[FT]: Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician, 1928-2025
National Front founder led the movement for decades before passing the baton to his daughter Marine https://www.ft.com/content/da4f0d7d-3bcd-4bde-af16-56b592cc1d82
[Foreign Policy Live Podcast]: Inside Trump’s Defense Policy (Re-Air)
Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief intervew with Elbridge Colby, Trump's pick for under secretary for policy. December 30, 2024. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-policy-live/id1034003458?i=1000682146791 “Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief. This is FP…
[The American Prospect]: The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China
There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest. By David Dayen December 20, 2024 "But it's incontrovertible that a billionaire who has a…
[Gifted article, NYTimes]: Money for 9/11 Health Care Was Dropped from Year-End Spending Bill
A plan to ensure long-term funding to address health needs stemming from the terrorist attacks fell to the wayside after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk objected to a bipartisan…
[The Guardian]: Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers By…
[The Telegraph]: Suspect in Magdeburg market attack is pro-AfD Saudi doctor
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, who arrived in Germany in 2006, praised far-Right politicians including Geert Wilders in posts online By Roland Oliphant, Senior Foreign Correspondent https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/21/suspect-in-magdeburg-market-attack-is-pro-afd-saudi-doctor
[DSR, TNR, The Daily Blast Podcast] : Shocker from Chris Murphy: We May Not Have a Democracy for Much Longer,
Greg Sargent, December 19, 2024, Thursday. Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, sounded an extraordinary warning this week. After a House GOP report recommended that the FBI prosecute Liz Cheney,…
[Gothamist]: 5 facts about new NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s billionaire family.
By Charles Lane, November 29, 2024 The industrious and philanthropic Tisch family is the 43rd richest in the United States according to Forbes, with members owning the Loews Corporation and…
[DSR, TNR, Podcast, The Daily Blast]: Trump Rages over Hush-Money Case as Lara Trump Signals Revenge to Come
Greg Sargent, Josh Marshall. December 18, 2024 On Tuesday, Donald Trump exploded with fury at Judge Juan Merchan after he refused to dismiss the hush-money conviction of Trump in Manhattan.…
[NYTimes Gift Article]: Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
By Kirsten Grind, Eric Lipton and Sheera Frenkel , December 17, 2024 Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure…