde: ‘The next president of the United States will be a Democrat and an unknown’

5 April 2026 at 03:30
Juan Verde on March 23 in Madrid.

Born in Telde (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) in 1971, Juan Verde arrived in the U.S. at the age of 15. There he was taken in by the Seoanes, a Cuban family whom his own family had helped when they emigrated to Spain before moving to Boston. He set foot on American soil without speaking a word of English; he graduated cum laude in political science and international relations; he earned a master of public administration from Harvard and ended up working for three U.S. presidents: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. Today he is a consultant in both the private and public sectors and has specialized in sustainable economics. “With this last name,” he says (Verde means “green” in Spanish) “it was predestined.”

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Juan Verde, on March 23, in a hotel in Madrid.Juan Verde, on March 23, in Madrid.
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