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☆ Poised and Precise, Hur Enters Fray Over Special Counsel’s Report on Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Glenn Thrush | Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The former special counsel Robert K. Hur, denounced by Democrats for his unsparing description of President Biden’s memory lapses, had one of his own during his testimony on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee. Representative James R. Comer, a Kentucky Republican, made passing reference to Dana A. Remus, a Democratic lawyer who had served as White House counsel under Mr. Biden from January 2021 to July 2022. Mr. Hur crinkled an eyebrow and corrected him: No, he said, she occupied that post under President Obama. The misstep was an isolated moment in an otherwise poised and precise appearance by Mr. Hur, 51, who was testifying about his report on the investigation into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents. Mr. Hur, a Trump-era Justice Department official known among former colleagues for keeping a cool head in high-stress, high-stakes situations, incited a furor after describing the president as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Persons: Robert K, Hur, James R, Comer, Dana A, Remus, Biden, Mr, Obama, Mr . Hur, . Hur, ” Organizations: Kentucky Republican, Democratic, White, -, Department Locations: Kentucky

☆ Biden just delivered a State of the Union unlike anything we've seen before
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

President Joe Biden delivered the most political State of the Union in recent memory. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden delivered a State of the Union unlike any in recent memory. When Republicans in the House chamber pushed back at times, Biden welcomed their jeers and boos. "That may be the Angriest, Least Compassionate, and Worst State of the Union Speech ever made," he wrote on Truth, his social-media platform.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, It's, Biden, —, Mike Johnson, unsparing, Trump, Sen, Mike Lee, Vladimir Putin, hadn't, Putin Organizations: Union, Service, Trump, House, State, Utah Republican, NATO Locations: China, Utah, Russia

☆ France’s Biggest Literary Sensation Tells His Story — Again
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Matthew Schneier | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

CHANGE, by Édouard Louis. Édouard Louis (né Eddy Bellegueule) burst onto the French literary scene in 2014 at the age of 21 with “The End of Eddy,” an autobiographical novel that announced, with aplomb, his own abnegation. Raised in a rural village in northern France, Eddy grew up not only miserably poor, but miserably gay and miserably bright. But for readers of “The End of Eddy,” let alone the entire Louis canon, “Change” feels stuck in a familiar rut. “Need I tell you again how it all started?” Louis wonders near the beginning of “Change.” The answer, again, is yes.

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☆ Opinion | Talk to Us, President Biden, but Not About Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden curses. It drew a spasm of attention last week, when Politico reported that in private, on the subject of Donald Trump’s depravity, Biden is hardly at a loss for words — he’s ready with four-letter ones. If that doesn’t give Biden a point of connection with tens of millions of Americans, I don’t know what does. He should go after Trump more viscerally. How — and how often — to talk about Trump?

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump’s, Trump, doesn’t, That’s Organizations: Politico, Trump

But it also sets the stage for additional appeals from the Republican ex-president that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court and result in further delays. The judges gave Trump until February 12 to ask the Supreme Court to pause the ruling. The appeals court took center stage in the immunity dispute after the Supreme Court in December said it was at least temporarily staying out of it, rejecting a request from Smith's team to take up the matter quickly and issue a speedy ruling. But the court could yet still decide to act on a Trump team appeal, adding to the uncertainty of a trial date. The high court declined the request, leaving the matter with the appeals court.

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☆ The Never Trump movement might be in its last throes, but a news publication it birthed is booming
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The Never Trump movement might be on life support, but one of the outlets that it gave birth to is flourishing. George Conway, the conservative attorney whose sharp legal analysis and unsparing political commentary launched him from a well-known D.C. politico into a household name during the Trump administration. “The legal questions surrounding Trump are going to be an enormous part of what happens in 2024,” Longwell noted to me. “As Trump has absorbed the Republican Party, there is less of a mission over how to save it. “When you’ve been a part of the conservative movement and seen how much it has changed, you have no temptation to say these things are equivalent.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker moved Tuesday to force a vote this week on expelling Rep. George Santos from the House, calling it a necessary step if Republicans fail to take action in light of the recent ethics report that found Santos blatantly stole from his campaign and deceived donors. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., brought back to the floor legislation he first introduced in February to force the expulsion vote. “Whatever it takes to get that vote this week, is what we're doing,” Garcia said. Expelling Santos, a Republican from New York, would require support from at least two-thirds of House members voting. Santos has rejected any suggestion he step down before an expulsion vote.

