Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Novel Reason: PFAS
Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-dangerous chemicals now banned in the Games. Source link
Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84
An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform…
I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.
If we are going to be competitive with China, we have to get our economic house in order. Source link
Ro Khanna Is Shaken by What He’s Learned From the Epstein Files
Epstein’s network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better. Source link
Robert Duvall, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Actor, Dies at 95
An Oscar winner, he was known for disappearing into wide-ranging roles in movies like “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather” and in the television series “Lonesome Dove.” Source link
Looks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream. Source link
Harris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts
The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million. Source link
Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the…
Why Pennsylvania’s Two Most Powerful Democrats Don’t Speak
Senator John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro do not get along. The bad blood goes back years. Source link
Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication
A whistle-blower has accused Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, of blocking distribution of a report that Jared Kushner’s name came up in an intercepted communication about Iran. Source…