Erin Clark 
See how they squirmed. “The first chance I get to vote to end this trial, I will do it,” declared Sen. Marco Rubio before it began, “because I think it’s really bad for America.” No, the trial is really bad for Rubio and other Republicans who want everyone to stop talking about last month’s siege … Read more
Timothy Hutton and Natalie Portman in Beautiful Girls. (Photo: Miramax) Released 25 years ago this week, Beautiful Girls was a warmly received, Big Chill-esque comedic drama about high school classmates reuniting in a blue-collar Massachusetts town. While some critics dinged it for its bro-some qualities, it drew strong reviews; and while it wasn’t much of … Read more
Bloomberg A Crypto Kid Had a $23,000-a-Month Condo. Then the Feds Came (Bloomberg) — Stefan Qin was just 19 when he claimed to have the secret to cryptocurrency trading.Buoyed with youthful confidence, Qin, a self-proclaimed math prodigy from Australia, dropped out of college in 2016 to start a hedge fund in New York he called … Read more
The Guardian Wilson to the Raiders? Watson to the Jets? NFL quarterback trade possibilities The coming months could involve a flurry of trades for some of the biggest names in pro football. Here’s a rundown of some of the most intriguing deals Deshaun Watson and Sam Darnold could both be on the move this off-season. … Read more
Axios Nikki Haley says Trump won’t run again: “He’s fallen so far” Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said that she does not believe former President Trump will run for federal office again in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, telling Politico in an extensive profile: “I don’t think he can. He’s fallen so … Read more
Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge are starring in a new take on “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” for Amazon Studios. Not much is know about the project except that it will be TV series that will feature the two, who co-created the series along with “Atlanta” writer/producer Francesca Sloane, who will serve as showrunner. Amazon Studios … Read more
“Got high on weed stonks and forgot to sell the top,” wrote one of the asset allocators at WallStreetBets on Thursday evening. A screenshot of a Robinhood account showed just over $500,000 turning into $203,000 in a day. On the Reddit day-trading forum, this is known as posting loss porn, and it’s part of the … Read more
The Guardian Wilson to the Raiders? Watson to the Jets? NFL quarterback trade possibilities The coming months could involve a flurry of trades for some of the biggest names in pro football. Here’s a rundown of some of the most intriguing deals Deshaun Watson and Sam Darnold could both be on the move this off-season. … Read more
The Telegraph Joe Biden presses Xi Jinping on ‘abuses in Xinjiang’ in first call with Chinese leader Joe Biden clashed with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan, in their first phone call since Mr Biden came to power. Mr Biden on Thursday said he … Read more
Bloomberg A Crypto Kid Had a $23,000-a-Month Condo. Then the Feds Came (Bloomberg) — Stefan Qin was just 19 when he claimed to have the secret to cryptocurrency trading.Buoyed with youthful confidence, Qin, a self-proclaimed math prodigy from Australia, dropped out of college in 2016 to start a hedge fund in New York he called … Read more