Extra Extra: Tinker, Tailor, Kushner, Spy

David Colon

Published May 27, 2017

Modified May 27, 2017

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A known white supremacist who was yelling slurs at a pair of Muslim women on a Portland train stabbed three bystanders who intervened, killing two of them.
Oh good, a mercenary firm worked with police to target Dakota Access Pipeline protesters and used counterterrorism language and tactics while doing so.
Lol Jared Kushner tried to play spy and even the Russian ambassador told his superiors he was freaked out about it.
A man who fell into the Harlem River first told police a fish tale about it.
Adam Sandler is getting the kind of buzz that could result in him becoming the first person to ever pick up their Best Actor Oscar while wearing cargo shorts.
Like many non-royal humans, Queen Elizabeth II apparently loves Netflix's The Crown.
A woman in the Hamptons is running for public office on the bold campaign platform of "I'm allowed to use racial slurs."
A taxi driver struck and killed a man who was walking on the Van Wyck Expressway.
And finally, it's the weekend, so you've got time to learn the story of Everest:

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