Reading archive 2024-10-07

The revenge of the middle-class anti-elitist: Why the comfortably well-off voted for Trump, Brexit and Italy’s Lega

Trump dumps on overtime. His Ohio supporters won’t comment

Journalist’s distress over Israel-Gaza war spurred self-immolation, writings show: Samuel Mena Jr. appears to have grown so disillusioned with his profession that he felt compelled to light himself on fire in D.C. on Saturday to promote his cause. [ed. note: queer, lit up left arm]

Alexandria man sentenced to 58 years in fatal shooting of landscapers Alexandria: Circuit Court Judge James C. Clark rejected prosecutors’ request to impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole. - "The Post previously reported that when Rose was arrested for the double shooting in Alexandria, he had been missing probation hearings in D.C. Superior Court after being convicted in 2019 of unlawful possession of a handgun. An attorney for Rose in that case said at the time that he had recently begun rehabilitation for a drug addiction at a suboxone clinic. Court records show his address in Alexandria was located on the same block as the double shooting."

A Maryland teen wasted away at home to 79 pounds. Was it murder?: The trial of Cynthia Moore, 41, is set to continue this week in Montgomery County Circuit Court.

A trail of alleged bribes: How a contractor got lucrative D.C. work: A D.C. contractor allegedly bribed two city officials, prompting concern about how contracts are awarded.

A young doctor’s final words offer a mental health warning for others: Will West, a 33-year-old who was training at George Washington University hospital in D.C., wrote in a suicide note that other residents are “at real risk”