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The Trump Administration Is Taking His Greenland Fantasy Somewhat Seriously

Despite the obvious stupidity of the president’s wish to buy Greenland, the administration reportedly drew up a rough plan to pursue the deal.
Lawsuit Alleges Epstein Arranged for Sex With Teenagers While on Work Release

According to three lawsuits filed Tuesday, Epstein coerced multiple young women — including a teenager — during his work release from jail in 2008.
Harvey Weinstein Wants Trial Moved Out of NYC

Attorneys claim media pressure may affect jurors.
California’s New Use-of-Force Law Is Still Deadly Vague

A new law strengthens California’s guidelines for police use-of-force. But it does not go far enough.
Trump Cancels Denmark Meeting Because He Can’t Buy Greenland

High-level diplomatic genius.
A Victim of Jeffrey Epstein Alleges He Forced Her Into Marriage

She claims Epstein forced her to marry one of the female recruiters working in his sex-trafficking operation.
UK Tax Filings Show Trump Inflated Value of Scottish Resorts by $165 Million

According to numbers from balance sheets filed in the U.K., the president’s resorts in Scotland aren’t doing as hot as he says they are.
Trump Can’t Have It Both Ways on the Economy

The president wants us to believe that the economy is both booming and fragile.
Should Biden’s Competitors Make His Age a Bigger Issue?

Intelligencer staffers discuss how Democratic candidates should handle a major vulnerability for the front-runner.
Trump Insults Several Million American Jews

But don’t expect any Republican condemnation of the president’s offensive remark.
Planned Parenthood Just Lost $60M in Funding. What Does That Mean for Women?

The organization announced yesterday that it will withdraw from Title X over abortion restrictions.
Facebook Exacerbates One Problem by Trying to Solve Another

In reintroducing human editors, Facebook is making it easier for bad-faith critics to claim bias.
Di Fara Pizza Has Been Seized by Tax Authorties

The iconic Brooklyn pizzeria has been closed since this morning.
Jill Biden to Democrats: If You Want to Beat Trump, Settle for Joe

You might like another candidate better, but Jill Biden says Democrats should “swallow a little bit” and vote for her husband.
Trump Assures Public He Isn’t Mulling Middle-Class Tax Cut to Stop Recession

Trump’s team denies that it’s mulling a payroll tax cut to preempt a recession, insisting that it’s only considering new tax breaks for the rich.
September Democratic Debates Should Feature Less Crowded Stages

Looks like at least 11 will qualify for the third round of Democratic debates. That probably means two events with fewer participants than before.
Woman Sued After Allegedly Binging ‘Astounding Hours’ of Friends at Work

So no one told you life was gonna be this way.
The Legal Aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s Death: What Happens Next

Epstein signed a will two days before his death, leaving his assets to a newly-created trust. Now what?
Climate Candidate Who Proposed Climate Debate Won’t Qualify for Climate Debate

A tough blow to Jay Inslee’s campaign.
The Advertiser Embargo Against Tucker Carlson Is Working

Association with a host praised by David Duke isn’t great for business: Carlson has almost 60 percent fewer ads per show than before the 2018 exodus.

