Trump’s legal strategy: If you can’t beat the case, beat the system

James D. Zirin explains how Trump, throughout his life, has either ignored the law or used it as a weapon. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-22 13:00:00 UTC ]

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Trump Budget Calls for Closing the NEA

In what has become an annual rite under the Trump administration, the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baltimore Mayor Pugh amends financial disclosure filings amid scrutiny over book sales to UMMS hospital system

Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh did not fully disclose the $500,000 business relationship she started in 2011 with the University of Maryland Medical System during the time she was a state senator, a period during which she sat on the hospital network’s board of directors and oversaw issues... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In FY2020 Budget Proposal, Trump Renews Bid to End Federal Library Funding

ALA officials said the president's budget proposal was discouraging, but the bipartisan support in Congress over the past two years gives library supporters "reason to hope.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Case For Discriminating Against Incompetent Men

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic's new book says we need to weed out the narcissists and megalomaniacs before they become leaders. Continue reading at The Huffington Post

[ The Huffington Post | 2019-03-07 01:41:35 UTC ]
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Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen defends Trump’s misstatement on border apprehensions

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen sparred with newly-empowered House Democrats on Wednesday over President Trump’s immigration policies, defending his recent misstatement that border apprehensions were at an all-time high. Nielsen called upon Congress to address what she described... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReDigi Will Seek Supreme Court Review in Key Copyright Case

In a letter filed with the Supreme Court this week, the defendants asked for more time to file a petition, saying the case raises "novel and important legal questions." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Border' author Don Winslow wants to debate Trump about the wall, and Stephen King wants to pay for it

Thriller author Don Winslow wants to debate Donald Trump about the president's proposed border wall, and Stephen King is willing to pay $10,000 to make it happen. Winslow, whose new novel, "The Border," is slated for release by Harper Collins imprint William Morrow next week, challenged Trump to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trump brands NYT 'a true ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!' Here's what he's mad about now

Trump didn't get specific about the "false" reporting, but it seems likely that he saw the print edition of this morning's New York Times with the headline "Inside Trump's Angry War On Inquiries Around Him" (subhead: "Pressure Tactics Leave the President Exposed to Accusations of Obstruction")... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder lands astronomer Murdin's solar system book

Hodder & Stoughton has secured a new book by astronomer Professor Paul Murdin, The Secret Lives of Planets. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Trump Aide Sues President for Allegedly Using Campaign NDA to Exact Retribution for Tell-All Book

Former White House communications aide and new member of the Trump White House tell-all book club Cliff Sims is suing President Trump for his attempts to enforce a nondisclosure agreement signed by Sims—and many others—when he worked for the Trump presidential campaign. Sims, the New York Times... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane snaps up Klein's Green New Deal case

Allen Lane will publish Naomi Klein’s On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wildy buys Hammicks Legal Information Services

Legal bookseller and supplier Wildy & Sons, one of London’s oldest booksellers, established in 1830, has acquired Hammicks Legal Information Services from the John Smith Group.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK tour of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' cancelled after US legal threat

A touring production of "To Kill a Mockingbird", set to open in February and tour the UK and Ireland, has been cancelled mid-rehearsals after the threat of legal action from Scott Rudin's company Atticus, which stages the current Broadway hit. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trump’s Social Media Photos Reportedly Altered to Make Him Look Thinner and His Hands Bigger

President Donald Trump purports to hate “fake news” but he seems to have no problem with fake photos. At least that’s what Gizmodo discovered when it started carefully looking at the images on Trump’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts and discovered photos of the president that make him... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA says Amazon ‘gaming system’ as £63m business rates bill revealed

The Bookseller's Assocation has warned Amazon is "gaming the system" and branded the business rates regime "unfair" yet again after it emerged the online retail giant paid £63m in business rates despite recording £8bn in UK sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver: first major novel to take on Trump

Nonfiction writers began publishing books about Donald Trump even before Sean Spicer could start lying for him. Fiction writers, though, have been slower to incorporate the Mogul into their work. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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College basketball: TCU beats Indiana State for Diamond Head Classic crown

Alex Robinson had 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Texas Christian withstood a late rally to beat Indiana State 83-69 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. TCU led 40-30 at halftime behind a balanced scoring attack as nine of the 10... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will the watchdog dare dismiss this impartiality case against Newsquest? | Roy Greenslade

The NUJ’s complaint has echoes of a 1975 case, and goes to the heart of arguments about press freedomJournalists often get upset about their bosses. It goes with the territory. What is unusual, however, is the decision by staff at the Cumberland News to make a formal complaint about their... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly Standard, rightwing magazine opposed to Trump, closes after 23 years

Parent firm blames subscription figures but co-founder says magazine was ‘murdered’ to drive readers elsewhereThe Weekly Standard, one of the last holdouts opposed to Donald Trump within rightwing media, has been closed after 23 years, silencing its hawkish voice on foreign affairs and its... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Applaud Appeals Court Opinion in ‘Capitol Records v. ReDigi’ Copyright Case

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that resale of digital content as conceived by the startup ReDigi is a copyright infringement. The post Publishers Applaud Appeals Court Opinion in ‘Capitol Records v. ReDigi’ Copyright Case appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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