Reading archive 2024-03-17

Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case, judge rules, as Wade resigns

How a sleuth defense attorney and a disgruntled law partner damaged the Trump Georgia case

Russian voters, answering Navalny’s call, protest Putin’s forever rule

The education of a true believer: Linda Wenhold absorbed Patriot Academy’s message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a seat on her local Pennsylvania school board.

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.

What everyone can learn from the woman who lost $50,000 to a scam: Don’t want to end up handing a box of cash to scammers? Watch for these red flags.

The Supreme Court seems bitterly divided. Two justices say otherwise. [ed. note: class solidarity]

How a cheap, generic drug became a darling of longevity enthusiasts: Rapamycin, a drug for transplant patients, has extended the lives of animals but is unproven in people

EXCLUSIVE: Former head of DC's 911 call center alleging fraud, abuse in lawsuit - "'We had a very serious shortage of personnel," said Subido. “I started uncovering that we were paying people that did not come into work for several months.'

"Subido said when she discovered people who were not working were getting paid, she went to her boss, then-Deputy Mayor Chris Geldart, and told him what she'd found and that she wanted to do a full-fledged investigation. 

"'He said ‘If you do a time and attendance audit, you and I will both be fired',' said Subido. 'It was very clear to me that the mayor was leading all of this and anything that came up that was contradictory to her rhetoric that the OUC was great, under wonderful leadership and doing everything they could, if it was contrary to that, it would not be tolerated.'"