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☆ House GOP embroiled in escalating primary feuds with majority on line
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Manu Raju | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

For more on House Republican primary infighting, watch “Inside Politics with Manu Raju” on Sunday at 8 a.m. Washington CNN —GOP Rep. Don Bacon has had it with the far-right of his conference. Now McCarthy allies in the House GOP Conference are considering giving a boost to Aaron Dimmock, the retired Navy officer facing off against Gaetz in the August 20 primary. And while the outcomes in most of these primary races won’t impact the GOP’s efforts to keep the majority, they will shape the makeup of the next House Republican Conference and how they pursue their agenda. Several of Gonzales' colleagues in the House are backing a GOP primary challenger in his race for reelection.

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☆ ‘Hotel California’ Trial Centers on Handwritten Eagles Lyrics
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Colin Moynihan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the late 1970s, a writer working on a book about the Eagles that would never be published obtained 100-odd pages of notes and lyrics related to the multiplatinum album “Hotel California.”The papers included handwritten drafts of lyrics by the band’s songwriter and drummer, Don Henley. Decades later, according to court documents, the writer, Ed Sanders, sold the trove to a prominent dealer in rare manuscripts who had placed the papers of Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe in university libraries and had worked to sell Bob Dylan’s archive for a sum estimated at up to $20 million. In 2022, prosecutors in Manhattan said that the manuscript dealer, Glenn Horowitz, and two other men had been charged with conspiring to possess stolen property valued at over $1 million that included embryonic versions of hits like “Hotel California,” “New Kid in Town” and “Life in the Fast Lane.”On Wednesday, the three men are scheduled to go on trial in an unusual proceeding that may feature testimony from Mr. Henley, who told a grand jury the material was stolen. The trial will be decided by the judge, not a jury.

Persons: Don Henley, Ed Sanders, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Bob Dylan’s, Glenn Horowitz, Mr, Henley Organizations: Eagles, “ Locations: California, Manhattan, “ Hotel California, ”

☆ What Was The Village Voice?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE FREAKS CAME OUT TO WRITE: The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture, by Tricia RomanoTricia Romano’s oral history of The Village Voice, the most important alternative weekly of the 20th century, is a well-made disco ball of a book — it’s big, discursive, ardent, intellectual and flecked with gossip. A lot of the people Romano interviewed, former Voice writers, editors, photographers, designers and cartoonists, will probably wince, at times, at the text. Humiliations are recalled; toes are trod upon; old hostilities have been kept warm, as if on little Sterno cans of pique. Founded in 1955 by a group of writers and editors that included Norman Mailer, The Voice was intended to be a newspaper for downtown, defined as below 14th Street in Manhattan. For many oddballs and lefties and malcontents out in America’s hinterlands (I was among them), finding their first copy of The Voice was more than eye-opening.

Persons: Tricia Romano Tricia Romano’s, Romano, Humiliations, Norman Mailer, ” Organizations: The, U.S . Postal Service, New York Post Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Watch the moment a GOP congresswoman forgot how she voted on bills she's bragged about, but actually opposed: 'I need to ask my staff'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewOn Sunday, Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida was asked about federal funding she's been bragging about bringing to her Miami-area district. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementIn one case, first reported by Business Insider, Salazar posed with a giant $650,000 check for a small business program development program that was funded by the 2023 omnibus. "Right now, you have to give me more details," said Salazar, later adding: "I need to ask my staff."

Persons: —, Maria Elvira Salazar, she's, Jim DeFede, Salazar, I've, @MaElviraSalazar, FL27, @CBSMiami, ddoVWV5k7u, Justin Chermol, Mike Garcia Organizations: Service, Republican, Business, CBS Miami, Law, Science, BI Locations: Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, Miami, Salazar's, DeFede

☆ How Republicans rail against government spending on TV — only to brag about its benefits back home
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But most of it came from a must-pass spending bill that he and other Republicans voted against. AdvertisementIt was late December 2022, and Republicans were furious about the 2023 omnibus spending bill, a sprawling piece of legislation designed to avert a government shutdown and keep federal spending flowing for the next 9 months. In the end, just 9 Republicans voted for it, only 2 of whom remain in Congress. Rep. Mike Garcia of California, a member of the House Appropriations Committee that oversees government spending, was among those Republicans. Yet almost all of the funding that Garcia touted in the mailer came from the omnibus spending bill that he made a show of voting against the previous December.