Persons: George Santos, Santos, Robert Garcia, Garcia, ” Garcia, ” Santos, Kevin McCarthy, Zoe Lofgren, “, ” Lofgren, Santos “, Rep, Michael Guest, Guest, Mike Johnson Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Democratic, Republican, New York Republicans Locations: New York, Florida

☆ If Your Child Is Addicted to TikTok, This May Be the Cure
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Over the past few years, hundreds of families and school districts around the country have sued big tech companies on the grounds that the hypnotic properties of social media popular with children have left too many of them unwell. Tech companies, claiming First Amendment protections, have sought to get these sorts of suits quickly dismissed. But on Tuesday, a federal judge in California issued a ruling to make that more difficult. Forty years ago, drunken driving was an epidemic, claiming the lives of young people, a seemingly unmanageable problem until a group of mothers committed themselves to pushing for laws that brought accountability. It was a pivotal moment in the modern history of public health, and, in the same way, 2023 is likely to be remembered as an inflection point in the health crisis surrounding social media.

Persons: ideation, Letitia James, — Organizations: Seattle Public Schools, New, Meta, Facebook, Tech Locations: New York, California

☆ Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Wesley Morris | More About Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Rick Kot, an executive editor at Viking who oversaw production on the book, told me, “Publishing books in two volumes is difficult just as a commercial venture. Nor does it inspire the “five takeaways” treatment that juicy new memoirs by Britney Spears and Jada Pinkett Smith have. These are my thoughts.” She also considered those other Streisand titles, the ones by other people. Sydney Chaplin (one of Charlie’s kids) played the original Nick Arnstein during her “Funny Girl” Broadway run; they shared a flirtation that Chaplin wanted to consummate and that Streisand wanted to keep professional. It’s that Barbra Streisand endured a parade of harsh workplaces yet never stopped trying to make the best work.

Persons: Rick Kot, “, She’s, you’ve, Britney Spears, Jada Pinkett Smith, Streisand, Christine Pittel, hemming, hawing, ”, there’s, Sydney Chaplin, Nick Arnstein, Chaplin, Elliott Gould, Dolly, Walter Matthau, Gene Kelly, Matthau, she’s, Brando, Pierre Trudeau, Jon Peters, It’s, Barbra Streisand Organizations: Viking, “ Publishing

☆ At Trump's New York fraud trial, judge makes clear who's in charge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Judge Arthur F. Engoron attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. Engoron asked Trump's lawyer, Christopher Kise. That left for trial whether Trump and the other defendants should pay the $250 million in penalties that James wants, and whether to ban Trump from New York state real estate business. He spent more than a decade in private practice and 12 years clerking for a state judge before becoming a civil court judge in 2003. Voters elected him to the state Supreme Court, a trial court, in 2015.

Persons: Arthur F, Engoron, Brendan McDermid, Donald Trump, Arthur Engoron, Kise, Christopher Kise, Letitia James, James, Trump, John Low, Jonathan Stempel, Luc Cohen, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trump Organization, Court, REUTERS, Monday, Trump, Republican, Democrat, American Civil Liberties Union, Columbia University, New, Voters, Thomson Locations: New York, Manhattan, New York City, U.S, New, Trump

To win, he'll need support from nearly every House Republicans, having few votes to spare in a chamber they only narrowly control. “One person says disruption," Jordan told The Associated Press in 2017. That helped him land a coaching job at Ohio State University before his election to the Ohio legislature in the mid 1990s. I never saw, never, heard of, never was told about any kind of abuse,” Jordan told Fox News in 2018, suggesting that the allegations against him were politically motivated. Jordan repeatedly cast doubt on the outcome of the contest while organizing the House Republican response.

Persons: Jim Jordan, John Boehner, he'd, Boehner, Jordan, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Jordan speakership, Liz Cheney, ” Cheney, ” Jordan, “, Bob Taft, —, Richard Strauss, Strauss, ” Adam DiSabato, DiSabato, “ Jim Jordan, “ He’s, Polly, I’m, ’ ”, Matt Huffman, Joe Biden, Biden, corruptly, Trump, Scott Perry, Bryan Cutler, Mike Pence, Cassidy Hutchinson, Mark Meadows, ” Trump, Hutchinson Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Republican Party, Republican, Republicans, Capitol, Ohio State University, Associated Press, University of Wisconsin, GOP, Republican Gov, Caucus, Ohio State, Fox News, Congress, Trump, White, Committee, House Intelligence, ” Locations: “, Dayton, Ohio, Columbus, Congress, Washington, Russia, House, Pennsylvania

