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July 12, 2019

Real Hedge-Fund Managers Have Some Thoughts on What Epstein Was Actually Doing

Michelle Celarier New York Magazine

Epstein's hedge fund was missing a key element of a typical thriving hedge fund: investors. If he wasn't really a multi-billion-dollar manager, there may have been something much more unsavory at the heart of his business model.

July 12, 2019

This Artist Painted the Black Radical Response to the George Washington Slaveholder Murals. Here’s Why He Stands Against Destroying Them

Ben Davis Artnet News

Dewey Crumpler was brought in, at the demand of Black and Latino student activists, to paint a "response" to George Washington murals at a public San Francisco high school. Crumpler explains why the original murals should not be destroyed.

Bernie Sanders Sits Down With Rachel Maddow

July 12, 2019

Senator Bernie Sanders talks with Rachel Maddow about the overwhelming audiences for his campaign events, the exhausting pace of the campaign, and spontaneous generation of as many as 200,000 grassroots volunteers nationwide helping spread the word

Feelings for Reasons | Baba Brinkman

July 12, 2019

A new rap video on the evolutionary origins of emotions and mental illness. Based on the recent book Good Reasons for Bad Feelings (check out this Patreon post on the topic).

Mitch McConnell's Challenger Mimics Joe Manchin

July 12, 2019

Is it possible to defeat Donald Trump's chief enabler by arguing that he is an obstacle to Trump's ability to implement his program?

Sheryl Crow - Everything Is Broken (Audio) ft. Jason Isbell

July 12, 2019

Music video by Sheryl Crow performing Bob Dylan's Everything Is Broken

July 12, 2019

Bondage Love

John J. Brugaletta Writer's Almanac

California poet John J. Brugaletta explains the silent magic of Houdini and why the public adores escape artists.