Steve Gorman
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Steve Gorman
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It has now been revealed that the CEO of StubHub also owns hedge fund that scalps millions of dollars worth tickets on StubHub.



Like anyone who’s spent any time around politics, I have many Lindsey Graham stories. This is perhaps my favorite… I was covering Congress (Best! Beat! Ever!) for the NYT when the Mother Emanuel shooting happened in Charleston. It was summer, but I was wearing pants and a sweater that day because it was always SO freezing in the Capitol. Anyhow, news of the shooting came down, and the DC Bureau chief called me with an order: Get yourself to Charleston ASAP and glue yourself to Graham’s side. She wanted a piece on the senator grappling with the unimaginable. So I headed straight to the airport, arriving in Charleston with just my backpack and what I’d be wearing to work that day, and linked up with Graham. He had me meet him at a restaurant, where I told him I needed to shadow him for the next 48 hours. And he looked at me, with amused distaste, and said: “You are sticky. And you are icky. If you want to shadow me, go buy some nice new clothes—maybe a dress—and take a shower, and then we’ll talk.” (He was not wrong; I was sweaty and gross). So I drove to a local big box store, bought a dress (he seemed to have a strong preference for a dress), and spent the next few days with him, resulting in this piece (which, for reasons not worth getting into, ended up being fairly different than the original assignment): nytimes.com/2015/06/20/us/…

Despite barely any media coverage, @POTUS has consistently donated his entire $400,000 annual presidential salary. Trump deserves credit for this.

The metrics of this absurd CNBC study which ranks Tennessee last in “states to live” are wild. As woke as they come. Y’all should look them up. Fun read. And telling. Also. I love my adopted state. TN is a fabulous place to live and earn a living for many, many reasons. Topography. Things to do. Particularly the people. There is a better metric to judge this state than any silly survey or list…and that is movement. Families are moving here from all over our nation. In droves. For a reason. So Y’all keep coming. And keep Tennessee…Tennessee. Thank you!





FLAG: The Trump Justice Department has launched an investigation into United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…