12:47 A.M. Greenland Fantasy Not a Total Joke to Trump Admin: Report Despite the obvious stupidity of the president’s wish to buy Greenland, the administration reportedly drew up a rough plan to pursue the deal.
11:25 P.M. Epstein Trafficked Teenager While on Work Release: Lawsuit According to three lawsuits filed Tuesday, Epstein coerced multiple young women — including a teenager — during his work release from jail in 2008.
9:14 P.M. California’s New Use-of-Force Law Is Still Deadly Vague A new law strengthens California’s guidelines for police use of force. But it does not go far enough.
8:57 P.M. Trump Cancels Denmark Meeting Because He Can’t Buy Greenland High-level diplomatic genius.
6:54 P.M. Trump Inflated Scottish Resort Value by $165 Million: Report According to numbers from balance sheets filed in the U.K., the president’s resorts in Scotland aren’t doing as hot as he says they are.
6:44 P.M. Trump Can’t Have It Both Ways on the Economy The president wants us to believe that the economy is both booming and fragile.
6:37 P.M. Should Biden’s Competitors Make His Age a Bigger Issue? Intelligencer staffers discuss how Democratic candidates should handle a major vulnerability for the front-runner.
6:10 P.M. When CEOs Promise a Kinder Capitalism, Watch Your Wallet The Business Roundtable’s embrace of “corporate responsibility” is an attempt to evade democratic accountability.
5:23 P.M. Steven Holl’s Subtle ‘Reach’ Humanizes the Kennedy Center The architect has managed to strike an impossible balance in his addition to the venerable icon.
5:02 P.M. Trump Insults Several Million American Jews But don’t expect any Republican condemnation of the president’s offensive remark.
4:46 P.M. GOP Suspects Economic Sabotage Because They Did It to Obama Trump and his allies assume Democrats are trying to induce a recession. It’s classic projection.
4:11 P.M. Trump’s New Attempt to Skew Redistricting After SCOTUS halted a citizen question in the 2020 Census, the administration is collecting data states can use to base redistricting on citizenship.
3:37 P.M. Facebook Exacerbates One Problem by Trying to Solve Another In reintroducing human editors, Facebook is making it easier for bad-faith critics to claim bias.
1:25 P.M. Jill Biden to Democrats: Settle for Joe You might like another candidate better, but Jill Biden says Democrats should “swallow a little bit” and vote for her husband.
12:47 P.M. You Can’t Keep a Bad Man Down for Long In some prominent harassment cases, women are no match for the power of sycophancy.
12:32 P.M. White House Promises It Isn’t Planning to Help Middle Class Trump’s team denies that it’s mulling a payroll tax cut to preempt a recession, insisting that it’s only considering new tax breaks for the rich.
12:17 P.M. Touring the Overlooked Islands of New York Unearthing our hidden histories, from buried bodies to heron sanctuaries.
12:03 P.M. September Debates Should Feature Less Crowded Stages Looks like at least 11 will qualify for the third round of Democratic debates. That probably means two events with fewer participants than before.
10:22 A.M. Trump’s Empty Threats to China Won’t Help Hong Kong The Trump administration’s tough talk on holding up already-stalled trade talks won’t keep Beijing from cracking down on protesters in Hong Kong.
10:08 A.M. Jeffrey Epstein Legal Cases: What Happens Next Epstein signed a will two days before his death, leaving his assets to a newly-created trust. Now what?

8:51 P.M. Jeffrey Epstein Victim Says He Forced Her to Marry Associate She claims Epstein forced her to marry one of the female recruiters working in his sex-trafficking operation.
6:46 P.M. Adam Brody Says It’s Not Weird That He Married Blair Waldorf But I still think it’s weird.
6:38 P.M. What The Hell Is Butt-Con? The convention, which is coming to New York City, bills itself as “Comic-Con… but with way more butts!”
5:24 P.M. Planned Parenthood Just Lost $60M in Funding The organization announced yesterday that it will withdraw from Title X over abortion restrictions.
5:21 P.M. Shopping in New York Is Still Cool At Café Forgot, there’s still an opportunity for discovery.
4:06 P.M. The New Celine Perfumes Smell Like What Now? Apparently Hedi Slimane’s new scents smell like a “vulnerable-feeling man in liquid form.”
2:45 P.M. You Can’t Keep a Bad Man Down for Long In some prominent cases, women were no match for the power of sycophancy.
2:25 P.M. How I Joined the Cult of Cauliflower Gnocchi Extremely beige and incredibly bland.
12:51 P.M. Jhené Aiko’s Face Has a New Job It’s for a foundation and animals love it.
12:42 P.M. Imagine Turning Your Motorcycle Accident Into a Photo Shoot A Nashville influencer is facing backlash after posting a bizarre series of photos.
12:32 P.M. Really, Anyone Can Shop Clothing Sustainably Elizabeth Cline has written the how-to guide for ethical fashion.
12:00 P.M. How Much Severance Pay Am I Entitled To? Everything you need to know to negotiate the stressful world of severance pay.
11:46 A.M. Stand by Your Man, Jill, But We Don’t Have to Stand With You Jill Biden says what we’re all thinking about her husband: Other candidates are better.
11:46 A.M. More Clues Ghislaine Maxwell’s In-N-Out Portrait Was Faked Some suspicious discrepancies suggest the shot of Maxwell and her lunch may be too good to be true.
11:22 A.M. Anti-Nuclear Activist Rick Springer Was a Terrorist at Home My stepfather was famous because he wanted to stop nuclear bombs, but privately he made our lives a war zone.
11:15 A.M. Trump Promises Not to Do ‘This’ to Greenland There will be no Trump Hotel and Casino for Greenlanders, it seems.
11:12 A.M. How This Beauty Blogger Gets Her Skin So Good Arshia Moorjani’s routine is all about hydrating her “very” dry skin.
11:10 A.M. Woman Sued Over Binging ‘Astounding Hours’ of Friends at Job So no one told you life was gonna be this way.
8:21 A.M. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s Breakup Sure Got Ugly Fast Conflicting tabloid reports have them blaming each other for tanking the relationship.
8:00 A.M. My Plant Is Thriving — Too Much What to do when your fiddle-leaf-fig tree is seven feet tall and your ceilings are ten feet tall.

