August 9, 2017
Despite his vows not to golf on the job, Trump has visited golf clubs 45 times since becoming president. / Trump Golf Count
Trump threatens North Korea with “fire and fury,” North Korea responds with its own fire plan—to envelop Guam in flames—and Trump then returns fire with tweets bragging about the United States’ nuclear arsenal. / USA Today, BBC, CNBC
A dry cleaner explains everything he knows about the business. “People lie about stains—and we know it too!” / Vestoj
Contemporary artists discuss why basketball is so important to them. “It’s an art form unto itself.” / VICE
Bill Murray attends Groundhog Day on Broadway, takes selfies with fans, breaks down in tears. / The New York Times
Northern California’s massive pot operations are intensely reliant on pesticides, poisoning national forests. / Reuters
“It’s a crime to not do everything you can to help the people who are making it for those who are spending it.” UCLA’s star quarterback offers a blunt assessment of the impossible demands of being a student-athlete. / Bleacher Report
“Ads aren’t just defacing the internet, they are warping it,” i.e., corrupting its core functions. / The Ringer
Media Matters calls for a boycott of Fox News’s Sean Hannity for “state-aligned disinformation and propaganda.” / The Associated Press
There’s a small island (U Thant/Belmont Island) on New York City’s East River that technically you’re not allowed to visit because it’s a sanctuary for migrating birds. / Wikipedia
On this date in history: It’s been 72 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, 10 years since the global financial crisis began, and 43 years since Nixon resigned. / ABC News, Reuters, Wikipedia
Following Trump’s “fire and fury” comments, the Dow’s winning streak of record highs came to an end, and the Swiss franc, the safe-haven currency of choice, surged. / Vanity Fair, Reuters
“Putting on an apron—or a hijab—for a day isn’t reporting. It’s play-acting.” Against the Washington Post’s recent “costume journalism,” in which a food critic worked as a dishwasher for just one shift and claimed insight. / GOOD
From July: If a “surgical strike” on Pyongyang provoked a non-nuclear response, 30,000 would be killed in the South. / The New York Times