Friday morning news drop
How AT&T helped build far-right One America News As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump. Reuters has uncovered how America’s telecom giant nurtured the news channel now at the center of a bitter national divide over politics and truth. (Reuters)
US government bond market specialists warn of fragility in Fed pullout Concerns remain over gaps in liquidity after weak supports during pandemic-induced instability (Financial Times)
Secret trove illuminates the lives of billionaires The world’s wealthiest are among the most avid users of offshore companies, a new cache of documents known as the Pandora Papers shows, and they turn to tax and secrecy havens for a variety of reasons. (Washington Post)
Are U.S. Housing Prices Becoming Unaffordable? Housing prices are rising for a number of reasons: Household formation from the millennial generation, Increased demand to move due to the pandemic, Investors looking for yield and inflation protection, Extremely low mortgage rates. The one variable that could throw a wrench into this equation would be higher mortgage rates. (A Wealth of Common Sense)
A Whiff of Civil War in the Air Malice and misinformation are driving national division. A recent poll that should shock exactly no one who closely follows American politics and culture. A majority of Trump voters (52 percent) and a strong minority of Biden voters (41 percent) strongly or somewhat agree that it’s “time to split the country.” (The Dispatch)
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021: The Full List of Winners This is the first World’s 50 Best Restaurants list since the onset of the pandemic. Votes for the 2021 list take into account the votes cast for the 2020 list as well as a March 2021 “refresh” vote, in which voters could issue new votes, but only for restaurants in their own region. (Eater)
Clint and Ron Howard Remember When They Were Just ‘The Boys’ In a new memoir, the showbiz siblings recall their experiences growing up on “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Star Trek” and other Hollywood classics. But they weren’t all happy days. (New York Times)
Videos of the week
Micky Clarke - "DOOM" - Chapter 11 TV
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Vans Presents COURAGE - Featuring Courage Adams | BMX | VANS
Top 3 Slopestyle Runs from SilverStar | Crankworx British Columbia 2021 Red Bull Joyride might have gotten away this year, but the there was no way British Columbia could let the summer go by without a world-class MTB Slopestyle event. As luck would have it, Brett Rheeder and Matt MacDuff have been keeping themselves very busy in SilverStar Bike Park lately. Over the last two years, they have built an absolute fire 🔥 of a Slopestyle course with tons of potential to drive evolution of the sport above and beyond.
Dickies' "Loose Ends" Video Ronnie gets to work on the pool beat straight out the gate, followed by timeless stylings from Knox, Foy, Allysha and the esteemed Dickies team. Wallin shuts it down with one of his finest displays to date.
Braydon Szafranski's "SZA" Part The legend of Las Vegas never ceases to surprise. Absurd manuals, sketchy ditch rides and heavy stair moves for the OG fans, Braydon brings it all.
NOTHING NEW Nothing has changed. Level 1, in partnership with 686 and Rossignol, presents NOTHING NEW - another snow riding experience.