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☆ Opinion | The Governor’s Race You Cannot Ignore
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That’s how Mark Robinson’s aides characterize any attention to his diatribes against Jewish people, gay people, women. They want voters in North Carolina, where he is the Republican nominee for governor, to see him as just another conservative whose straight talk and religiousness come under predictable fire from the ambassadors of wokeness. And Robinson’s fate will be an especially revealing referendum on just how much, in the America of 2024, tribalism trumps common sense and common decency and voters tune out the truth. The governor’s race pits Robinson, who’d be North Carolina’s first Black governor, against Josh Stein, the Democrat, who’d be its first Jewish one. And they’re the very foundation of his improbable political career: He was elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina in 2020 almost solely on the basis of a single speech in opposition to sensible restrictions on firearms.

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☆ A plane disappeared in 1971 and experts believe they’ve found it in Lake Champlain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The crash site was never found, but over the years she held out hope it would be uncovered, steadily accumulating newspaper clippings and documents related to the case. There was no mayday or communication from the jet, Kozak says. Courtesy Garry KozakKozak first learned of the plane crash from a friend in the 1980s. Now that the crash site was found, the National Transportation Safety Board will make its evaluation to confirm it’s the right aircraft. While the crash site may have been found, it’s important to the passengers’ children the next generation also knows about their fathers.

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☆ Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders who took iconic ‘Earthrise’ photo dies in plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Joe Sutton | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —William Anders, a NASA astronaut who was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew who were the first three people to orbit the moon, has died in a plane crash in Washington state, according to his son, Gregory Anders. Anders served as a fighter pilot in all-weather interception squadrons of the Air Defense Command in California and Iceland, according to NASA and the US Naval Academy. Taken aboard Apollo 8 by William Anders, this iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon, with astronauts Anders, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell aboard. Anders served as the lunar module pilot for the historic flight. Anders served as Executive Secretary for the National Aeronautics and Space Council from 1969 to 1973, according to NASA.

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☆ Opinion | The Absolute Worst Argument for Why Trump Won’t Win
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’m routinely gobsmacked by how many people — including influential Democrats — tell me that they can’t imagine a victory by Donald Trump in November. Most of them don’t parse the economy and augur an end to the “vibecession” that’s distorting assessments of the country’s welfare under Joe Biden. They say some version of this:Americans won’t be that reckless with the country’s future and won’t stoop that crudely and cruelly low. They’ll recognize, however grudgingly, that Trump is an unserious person, unfit for a serious country. It’s a dangerous reprise of the (greater) confidence that Democrats felt about Hillary Clinton back in 2016.

Persons: I’m, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, it’s, Trump, Hillary Clinton

Frank Bruni: Josh, Olivia, great to be with you. I want to start not with Donald Trump but with Joe Biden. What’s the optimal balance between running against a “convicted felon” and focusing on the day-to-day concerns of less partisan, less engaged voters? I for one think Biden needs to be very careful about overdoing the felon part — voters are well aware of Trump’s status, transgressions and, er, character. So Biden’s big challenge is that he really needs to reach people who aren’t interested in politics and aren’t likely to hear any given message he sends out.

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☆ Opinion | How Will Trump’s Conviction Affect the Election?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “‘Guilty’ May Not Matter,” by Frank Bruni (Opinion, June 2):Mr. Bruni fears that Donald Trump’s newfound status as a convicted felon may not be enough for him to lose the election. Although Mr. Bruni may be right, he and the rest of us who desperately want to keep this despicable demagogue from returning to the White House should consider why so many millions would vote for a candidate with a criminal record. Mr. Trump’s appeals to grievance and nostalgia for a bygone era have found fertile ground among the non-college-educated working class whose economic advancement has stalled over the past several decades. In many cases Mr. Trump simply exploits racism and xenophobia, but legitimate injury is there as well. With his declarations of a system rigged against both him and his supporters, Mr. Trump has cynically channeled anger at elites who have successfully ridden out or even engineered capitalism’s latest jolts.

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☆ Opinion | For Trump, ‘Guilty’ May Not Matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first former American president to be put on trial is now the first former American president to be convicted of a felony. I could see him skipping out of the cemetery, all the way back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I could see “guilty” being a mere bump in the road. I long ago lost count of the times that “witch hunt” tumbled from his lips or his keyboard. Trump came to understand that commanding people’s attention could get him only so far, while commanding their realities might enable him to get away with anything.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, “, Trump Locations: American

☆ Opinion | How to Buy Yourself a Longer Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The fitness chain Equinox recently announced a new peak of pampering, a higher altitude of indulgence. It’s a deluxe membership called Optimize by Equinox, it costs about $40,000 a year and it comes with a sleep coach. I know what tennis coaches do. I know what football coaches do. But a sleep coach?