Persons: Mike Garcia, —, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Garcia of, Garcia, Kathy Norris, mailer, Sen, Tommy Tuberville, David Schweikert of, Maria Elvira Salazar, Spokespeople, Salazar, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez Organizations: Service, Republicans, Children's Hospital of Los, mailer, Industrial Association, College of, Canyons, Republican, Democratic, Department of Homeland Security Locations: Georgia, Mike Garcia of California, Los Angeles, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Lancaster, Alabama, David Schweikert of Arizona, Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, Alexandria, Cortez of New York

Over 100,000 people have used such “same-day registration” in North Carolina during each of the last two presidential election years, so slight adjustments in the closely divided state could make a difference in this November's elections for president, governor and other statewide positions. Early in-person voting — and thus same-day registration — for the March 5 primaries begins Feb. 15. Giving people only one chance to verify by mail would be a “substantial burden on same-day registrants who cast a ballot,” Schroeder said. Schroeder acknowledged there are legitimate interests in using address verification to promote preserving the integrity of the election process and instilling voter confidence. But he wrote the plaintiffs have shown the “precise interests asserted in this case likely do not outweigh the substantial burden on the rights of same-day registrants who cast a ballot.”In 2020, about 2,150 same-day registration applicants in North Carolina failed the address verification.

Persons: District Judge Thomas Schroeder, Roy Cooper's, Schroeder, George W, Bush, ” Schroeder, Tim Moore, Grey Mills, “, mailer, ” Organizations: —, North, District, Republican, Assembly, Democratic Gov, Democratic, . Postal Service, Grey, State Board, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, North Carolina, U.S

☆ Has the internet broken our brains? A haunting painting turned viral meme has people worried.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Andrew Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA social media user who came face-to-face with the artwork behind a famous meme sparked a discussion about "internet brain rot," and how people are beginning to view reality through an online lens. An on-screen caption said he had looked up from studying and thought he'd "finally developed internet brain rot" as he panned the camera to show a 1948 book by Norman Mailer called "The Naked and the Dead." Further commenters shared similar experiences, where their minds had interpreted real-world items or events from an online perspective. It seems this is being interpreted as "internet brain rot" which people think is a byproduct of being "chronically online."

Persons: —, @joshlunchbox, he'd, Norman Mailer, Thomas Lea, Sisyphus Organizations: Service, Business Locations: American

Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive permanent residency in the U.S., has died at age 90. Thanks to Wildes' ingenuity and the shocking twists of politics in the 1970s, Lennon's deportation was delayed and ultimately revoked. His honors included the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law and the Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award. He attended Yeshiva College as an undergraduate and became interested in immigration law after working with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in the late 1950s. Wildes published articles in the Cardozo Law Review among other journals and wrote a book on the Lennon case, “John Lennon Vs. the USA,” that came out in 2016.

Persons: Leon Wildes, yearslong, John Lennon, Wildes, Englewood , New Jersey Mayor Michael Wildes —, Dad, Michael Wildes, Weinberg, “, ” Leon Wildes, Alan Kahn, Lennon, Yoko Ono, ”, Kahn, Jack Lemmon, Yoko Moto, Ono, Kyoko Chan Cox, John, Yoko, Richard Nixon, Lennon's, Nixon, Sen, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, John Mitchell, Richard Kleindienst, J, Edgar Hoover, Fred Astaire, Dick Cavett, Saul Bellow, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, “ Leon, ” Lennon, Nixon's, Mitchell, Sean, Norman Mailer, Gloria Swanson, Barack Obama, Mick Jagger, ” Jagger, ” Wildes, Benjamin N, Edith Lowenstein, Elmer Fried, Alice Goldberg Wildes, “ John Lennon Vs, John Lennon ”, Pennyblackmusic.co.uk Organizations: Lenox Hill Hospital, Englewood , New Jersey Mayor, Wildes, New York University School of Law, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Apple Records, Beatles, South Carolina Republican, Naturalization Service, Los, Nixon, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva College, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Cardozo Law, Beatles Fans Locations: U.S, Manhattan, Englewood , New Jersey, Olyphant, England, New York City, Vietnam, Tokyo, British, London, Los Angeles, New York, Norman, Pennsylvania, Chicago

☆ I'm jealous of college students who move into dorms with their parents' help. My migrant parents were never interested in college for me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Erasmo Guerra | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

With no emotional or financial support, I didn't graduate from college until I was in my 30s. AdvertisementAdvertisementI'm a Mexican American kid from the US-Mexico borderMy family didn't have a tradition of going to college; my parents were first-generation migrant workers. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe year I turned 30, I applied to a small liberal-arts college downtownI was accepted into a small school. My family didn't show up for graduation. And rather than getting caught up in my feelings about college move-in day yet again, I'm determined to move on.

