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New York Post
8 hours ago
New York City

Slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller wake live updates: NYPD, Long Island prep for services

Visitations for NYPD officer Jonathan Diller will be held on Long Island, with former President Trump attending the services.
The New York Sun
2 months ago
New York City

Trump Faces E. Jean Carroll in Court as Damages Trial Begins

E. Jean Carroll faces President Trump in court for defamation trial
Court will determine damages, if any, that Trump must pay Carroll
moreNew York City
Intelligencer
2 weeks ago
Marketing

Trump Meets TikTok Investor, Suddenly Doesn't Want to Ban It

President Trump signed an executive order attempting to limit TikTok due to Chinese influence, but later reversed his stance due to concerns about Facebook's increased influence.
Congress is moving to pass a bill requiring Chinese government divestment from TikTok, with bipartisan support despite opposition from a hedge-fund manager with significant stake in TikTok.
www.nytimes.com
3 weeks ago
US Elections

On a Bright Night for His Campaign, Trump Again Conjures a Dark Vision

Former President Trump's Victory speech focused on negative portrayals of President Biden's leadership.
Trump avoided mentioning his Republican rival Nikki Haley and continued to express doubts about election integrity.
US politics
www.cnn.com
2 months ago
US politics

Appalling': Romney accuses Trump of trying to stop bill to blame Biden

President Trump has instructed Republican lawmakers not to negotiate a compromise bill with President Biden on immigration.
This stance by Trump is hindering efforts to address immigration issues.
BuzzFeed
2 months ago
US politics

Nikki Haley Has 2 Or 3 Celebrity Supporters, And Here's Who They Are

Kid Rock's endorsement of Nikki Haley for the Republican primary
Kid Rock's previous comment about clearing the field and nominating Nikki Haley as the GOP candidate
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a Wannabe Dictator'

A Fox News chyron appeared to refer to President Biden as a wannabe dictator during footage of his remarks from the White House on Tuesday, the same day that former President Donald J. Trump was charged with federal crimes in a Miami courtroom.The onscreen text appeared briefly at the bottom of a split-screen broadcast that showed President Biden and former President Trump speaking from respective podiums, at the White House and a Trump golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

Here Are the Likely Next Steps in the Trump Documents Case

Now that former President Donald J. Trump has entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment in Miami, the criminal case against him will, barring an unforeseen event, settle into a traditional trajectory.The case against Mr. Trump, accusing him of illegally retaining national defense documents and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve them, is the first time that federal charges have been filed against a former president.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Charged rhetoric swirls online and off as Trump's Miami court date looms

From the halls of Congress to the dark corners of the internet, charged and violent rhetoric is echoing among some Donald Trump sympathizers ahead of the former president's appearance in a Miami court on Tuesday FBI special agents across the country assigned to domestic terrorism squads are actively working to identify any possible threats, four law enforcement sources told CNN, following Trump's second indictment.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Trump seeks recusal of judge overseeing New York hush money criminal case

Donald Trump is seeking for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York to recuse himself from it, the latest bid by the former president to try to undercut the case now set for trial next year.In a court filing made public Friday, Trump's attorneys argued that New York Judge Juan Merchan should recuse himself due to his daughter's politician consulting work, which included in 2020 the Biden campaign and now-Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign.
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www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Trump Campaign Says It Has Raised $6.6 Million Since Indictment

Former President Donald J. Trump's campaign said on Wednesday that it had raised $6.6 million in the days after his second indictment a substantial haul, albeit a lower amount than the numbers it reported after his previous indictment in March.The figure includes $2.1 million raised at a prescheduled fund-raiser at Mr. Trump's club in Bedminster, N.J., on Tuesday evening, hours after his arraignment in federal court in Miami.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Law

Morning news brief

Ex-President Trump pleads not guilty in the classified documents case.European lawmakers want Ukraine to have a pathway to NATO membership.Wednesday's Fed meeting is expected to leave rates steady.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Law

Morning news brief

Former President Trump is indicted in the classified documents case.Alabama lawmakers will have to redraw congressional districts after a supreme court ruling.Ways to stay safe in smoky air.
www.npr.org
11 months ago
Law

