AOC continues to stake out a very interesting position on the Dem ideological spectrum

Votes against Israel aid, but joins statement — unlike any other Squad member — affirming Israel’s right to self-defense and signaling support for strengthening Iron Dome

NEW BREAKING and EXCLUSIVE: China's top female swimmer Zhang Yufei tested positive for a banned drug before the '21 Summer Olympics, where she went on to win four medals, including two golds, and set world and Olympic records. w/tariq panja nytimes.com/2024/04/20/wor…

If you're an ink-stained wretch, or just like to read about them, stop what you're doing and read this right now --> Denny Walsh, Reporter Who Tussled With Mayors and Editors, Dies at 88. nytimes.com/2024/04/19/bus… (Gotta say: nobody does obits like the The New York Times).

Josh Gottheimer has become one of the county line's biggest defenders and played a key role in getting Middlesex County Democrats, nowhere near his district, to hire a prominent attorney to defend it. Why? It's all about running for governor in 2025. politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Senator Menendez, Charged in Bribery Scheme, May Blame His Wife - Tracey Tully and I report. nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyr…

Barstool Sports’ Bill Cotter is running for Congress in NY3... bit.ly/442skHv

Read enough about Zaza Waza? Well, now you can listen instead. Come on down into the trenches of New York's madcap battle against unlicensed weed >>

(sound masterfully edited by Jack D'Isidoro)
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New York Nears a Housing Deal to Confront Affordability Crisis by Grace Ashford and Mihir Zaveri: shorturl.at/oqzRT

Do yourself a favor and read this story, if only for this graf:

What does it take to close just one of NYC’s hundreds of rogue weed shops?

About a dozen govt agencies, threats to landlords, a handful of padlocks and 16 months. Then, if you’re lucky, maybe it’ll stick.

“I’ve never seen anything so intractable” nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyr…

One of my fav paragraphs from the Nicholas Fandos profile of the illustrious CM Gale Brewer, and her fight to close an unlicensed weed shop in her district.

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When an illegal smoke shop opened in New York on the Upper West Side called Zaza Waza, Gale Brewer, a local councilwoman, vowed to close it. What happened next was “like a Fellini movie.” nyti.ms/3vFz8hT

The Battle Over Zaza Waza: A Lifelong Liberal Joins New York’s Weed War nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyr…

“It remains a crime to possess marijuana with the intention to sell without a license. The police seem content to let business go on uninterrupted.” by ⁦Nicholas Fandos⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyr…

“It’s like the Wild West...I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.” The Battle Over Zaza Waza: A Lifelong Liberal Joins New York’s Weed War - Wonderful piece by Nicholas Fandos nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyr…

Organization tests for lead in McCarren Park, finds it in abundance, alerts councilman. Councilman seeks urgent meeting with city officials. They direct him to fill out a form. More here w/ Nicholas Fandos nytimes.com/2024/04/11/nyr…

BREAKING: In Sudden Reversal, Harvard To Require Standardized Testing for Next Admissions Cycle

Elyse Goncalves and Matan Josephy report.

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“To read their legislation is to visualize a map of the physical and psychic toll the nation’s nuclear weapons’ legacy has seared into communities across the country, years after the 1st atomic test in New Mexico.”

Read ⁦Catie Edmondson⁩ from STL nytimes.com/2024/04/06/us/…