Extra Extra: Yet Another Thing To Blame On Robert Moses

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Published Jul 29, 2017

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What's uh, what's going on with this McDonald's Hong Kong Twitter account?
Hiram Monserrate? In trouble for allegedly not following campaign finance laws? Man who could have seen that one coming?
City backs off of office roof terrace crackdown.
Nightmare: woman calls 911 because a boa constrictor is wrapped around her face.
Happy 20th birthday to one of the worst trades in the history of baseball!
Things are going great in Israel, where the government banned men under the age of 50 from a Muslim holy site.
Never forget that Robert Moses helped put us in the crumbling subway infrastructure position we're in today.
Also never forget that Mayweather vs. McGregor is a terrible scam that's more a long-running insult to its intended audience than an actual boxing match.
Lessons on local left-wing governance from Wisconsin.
And last but not least, I can't tame the sun:

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