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I hate to shatter your illusions on the weekend, but it turns out that Republicans and people trying to get Republicans to do things for them were not spending huge.
The main course is coming up in about five weeks, but before Portugal holds a national election, the Autonomous region of The Azores will hold a snap early election on.
A photo selection error that will cause massive plotzing by right wing conspiracists +96%, 2%, +1%. Washington Post Lede Generator: President Joe Biden notched a decisive victory in the first.
As Erik pointed out the other day in the salary post/thread, people don't like to talk about how much money they're making, and they ESPECIALLY don't want to talk about.
Two weeks, I got to see Jerry Joseph play in Boston. It was so great. He's such a fascinating figure. He's one of these singer-songwriter types who never made it.
The veteran reporter John Harwood observed that the media did an awful job covering the economy, routinely acting as if a recession was inevitable with a tone suggesting that one.
Good piece on the college application consultancy racket: For the past nine years, Rim, 28, has been working as an “independent education consultant,” helping the one percent navigate the increasingly.
Carl Weathers has passed, and while this is deeply saddening (the man got his three score and ten and then some, but was also still an active actor appearing in.