President Trump indicted in hush money case

National Former President Trump has been indicted on criminal charges by a New York grand jury.This makes him the first former president in American history to face indictment.Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.
www.npr.org
11 months ago
Law

Trump indictment is just one of the legal threats he faces post-presidency

Law NPR's Adrian Florido talks to Kim Wehle, former U.S. attorney and now professor at the University of Baltimore, about the political and legal implications of an indictment of former President Trump.Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.
Sun Sentinel
9 months ago
Miami

Here are the likely next steps in the Trump documents case

Now that former President Donald Trump has entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment in Miami, the criminal case against him will, barring an unforeseen event, settle into a traditional trajectory.The case against Trump, accusing him of illegally retaining national defense documents and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve them, is the first time that federal charges have been filed against a former president.
Sun Sentinel
9 months ago
Miami

'We are ready,' 'no need to fear,' officials vow as Miami readies for massive crowds for Donald Trump's arraignment

Miami officials assured the public that they have extensive plans to handle potentially massive crowds descending on the federal courthouse on Tuesday when former President Donald Trump is arraigned on federal criminal charges."We're bringing in enough resources to handle a crowd anywhere from 5,000 to 50,000," Police Chief Manny Morales said.
emptywheel
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Scooter Libby, Whom Trump Pardoned, Serves as Precedent for the CIPA Challenge His Prosecution Presents - emptywheel

If and when former President Trump goes on trial, the Classified Information Procedures Act will govern what information gets submitted at trial and in what form.I wrote about CIPA in conjunction with the Igor Danchenko case here.Former National Security Division prosecutor David Aaron wrote about it the other day.
emptywheel
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

The Dog Drained My Pool to Try to Destroy Surveillance Video - emptywheel

CNN has a hilarious story about how Trump's head of maintenance, whom NYT identified as Carlos Deoliveira, drained the pool at Mar-a-Lago in October and in the process flooded the room where surveillance footage is kept.An employee at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort's swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Prosecutors have heard testimony that the IT equipment in the room was not damaged in the flood, according to one source.
www.mediaite.com
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Mika Brzezinski Gushes Over Joe Biden's Brutal Schedule

Mika Brzezinski gave a very generous take on Joe Biden's work ethic and the level of effort the president puts into everything he does.The gushing tangent came as Morning Joe discussed Biden's polling advantage over Donald Trump, with Joe Scarborough arguing that Biden could overcome concerns about his age if the White House can get past his presentation issue.
DOJ Attempts to Stave Off May 24 Trump Deposition in Peter Strzok Lawsuit
emptywheel
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

DOJ Attempts to Stave Off May 24 Trump Deposition in Peter Strzok Lawsuit - emptywheel

Many of the details of the how and the why of DOJ's bid to get Judge Amy Berman Jackson to reverse her decision allowing Peter Strzok's lawyers to depose Christopher Wray and Donald Trump in whichever order they choose are redacted.But several things are clear.First, Strzok currently has a Trump deposition scheduled for May 24.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Column: Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don't use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' crass stunt of flying desperate immigrants to California and dumping them on the doorstep of a Catholic Diocese headquarters showed us one thing: He's not fit to be America's president.It's not because of his sensible view that we must gain more control of our southern border.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

A majority of Californians say Feinstein is no longer fit for office, a new poll finds

A substantial majority of Californians feel that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is no longer fit for the job because of her recent declining health, and more voters believe she should resign than support her staying in office, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

AOC Slams GOP After Gaetz Admits Debt Limit Negotiation Is "Hostage" Situation

"For all of this talk about negotiations, Republicans are not negotiating at all," said Ocasio-Cortez.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waits as the House of Representatives holds the election for Speaker of the House on January 03, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee / Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has condemned Republicans' brinkmanship with the quickly approaching debt limit after GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (Florida) openly admitted on Tuesday that his party is approaching the issue as a "hostage" negotiation.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Health

More than 6 in 10 say Biden's mental fitness to be president is a concern, poll finds

President Joe Biden listens as he meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP A significant majority of Americans say they believe President Biden's mental fitness is a real concern they have about his ability to be president, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US Elections

The Durham Report Offered Few Conclusions. The Right Drew Its Own.

