“I never did introduce myself. Del Griffith, American Light and Fixture. Director of sales, shower curtain ring division. I sell shower curtain rings. Best in the world.”

Matt Knell Here you go

This moment from the new Steve Martin documentary where he’s remembering John Candy…damn man.

Cherokee County was so red, it looked burgundy, with a sprinkling of tiny blue dots. “Are those the Democrats?” I ask. “Like, three Democrats live east of Holly Springs?”

Baverman laughs. “No,” she says, “I think those are ponds.”
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One big thing that bugs me about DoD: Endlessly reviewing tactical errors while ignoring bigger strategic failures that played out over decades. Still a good scoop via Dan Lamothe
'U.S. military review disputes that Marines had Kabul bomber in sights' wapo.st/4aLcEuC

“Where do we put the bodies?”
The human cost of the border crisis via Arelis R. Hernández powerful read.
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Great Jonathan Martin jam.

The craziest thing you can say on Washington cocktail/diplo circuit right now?

That you think Biden will win.

CW in DC so much favors DJT, that few can see what data clearly shows:

A coin-toss race right now & Biden is gaining.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court liberal won’t run again, shaking up race for control washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

This sounds a lot like Gen. Cavoli:

Which Trump lies stick? Republicans believe some falsehoods more than they did six years ago, our poll finds. — via ⁦Glenn Kessler⁩, ⁦Scott Clement⁩ and ⁦Emily Guskin⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will likely adopt new rules on how the public can engage with the GOP-majority board. More here: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Natalie owns a bookstore in my neighborhood called Bound Booksellers, and I wanted to ask you to purchase my memoir from her (if u were planning on buying) to show her how awesome she is and to thank her for loving her neighbor well during this tough time! boundbookstn.com/products/ghost…

Conservationists, gulf princes and the safari industry are displacing the Masai from land they've stewarded for more than 400 years...all in the name of saving that land. Must read via Stephanie McCrummen
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An amazing tribute to the wonderful war photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed in Afghanistan 10 years ago this week. Her photos are her legacy. npr.org/sections/pictu…

There’s a punching down quality to this piece that leaves me feeling bleh. Famous novelist mocks the proles for blowing money on a cruise.
The super rich also have obscene tastes. See Jeff Bezos’s ridiculous yacht. So why pick on the little guy?

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Now the hard part - telling older people struggling to maintain hope in Alabama’s violent prisons & praying this bill would pass that the politics of fear & hate are still more powerful than faith, love, redemption & forgiveness.

The reinstatement of Lexi Rizzo is a big deal. Now a major question is whether the new Starbucks leadership will appeal the ruling or not, given its promise to temper its all-out resistance.

A huge win for workers went under the radar last week:

The NLRB told Starbucks to reinstate a shift supervisor named Alexis Rizzo after illegally firing her last year.

Alexis was a founder of Starbucks Workers United and believed her firing was retaliation. The NLRB agreed.

A week later, here's the Washpost story that Coach Mulkey helped promote.

Gift link wapo.st/4cBAM4A

“LSU coach Kim Mulkey holds grudges, battles everyone and keeps winning. But at what cost?”
Really well done and interesting. Via Kent Babb
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