Christopher Kise, a lawyer for Trump, countered in his opening statement that Trump's financials were entirely legal. SIX CLAIMSFormer U.S. President Donald Trump attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, October 2, 2023. Last week, the judge found Trump, his adult sons and 10 of his companies liable for fraud, describing in scathing terms how the defendants made up valuations. In his testimony, Bender said he relied on information provided by Trump and his companies when compiling Trump's personal financial statements. "The original numbers come from the Trump Organization, and any changes that would have been made at the end would have been approved by the Trump Organization," Bender said.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Letitia James, Donald Jr, Eric, Donald Bender, James, Arthur Engoron, MONA LISA, Kevin Wallace, Christopher Kise, Kise, Alina Habba, Engoron, Mona Lisa, Brendan McDermid, Lago, Wallace, Michael Cohen, Bender, Habba, Cohen, Luc Cohen, Jack Queen, Doina Chiacu, Noeleen Walder, Nick Zieminski, Grant McCool Organizations: New, Trump, Trump Organization, Mazars USA, Republican, New York Democrats, SIX, U.S, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: New York, Manhattan, New, Lago, Florida, American, New York City, Washington, Georgia

Trump's election campaign used the start of the trial for fundraising, saying he was defending his family and reputation from New York Democrats it called "corrupt tyrants." Christopher Kise, a lawyer for Trump, countered in his opening statement that Trump's financials were entirely legal. Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, October 2, 2023. Last week, the judge found Trump, his adult sons and 10 of his companies liable for fraud, describing in scathing terms how the defendants made up valuations. The trial will review six additional claims including falsifying business records, insurance fraud and conspiracy, and address how much in penalties the defendants should pay.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Letitia James, Donald Jr, Eric, Donald Bender, James, Arthur Engoron, MONA LISA, Kevin Wallace, Christopher Kise, Kise, Alina Habba, Engoron, Mona Lisa, Brendan McDermid, Lago, Wallace, Michael Cohen, Bender, Cohen, Luc Cohen, Jack Queen, Doina Chiacu, Noeleen Walder, Nick Zieminski, Grant McCool Organizations: New, Trump, Trump Organization, Mazars USA, Republican, New York Democrats, Former U.S, REUTERS, SIX, Thomson Locations: New York, Manhattan, New, Lago, Florida, American, New York City, Washington, Georgia

☆ Right-wing media fumes over Univision anchor’s debate questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Republicans are enraged that their safe space was punctured at the second GOP debate by a Univision anchor. After welcoming viewers in Spanish (the debate was simulcast on Univision), Calderón queried the Republicans through the night on weighty issues related to immigration, hate crimes, health care, and more. But unlike what is typical on Fox News, Calderón declined to frame her questions in a manner favorable for the Republican candidates. “The Univision anchor’s questions seem to come from the comments section of Salon and Vox,” talk radio host Buck Sexton said. “I think the Univision lady thinks she’s at a Democratic Debate,” Fox News commenter Tomi Lahren added.

Persons: Ilia Calderón, Calderón, “, ’ ”, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, I’ve, Bud Light, Dylan Mulvaney, Greg Gutfeld, ” Gutfeld, Buck Sexton, commenter Tomi Lahren, ”, Matt Schlapp, Donald Trump, bode Organizations: CNN, Univision, Fox News, Republican, Los Angeles Times, Gov, Department of Homeland Security, “ Fox, DNC, Fox, RNC, Republican Party

☆ Opinion | What to Keep in Mind About Mitt Romney
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Reading the recent excerpt from McKay Coppins’s forthcoming biography of Mitt Romney of Utah, I was struck by the depth of the senator’s contempt and disdain for much of the Republican Party, including many of his colleagues in the Senate. He saved his harshest words, however, for those Republican senators who would do or say anything for political power and influence. What bothered Romney most about Hawley and his cohort was the oily disingenuousness. Hawley and Cruz “were making a calculation,” Romney told me, “that put politics above the interests of liberal democracy and the Constitution.”As for the latest crop of Republicans, Romney had this to say: “I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J.D. Romney was, after all, the first senator in American history to ever vote to remove a president of his own party from office.

Persons: McKay, Mitt Romney, “, Trump, ” Coppins, smarmily, ” Romney, Romney, Hawley, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, ”, Cruz “, Vance, Donald Trump Organizations: Republican Party, Senate, ” Locations: Utah

☆ The Trials of Aurora: A Colorado City’s Deep Divide Over Policing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Audra D. S. Burch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

I asked him if he thought good policing was possible. “The policing problem is that you have 90 percent good police officers, but that 10 percent or 5 percent, whatever the scientific number is, is enough to taint it. “There have been so many questionable incidents with the police involving Black residents,” Mayes said. Like Black voters across the country who have indicated support for fair policing in national polls, they took pains to explain that they were not against policing itself. “It’s just really hurtful,” Fields told a local radio station when the news broke.

