Humans Used to Live Here. Then Sandy Happened. Now it Is Being Reclaimed by Nature.
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy—a monstrous post-tropical cyclone with hurricane force winds—struck New York, bringing record breaking wind gusts and deadly flooding. In New York City, 53 people died—nearly half of them were from Staten Island. The Ocean Breeze, Midland Beach, and Dongan Hills communities were especially hard hit, with eleven fatalities. A few months after the storm, WNYC reporter Matthew Schuerman…
Rose McGowan Excoriates Hollywood: “It’s Time to Clean House”
Junfu Han/Detroit Free Press Rose McGowan gave her first public remarks since accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape earlier this month, saying it’s time for Hollywood to “clean house.” McGowan is among the various women who have stepped forward with allegations of sexual abuse and assault against Weinstein in recent weeks. “I came to be a…
NYT: Russian Lawyer’s Oppo Came From the Top
Russian Look via ZUMA Remember that meeting last year between Don Jr. and the Russian lawyer? It was nothing. No connection to the Russian government at all. Just an understandable interest in a bit of oppo that never panned out. Ahem: Interviews and records show that in the months before the meeting, Ms. Veselnitskaya had…
This Chemical Fire in West Virginia Has Been Burning for Nearly a Week
Wayne Towner/News and Sentinel/AP A chemical fire has been burning for several days at plastics warehouse just outside of Parkersburg, West Virginia. State officials still don’t know exactly which materials caught on fire at the facility after midnight on Saturday, what the potential health effects will be on residents of this town in the northwestern part of…
Trump Wants to Raise the Gasoline Tax—Maybe
Donald Trump wants some money to pay for his infrastructure ideas: President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser raised the possibility of increasing the federal gasoline tax next year to help pay for the administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, U.S. Representative Tom Reed said. National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn brought up the fuel tax as a…
Obamacare Sabotage Is Working Great So Far
Emily Bazar reports on the current state of Obamacare in California: If the comments on Covered California’s Facebook page are any indication, you’re all suffering from acute health insurance confusion: “I wanted to sign up again this year … I’m hesitant now because of what Trump has done. Should I still consider?” “Does the removal…