Ursula von der Leyen is in line to become the first woman to head up the European Union’s powerful executive body and Christine Lagarde to lead the European Central Bank.
“The parents of Otto Warmbier filed a claim for a North Korean cargo ship that was seized by the US in May, noting the asset could be used to pay off part of the family's $500 million judgment against the country.” https://t.co/hLd2F77tpA
[....] Sometimes I wonder whether my liberal neighbors know how fortunate our kids are — how fortunate we all are.
“All is not lost,” I want to remind them when they are consumed by news about the distressing state of our nation. We have the right to criticize, to vote, to dissent — and to leave if we so choose.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A widening income gap and sagging social mobility have left dents in the American dream. But the belief that anyone with enough gumption and grit can clamber to the top remains central to the nation’s self-image. And that could complicate Democratic efforts to frame the 2020 presidential election as a referendum on a broken economic system.
Listening to CNN TV live right now: Is centered in Ridgecrest/Bakersfield /the Mojave, so L.A. feels it but is okay. 150 or more aftershocks so far. Not on San Andreas fault. No fatalities reported.
Everything @ThatWinkler writes crackles with energy, hilarity, absurdity. In his latest, he goes undercover to pierce the veil of bounty hunting, "an accident arising from the combination of common law, frontier justice, chattel slavery, and capitalism." https://t.co/ZKOEOUfeiA
Mark Char, who was convicted of a violent road rage attack earlier this year, dressed in blackface during a sentencing hearing Monday. The opposite picture was taken earlier this year. https://t.co/I7mu2zRa7wpic.twitter.com/gtQsAv9Sly
Old England and the new Gulf collide: While the ruler of Dubai was watching his horse win Ascot last month, the most glamorous of his 6 wives, Princess Haya, fled the marriage, seeking political asylum in Britain. What a tale from @ddknyt and @VivianHYeehttps://t.co/5IrbTsSmgV
"Fuel" isn't the only cost, and the military planes are coming from places that are far from "right next door." Colleagues @sarahcwestwood and @rabrowne75 fact-check the president's inaccurate tweet about his July 4th event: https://t.co/6eYT6rrVFk
Beset by advertiser defections, the web site Stephen K. Bannon once described as “the platform for the alt-right” has steadily tumbled from the commanding heights it occupied just 30 months ago.
