“Online gambling has swallowed professional sports''
The Nation's Dave Gillin
Sports leagues, struggling with an “aging and fragmenting TV audience,” are partnering with legal gambling businesses to line their pockets, says Dave Zirin. They discover that they have “brought the fox into the chicken coop.” In the last month alone, “athletes have allegedly used inside information to place bets and fix individual and team outcomes, damaging the sport's credibility to a lesser extent.” Such scandals “used to be incredibly rare” but are now commonplace.
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“Joe Biden (still) an unpopular president”
Washington Examiner Byron York
President Joe Biden is being boosted by “a lot of hopeful news coverage” about his “political fortunes and hopes for re-election,” Byron York says. One headline said, “Biden beats Trump in 6 battleground states.” Another official said, “Biden's poll numbers are improving.'' But that overstates the “recent modest rise” that has excited sympathetic commentators. One of Biden's “fundamental” problems hasn't changed. “Most voters don't approve of the job he's doing as president.” Many never have.
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“Both Biden and Trump are in a world of hurt. But Biden has the money to fix his problems.”
Chris Brennan of USA Today
Former President Donald Trump, “a first-term former president who has been indicted four times and received two overwhelming civil judgments this year,'' says he is as focused on “paying for his defense as he is on reclaiming the White House.'' It is necessary to promote fund-raising efforts. Chris Brennan says. And the Republican National Committee's funding issues are similarly “tough” and it has set itself up to support him “probably at the expense of all other Republicans seeking other office in the November 5th general election.” It's twisted.
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“The Most Alarming Facts About America's Ports”
Ryan Petersen of the New York Times
“Our nation's supply chain is really ramping up to absorb the aftershocks” of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore, Ryan Petersen said. Ships are being rerouted to nearby ports. The tragedy highlights the need for further investment in supply chain infrastructure, including dredging ports and upgrading technology to accommodate the largest ships. This would make this system, which is “central to our nation's prosperity,” less “vulnerable in the event of a major disaster.”
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