Extra, Extra
Bill Comes Due: Scott Pelley called out his parent company Paramount for changing CBS News and 60 Minutes for Trump. On the resignation of Bill Owens, executive producer of 60 Minutes. (I discussed more on Owens resignation and its broader meaning: The Hour is Getting Late.)
+ Oscuridad: “A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.” Here are some (dark) photos from the outage.
+ Malignant Behavior: “Two U.S. citizen children were sent on their mother’s deportation flight to Honduras without the opportunity to speak with attorneys, leaving a 4-year-old boy with Stage 4 cancer without access to his medication.” (Feel safer?)
+ Post Modern: “Andreessen has told friends he finds the medium efficient — a way to keep in touch with three times the people in a third of the time. The fact that he and other billionaires spend so much time writing to group chats prompted participants to joke that the very pinnacle of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is posting.” The group chats that changed America.
+ Taking Food Out of Mouths: “In one of the country’s poorest areas, the quantity and quality of government deliveries have dropped, forcing one charity to make do with thin soup and dried cranberries.” After Federal Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp.
+ Off Target? “Under the Trump administration, the United States has shifted its approach from mainly targeting Houthi military infrastructure to striking its leadership, monitoring groups have said.” Did we miss? WaPo: U.S. strike killed scores of African migrants in Yemen, Houthis say. Can you take reports by the Houthis at face value? Of course not. Can you trust reports by the Trump administration?
+ Thigh High: “Few things in life are both cheaper and better, but for a long time, this was true of the chicken thigh. Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America. Well, the secret’s out.” The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance.