Persons: ” Mayes, ‘, Mayes, —, “, ” Rhonda Fields, ”, Fields, Matthew Green, McClain, “ It’s, ” Fields, you’re Organizations: City Council, Aurora, Colorado’s, Aurora Police Department Locations: Vietnam, Black, America, Aurora

☆ Why TV news executives are having a brutal year in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In his place, CBS announced Monday that Wendy McMahon will be chief executive and president of CBS News, the network’s local stations, and CBS Media Ventures. The formidable task is reflective of the extraordinary challenges traditional media outlets are facing amid a period of rapid and existential change to their business models and advertising woes. Increasingly, there is no longer a single powerful media executive tasked with solving for the less-than-ideal set of circumstances. The industry veteran noted that there is less of a focus on making splashy — perhaps at times risky — moves to build for the future among the C-suite ranks. Instead, there is a mounting emphasis on slashing costs to best position the mammoth media companies for the inevitable decline of linear television.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Chris Licht, Noah Oppenheim, Kim Godwin, Bob Iger, Suzanne Scott, Neeraj Khemlani, I’m, Wendy McMahon, Ingrid Ciprian, Matthews, Helming, yesteryear, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, NBC News, ABC, Fox News, Voting, CBS News, CBS, CBS Media Ventures, GOP

☆ Fitch downgrades US credit rating citing 'steady deterioration' of US governance amid frequent debt ceiling battles
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Fitch downgraded the US's credit rating on Tuesday, citing "steady deterioration in standards of governance." The downgrade comes two months after the latest debt ceiling battle and brinkmanship. Fitch's move echoes what S&P did in 2011 when that major rating agency downgraded US credit in the wake of a different debt ceiling fight. However, Fitch's assessment comes after the lastest deal — which guarantees some debt ceiling relief through the next presidential election — was brokered. "They've repeatedly put the full faith and credit of our nation on the line, and now, they are responsible for the second downgrade in our credit rating," they wrote.

Persons: Fitch, Joe, Janet Yellen, acquiescing, Biden, —, They've Organizations: Democrats, Service, Tuesday, White, Social Security, AAA, Fitch, Republicans, GOP, Lawmakers Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ A Mother, Her Daughter, a Masterwork of Psychological Tension
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Flynn Berry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

HOW TO LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER, by Hila Blum. A woman travels for thousands of miles to spy on a family at the start of “How to Love Your Daughter,” by Hila Blum. Inside are her daughter Leah and her two granddaughters, but they don’t know she is outside: Yoella hasn’t seen Leah in years and has never met her granddaughters. For six years, Leah has made sporadic calls to her mother from around the world, “from Dharamsala, Bangalore, Hanoi, Chiang Mai. She puts herself on trial as a mother, summoning witnesses, poring over the evidence, searching for a crime.

Persons: Hila Blum, Daniella Zamir, Yoella, Leah, Yoella hasn’t, Chiang Mai, “, poring Locations: Dharamsala, Bangalore, Hanoi, Netherlands

[1/2] United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets workers at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File PhotoDETROIT, July 13 (Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is not a shouter. When he addresses union members in Facebook videos, or appears in public, he rarely raises his voice. "The only real limits we have are the ones we place on ourselves," he told union members in a video address on Tuesday. LONG-TERM TECHNOLOGY THREATSThe UAW president is unsparing in criticism of his immediate predecessors - two of whom, Dennis Williams and Gary Jones, were convicted of corruption.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Fain, I’ve, Malcolm X, Bernie Sanders, Dennis Williams, Gary Jones, “ We’re, Matt Frantzen, “ He’s, Frantzen, Tesla, Peter Berg, Joe White, Ben Klayman, Bianca Flowers, David Shepardson, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, DETROIT, UAW, Detroit, General Motors, Ford, EV, GM, Teamsters, United Parcel Service, Toyota, Michigan State University, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Washington, Belvidere , Illinois, Hollywood, California, Detroit, Chicago

☆ Opinion: As a Republican, I know the way forward cannot include Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Geoff Duncan, a CNN political contributor and Republican, served as Georgia’s lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2023. Geoff Duncan CNNMultiple candidates, including former President Donald Trump, have outright refused to commit to supporting the ultimate nominee. For a Republican candidate to effectively govern the country, there are far more meaningful questions worth answering. Here’s the truth: In the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election, Trump’s Department of Justice searched high and low for alleged improprieties. It’s long past time for the Republican Party to demonstrate our independence from former President Trump.

