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☆ Harris eyes changes at campaign headquarters while wary of drama
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But now it has to retool to elect Kamala Harris, who’s a Black and South Asian woman in the year 2024,” said one aide at campaign headquarters. Never have the people on what was, until Sunday afternoon, the very small core team around Harris felt so popular. That, they know, has to change immediately, but will happen as Harris’ staff is asked to step in. Retaining hard fought Harris equilibriumLike Biden, Harris doesn’t have a history of running great or well-functioning campaigns, whether that was her Senate race in 2016 or her 2020 presidential run that didn’t even survive until December of 2019. So at least for now, the campaign staff are trying to hold to a line that deputy campaign manager and digital outreach specialist Rob Flaherty used on a call Monday afternoon that senior staff held.

Persons: CNN —, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, retool, who’s, ”, Biden, Mike Donilon, didn’t, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Anita Dunn, “ It’s, Trump, Jeff Zients, —, Harris ’, Tony West, Rahm Emanuel —, Bill Clinton, Japan —, Emanuel, “, David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s, Plouffe, Donald Trump, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, O’Malley Dillon, Quentin Fulks, Joe, ” Harris, it’s, Harris doesn’t, flay, Hillary Clinton’s, Megan Jones, Kirsten Allen, Sheila Nix, Brian Fallon, ruefully, Rob Flaherty, ” Flaherty Organizations: CNN, American, White House, Democratic, Wing, White, Justice Department, House Democratic, Chicago, Naval, West Wing, House Locations: Harris, Japan, doesn’t, Washington, Wilmington

Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a campaign event at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 29. Biden always says not to compare him to the almighty, but to the alternative. That’s her keeping close to Biden — but it’s also Biden keeping her close. Despite her efforts, Democratic politics has started to reshape around her — as has former President Donald Trump’s campaign, which has already begun attacking Harris. Other officials and advisers said plans are underway to convince Biden to immediately throw his support behind Harris, release his Democratic delegates and ask them to follow his choice.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Frantz, Joe Biden’s, Kamala Harris ’, Biden, Harris, That’s, it’s, Donald Trump’s Organizations: Girard College, Reuters, Democratic, Biden, CNN Locations: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

☆ Kamala Harris: Democrats start moving to VP as President Joe Biden digs in
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Amid the ongoing fallout from Joe Biden’s debate performance, talk in many top Democratic circles has already moved to who Kamala Harris’ running mate would be. A more open race, these top Democrats hope, would be for Harris’ running mate, with a focus on leading Democratic governors. “President Biden is our nominee, Vice President Harris is our running mate, and we will win this November,” he said. The anti-Trump coalition cannot afford to discount the strengths of the nominated Democratic running mate and current vice president. Harris’ answer: She’d turn around and say to him, “Why are you being so weird?”As vice president, Harris has tended to be known more for her word salads than sharp elbows like that.

Persons: CNN —, Joe Biden’s, Kamala Harris ’, Biden, Harris, That’s, it’s, Donald Trump’s, Harris ’, Roy Cooper, Andy Beshear, Josh Shapiro, J.B . Pritzker, Tim Walz, “, they’ve, ’, hasn’t, We’ve, ”, Tim Ryan, he’s, ” Biden, Kevin Munoz, Harris —, I’ve, Kamala ” —, —, it’s Kamala, “ Kamala Harris, Kamala, She’s, Nanette Barragán, ” she’s, ” Barragán, Biden’s, Timmaraju, she’s, Harris Harris, Biden metastasizing, Ezra Levin, Gregory Meeks, Trump Harris, Hillary Clinton, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Jill Biden, ” Brian Fallon, Cooper, Beshear, ” Cooper, He’s, CNN’s Jeff Zeleny Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Biden, North Carolina Gov, Kentucky Gov, Pennsylvania, J.B, Illinois, NFL, Trump, ”, California Democrat, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Democrats ’, Democratic doubters, Congressional Black Caucus, Democratic Party, New, CBC, Republican Locations: Minnesota, Alabama, Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia , Montana, Iowa

☆ A War-Haunted Choreographer Steps Into a New Role at City Ballet
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Marina Harss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, the last two years have brought an uncomfortable intermingling of life and art. “My parents in Kyiv are awoken at night by explosions,” he said in an interview at Lincoln Center. “It gets harder and harder and heavier because no one sees any light. Ratmansky, 55, has kept the image filed away, part of a mental gallery of the horrors of war. Now it has found its way into a dance, his first for New York City Ballet in his new role as artist in residence.