Persons: I've, someone's, I'd, —, she'd, I'm Organizations: Service, Columbia University, NYU, Pace University, Army, US Military Academy, West Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York City, Manhattan, Mexican American, Mexico, Columbia, Texas, New York

☆ ‘I’ve had this black cloud looming over me’: How private lenders have left millions of college students with no hope for the future
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

We both do DoorDash, and probably when those federal student loans start up, it'll be more of a necessity to do that." While private debt makes up just about 10% of the $1.7 trillion student-debt mountain in the US — about $136 billion — the industry has exploded over the past decade: the amount of outstanding private debt has jumped an estimated 47% since 2014. "Regardless, the student loan debt that was supposed to be an investment in their futures is dragging them down." To be sure, some private servicers do disclose benefits private borrowers could lose should they choose to refinance. Moran said he didn't regret taking out private student loans because it allowed him to pursue his desired nursing career.

Persons: Brianne Jones, Jones, she's, We're, it'll, Michele Shepard, they've, it's, Shepard, Suzanne Martindale, —, Anna Anderson, you've, It's, Navient, Martindale, Ryan Moran, Moran, Moran isn't, Joe Biden, I've, Anderson, forbearance, Steve Cohen, didn't Organizations: Eastern Michigan University, West, Federal Direct Loan Program, Institute for College, California's Department of Financial Protection, National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Financial, Bureau, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, — Maryland Locations: Florida, —, California

☆ The Fight Over the Dune Shacks of Cape Cod: No Power, No Water — but Eugene O’Neill Was Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Jenna Russell | More About Jenna Russell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Among those inspired by the solitude and natural wonder they found there were the playwrights Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams, painters Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, novelists Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer and poets E.E. “A grand place to be alone and undisturbed,” O’Neill once said of his hideaway there. “I’m ashamed that the Park Service would try to capitalize on it, without realizing the point of the shacks was to get away from civilization, from capitalism.”The Park Service set no limit on financial offers from bidders. The structures’ use must be private and residential, not commercial; modern upgrades are not allowed, and lease holders will bear the full costs of their upkeep. The agency declined to say how many bids were submitted by the July deadline, or when it will notify the winners.

Persons: Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, E.E . Cummings, Mary Oliver, “, O’Neill, ”, Salvatore Del Deo, John F, Kennedy Organizations: Service, Coast Guard

☆ Some student-loan companies are offering borrowers cheaper payments before the October restart. Making the switch could strip away a range of debt relief programs.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some student-loan companies are encouraging federal borrowers to refinance before the payment restart. Companies that manage private loans have started reaching out to federal borrowers, encouraging them to refinance their federal debt to get a better deal on payments. For example, SoFi — a student-loan refinancing company — sent letters to borrowers last month with a header reading, "Federal student loan forbearance is ending soon. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Advisor to the Director Andrea Matthews told Insider in September that "the benefits to having a federal student loan have never been more tangible. Before federal payments resume in October, borrowers can enroll in the Education Department's new SAVE Plan, which is an income-driven repayment plan intended to lower monthly payments.

Persons: Joe Biden's, It's, —, forbearance, Biden's, Earnest, refinancer, refinancers, Andrea Matthews, Tanya Burnett, Burnett Organizations: Service, Education Department, Public, Biden, Consumer Financial Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Diana Athill’s Only Novel, About Coming of Age in 1950s London
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Sadie Stein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, by Diana AthillTwenty-three years ago, Diana Athill wrote “Stet,” a memoir of her life as an editor in which she outlined the pleasures of her profession. And she did a good bit of gift-wrapping herself: In her long life Athill published no fewer than 10 memoirs, two collections of short stories and, in 1967, “Don’t Look at Me Like That,” her only novel. By the time of its writing, she already had her first autobiography, “Instead of a Letter,” under her belt. Although the novel is set primarily in the 1950s — its protagonist, Meg Bailey, is some years younger than her creator — Athill and her heroine share a similar social status (both had titled grandfathers) and an artistic London milieu. “They buttoned over the chest, had an obscene vent between the legs and were very warm.”

