Monday, May 20, 2019
The Ghosts
NY Times: How to Revisit the Ghosts of Your Past - Instead of pushing them aside, confront your nagging memories and make your own happy ending.
It’s never too late to say the thing you’ve been meaning to say
'Grotesque Things'
Guardian UK: Buttigieg slams Trump on Fox News, likens his tweets to ‘grotesque things' - Trump criticized Fox News for ‘wasting airtime’ on Buttigieg, saying Fox is ‘moving more and more to the losing side’
...people and the media are “mesmerized” by the president’s tweets because “it is the nature of grotesque things that you can’t look away”.
Desperate
NY Times: An Ode to ‘Desperate Don’ - Trump’s lies reveal an emboldened but vulnerable president. By Charles M. Blow
Trump lies about everything and for every reason. He lies to brag. He lies to deflect. He lies to inflate. He lies to defame. He lies to praise. He sometimes seems to lie just for the sport of it.
He is being trained, right before our eyes, to see that there is no cost for this deceit among the people who support him. He can lie at a rally, right to their faces, and they will still cheer. He can lie in public proclamations, and the Republican cowards in Congress will find a way to defend, rationalize or forgive it.
The Criminal President
NY Times: Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts By David Enrich
Anti-money-laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET the DOW is -178 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market will tank at the opening bell.
CNN: Google dumps Huawei; Markets stutter; Powell speech By Julia Horowitz
CNN: Google dumps Huawei; Markets stutter; Powell speech By Julia Horowitz
Friday, May 17, 2019
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