July 2019

‘My job application was withdrawn by someone pretending to be me’

Image copyright Nicholas Fearn “It feels concerning that someone is potentially using my identity and that I can’t do much about it.” Journalist and blogger Nicholas Fearn told the BBC that someone created a Gmail account in his name, and withdrew his job application. He said he had applied for a writing job at a […]

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Trump’s Aides, Not Eager to Defend His Tweets, Also Don’t Condemn Them

WASHINGTON — When President Trump defended neo-Nazi protesters in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, one of his top aides took the rare step of publicly condemning what he said. Gary D. Cohn, who served as his top economic adviser at the time, said in an interview with The Financial Times that “this administration can and must

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Chris Evans Exposes ‘Painfully Transparent’ Reason For Trump’s Racist Attack

“Avengers” star Chris Evans slammed President Donald Trump this week for writing a series of racist tweets attacking progressive Democratic lawmakers.  On Sunday, Trump told several women of color serving in Congress to “go back” to their own countries and has since doubled down on those comments.  “This is racist, Biff,” Evans wrote on Twitter, referring to

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On a Trip Around the World, and the Plane Just Left Without Me

The 52 Places Traveler The 52 Places Traveler faces a travel nightmare getting out of Brazil — and so rewrites the itinerary, spends 40-plus hours in transit and lands in the perfect place to recover: Mexico’s Costalegre. July 16, 2019 I arrived at Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport in Salvador, Brazil, four hours before my

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