12:46 A.M. Demi Lovato Cast in Will Ferrell’s Comedy Eurovision From Camp Rock to Europe’s largest reality singing competition.
10:00 P.M. RHOC Recap: The Train Has Left the Station For a “friend of,” Vicki sure is doing a lot of the heavy lifting of creating Housewives drama this season.
9:59 P.M. Harvey Weinstein Wants Trial Moved Out of NYC Attorneys claim media pressure may affect jurors.
8:43 P.M. Antlers Trailer Features a Beast Terrorizing Keri Russell Produced by Guillermo del Toro.
7:30 P.M. Spider-Man’s MCU Future Is Shaky As Disney, Sony Butt Heads The two studios are at odds over revenue sharing, which affects narrative sharing.
6:00 P.M. A First Look at the Ferns from Between Two Ferns: The Movie And according to Scott Aukerman, we can expect many sequels.
6:00 P.M. Twitter Drama: Theater Snobs Teach Etiquette to YouTube Fans Today in Twitter in feuds.
5:47 P.M. Mindhunter Recap: Family Matters An outstanding midpoint episode pivots on the human moments when our heroes can’t help bringing themselves into their work.
4:45 P.M. Matrix 4 to Regenerate With Movie Starring Keanu Reeves Lana Wachowski and Carrie-Anne Moss are also returning.
4:06 P.M. Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps to Star in Netflix Family Comedy They’re teaming up for multi-cam series The Upshaws.
3:32 P.M. Netflix’s Selena TV Show Has Found Its Selena The Walking Dead star Christian Serratos will play the Queen of Tejano music.
2:29 P.M. Vaulter Is Dead, but Succession Will Live on for Season 3 Let’s bone this turkey!
2:03 P.M. The Next James Bond Movie Title Tells Us What Time It Is Or more specifically, what time it is not.
1:30 P.M. The Real Serial Killers Who Inspired Netflix’s Mindhunter The fact and fiction behind Netflix’s true-crime drama.
1:00 P.M. De Niro Sues Ex-Employee for Watching 55 Episodes of Friends And ordering a lot of delivery and taking a lot of Ubers.
12:45 P.M. Shirley Manson’s Podcast Is About More Than Just Music The Garbage singer opens up about mental health, feminism, and power in the music industry.
11:02 A.M. Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story Gets His-and-Hers Teasers Whoopi Goldberg said marriage “wasn’t for her,” but Marriage Story looks extremely for us.
11:02 A.M. The Season SNL Embraced Its Old, Weird Self Again The show’s writers walk us through the highlights from a year when they dialed back the Trump.
10:27 A.M. The Partying Must Go on in the Élite Season Two Trailer Where else will they show off their new hairstyles?
9:33 A.M. Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Couples Dance Having wrung what it can out of the Blake-Caelynn-Kristina-Hannah-Tayshia love pentagon, BiP can now start being a dating show again.

3:02 P.M. Di Fara Pizza Has Been Seized by Tax Authorties The iconic Brooklyn pizzeria has been closed since this morning.
12:18 P.M. The Best Moments From Twitter’s Chicken Sandwich War Popeyes versus Chick-fil-A: the nihilistic brand squabble we need.
10:12 A.M. A New Competitor Has Entered Manhattan’s Heated Slice Fights The pizzeria is run by the co-owner of sandwich favorite Regina’s Grocery.
9:30 A.M. How I Joined the Cult of Cauliflower Gnocchi Extremely beige and incredibly bland.
Aug. 19, 2019 It Took 20 Months for Eataly to Remove Mario Batali The 58-year-old chef has now been removed from his two most significant business ventures.
Aug. 19, 2019 Your New Favorite Meatballs Might Be in New Jersey “I like frying the meatballs hard, and then we go right in the sauce.”
Aug. 19, 2019 New York Taste Returns October 21 Chefs from Maison Yaki, KĀWI, Adda Indian Canteen, Hunky Dory, and more are on this year’s bill.
Aug. 19, 2019 Will Bean-Free Coffee Be the New Meat-Free Burger? At least one Seattle-based company thinks so.
Aug. 16, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Aug. 16, 2019 Cookbook Author Lazarus Lynch’s Grub Street Diet “The uglier the better for me.”
Aug. 15, 2019 Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Spotted at an In-n-Out Burger While eating alone and reading The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives.
Aug. 15, 2019 Why Does This Cup of Coffee Cost $10? In the East Village, one cup of Joe costs as much as a month of Apple Music.
Aug. 15, 2019 Pastry Chef Defends Warren’s Strawberry-Shortcake Post “…since this involves cake, I feel it’s relevant to say a few words.”
Aug. 15, 2019 Where to Find NYC’s Neighborhood Gems, According to 37 Chefs Kitchen pros spill the beans on their favorite places to eat in the areas they call home.
Aug. 14, 2019 Are You Ready for the Cheesepocalypse? European cheese might soon cost twice as much in America. Here’s everything you need to know.
Aug. 14, 2019 Four Loko Makes Hard Seltzer Now. It’s Bonkers. It is, of course, the “hardest seltzer in the universe.”
Aug. 14, 2019 Thank God for Stuffed Crust Pizza I was a sex-deprived teenager. This pizza was my wingman.
Aug. 13, 2019 Momofuku Donated Profits From All NYC Restaurants to Charity The move came a day after founder David Chang issued a stern rebuke to investor Stephen Ross for supporting President Trump.
Aug. 13, 2019 Bill de Blasio Really Ate That Corn Dog, Huh? He has to get people to pay attention to him somehow.
Aug. 13, 2019 Meet New York’s Sandwich Papi At the Bronx Night Market, Angel Medina cooks a no-frills tribute to his uptown upbringing.

