Short Take Politics
Remembering D-Day
Heather Cox-Richardson rolls together President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Biden in the observance of D-Day where allies stood together to vanquish fascism. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-6-2024
Washington Post newsroom thrown in blender
The Washington Post, concerned with declining profits and readership, has thrown its newsroom in a blender and reimagined how it will operate. The venerable paper will now have 3 newsrooms, one focused on core news, one on opinions and one on social media journalism. https://www.ft.com/content/226af97d-aefe-4d1f-80b4-d211375a2845
Bannon has to report to prison
The judge gave the frumpy former Whitehouse staffer a July 1 deadline. Steve Bannon is charged with defying a subpoena. The actual charge is contempt of congress. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/g-s1-3The 348/steve-bannon-report-prison