YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell - Aug. 25 | Audio Only
Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the Aug. 25th broadcast.
WASHINGTONPOST (Violet Jira) - What to know about the Lindsay Clancy trial
Closing arguments are expected later this week in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the 36-year-old Massachusetts mother who strangled her three kids to death in 2023.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Perry Stein) - Lawyers gear up as Trump administration threatens election officials with arrest
Private voting rights attorneys and Democratic attorneys general are preparing to defend election officials and file lawsuits against the federal government.
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Jeffries faces impeachment dilemma if Democrats win back the House
With just 10 weeks left until the midterms, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) gave CNN's Wolf Blitzer a preview yesterday of what to expect should Democrats regain control of the House: - "Hold every single member of the Trump cartel accountable." - "Make sure that we've got people in government focused on doing the things necessary to address the affordability crisis." - On impeachment, "we haven't ruled anything in and we haven't ruled anything out", with any move guided by "moments of accountability." That aligns with the priorities Jeffries has been pushing on the stump : - Lower the cost of living. - Make health care affordable. - Take the Trump administration to task. But his careful line on impeachment underscores…
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NYTIMES (Alison Pill) - What Child Actors Understand About Hayden Panettiere
We might have worked on different sets, for different directors, in different eras, but every child actor bears the same recognizable wounds.
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NYTIMES (Adam Grant) - The Only Way to Stop Students From Cheating
Blue-book exams are fine, but we need to address the issue at its root.
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AXIOS (Emily Peck) - Stanley Druckenmiller makes AI writing a billionaire flex
Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller made AI writing seem like no big deal this week, telling NOTUS reporter Jeff Stein "of course" he used it to help draft a widely shared op-ed for the Wall Street Journal . Why it matters: The moment could mark a real cultural shift where AI writing is basically all good, at least among a certain set of influential elites. Where it stands: Among his intended audience in the financial world, Druckenmiller's article got more attention for its substance — a scathing critique of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — than for its style. - The writing is infused with the telltale cadences of the AI-generated one-two punch — for example, "If the 30-year must trade at 5.5% to clear, that isn't a…
AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Trump's "election integrity" threat: Defunding state and local police
State and cities nationwide are rebelling against the White House's push to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they impose new voting rules. Why it matters: President Trump's effort to impose election policies that he hasn't been able to get through Congress has now drawn two lawsuits from state and local governments that accuse the administration of threatening to defund the police unless Trump gets his way. - "They are trying to defund public safety and counterterrorism," Harris County (Texas) Attorney Abbie Kamin told Axios. - Harris County, which includes Houston, and the other jurisdictions stand to lose millions in public safety grants unless they impose the controversial voting rules Trump…
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Inside the backlash over the Jeffries-Kushner meeting
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ' long-standing tensions with his party's left flank resurfaced this week after news broke of his meeting with President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Why it matters: Jeffries will have to make nice with the left next year if Democrats win back the House with only a narrow majority. Blowups like this are not helping. - The Democratic leader defended the meeting in a video posted to social media on Monday, saying that Kushner "asked for a meeting, and I took it, to discuss the affordability crisis." - Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Kushner, whose dealings with Saudi Arabia have drawn scrutiny from Democratic congressional investigators, remains a top oversight target. - "No one is going to get a…
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow resume hours after CIA director's visit, mayor says
Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.
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