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What Happened to the Minor Party Presidential Candidacies? - Intelligencer (No paywall) No Labels went away, Kennedy quit, and the Greens and Libertarians faded.
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WorkTrump Attends U.F.C. Fight in New YorkMr. Trump’s campaign aggressively courted young male voters, also a significant share of U.F.C.’s target audience, through podcast appearances, and the league’s cast of characters played a role in Mr. Trump’s campaign. Steven Cheung, Mr. Trump’s campaign spokesman and his pick for White House communications director, once worked in U.F.C.’s communications office. Work
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WorkWorkEddie Palmieri Says Dont Call It a Comeback - The New Yorker (No paywall)On a cool night this past spring, the line outside the Blue Note ran down the block, causing enough of a scene that a young man stopped to ask, Whos it for? A woman in a fur coat near the front shouted back, Eddie Palmieri! Ah, Eddie Palmieri, the passerby replied, Con razn! The eighty-seven-year-old Nuyorican pianist and bandleader has been a fixture of the citys night life since the nineteen-fifties. Critics have called him our Beethoven and the architect of progressive salsa. To fellow-musicians, hes El Rumbero del Piano, Maestro, and the Latin Monk (as in Thelonious). Eddie II, Palmieris manager and his only son, puts it more plainly: My dad is the No. 1 Motherfucker. These days, Palmieri often describes himself as the Last of the Mohicans, having survived many of his hard-living peers.
WorkWorkHow Musk's Government Efficiency Panel May Look - Inc (No paywall)President-elect Donald Trump has tasked billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk with setting up a panel to streamline the U.S. government. Although Trump has said little about how this group would operate, Musk previously set an ambitious goal of cutting $2 trillion of federal spending. WorkEight killed in knife attack at Chinese college - WSJ (No paywall) Police in the city of Yixing said the attack at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology was carried out by a student who hadnt graduated after failing an exam. They gave the alleged attackers surname as Xu and said he confessed to the crime following his arrest at the college. WorkCould the Supreme Court roll back same-sex marriage during a Trump administration?Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times. Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want you to believe. WorkWorkHow to make Elon Musks budget-slashing dreams come true - The Economist (No paywall)ELON MUSK and Vivek Ramaswamy are keen to whip the American government into shape. On November 14th their newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced it wants to hire super-high-IQ small-government revolutionaries to get to work on cost-cutting. It is easy to ridicule the enterprise. Mr Musk has talked of ripping $2trn out of the federal budget; a cut of that magnitude, done swiftly, would leave public offices incapable of performing many basic functions and plunge the economy into a recession. Moreover, Donald Trump has given DOGE less than two years to get the job done. And the entity is a small advisory body, not an actual department, with a name inspired by a joke cryptocurrency. WorkWorkWhy Marco Rubio could be Cuba's worst nightmareThe president-elect nominated Rubio to be his secretary of state this week, and he would become the first Cuban American to hold the position if he is approved by the Senate in the coming weeks. But, far from bolstering connections, many fear his appointment could spell further complications in the fraught relations between the two nations. WorkWorkKennedy's Vow to Take On Big Food Could Alienate His New G.O.P. AlliesMore broadly, Mr. Kennedy has set an agenda to root out what he considers corruption in the arena of government and public health, arguing that regulatory agencies overseeing food and drugs have been working hand in hand with corporate America to enhance profits rather than to benefit consumers. WorkHaiti Has Big Problems and Few SolutionsHaiti has experienced a long-simmering crisis for about 15 years, a period marked by a devastating earthquake, squandered aid dollars, tarnished international interventions and flawed presidential elections. WorkOpinion | Donald Trump Is Already Starting to FailOne of the challenging realities of American politics is that while vast numbers of Americans participate in presidential elections, only small minorities of voters actually stay engaged. And the priorities of the two groups are not the same, far from it. WorkBiden Visits Amazon, Vowing Help to Fight Climate ChangeMr. Trump has said he will withdraw the United States — for a second time — from the landmark Paris climate accord, which aims to curb planet-warming emissions and rein in rising temperatures. He has promised to “drill, drill, drill” for oil and gas and nominated Chris Wright, a fossil fuels executive who has claimed “there is no climate crisis,” to lead the Department of Energy. WorkTrumpa??s defense pick reportedly paid sexual assault accuser but denies claimsEarlier this week, after the claim was revealed Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said "Hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations, and