So it appears that Manafort's associate illegally used a "straw purchaser" to buy $50k worth of Trump inauguration tickets for at least 2, probably 3, pro-Russia Ukrainians.
NEW at @readsludge: Dem @SenatorCarper is sponsoring bills to help w/ the opioid epidemic, but he's received campaign donations from the very companies his state is suing over their role in the crisis. readsludge.com/2018/08/31/vow…
Harris, working w/ @popdemoc, helped @SenWarren write the CARE Act, which would massively fund addiction treatment. Harris tells me opioid epidemic should be treated as public health crisis.
Here's another @Ocasio2018-endorsed progressive who won who, like Rashida Tlaib, doesn't fit into the widespread media narrative that AOC's favored candidates are all losing & socialism is dead, so don't expect many outlets to acknowledge this.
Yes! Great news about 9th St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where the city is installing *protected* bike lanes on both sides.
Now, do this on EVERY STREET. Someone shouldn't have to die on each street for the city to make that particular street more safe. brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/33/…
—The protected lanes are only protected if there are physical barriers between cars & bike lanes, so let's hope they do this.
—Look at how absurd the "existing" arrangement is. Cyclists have to bike with cars swerving through our lane in order to park.