"If you’d asked me before that night how I might react to being shot, I would have said: I would call 911... In fact it never occurred to me to call 911, only to want my dad." A riveting story by a writer of astonishing talent. @elainaplott's latest: https://t.co/2irJvuALEN
Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation into Russia’s election interference and whether Trump associates conspired with the effort, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Article found because it was "liked" by Ezra Klein & by Noah Smith on Twitter and I'm currently following both of them:
-Voters skew old but target consumers skew young
-Consumer trends start in big cities and move out
-Younger + more urban = more diverse + more liberal
-That’s why brands are liberalhttps://t.co/njyH3BApUn
It turns out that former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a lot of opinions about sports — and he feels that Twitter is the perfect place to put them.
On my first day as Mayor, I promised to make tough decisions, even when it hurts. Today, the time has come to make another tough choice. As much as I love this job & will always love Chicago, I have decided not to seek re-election. https://t.co/bFlFuAxaPVhttps://t.co/R4IBJCArse
President Donald Trump may hate Google, but he needs its ad reach. According to the company’s Transparency Report, Trump’s Make America Great Again Committee has spent over $720,000 on political ads since June 1.
It’s wages vs. health benefits. On this Labor Day, just about everything seems to be going right for typical American workers, with the glaring and puzzling exception of wage stagnation [....]
The price of insulin in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2012 alone. That's put the life-saving hormone out of reach for some people with diabetes. https://t.co/1XAzwhQCsJ
YANGON - A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.
BRASILIA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - A 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro was hit on Sunday by a massive fire, images from television station Globo showed, threatening its collection of more than 20 million items ranging from archeological findings to historical memorabilia.
According to Globo's website, there was no information yet on potential deaths, injuries, cause of the fire or extent of damage at Rio's Museu Nacional [....]