Bombshell, screamed The Federalist in all capital letters.A treasonous charade, former President Donald J. Trump declared.Who should go to jail? demanded Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.A report by the special counsel John H. Durham on the origins of the F.B.I.'s investigation into the Trump campaign's work with Russia recommended no further prosecutions, produced no startling revelations and declined to suggest any wholesale changes to F.B.I. rules for politically sensitive investigations.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Europe news

Morning news brief

Despite indictment, ex-President Trump spent the weekend campaigning.Ukraine's counteroffensive has begun.Scotland's ex-first minister is arrested in a probe of Scottish National Party's finances.
Washington Post
10 months ago
Europe news

Hungary's Orban bemoans liberal 'virus' at CPAC conference

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers the keynote speech at the opening session of Hungary Conservative Political Action Conference Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 4, 2023.The two-day CPAC meeting organized by Center for Fundamental Rights of Hungary features some 60 prestigious foreign speakers from 20 countries and five continents.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

The King Has Definite Ideas About Food. But Will Britain Dig In?

British supermarkets are brimming with packages of coronation cupcakes, hoppy coronation ale and coronation crisps seasoned to taste like king prawn cocktail.There are even Jack Russell-themed cakes in honor of the king and queen consort's rescue dogs, Bluebell and Beth.The royal couple likely won't eat any of it.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

National Archives refutes claims Trump had two years to go through presidential records in rare public statement

The National Archives is pushing back on claims made by former President Donald Trump, his lawyers and his allies over his retention of classified documents, for which he now faces a federal indictment.On Friday, the Archives took the rare step of releasing a public statement rebuking claims suggesting that Trump was allowed to keep classified materials under the Presidential Records Act.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Law

Trump's former White House chief of staff testifies before a grand jury

U.S. President Donald Trump confers with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows while departing the White House Sept. 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff, recently testified before a grand jury weighing the handling of classified documents once Trump left office and alleged obstruction of justice as the government probed the matter, according to a source with direct knowledge.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Supreme Court agrees to hear trademark dispute over Trump too small' slogan

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a trademark dispute over an individual's wish to register Trump too small as a slogan for T-shirts and hats.The case is the latest dispute before the court to pit the First Amendment against federal trademark law.The man, California attorney Steve Elster, said he sought the mark as a part of political commentary targeting now-former President Donald Trump.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

DOJ asks judge to put Trump deposition on hold in lawsuit from ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok

The Justice Department asked a judge on Thursday to put on hold the deposition of former President Donald Trump in a lawsuit from ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok, who sued over his 2018 termination.The deposition is scheduled to take place on May 24, according to court documents.In its filing, the Justice Department argued that FBI Director Christopher Wray should be deposed first, before Trump.
Truthout
11 months ago
Left-wing politics

Pence Appears Before a Grand Jury Investigating Trump's Role in January 6

Trump tried to block Pence's testimony, but an appellate court rejected his motion just hours before Pence's appearance.President Donald Trump (right) and Vice President Mike Pence (left) listen during a meeting with bipartisan members of the Congress at the Cabinet Room of the White House February 28, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images Former Vice President Mike Pence testified on Thursday before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to .
Patently-O
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

Has Trademark Law Become a Parody?

by Dennis Crouch
The Supreme Court recently issued its pro-trademark-owner opinion Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC and unanimously vacated the Ninth Circuit favoring the accused comedic copycat.Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court with concurring opinions from both Justice Sotomayor and Justice Gorsuch.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

High Court to Take on Vidal's TRUMP TOO SMALL Trademark Petition

"The refusal under Section 1052(c) to register marks, like respondent's, that criticize a government official or public figure does not 'limit[]' political speech.....After all, a trademark gives its owner the right to 'prevent[] others from using the mark.'And registration serves only to bolster those 'rights of exclusion'." - Vidal petition
The U.S. Supreme Court today granted a petition brought by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Katherine Vidal that asks, "whether the refusal to register a mark under Section 1052(c) violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment when the mark contains criticism of a government official or public figure."
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
Los Angeles Rams