no charges were filed. We look forward to his confirmation as United States Secretary of Defense so he can get started on Day One to Make America Safe and Great Again." WorkWorkWorkNew Wave of Offensive Texts Targets Hispanic and L.G.B.T.Q. PeopleDiana Brier, 41, who identifies as lesbian, said she was shocked after receiving one of the texts targeting L.G.B.T.Q. people last Sunday. The message she got referred to an executive order and instructed her to check in to be transported to an undisclosed location for an “LGB re-education camp.” It also mentioned Mr. Trump and the date of his inauguration. WorkTrump Stands by Defense Pick Who Says Encounter With Woman Was Not Sexual AssaultMr. Trump announced on Tuesday that Mr. Hegseth, a Fox News personality, was his choice to lead the Pentagon, setting off a wave of resistance from many corners of Washington. Mr. Hegseth has criticized some in the Pentagon leadership as too “woke,” and he pushed for Mr. Trump to intervene when he was president on behalf of three members of the military accused or convicted of war crimes, which Mr. Trump did. WorkBiden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles“Today, many in the media are talking about the fact that we have received permission to take appropriate actions,” Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly address. “But blows are not inflicted with words. Such things are not announced. The rockets will speak for themselves.” WorkU.S. Opens Investigation Into Killing of Sonya MasseyThe Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office said that evidence showed that Mr. Grayson, who has been charged with murder and fired from the sheriff’s office, had not been “justified in his use of deadly force.” WorkGaetz Report Drama Brings a House Republican Feud Full CircleThe chaos has been driven by big-picture political dynamics: a polarized Congress where compromise is a lost art, a G.O.P. split between center-leaning conservatives and the hard right, and a too-small majority that gave outsize power to rebels like Mr. Gaetz. WorkWorkClifton R. Wharton Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers, Is Dead at 98Dr. Wharton was determined to improve the lives of people in emerging economies, developing a special interest in agriculture. As vice president of the Agricultural Development Council, he focused on countries in Asia, where he lived, taught, and conducted agricultural growth programs and research. WorkBorderlands Mexico: Toyota pumping $1.45B into Mexico to boost Tacoma production“The new plant represents a major investment in our Arizona operations, effectively expanding our capacity in the state,” Hannu Hyttinen, regional managing director, Nefab US West, said in a statement. “This growth underscores Nefab’s dedication to the region, which is rapidly becoming a key hub for the mining, manufacturing, and technology sectors.” WorkWork1 Dead and Dozens Ill in E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots The carrots recall comes after an E. coli outbreak last month related to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers resulted in one fatality and more than 100 cases of illness, according to the C.D.C. The agency said that slivered onions were the likely source of that outbreak. WorkWorkRestaurant executives can't wait for 2025 after slow traffic and wave of bankruptciesThe value wars will likely continue into 2025, pressuring restaurants' profits and intensifying the competition between chains. For example, McDonald's plans to unveil a broader value menu in the first quarter, after extending its $5 value meal through the summer and into the winter. For some restaurants, the looming threat of bankruptcy hasn't disappeared, particularly for the chains that are leaning on discounts to win back customers. WorkAirstrikes Hit Central Beirut for First Time in WeeksThe Israeli military said late on Sunday that it had killed Mr. Afif in a “precise, intelligence-based strike,” calling him Hezbollah’s chief spokesman and saying he was “directly involved in advancing and executing Hezbollah’s terrorist activities against Israel.” WorkWhat's New in the Case of the Document Leaks Roiling IsraelCritics viewed it as part of a disinformation campaign by Mr. Netanyahu or by his supporters, intended to dampen a popular push for the hostages’ release and to influence Israeli public opinion in favor of the prime minister’s negotiating positions. WorkWorkCeleste Caeiro, Whose Flowers Gave a Name to a Revolt, Dies at 91The officers’s main grievance was the government’s continuing wars against independence movements in colonial Africa, where many if not most poor Portuguese families had lost loved ones in the fighting. The unrest had cost Portugal some 40 percent of its national budget, inflicting hardships on its people. WorkWorkWorkWorkiFixit's PS5 Pro teardown reveals an easily replaceable CMOS batteryThat’s a nice improvement over the other PS5s, where “you’ve got to take apart almost the whole thing to change [the CMOS battery] out,” iFixit notes. Other than that, things look pretty familiar. That’s not to say the PS5 Pro itself doesn’t have excitement to offer — as our reviewers found, the PS5 Pro is an absolute beast of a console when it comes to performance. Less exciting though is its $700 price tag. |
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