#YouTubeIsOver won’t trend for long. Some influential creators are mad about notices from Google about changes to ads, but they’re nothing major. / digiday.com “Thiel, a lifelong Tolkien enthusiast, argues for a more generous interpretation: the stones were ‘indisputably good’ in the first two ages of Middle Earth,
Cozy understanding with state regulators allows coal giants to pawn off $3.5 billion in mine cleanup costs to federal government in hidden subsidy. / Vox “Madam President, where has all the funding gone for arts in the schools? Could those kuts be the reesen we are all getin dummer?” If
Hong Kong youth led a record voter turnout over the weekend, replacing longtime pro-Beijing politicians on the Legislative Council with independents and activists and eliciting a warning from the mainland in response. / Bloomberg, scmp.com, The Guardian, Reuters The Bureau of Indian Affairs, which manages all Native American reservations,
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* State Dept. says $400m payment to Iran wasn't ransom, but was delayed to create "leverage" in hostage return. * Before and after views of Southern Louisiana, devastated this week by historic flooding. * Worried by Trumputin, Congress wants to obstruct removing Russian sanctions—energy companies have already started.
* By pairing up with Bannon, Trump abandons centrists to focus on winning over those who already supported him. * The RNC can't pull funding from Trump without risking low turnout and losses down the ballot. * Paul Manafort further tied to facilitating secret lobbying by Ukrainian pro-Russian parties. * Squatter
* Hackers appear to have accessed the NSA's hacking tools, which the agency uses to hack into foreign governments. * "When Zillow starts warning about sea level rise, it may be time to start worrying about sea level rise." * Baltimore PD consistently applies sexual violence to coercive ends,
* Clinton team prepares for the first general election debate, anticipating Trump's Lewinsky attack. * Contrary to what the Clintons want to hear, “there is no concrete evidence that discredits Broaddrick’s rape claims” against the former President. * Once and for all: Donald Trump isn’t winning because of factory
* Polls favor Clinton in the presidential election, but Wikileaks and unknown geopolitical events still threaten. * If Mr. Trump could make progress in reunifying Republicans, Mrs. Clinton would quickly find herself in a tighter race. * Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau discovers millions earmarked for Trump's campaign chief. * Diary
* Trump can’t win if he loses Florida, but he only has one field office and “no visible footprint” in the state. * Right-wing commentators cycle through baseless theories about Clinton’s dire health. * Despite his former insistence, Trump now says he was being sarcastic when he said Obama founded