6:22 P.M. The Best Window Fans, According to Hardware Store Owners You could say they’re big … fans.
6:07 P.M. These Shoes Simulate Running Barefoot—Without the Bare Feet They allow me to hit the ground the same way I would if barefoot — meaning centered on my feet, letting me more explosively take each new stride.
4:20 P.M. Welcome to Dupes Week Because you don’t need to spend the most money to have the best things.
3:00 P.M. The Best Athleisure Dupes, According to Fitness Pros They may feel like Lululemon or look like Patagonia, but they cost much less.
2:00 P.M. This Brow Pen Works Better for Me Than Microblading The felt tip of the pen paints hairlike strokes onto the brows and lasts for several hours, even with my oily skin.
1:06 P.M. I Felt Like I Slept at a Fancy Hotel on These $115 Sheets After a single wash, they developed a smooth, silky texture, and the more you wash them, the softer they get
12:00 P.M. The Apple Dongle Dupe Recommended by the Apple Store Guy The employee will remain anonymous, but the dongle he suggested does more than Apple’s and costs less than half the price.
11:57 A.M. Patagonia Better Sweaters Are on Sale at Backcountry From the official uniform of finance bros.
11:52 A.M. Everything You Need to Throw a Dog Birthday Party Get ready to paw-ty.
11:16 A.M. How Did This Become Everyone’s Favorite Selfie Mirror? It’s flattering, it’s $10,000, and Bella Hadid just bought one.
11:02 A.M. This $26 Candle Smells Exactly Like Diptyque’s Figuier Its notes include olive leaves, polar, and fig, and to my average nose, it smells identical to Figuier. Except it costs $26.
10:34 A.M. These Very Good Speakers Are on Sale for $70 They look retro, but they’ve still got a lot of bass.
10:00 A.M. My Mom Found a Dupe for My Outdoor Voices Tee at Costco To achieve the same effect, just go a size up.
Aug. 19, 2019 The Best Body Lotions for Dry Skin, According to Experts Including everyday options, lotions for dry sensitive skins, and specific products to treat inflamed dry skin and dryness caused by eczema.
Aug. 19, 2019 I Cheat on My Japanese Chef’s Knife With This Ceramic Set I thought that the best thing about them would be the fun colors. But the chef’s knife has turned out to be sharper than my fancy Japanese blade.
Aug. 19, 2019 I Resurface My Skin With This Sunday Riley Dupe At the $31 price point, I will continue to buy it even without a discount.
Aug. 19, 2019 9 H&M Home Items That Look Ten Times the Price Some could convincingly pass for Bergdorf’s, while the more handcrafted-looking ones read Hawkins New York.
Aug. 19, 2019 My Kid-Size Shoes Cost Way Less Than Identical Adult Styles I’ve bought perfect-fitting kids’ Hunter boots, Stan Smiths, Chacos, and more that cost way less than their identical adult styles.
Aug. 19, 2019 This Slouchy (But Not Schlubby) Levi’s Jacket Is on Sale It’s $49 today only as part of an Urban Outfitters “flash sale.”
Aug. 19, 2019 These Binoculars Are Actually a Great Dupe for a Telescope You can still see the moons of Jupiter with them. And unlike a telescope, they fit in a backpack.

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