“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.
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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 …
KANYE-TRUMP
Here are some of the highlights from the full transcript of what Kanye West said at the Trump meeting. Kanye West on uncertainty surrounding his bipolar diagnosis I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was connected with a neuropsychologist that works with the athletes in the NBA and the NFL. And he looked at my …
OCTOBER 2018
10.14 A CNN poll gives Former Vice President Joe Biden 33% of Democrats; Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 13%; California Senator Kamala Harris 9%; Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren 8%; New Jersey Senator Cory Booker 5%; Former Secretary of State John Kerry 5%; Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg 4%; Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke 4%; Former …
SEPTEMBER 2018: “INDELIBLE IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS IS THE LAUGHTER”
9.30 Robert Shapiro in The Washington Post: Using the White House’s preferred data, average earnings rose from $894.06 in January 2017 to $937.02 in August 2018. That suggests impressive gains of $42.96 weekly over the 20-month period and $30.02 weekly over the past year. But what about median earnings rather than average earnings — that …
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