Early Addition: Investigation Reveals Deep Discrimination Among Long Island Real Estate Agents

Ben Yakas

Published Nov 18, 2019

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Ben Yakas

Published Nov 18, 2019

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Trump is reportedly angry at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for not blocking the testimony of State Department workers during the Impeachment hearings.
Joe Biden won't support legalizing marijuana on the federal level because there is not “enough evidence” as to “whether or not it is a gateway drug.”
Trump no longer gives a shit about a flavored vaping ban, especially when votes are on the line.
Newsday used undercover "testers" of various ethnicities to reveal that Long Island real estate agents are pretty racist: "Long Island’s dominant residential brokering firms help solidify racial separations. They frequently directed white customers toward areas with the highest white representations and minority buyers to more integrated neighborhoods."
Pete Buttigieg has become very popular in Iowa.
Hannibal Buress pretended to be MF Doom during this weekend’s Adult Swim Festival.
The Times profiled grassroots criminal justice organization Decolonize This Place.
Check out the first trailer for Avenue 5, Armando Iannucci’s upcoming HBO comedy set on a vacation ship in space.
Slate compiled a list of the 50 best nonfiction books of the last 25 years.
CBS News has learned that San Diego billionaire Doug Manchester, Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas, was asked by the Republican National Convention to donate half a million dollars to Trump's reelection campaign, which certainly sounds like pay-for-play.
Brian Cox had a tense meeting with the CEO of Big Cookie HQ, Cookie Monster.
Kanye West has announced...an opera?...named after the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
And finally, GREAT MOVIE, VERY COMPELLING, WOULD WATCH AGAIN:

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