Today's New York Times

What up at the Newspaper of Broken Record?

First, as per usual, there are pages of urgent updates on: climate change, covid, Trump, and How Are We Oppressing Black People Today? Not worth reading, but so you can see I’m not a liar, here are some of the articles billboarded in the Times today:

In Mississippi, a Post-Roe Question: What Will Republicans Do to Help New Mothers?

The state that spurred the overturning of abortion rights is among 17 that have not adopted a new option to extend new mothers’ Medicaid coverage for a year.

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Then you get a few interesting articles, usually found under the “Most Popular” heading or buried in one of the special sections:

«CNN Cancels ‘Reliable Sources,’ and Host Brian Stelter Will Depart

Chris Licht, the new chairman of CNN, has told employees that he is retooling the network’s programming.»

Amazing that a chubby little butterball with a high, squeaky woman’s voice isn’t considered “on-air” material by anyone except his doppelgänger, the former head of CNN, Jeff Zucker.

Jeff Zucker Brian Stelter

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«Driver Kills 1 and Injures 17 at Fund-Raiser, Then Kills Another, Police Say

A fund-raiser to help families in a Pennsylvania fire that killed 10 descended into chaos after a car crashed into the crowd. The driver then killed his mother, the police said.

By Vimal Patel

Published Aug. 14, 2022Updated Aug. 15, 2022

In a pair of horrific scenes on Saturday night that compounded the tragedy of a recent fatal fire in eastern Pennsylvania, a man plowed his car into a fund-raising event for families affected by that fire, killing one and injuring 17, then drove off and fatally beat a woman before the police arrested him, the authorities said.»

Probably another Drumpf supporter. Oh no, what’s this? Another story for my “What the f—k is this person doing in my country?” file:

«The suspect, identified by the police as Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 24, was arraigned on two counts of homicide and denied bail. He is being held at the Columbia County Correctional Facility.

Investigators identified the woman who was beaten to death as the suspect’s mother, Rosa D. Reyes, The Press Enterprise of Bloomsburg, Pa., reported, citing court records. Investigators said that Mr. Reyes told them he hit his mother with his car and then struck the woman, who appeared to be unconscious, over the head with a hammer several times.»

Naturally, the Times does not supply a photo. Here’s a picture of Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes from the Wilkes-Barre, PA Times Leader:

I just saved you $2.50 and an hour of your life. Isn’t that worth a subscription?