• 11/17/2024

A Riverfront Home Near Jupiter, Fla., Sells for $27.489 Million

Wall Street Journal The roughly 6.25-acre property hit the market for $38.5 million in February. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-riverfront-home-near-jupiter-fla-sells-for-27-489-million-28548c44

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Debt Ceiling Is First Big Test for Hakeem Jeffries, the Top House Democrat

New York Times Hakeem Jeffries, the New Yorker who succeeded Nancy Pelosi this year as the House’s top Democrat, is getting a trial by fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/us/politics/hakeem-jeffries-debt-limit-crisis-democrats.html

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‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: Overlong and Under the Sea

Wall Street Journal Though it boasts impressive visual effects, Disney’s latest live-action remake amounts to little more than treading water, with superfluous added storylines and a charming but bland new Ariel. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-little-mermaid-review-disney-halle-baily-remake-melissa-mccarthy-javier-bardem-63ce209c

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‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ Review: A Modern Woman On-Air

Wall Street Journal The TV star’s major roles and media entanglements are the focus of this HBO documentary. https://www.wsj.com/articles/being-mary-tyler-moore-review-hbo-documentary-dick-van-dyke-show-82619bf2

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Readout of the Inaugural U.S. – India Advanced Domains Defense Dialogue

Defense.gov Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Vipin Narang and Director Michael Horowitz of the Emerging Capabilities Policy Office met with their Indian counterparts for the inaugural U.S.-India Advanced Domains Defense Dialogue. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3408336/readout-of-the-inaugural-us-india-advanced-domains-defense-dialogue/

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Tim Scott and the Politics of Forgiveness

Wall Street Journal An upbeat candidacy of national reconciliation seems pitched to break the Trump-Biden stalemate. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tim-scott-and-the-politics-of-forgiveness-trump-biden-maga-republican-presidential-election-2024-2b9bc86b

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A Cold War Weapon Whose Time Has Gone

Wall Street Journal Jackson-Vanik, designed to help Soviet Jews, bars Kazakhstan from normal trade with the U.S. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-cold-war-weapon-whose-time-has-gone-kazakhstan-jackson-vanik-trade-67a53b23

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Seattle tests prospective fire lieutenants on woke ideology, critical race theory: report

Fox News Seattle Firefighters looking to advance in their careers to become fire lieutenants are being required to learn curriculum from social justice activists and books that espouse woke ideology. The Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR) fire lieutenant test features books from several prominent progressive authors, such as critical race theory (CRT) author Ibraham…

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‘About My Father’ Review: De Niro Plays a Papà

Wall Street Journal Acting alongside the Oscar winner, stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco stars in a witless film he wrote about a son who takes his boorish Sicilian father to meet the genteel family of his girlfriend. https://www.wsj.com/articles/about-my-father-review-robert-de-niro-sebastian-maniscalco-cb517a87

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Baku-Yerevan situation is moving towards settlement — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In his opinion, the remaining transportation-related issues can be resolved https://tass.com/politics/1623193

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