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APRIL 2019: “THE LAST GASP OF TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS”
4.12 Jim VandeHei in Axios: The explosion of technology in every facet of life is a big reason that the rich are getting richer, and the big are getting bigger. Scary thought: The situation is on track to get worse, because artificial intelligence will make the internet look like the Apple II. Why it matters: …
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MOTHER KNOWS BEST
This is the best prank ever: In 1990, Spy magazine sent a check for 13 cents to a bunch of wealthy Americans. Only two people cashed the checks. One was an arms dealer. The other was Donald Trump. #AprilFoolsDay; https://t.co/qKck3HE8Bm — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 1, 2019
“SERIOUSLY LEGIT”
Three years I joined the staff of Governor Cuomo. This week he gave me this handsomely framed appointment document. Much appreciated. In a text, my daughter Cara pronounced me `seriously legit.’ So there. And I get paychecks.
MARCH 2019: “HE’S JUST NOT WORTH IT”
3.15 A white supremacist in Christchurch NZ livestreamed his shooting rampage during Friday prayers at two mosques that left at least 49 dead and another 48 receiving hospital treatment. The shooter also posted a 74-page manifesto entitled `The Great Replacement,’ in which he identified himself as a 28-year-old white man born in Australia. He claimed …
FEBRUARY 2019 REVENGE, RESISTANCE & RETRIBUTION
2.8 Albert Finney dies 2.7 Huffington Post: David Pecker, the chief executive of American Media Inc., which publishes the tabloid National Enquirer, threatened to publish embarrassing photos of Jeff Bezos if he didn’t stop investigating Pecker’s company, according to the Amazon CEO. Bezos revealed the alleged threat, which was sent through AMI chief content officer …
LARRY AND TERESA TAKE IRVINGTON
Ginny and I and our friends Cathy and Tim caught Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams at the Irvington Town Hall on Saturday, February 2nd. They were tremendous, and the hall was intimate and comfortable.
DECEMBER 2018: “THERE ARE NO MORE EXCUSES”
12.31 On the final episode of Escape at Dannemorra, Michael Imperioli plays the Gov. He is undersized and underused, but he conveyed the Gov’s confidence. 12.30 Mike Allen in Axios: One of the most important trends likely to drive the 2020 presidential race: A growing disillusion with capitalism as practiced, and a coming struggle over …
JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE
I’m delighted to be here tonight at the Jewish Labor Committee’s 47th Human Rights Awards Dinner. Not long ago I visited a library. Among their collection were books on the history of New York, and books on the United States. There were books about Immigration; about the experiences of the Jews, and the Italians, and …
A WEEK OF HATE
This was a week of hate in America. The crimes that shocked our nation this week—attempted political assassination, mass murder—are beyond horrifying. Between the pipe bombs, the murders at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that constituted the worse attack on the Jewish community in American history, and the murder of two random black …