Persons: Alexei Ratmansky, “, ”, can’t, Gustav Mahler Organizations: Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Kharkiv

☆ Want to Escape from Life, Stress…Winter? This Interior Design Move Can Help
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Molly Collett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

THINK OF the bed nook as the fluffy fur-lined Birkenstock of the home: chic, snuggly and engineered to encourage maximum coziness. We spend a lot of time scouting social-media inspiration boards and, as autumn shifts into hibernation high season, nooks seem to be everywhere. Veere Grenney, a London-based interior designer known for insistently inviting nooks, notes that, historically, recessed and curtained beds served a purpose: protecting dreamers from unwelcome drafts. “There’s so much friction in the world right now, the ability to retreat into a safe place at home is very appealing. There’s something embryonic about it.”

Persons: nooks, ” Locations: London

☆ Kyiv: Ousting of US House speaker darkens outlook for Ukraine aid as funds dry up
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

That left the Biden administration’s $24 billion request for fresh military aid, submitted to Congress in the summer, in limbo. While it’s unclear who might succeed him, several potential candidates are skeptical about continuing support for Ukraine at current levels. Let’s be clear, if the US Congress does not pass a funding bill, Ukraine will be in deep trouble. But for Ukraine’s military planners, the uncertainty is an immense challenge as they try to plot any winter offensive or where to place air defenses. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty ImagesBut a senior adviser to Zelensky criticized “Western conservative elites” for suggesting that military aid to Ukraine should be suspended.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Joe Biden, McCarthy “, ” McCarthy, Volodymyr Zelensky, Robert Fico’s, –, Michael McCord, McCord, ”, Max Bergmann, ” Bergmann, Bergmann, “, Bergman, Dmytro Kuleba, ” Kuleba, Oksana Markarova, ” Markarova, Bryan R, Smith, Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, Podolyak, ” Podolyak Organizations: CNN, Russia grinds, Kyiv, Biden, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, Congressional, House Democrats, Pentagon, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, Center for Strategic, International Studies, “, ‘, European Union, Facebook, Embassy of, USA, UN, Assembly, …, Congress Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Washington, Slovakia, Poland, Warsaw, Kyiv, Embassy of Ukraine, AFP

True vanilla is a demanding crop, so labor-intensive that at times the market value of the beans has surpassed that of silver, weight for weight. And since each bean yields only 2 percent vanillin at best, the cost of pure vanilla is even higher. The vanilla bean on my desk comes from the small Hawaiian town of Laie on Oahu’s North Shore. It’s longer and darker than the other vanilla beans in my cupboard, its fragrance more insistently narcotic. To begin with, while the vanilla orchid — planifolia is the species most widely grown — is a hermaphrodite (like most flowering plants), with both male and female parts, it can’t pollinate itself.

Persons: Wendell Steavenson, Saili Levi, Edmond, toiling, planifolia, haricots Organizations: NPR, Vanilla Company Locations: Madagascar, Laie, Shore, Samoa, Hawaii, United States, Oahu, Mexico, Réunion

☆ BRICS expansion hopefuls seek to rebalance world order
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Joe Bavier | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/6] People walk past the Sandton Convention Centre, which will host the upcoming BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa August 19, 2023. The wealthy West's domination of international bodies, such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. DEVELOPING WORLD DISCONTENTWhile BRICS has not divulged a full list of expansion candidates, a number of governments have publicly stated their interest. Others want changes at the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Its BRICS trade has indeed increased steadily since it joined, according to an analysis by the country's Industrial Development Corporation.