Persons: Geoff Duncan, ”, Geoff Duncan CNN, Donald Trump, Bill Barr, Trump’s, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Barr, Trump, Al Qaeda, George Bush, Al Gore, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Vladimir Putin’s, Ron DeSantis, Putin, Biden Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP, America’s Conservative Party, Republican Party, Trump’s Department of Justice, Supreme, Georgia, NBC, Florida Governor, Trump, Texas, Russian, ”, Twitter, Facebook, Republicans, US Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, New Hampshire, Iowa, Europe, Ukraine, Russian, Florida

☆ 'We Keep Electing Idiots': Liz Cheney thinks politics is broken and if the GOP nominates Trump again the party will crumble
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Liz Cheney said politics are so broken that 'we're electing idiots'The former congresswoman also argued the GOP will crumble if Trump becomes its 2024 nominee. Cheney made it clear that amid talk of a potential third-party bid, she has absolutely no interest in doing "anything that could help Donald Trump." A daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, the former congresswoman thinks the party of Lincoln will crumble if the GOP renominates Trump as its presidential nominee. "We're at a moment in our country where there is a tectonic shift going on in our politics," Liz Cheney said. "And, I think in particular if the Republican Party — I'm not sure if it is salvageable now — if the Republican Party nominates Donald Trump it will shatter and we will have a whole new politics, as we should."

Persons: Liz Cheney, Trump, —, Cheney, David Rubenstein, Parts Rubenstein, Donald Trump's, Donald Trump, Harriet Hageman, Kevin McCarthy, Trump's, Dick Cheney, GOP renominates Trump, Republican Party — I'm Organizations: Trump, Service, Republican, GOP, Republican Party Locations: New York, United States, Lincoln

☆ Review: ‘The Bear’ Changes Course(s)
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It suggests that there’s a better way of playing this game. “The Bear” has no illusions about that, but it is also unashamed to see a value in it. But there’s also taking care, learning discipline, doing things the hard way because it’s the right way. Try again, try again. It’s unsparing, but it comes with the belief that you can do better because you are better.

Persons: Ted Lasso ”, Carmy, queasy, Abby Elliott, there’s, Marcus, it’s, Joel McHale, It’s Organizations: Sydney

☆ Barry Diller Ends Talks to Sell The Daily Beast
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The media mogul Barry Diller has pulled The Daily Beast off the auction block. Mr. Diller, the chairman of the digital media company IAC, said on Friday that The Daily Beast — a digital tabloid known for its aggressive political and media coverage — is not for sale. Until recent days, according to people with knowledge of the talks, he had been in discussions about a deal with Ankler Media, a start-up that has earned a reputation for its unsparing coverage of Hollywood elites since Janice Min, a longtime magazine editor, co-founded it early last year. “We did have negotiations with The Ankler, but we have withdrawn from them,” Mr. Diller, 81, said in a statement. “The Daily Beast is not for sale.”He did not elaborate on his plans for The Daily Beast, a publication that the magazine editor Tina Brown first edited in 2008 and that has earned plaudits for its journalism.

Persons: Barry Diller, Diller, Janice Min, “, ” Mr, Tina Brown Organizations: IAC, Ankler Media, Daily

☆ How School Integration Upended a ‘Most Tolerant Little Town’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Samuel G. Freedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A MOST TOLERANT LITTLE TOWN: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation, by Rachel Louise MartinIn the dozen years since I read “The Warmth of Other Suns,” Isabel Wilkerson’s narrative masterpiece about the Great Migration, one passage has remained embedded in my mind. It is a description of Black men, women and children picking cotton in the 1920s. I was put in mind of that passage as I read Rachel Louise Martin’s “A Most Tolerant Little Town,” her unsparing account of an early effort at school desegregation in the Jim Crow South. It is another to be confronted with a meticulous, day-by-day reconstruction of relentless bigotry in action. To read “A Most Tolerant Little Town” is to be flooded with cross burnings, mob riots, night-riding raids, bombings, street-corner ambushes and racial slurs.

Persons: Rachel Louise Martin, ” Isabel Wilkerson’s, Wilkerson, boll, Rachel Louise Martin’s “, Jim Crow, Martin Organizations: School, Suns Locations: Little, Clinton, Tenn

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