Persons: Diana Athill, “ Stet, ”, Athill, André, Simone de Beauvoir, V.S, Naipaul, Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, Margaret Atwood, Meg Bailey, — Athill, Helen Oyeyemi, Meg Organizations: André Deutsch Ltd Locations: London

☆ Here's where you can use Bed Bath & Beyond coupons now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Bed Bath & Beyond’s competitors are coming to the rescue of customers looking to use expired coupons issued by the failed retailer. Big Lots said Thursday that it’s “assisting shoppers nationwide” by accepting expired Bed Bath & Beyond coupons until May 7. Bed Bath & Beyond coupons are being accepted at other stores. History of Bed Bath & Beyond’s couponsBed Bath & Beyond introduced its oversized coupon for 20% off a single item three decades ago. Now that the company is going through a liquidation process, Bed Bath & Beyond said it’s the end of the road for the coupons.

☆ Got a stash of Bed Bath & Beyond coupons? You'd better use them soon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Bed Bath & Beyond said it would sell off its merchandise and then go out of business. Instead, Bed Bath & Beyond expects to offer “deep discounts” on its products as part of its going-out-of-business sales. Bed Bath & Beyond, a staple of wedding registries for years, said customers who registered with Bed Bath & Beyond will eventually have their information transferred to a competitor’s service, where guests can purchase similar items. With stores closed for months, and consumers rethinking their nonessential purchases, Bed Bath & Beyond sales and profit took a hit. Now that the company is going through a liquidation process, Bed Bath & Beyond said it’s the end of the road for the coupons.

☆ Bed Bath & Beyond says its days are numbered. The same might be true for its big blue 20% coupons
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Bed Bath & Beyond coupon shoppers take note: If you have a stash of its big blue 20% off coupons in your drawer or in your inbox, better use them soon. “If Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy, the retailer might honor the 20% coupons for a 30-day period. Big Blue became a company iconBed Bath & Beyond introduced its oversized coupon for 20% off a single item three decades ago. Rumors swirled on various social platforms that Big Blue coupons never expire, even though the weekly coupon does feature an expiration date. With stores closed for months, and consumers rethinking their non-essential purchases, Bed Bath & Beyond sales and profit took a hit.

☆ Pro-DeSantis midterm mailer did more than mock LGBTQ communities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Nicholas Mitchell | Nicholas Mitchell Is An Assistant Professor Of Curriculum Studies At The University Of Kansas. He Is A Curriculum Theorist Whose Scholarship Focuses On The Intersection Of Education Theory | Policy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

It and other publications rightly called it out for mocking the LGBTQ community. Republicans are belittling knowledge that they find threatening to the status quo that gives the lives of social conservatives meaning. To play on the words of Ben Shapiro, I call this movement the “feelings over facts” orientation, and it has been positioned as a bulwark against indoctrination by disciplines that focus on race, gender and art. This is the not-so-subtle implication of the mailer supporting DeSantis. For everyone who doesn’t believe gender studies is threatening, the student in the photo the mailer used is just a new nonbinary college graduate.

☆ Biden came to Florida to help Democratic underdogs, but barely mentioned DeSantis, one of his most vocal critics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ron DeSantis, who frequently criticizes him. Ron DeSantis while campaigning in Florida on Tuesday evening, one week out from Election Day. Earlier in the day, however, Biden called DeSantis "Donald Trump incarnate" during a fundraiser in Golden Beach, Florida. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, in November. Taking the stage on Tuesday, Crist said "Ron DeSantis wants to do to America what he has done to Florida."

We took over four school boards.”“Eleven seats on school boards, took over four!” Bannon shouted as a crowd of CPAC attendees erupted in applause. In the neighboring city of Southlake, Patriot Mobile donated framed posters that read “In God We Trust” to the Carroll Independent School District during a special presentation before the school board. Nearly 200 people signed up to speak during public comments before the board vote at the school board meeting in Grapevine, Texas. Patriot Mobile paid Vanguard Field Strategies nearly $150,000 to run get-out-the-vote canvassing operations across the four school districts, according to financial disclosures. “This is the most extreme board policy that we have seen related to classroom censorship,” Huddleston said.

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