2.29 Biden wins South Carolina primary in a landslide, taking 48% of the vote against Sanders‘ 20%, and winning every county. 2.28 Washington Post: A report issued by the Authors Guild says incomes earned by writing have dropped 24 percent since 2013, and half of all full-time authors earn less than the federal poverty level …
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1.31 Ginny and I see Colin Quinn at the Tarrytown Music Hall. 1.31 Paul Krugman in the Times: In terms of actual policy, it probably doesn’t matter much who the Democrats nominate — as long as he or she wins, and Democrats take the Senate too. If you’re a centrist worried about the gigantic spending …
12.30 Axios: During the 2010s, the global 1% accumulated unfathomable wealth, while the rate of extreme poverty around the world was cut in half (15.7% in 2010 to 7.7% now), and all but eradicated in China. A tipping point was reached in 2018, when more than half the worldwas part of the middle class or above for the first …
11.29 9/11 Memorial with Ginny and Cara 11.26 Adam Serwer in The Atlantic: “Americans should not fear tension. They should fear its absence.” 11.25 Playing just three quarters of a game in which the Ravens defeated the Rams 45-6, Lamar Jackson threw for 169 yards and five touchdowns, and rushed for 95 yards. 11.25 Judge …
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10.31 Gov. Cuomo, after Trump announces that he is changing his residence from New York to Florida: “Good riddance.” 10.30 In a gem of a game, The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2, winning their series 4 games to 3. Every game in the series was won by the home team. During the playoffs, …
10.17 Trump‘s letter to Erdogan “Don’t be a fool!” 10.17 ABC’s Jonathan Karl, at White House Briefing: “[T]o be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. It is: Funding will not flow unless the investigation into the Democratic server happens as well.” Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney: “We do …
9.30 Albany 9.30 Elizabeth Drew in the Times: Speaker Pelosi and her allies argue that a narrow, Ukraine-based impeachment agenda is more likely to attract wider public support than a collection of grievances because it “is easier for the public to understand.” They’re spooked by the failure of the report by the special counsel, Robert …
8.31 Hugh Grant denounces Boris Johnson on Twitter: “You will not fuck with my children’s future. You will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two world wars to defend. Fuck off you over-promoted rubber bath toy. Britain is revolted by you and you little gang of masturbatory prefects.” 8.28 Frank Bruni in the New …
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