☆ Opinion | When Donald Trump Met Hannibal Lecter
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How many of your acquaintances have been eaten by an immigrant who crossed the U.S. border illegally? I’m going to go out on a limb — the botanical kind, not the sort that a cannibal might call dinner — and guess zero. I’m also going to guess that a few of you are wondering if I’ve lost my mind. Donald Trump is the one who should be drawing your concern. Hannibal the Cannibal.

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☆ Sam Rubin, TV Anchor Known for His Hollywood Reporting, Dies at 64
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Emmett Lindner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Sam Rubin, a journalist for the television station KTLA 5 in Los Angeles whose morning interviews with celebrities became requisite viewing for much of the entertainment industry and who endeared himself to Hollywood insiders with his geniality and knowledge of their work, died on Friday. Mr. Rubin’s death was announced by a KTLA anchor, Frank Buckley. A tribute segment that aired on the station said the cause was a heart attack. In an industry known for its changing names and evolving trends, Mr. Rubin was for decades a mainstay for viewers across the city and an interview with him was considered a rite of passage for many stars. His ability to make celebrities feel comfortable as he asked them about their craft spanned generations.

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☆ An art market full of cracks is about to face a $1 billion test
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Art auction sales at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips over the next two weeks are expected to total $1.2 billion, down 18% from a year ago and nearly half the total for the May 2022 sales, according to ArtTactic. It extends a recent decline for the art market from its post-Covid peak, when cheap money, a booming stock market and fiscal stimulus saw record sales. It's the buyers showing up and what the work will sell for that will define our perception of the art market right now. Price pressuresDealers and art experts say the auction art market is stalled over price, with sellers not willing to get a lower price than they might have gotten at the peak of the market in 2021-2022. "The question they're asking is, 'Should we buy in to the art market right now?'"

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☆ Why are Americans so angry? New York Times writer Frank Bruni on the airing of grievances
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhy are Americans so angry? New York Times writer Frank Bruni on the airing of grievancesFrank Bruni, New York Times writer, Duke professor and ‘The Age of Grievance’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the airing of grievances in America, why Americans are so angry, the monetization of outrage culture, and more.

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☆ Opinion | Chris Christie and Bill Barr Have Some Explaining to Do
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He’s jumping, along with all the other Republicans in moral free fall. “Supporting a man McConnell has clearly deemed unfit for the office may make McConnell craven, cynical or absurd, but he’s not alone in his decision.” Far from it. Christie at least isn’t supporting Trump. And it’s a reason that he can hold his head higher than Sununu, Barr or McConnell can. I’m asking Christie to remember that less than six months ago, he called Trump “a dictator.” And seemed to believe that.

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☆ Opinion | For the Sake of Democracy, Celebrate Mike Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The music swells. I never expected the music to swell and the credits to roll with Mike Johnson’s face in the center of the frame. But before we move on to the next congressional melodrama, let’s make sure we’ve given Johnson his due. In an era this intensely and corrosively partisan, it’s especially important that we give warranted praise and appropriate thanks to people with whom we usually disagree. Tribalism discourages that, but a healthy democracy demands it.

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☆ Foot Locker debuts 'store of the future' as it looks to win back Wall Street's confidence
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article FL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA Foot Locker, Inc. store. Even the Striper uniform, the iconic black and white striped outfit worn by Foot Locker's store associates, is getting a refresh, Frank Bracken, Foot Locker's chief commercial officer, told CNBC in an interview. A Foot Locker, Inc. store. A Foot Locker, Inc. store. Courtesy of: Foot Locker, Inc.An overall view of a Foot Locker, Inc. store.

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☆ Consumers spending and showing resilience, says Fiserv's Frank Bisignano
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailConsumers spending and showing resilience, says Fiserv's Frank BisignanoFrank Bisignano, Fiserv president and CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss what gave Bisignano confidence to raise its guidance, how much of the company's strength is due to strength with the consumer, and more.

