Good morning. To wrap up the week, here are some of the latest notable and interesting pieces of journalism to catch up on over the weekend.
- CNN’s Gabby Orr, Kristen Holmes, Evan Perez and Jeremy Herb with “Inside Trump’s public bravado and private resistance over Mar-a-Lago documents.”
- The Wall Street Journal’s Katherine Blunt with “84 Dead Because of a Broken Hook. Meet the Men Who Got the Guilty Plea from PG&E.”
- Vanity Fair’s Cristian Farias with “Post-Roe, the Supreme Court is on a Collision Course with Democracy.”
- From CNN’s KFile investigative team, Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck with “Minnesota’s GOP nominee for top elections official called changing voting rules ‘our 9/11’ after ‘the big rig’ in 2020.”
- The Deseret News’ Ethan Bauer with “Bones: Why Utah’s desert is a paleontologist’s playground.”
- The Ringer’s Adam Nayman writes about filmmaker George Miller, whose resume includes the “Mad Max” franchise, in “George Miller Has Never Compromised.”
- Vice News’ Geoff Dembicki with “How Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built a Climate Crisis–Denial Empire.”
- David Enrich has a book coming out soon called “Servants of the Damned. Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice.” The New York Times Magazine has an excerpt: “How a Corporate Law Firm Led a Political Revolution.”
- The Atlantic’s Marina Koren with “The Spookiest Sound in Astronomy.”
- In a Los Angeles Times investigation, James Queally with “New racist texts reveal Torrance cops talked about hurting and killing Black suspects.”
- Sports Illustrated’s Emma Baccellieri catches up with someone who played in the 1956 Little League World Series: “Most Little League World Series Players Dream of the Big Leagues. He Dreamed of Dentistry.”
- Daily Beast entertainment reporter Adam Manno with “Laid-Off HBO Max Execs Reveal Warner Bros. Discovery Is Killing Off Diversity and Courting ‘Middle America.’”
- Thursday’s White House press briefing turned a little contentious as Angolan TV anchor Hariana Veras kept interrupting while press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly told her she was being “disrespectful.” Here’s the video and more from Mediaite’s Jackson Richman.
- WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn with a good Q&A: “The Charlotte Observer’s Rana Cash reflects on her first year as executive editor of the paper.”
- Imitation of the day: Wow, check out Jamie Foxx completely nailing an imitation of Donald Trump. (Warning: There are a couple of R-rated words.)
- For The New York Times, Amy Larocca with “Bright Lights, Big City, Niche Fame. As Lower Manhattan’s most infamous publicist, Kaitlin Phillips doesn’t always stay behind the scenes.”
- Finally, watch this news report. And be sure to stay all the way to the end.
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