Donald Trump and others react to PGA and LIV's 'big, beautiful, and glamorous deal'

(Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

Former President Trump predicted this day would come.Last July, while taking part in a pro-am during an LIV Golf event at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Trump heaped praise on the newly formed, Saudi-backed tour while criticizing the PGA Tour and the golfers that remained loyal to it.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

CNN Chairman Defends Decision to Host Trump Town Hall

The chairman of CNN, Chris Licht, issued a robust defense on Thursday of his decision to broadcast a live town hall with former President Donald J. Trump, an unruly and bracing event that has prompted criticism inside and outside of the network.On a network-wide editorial call, Mr. Licht congratulated the moderator, Kaitlan Collins, on a masterful performance before acknowledging the public backlash.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Trump Accuser Who Testified Hopes Other Survivors Will Come Forward

A jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.We speak with one of the people who testified at trial: Jessica Leeds, a retired businesswoman who says Trump sexually assaulted her on an airplane in the 1970s - one of dozens of women who has accused him of sexual misconduct over the years.
sfist.com
10 months ago
Media industry

Musk Is Now Threatening to Take NPR's Twitter Handle From Them and Reassign It

In the latest of many childish moves that show Elon Musk's downright Trumpian disdain for the media, the billionaire owner of Twitter has reportedly been threatening National Public Radio over the news org's decision to stop using its Twitter account.As you likely recall, Musk started this fight in early April when he slapped a "state-affiliated media" label on NPR's Twitter account, doing the same with the BBC.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

Trump's Lawyers Fight Bragg's Effort to Limit Access to Evidence

Lawyers for Donald J. Trump on Monday pushed back against an effort by the Manhattan district attorney's office to limit the former president's ability to publicly discuss evidence in the criminal case against him.The district attorney's office last week asked the judge in the case to restrict Mr. Trump's access to some case material.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Girls

Why Didn't She Scream? And Other Questions Not to Ask a Rape Accuser

You never screamed for help?An attorney for Donald J. Trump, questioning E. Jean Carroll in her rape case against the former president.If you're living with a man, what are you doing running around the streets getting raped?An attorney questioning Cheryl Araujo, who was gang raped by four men in a tavern in 1983.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Girls

With Hannah Gadsby's It's Pablo-matic,' the Joke's on the Brooklyn Museum

If you studied art history or another of the humanities in the 1990s or 2000s say, if you are around the age of the Australian comic Hannah Gadsby, 45 you may remember the word problematic from your long-ago seminar days.Back then it was a voguish noun, borrowed from French, that described the unconscious structure of an ideology or a text.
Social Media Explorer
9 months ago
Online marketing

Former VP Mike Pence Is Trending On Twitter, But Not For The Best Reasons - Social Media Explorer

ARLINGTON VA. - AUGUST 9, 2017: U.S. Vice president Mike Pence announced the Trump Administration plan ... [+]
Getty Images Here we go again.As presidential hopefuls such as Ron DeSantis, and the former president Donald Trump officially announce their bids for the presidency in 2024 we have already entered the dark zone of constant personal criticism and attacks.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Trump Was Taped Discussing Sensitive Document He Had Kept After Leaving Office

Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump's handling of classified material have a recording of Mr. Trump from 2021 discussing a sensitive military document he had kept after leaving the White House, two people briefed on the matter said.The recording, in which Mr. Trump also indicated he knew the document was secret, could undermine his repeated claim that he had already declassified material that remained in his possession after he left office.
emptywheel
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

ABC Reports that Sources Familiar Say 2 + 2 = 5 - emptywheel

In a piece describing that Jack Smith has substantially completed his investigation into stolen documents, WSJ reported Trump's associates believed the former President would be indicted and were already making plans to profit off being charged with one or more federal crimes.Some of Trump's close associates are bracing for his indictment and anticipate being able to fundraise off a prosecution, people in the former president's circle said, as clashes within the Trump legal team have led to the departure of a key lawyer.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

