New York Times gift articles

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12839438

Title & Subtitle come from the article version of this newsletter

A woman who works at the cemetery filed an incident report with the military authorities over the altercation. But the official, who has not been identified, later declined to press charges. Military officials said she feared Mr. Trump’s supporters pursuing retaliation.

Mr. Durov, 39, was detained by the French authorities on Saturday after a flight from Azerbaijan. He was charged on Wednesday with complicity in managing an online platform to enable illegal transactions by an organized group, which could lead to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

He was also charged with complicity in crimes such as enabling the distribution of child sexual abuse material, drug trafficking and fraud, and refusing to cooperate with law enforcement.

Basically: anti-gerrymandering rules in several Democratic-leaning states man that there are a whole lot of competitive seats in the house of representatives. Vote, especially downballot, and even if you think you're in a place that's "safe" for one presidential candidate or another.

He's just a dignity wraith now, having given up everything in pursuit of access to power.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12804424

The paper is here

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12802910

Title taken from the article version of this newsletter; posting the newsletter version because that has no paywall.

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