NYTIMES (Maureen Dowd) - My Ted Talk
Captain Courageous cut a cool swath, in contrast to today’s creepy oligarchs.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Harrison Smith) - Forced to dance for Mengele at Auschwitz, she was called to help others heal
Psychologist Edith Eger, who has died at 98, treated veterans and abuse victims. She had to heal herself first, she said, to truly help her patients.
AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - Panicked Democrats scramble to offset back-to-back-to-back redistricting blows
Republican chances of keeping the House are surging, as panicked Democrats scramble to offset back-to-back-to-back redistricting blows. Why it matters: Democrats feel good about their midterms affordability message . But they're nervous about the math for retaking the House now that Republicans appear (for now) to have won this year's redistricting wars. - And they are wondering why the party spent $65 million on a losing effort. - "F*****ck!!" one House Democrat texted Axios' Andrew Solender after Virginia's Supreme Court invalidated the state's new congressional maps. - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) vowed to pursue "all options to overturn this shocking decision." Zoom in: Depression dominated Democrats' public…
THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Virginia’s Pro-Gerrymander Dems Argued Election Is Single Day After Forcing 45-Day Vote
The Supreme Court needed to explain what the definition of an 'election' is, so that Democrats could understand.
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NYTIMES (Melissa Kirsch) - Early Adopter
Why does it feel worse to be early than to rush and stress and arrive a little late?
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STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Florida veteran who faked blindness faces prison time for benefits fraud | Stars and Stripes
Between 2017 and 2021, Jerry Smith collected $244,953.70 in VA disability compensation and benefits after pretending to have extremely low vision.
WASHINGTONPOST (Susan Svrluga, Ian Duncan, Lauren Lumpkin) - Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks
This week’s hack into information from almost 9,000 schools included personally identifying data. It was not the first big edtech breach.
WASHINGTONPOST (Perry Stein) - DOJ sees fallout after push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey
Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department, others are considering doing so, and at least one major case has been disrupted.
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NPR (Larry Kaplow) - Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia
The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nullified Democratic redistricting in Virginia.
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NPR (Steve Kastenbaum) - They graduate to six figure salaries, and grueling work
Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.