Persons: James Oatway, Rob Davies, South, bode, Vladimir Putin, Steven Gruzd, BRICS, Ramón Lobo, Gruzd, Lucinda Elliott, Deisy, Yousef Saba, Gustavo Palencia, Lamine Chikhi, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Sandton, REUTERS, United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, BRICS, Observers, South African Institute of International Affairs, U.S ., Reuters, United, Emirates, World Trade Organization, Argentine, New Development Bank, Russia, Industrial Development Corporation, South, Thomson Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa, JOHANNESBURG, Iran, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, India, China, Ukraine, Venezuela, Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, United Nations, United States, Montevideo, Caracas, Dubai, Tegucigalpa, Lamine, Algiers, Rabat

☆ The U.S. Economy’s Lost Decade - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

President Obama did pass what media reports insistently called a “massive” fiscal stimulus, but it was in fact far too small, given the size of the financial shock. That’s not 20/20 hindsight; I was tearing my hair out over the plan’s inadequacy in real time. Or they didn’t want to work, maybe because the improving quality of video games was keeping them at home. OK, but before I simply declare that inadequate government stimulus led to a lost decade for the U.S. economy, I need to address one objection from economic theory. Conversely, if the economy persistently has excessive unemployment, the hypothesis says that we should see ever-falling inflation, perhaps eventually leading to deflation.

Persons: Obama, insistently, belying, Milton Organizations: Obama Locations: Washington, U.S

☆ The Majesty of the Cure’s Live Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Thursday night, I got the sense that this was not something Smith was just doing for show: This is a band that noticeably, palpably cares about its fans. And onstage, Smith emitted a sincere sense of gratitude that I found transfixing. Yes, Smith still styles himself like a kinder, gentler version of the Joker. Here were six guys just playing their instruments, occasionally striking exaggerated rock poses, but mostly just letting this majestic music speak for itself. Today’s playlist is an appreciation for the Cure’s reign as a top-notch live act.

Persons: Smith, palpably, ”, Simon Gallup —, —, Gallup, Reeves Gabrels Locations: Auburn Hills, Mich

☆ Hillary Clinton’s Emails: A Nation Struggles to Unsubscribe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Katie Glueck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is the topic the nation just can’t delete from its political conversation: Hillary Clinton’s emails. In the days since Donald J. Trump became the first former U.S. president to face federal charges, Republicans across the ideological spectrum — including not only Mr. Trump and his allies, but also his critics and those who see prosecutors’ evidence as damaging — have insistently brought up the eight-year-old controversy. They have peppered speeches, social media posts and television appearances with fiery condemnations of the fact that Mrs. Clinton, a figure who continues to evoke visceral reactions among the Republican base, was never charged. The two episodes are vastly different legal matters, and Mrs. Clinton was never found to have systematically or deliberately mishandled classified information. Still, Republicans have returned to the well with striking speed, mindful that little more than the word “emails” can muddy the waters, broadcast their loyalties and rile up their base.

Persons: Hillary Clinton’s, Donald J, Trump, Clinton Organizations: Republican, Republicans Locations: U.S

☆ A Love Letter to Canned Food
▼ + stars: | 2019-09-20 | by ( Melissa Clark | More About Melissa Clark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like many ingredient-obsessed cooks, I hit the farmers’ market once or twice a week. I eat my brussels sprouts and squash in October, my asparagus and rhubarb in June, and not a whole lot beyond potatoes and onions in February. Yet when I start dreaming about the most delicious dishes I’ve ever eaten, Mrs. Ruby’s molten, cheesy artichoke dip, made with canned artichokes and topped with a spiky crown of French’s fried onions, is one of the first things that springs to mind. Mrs. Ruby was a family friend when I was growing up, and while she admitted she wasn’t a great cook, she could wield a can opener like a Jedi master. She served the dip over a can of Sterno, and by the end of the night the bottom was crusted and browned, like the prized tahdig on a pot of Persian rice.

Persons: Ruby Locations: brussels

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