Early Addition: New York City Will Survive

Ben Yakas

Published May 21, 2020

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Ben Yakas

Published May 21, 2020

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The Atlantic has an uplifting piece about how New York has survived other crises, and will do so with this one as well.
The Times reports that Donald Trump is completely incapable of listening to his own experts: "The president veers off on tangents and getting him back on topic is difficult, they said. He has a short attention span and rarely, if ever, reads intelligence reports...Trump rarely absorbs information that he disagrees with or that runs counter to his worldview."
Republican lawmakers from Staten Island are embracing calls to reopen New York.
Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection to their role in the college admissions scam; if the judge accepts it, Loughlin will be sentenced to two months in prison and Giannulli will be sentenced to five months in prison.
Lana Del Rey announced she's releasing a new album in September, and also took this moment to lodge some complaints about glamorization, feminism, and her pop-music peers.
Paterson, NJ has become a pioneer in creating a contact-tracing program to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Some NY lawmakers are pushing for marijuana to be legalized to help the state deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
I know the subway stations are getting cleaned much more regularly, but I still wouldn't have sex in them.
Michael Cohen was just released from a federal prison due to the coronavirus, and is expected to serve the rest of his three-year sentence from home.
Wilco premiered a beautiful new Big Star-ish song called "Tell Your Friends" on Colbert last night.
And finally, what if all your dreams came true all at once?

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