Trump Lawyers Seek Meeting With Garland Over Special Counsel Inquiries

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump sent a letter on Tuesday requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick B. Garland related to the special counsel investigations into Mr. Trump's conduct.The letter cited no specifics but asserted that Mr. Trump was being treated unfairly by the Justice Department through the investigations led by the special counsel, Jack Smith.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Key Trump attorney departs legal team

Timothy Parlatore, an attorney for Donald Trump who played a key role in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation and once testified before the grand jury, is leaving the former president's legal team, two sources familiar with the exit tell CNN.Parlatore's departure became official Tuesday, though it had been rumored for several weeks among the former president's inner circle.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

Trump-era special counsel's final report criticizes FBI's Russia probe

Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on May 16, 2022.Evan Vucci/AP The special counsel-led investigation looking into the FBI's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 Trump campaign has ended, the Department of Justice announced Monday, and in a 306-page final report, concludes the FBI did not have enough intelligence to merit a full Trump-Russia probe investigation.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

NY judge to hear arguments over DA's bid to limit Trump's ability to publicize information in criminal case

A New York judge will hear arguments Thursday over a proposed protective order in Donald Trump's criminal case that would limit the former president's ability to publicize information about the investigation.The Manhattan district attorney's office is seeking to restrain Trump's access to the evidence it turns over to his attorneys, in part, it says, because of his social media posts about the District Attorney Alvin Bragg and witnesses in the case.
emptywheel
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Lordy, There Are Tapes [of Trump Acknowledging He Had Stolen Classified Documents]! - emptywheel

CNN has a blockbuster report about a recording, taken in conjunction with Mark Meadows' memoir, capturing Trump claiming that he had a document planning an attack on Iran that he wished he could share, but could not, because it was classified.The July 2021 meeting was held at Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows as well as aides employed by the former president, including communications specialist Margo Martin.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

How Decoupling' From China Became De-risking'

If diplomats were on TikTok, de-risk would be trending.The word has suddenly become popular among officials trying to loosen China's grip on global supply chains but not cut ties entirely, with the joint communique from this weekend's Group of 7 meeting making clear that the world's largest democratic economies will now focus on de-risking, not decoupling.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Woodward Asks Court to Dump Trump's Complaint

Journalist Bob Woodward interviewed President Trump on numerous occasions during his 2019 and 2020 presidency.Trump granted consent to be recorded for Woodward's upcoming book.Woodward later released segments of these recordings, along with one recording made with Trump during his presidential campaign in 2016, as part of an audiobook, The Trump Tapes.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Poll: Trump takes big lead over DeSantis among California Republicans

Former President Trump has vaulted back to a substantial lead in California over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, as the party's voters brush aside his legal travails, a new poll finds.Trump has the support of 44% of California's likely Republican primary voters, while DeSantis was backed by 26%, according to the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by The Times.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Gun rights advocates renew legal fight over California's 10-day wait for firearm buyers

(Francine Orr / The Times)

Renewing a legal battle that some had considered settled, gun rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit this week challenging a California law that places a 10-day waiting period on most firearm purchases.The law, which requires people to wait the prescribed "cooling off" period even if they've passed a more immediate background check, is aimed in part at deterring people from rushing to harm themselves or others with newly purchased weapons during periods of sudden distress or anger.
Los Angeles Times
11 months ago
California

Public tirades, recall threats as Shasta County roils from decision to dump voting machines

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Weeks after deciding to dump Dominion Voting Systems and become the largest government entity in the U.S. to hand-count its votes, Shasta County officials are now grappling with the complex logistics of actually carrying out that approach, accurately and legally, in a county of 200,000 people.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
10 months ago
Washington DC

The Bazaar by Jose Andres Is a World of TikTok Bait Cocktails and Exploding Cheesesteaks

. 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (in the Waldorf Astoria).It's hard to imagine a time when José Andrés-Nobel Prize nominee, international humanitarian, pal to Gwyneth and Harry and Meghan-wasn't world-­famous.But for a long period of his career, the chef was mostly well known in two places: his native Spain, where he starred on a cooking show, and his adopted hometown of Washington, where he's been running a handful of restaurants ( Jaleo, Minibar, Zaytinya, and others) for decades and has been credited with bringing the small-plates dining model to the city.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Clarence Page: RIP Jim Brown, your legacy is mixed, yet memorable

