Extra, Extra
The Other Fight for Democracy: “North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in Russia on Tuesday for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be joining in on Moscow’s side. NATO said on Monday thousands of North Korean troops were moving toward the front line, a development which has prompted Kyiv to call for more weapons and an international plan to keep those troops at bay.” (As I mentioned yesterday, just imagine this story under a Trump administration. Two of his favorite dictators are teaming up against a NATO ally.)
+ Paging Bull: CNN Panel Guest Directs Racist Attack on Mehdi Hasan: “I Hope Your Beeper Doesn’t Go Off.” “Trump supporter Ryan Gidursky was promptly booted off the show, and CNN later said he would not be welcomed back on the network.” (Hopefully this leads to end of cable news panels that include a–holes in an attempt to be unbiased. Actually, even better, let’s get rid of cable news panels altogether and go back to cable news delivering news.)
+ More Combs Cases: “Sean Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005.”
+ Final Arguments: The prosecutor will return to the scene of the crime in DC on Tuesday as Kamala Harris makes her closing argument to voters at the Ellipse, the site where Trump told his supporters to ‘fight like hell’ before a mob of them violently stormed the Capitol. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend.
+ Dropping the Dime: “An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000.” (And Biden got blamed for the inflation…)
+ Shohei Fever: Oshu City “in northern Japan is a rural place, famous for its high-quality Maesawa beef, its history of making traditional ironware and the intense green hills and mountains that surround it.” More recently, its known for being the hometown of Shohei Ohtani.
+ All Star Garr: She was in Tootsie, Close Encounters, Young Frankenstein, Mr Mom, and many TV shows from Sonny and Cher to Friends. The list goes on. What a career. Teri Garr dies at 79.