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☆ Opinion | The Unsolvable Mysteries of Donald’s and Melania’s Marriage
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“He reserves fear for one person, Melania Trump.” That’s what Kellyanne Conway said about Donald Trump in her testimony before a congressional committee in 2022. But then we don’t get to look at them all that much — not the two of them together. It’s a mystery, like so much about their marriage and about the former first lady herself. Journalists wanted to know what Melania Trump was thinking. And Donald Trump fumed to reporters that the trial might prevent him from joining Melania at the high school graduation of their son, Barron, on May 17.

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☆ Could Trump go to jail? Questions about Trump’s trial, answered
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

If Trump were sent to prison, would he still have his presidential Secret Service protecting him in jail? The judicial process is built around the idea that defendants are there to answer charges, and New York law requires that a defendant be present at trial. The felony charge here, which is the lowest level felony under New York law, is falsifying business records to further some other crime. His federal trial on classified documents is proceeding slowly in Miami. While Trump, under New York law, has a right to know their names, their identities will be kept from public view.

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☆ Opinion | Republicans Are Fleeing the Stench of a Rotten Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When it comes to Donald Trump, House Republicans do a convincing pantomime of love. They grovel for his favor, gush about getting his endorsement and speak and vote in line with his desires. They’re half partisan, half courtesan. That’s the truth of the Trump era, and that’s the moral of the 2024 exodus from Congress. More than two dozen House Republicans, along with more than two dozen House Democrats, have headed or are headed for the exits, but the largeness of those numbers — which track with those in other election years over the past decade — don’t tell the story.

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☆ Opinion | Joe Biden Is More Than His Age
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “The Overlooked Truths About Biden’s Age,” by Frank Bruni (Opinion, March 30):Mr. Bruni was absolutely right to point out that the presidency is not a one-person job. The president needs the right people under him and around him. Joe Biden put together a great cabinet and other advisers quite quickly three and a half years ago. Janis DelsonNew YorkTo the Editor:Like President Biden, I turn 82 this fall. And, yes, we sometimes experience brief memory freezes as the memory bubbles surface more slowly through our brain’s molasses.

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☆ Opinion | The Overlooked Truths About Biden’s Age
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In terms of optics and in terms of energy, I wish President Biden were younger. And from the casual conversations all around me and the formal polling of voters, I know I’m in robust company. A great many Americans consider his age unideal, and that belief is why there’s no wishing away the focus on it. Even so, aspects of the subject actually get too little consideration, starting with this crushingly obvious and yet frequently overlooked fact: The presidency isn’t a solo mission. And the president of the United States is only as good as the advisers around him, whose selection reflects presidential judgment, not stamina.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He died in a hospital near his Space Coast Florida home, said Max Ary, director of the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesThe Apollo 10 mission in May 1969 set the stage for Apollo 11’s historic mission two months later. He volunteered for the Air Force and had hoped to fly combat in the Korean War. After the Apollo-Soyuz mission, Stafford returned to the Air Force and worked in research and commanded the Air Force Flight Test Center before retiring in 1979 as a three-star general.

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☆ Italy grapples with its patriarchal history as femicide cases shock the nation
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Antonia Mortensen | Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But all the women killed by femicide in Italy have one thing in common: they knew their killers. Italy might have a female prime minister, but she makes a point of not identifying herself as a feminist. The prevalence of domestic violence in Italy is fed by societal failures, says Lorella Zanardo, an activist, educator and documentary filmmaker. While Italy does not have Europe’s highest rate of domestic violence, it is among the lowest ranked in Europe when it comes to gender equality. In Italy, the feminist movement was largely driven by the left, which meant that those who supported right-leaning parties, including current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have distanced themselves from feminism entirely.

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Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with the politics writers Joe Klein and Olivia Nuzzi to discuss the state of the likely Biden-Trump race, this week’s State of the Union address and the state of possible third-party threats. Frank Bruni: Olivia, Joe, I’m so psyched to be doing this with two journalists I so hugely admire. What, really, are the chances that something happens today, or tomorrow, or when President Biden delivers his State of the Union remarks on Thursday, that translates into either him or Donald Trump not being on the November ballot? And which of those two would be more likely not to be? Olivia Nuzzi: Aside from biblical intervention, I don’t think anything could possibly happen this week, in the primaries or at the State of the Union address that would dramatically shift the conversation.

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☆ Fiserv CEO: The consumer is back and spending as we predicted
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFiserv CEO: The consumer is back and spending as we predictedFiserv CEO Frank Bisignano joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the current state of the consumer, insights into small business category strength, and more.

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