I usually don't try to "do sports," as some of my newsroom colleagues might say.But I beg your indulgence as I try to pay proper homage to football great Jim Brown, even as I still try to figure out what proper homage looks like.Brown, who died last week at age 87, may well have been the greatest athlete to put on a football helmet, although in too many unfortunate instances, he was one of the most flawed.
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Trump indictment sparks reactions in Chicago and Illinois

Hours after a Manhattan grand jury indicted Donald Trump and made him the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, the space around downtown Chicago's Trump Tower - a site of protest and unrest at many of the Trump presidency's most polarizing moments - looked particularly normal.No droves of Trump haters celebrated.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Louisiana GOP senator says Trump can't win a general election

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Sunday he doesn't think Donald Trump would be able to win a general election, pointing to the GOP's disappointing performance in last year's midterm elections when several candidates endorsed by the former president went down to defeat.The president's kind of high-profile endorsement of those candidates actually hurt those candidates, at least in the general election.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

Trump Lawyer Resigns From Defense Team in Special Counsel Inquiries

Timothy Parlatore, one of the lawyers representing former President Donald J. Trump in the federal investigations into Mr. Trump's handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has resigned from the former president's legal team.In a brief interview on Wednesday, Mr. Parlatore declined to discuss the specific reasons for his departure, but said it was not related to the merits of either inquiry both of which are being led by a special counsel, Jack Smith.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Television

In Succession,' Democracy Goes Up in Smoke

This article includes spoilers for the most recent episode of Succession.In Sunday's episode of Succession, a TV network sold out democracy.The most implausible part of the story was how high a price the sellers got for it.In the episode America Decides, the heirs to the conservative media empire Waystar Royco helped Jeryd Mencken, a Nazi-curious presidential candidate, claim a violence-tainted election by ordering their cable-news network to call it for him.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Television

Jerry Springer, American Ringmaster

America's populace can be its most powerful force and its most terrifying danger.You can find evidence of this in political-science texts or op-ed pages or histories of the Andrew Jackson administration.Or you could have watched cultural populism play out on The Jerry Springer Show, weekdays from 1991 to 2018.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

Kaitlan Collins, in a White Suit, Takes on Trump

She knew what she was in for: the talking over her, the bluster, the alternate version of history, the controversy.She was as prepared as possible.And she was dressed for the arena.When Kaitlan Collins interviewed Donald J. Trump in his first appearance on CNN since 2016, moderating the Republican town hall on Wednesday, she did so in a pristine white pantsuit, thus immediately joining a long line of women who have gone face to face with the former president in that symbolic armor.
Fatherly
10 months ago
Fathers

Parents Who Raise Humble Kids Do These 5 Things

Those who are humble aren't pushovers or unwilling to express their opinions or unable to discuss their success.Rather, they understand themselves and their value without needing to flaunt it.They know that pride is not the same as self-confidence.They're thankful for what they have.They're self-aware and understand what they can contribute.
San Francisco Bay Times
10 months ago
SF LGBT

Lessons Learned From LGBT Elder Advocacy During COVID-19 - San Francisco Bay Times

By Daniel Redman-
In 2020, as the COVID-19 lockdown began, a group of LGBT elder advocates and government officials began meeting to keep track of concerns and needs arising, share information, and organize to protect our communities.One year later, the result was impactful: almost one million dollars in grants approved, a groundbreaking study of the impact of COVID-19 on LGBT elders, and important educational outreach to the community.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

"Even if naively, Charles is entangled in the far-right's weaponisation of architecture"

With Charles III set to be officially crowned this Saturday, Robert Bevan reflects on the cultural and political implications of the king's famous love for traditional architecture.With Charles III a freshly minted king, there has been some revisionism going on about the monarch's record.Whisper it, say some commentators, but perhaps he was just way ahead of the times with his organic farming, the supposedly pedestrian-friendly Poundbury development on his Duchy of Cornwall land, and his populist attacks on modernist architecture for "ignoring the feelings and wishes of the mass of ordinary people".
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