Cashgate
How a scandal started with a poor housemaid and ended up taking down the most powerful woman in Africa
via Medium: https://medium.com/latterly/cashgate-2e6628549bf5
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The Sound and the Fury: Inside the Mystery of the Havana Embassy
The Sound and the Fury: Inside the Mystery of the Havana Embassy
More than a year after American diplomats began to suffer strange, concussion-like symptoms in Cuba, a U.S. investigation is no closer to determining how they were hurt or by whom, and the FBI and CIA are at odds over the case. A ProPublica investigation reveals the many layers to the mystery — and…
via ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/diplomats-in-cuba
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The Guardians
The Guardians (2017) – IMDb
The Guardians: Directed by Xavier Beauvois. With Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry, Cyril Descours. Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6213362/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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The Ridiculous Saga Of Lance Armstrong, The Cheater Who Became An Enemy Of The State
The Ridiculous Saga Of Lance Armstrong, The Cheater Who Became An Enemy Of The State
It was more than five years ago when Lance Armstrong went on Oprah, looked her in the eye, and admitted to the world that his iconic comeback story was fueled by the most comprehensive doping regimen in cycling history. The seven-time Tour de France winne
via Deadspin: https://deadspin.com/the-ridiculous-saga-of-lance-armstrong-the-cheater-who-1802288537
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Interview with Maurice Sendak
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Get the latest news and updates on art, literature, music, travel, and history in a fun and interesting way.
via Culture: https://www.believermag.com/issues/201211/?read=interview_sendak
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A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East
A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East
In his work with the White House, is Mohammed bin Salman driving out extremism, or merely seizing power for himself?
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/09/a-saudi-princes-quest-to-remake-the-middle-east
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Trump: An American Dream
Watch Trump: An American Dream | Netflix Official Site
Friends, associates and critics reveal the truly American story of Donald Trump, the brash businessman who defied the odds to become U.S. president.
Link: https://www.netflix.com/title/80206395
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Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – IMDb
Avengers: Infinity War: Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans. The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz o
via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs (2018) – IMDb
Isle of Dogs: Directed by Wes Anderson. With Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban. Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his lost dog.
via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5104604/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds (2017) – IMDb
Thoroughbreds: Directed by Cory Finley. With Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks. Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to s
via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649108/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Published 2018)
The most ignorant man in America knows that Donald Trump is president — but that’s about it. Living a liberal fantasy is complicated.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html
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War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin
War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin
In 2014, Russell Bonner Bentley was a middle-aged arborist living in Austin. Now he’s a local celebrity in a war-torn region of Ukraine. His journey reveals a troubling development in Putin’s information war.
via Texas Monthly: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/
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Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies
Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies – The Atavist Magazine
The inside story of the first homicide in America’s most secure prison.
via The Atavist Magazine: https://magazine.atavist.com/murder-adx-florence-fbi-mexican-mafia
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All-American Nazis
All-American Nazis: Inside the Rise of Fascist Youth in the U.S.
How a senseless double murder in Florida exposed the rise of an organized fascist youth movement in the United States
via Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/all-american-nazis-fascist-youth-united-states-w519651
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The Original Donald Trump
Frank Rich: Roy Cohn, Donald Trump, and the New York Cesspool That Created Them
The city’s Establishment will ignore unscrupulous acts to serve its interests — just look how it treated the onetime lawyer to the president.
via Intelligencer: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/frank-rich-roy-cohn-the-original-donald-trump.html
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The Spy Who Came Home
The Spy Who Came Home
Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/the-spy-who-came-home
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Dying Laughing
The Hilarious Life and Agonizing Death of Online Comedy
For years, inventive companies like The Onion and Funny or Die capitalized on a culture that just wanted to laugh online. But after massive disruptions in digital advertising and on social media platforms, those companies find themselves imperiled. Did th
via The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2018/3/26/17157020/online-comedy-the-onion-funny-or-die-digital-media
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Promethea Unbound
Promethea Unbound – The Atavist Magazine
A child genius raised in poverty, she wanted to change the world. A horrific act of violence nearly destroyed her.
via The Atavist Magazine: https://magazine.atavist.com/promethea-unbound-child-genius-montana
In this politically charged climate, it feels like you have to be super careful with your language, no matter who you are or what side you’re on. Stories about people who say the “wrong” thing and suffer the consequences, including a very conservative Republican from Louisiana who’s lambasted for being too liberal.
