Monday May 19 2025 Daily Links
MONDAY MAY 19 NEWS STORIES
The Nation’s Only Black Governor Says No to Reparations Study
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, vetoed a bill that would have required the state to consider remedies for the harms to descendants of slaves.
Harriet Tubman’s on the state quarter out there—if she had known this, she’d have taken the Underground Railroad to Delaware.
Turkey President Grabs French Presidents Finger
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan clamped down on the finger of France’s President Emmanuel Macron, at the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Tirana, Albania.
Macron should have just farted
Pence Hits Trump for Criticizing U.S. Overseas
Is everyone going to get as mad at Trump as they did at Springsteen?
Adams Closing 3 Migrant Help Centers
Three New York City resource centers that help migrants apply for asylum, work permits and other immigration programs will close next month, according to an announcement from the Adams administration on Friday.
Next he plans to give the Statue of Liberty a middle finger to hold up instead of a torch.
Americans Taking Smaller Fewer Summer Vacations This Year Cuz $
The Wall Street Journal says, “Americans Dial Back Summer Vacation Plans in the Face of Economic Concerns.”
Where can i book a vacation to the 1970s?
Mexican Navy Training Ship Hits the Brooklyn Bridge
Two crew members were killed after the Cuauhtemoc, struck the bridge and snapped the masts.
Hey did ice lower the Brooklyn Bridge?
Burned Down Antebellum Mansion Plans to Rebuilt
The owner of the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the South — which burned to the ground this week — hopes to rebuild the 166-year-old Louisiana home.
You’re really trying to make the south rise again
Capital One to Pay $425 Million to Settle Suit
Depositors said the bank cheated them out of higher interest rates. As part of the settlement, the bank admitted no wrongdoing and agreed to make up for lost interest earnings.
Who’s in your wallet?
Bombing at Fertility Clinic Kills 1
An explosion rocked a Palm Springs neighborhood Saturday morning, killing one person and injuring at least five others near a fertility clinic
There no abortion clinics to bomb anymore.
MONDAY MAY 19 SPORTS STORIES
Antonio Brown Runs Through Crowd With Gun?????
He was caught running through the crowd after a boxing event and he appeared to have a gun in his hand. After that, shots were fired, but its not clear if Brown did the firing.
He’s the kanye of the NFL
MONDAY MAY 19 CELEB STORIES
Valerie Bertinelli Posts on IG About a Really Rough Year
Her post was a message to others not to let a rough time let you down. “Betrayal of your own self-worth is even worse than another’s betrayal. You deserve kindness, respect, and confidences that can be trusted. Especially and mostly from yourself.”
you don’t need to share everything
SNL Wraps Season 50
No word so far about anyone leaving the cast of SNL because the show cut off abruptly during the final goodbyes leaving some feeling like there’s a secret shocking goodbye coming.
Well we know Kenan isn’t leaving. He’s never leaving.
Dakota Johnson Didnt Get In To College So Her Dad Cut Her Off
“I didn’t get in and my dad cut me off because I didn’t go to college. So, I started auditioning. I think I was 19 when I did ‘The Social Network,’ and then little jobs and stuff after that,” Johnson said. “For a couple of years it was hard to make money. There were a few times when I’d go to the market and not have money in my bank account or not be able to pay rent, and I’d have to ask my parents for help.”
I don’t think you know what cut off means.
Richard Linklater’s Latest at Cannes
‘Nouvelle Vague’ got a huge standing ovation at its debut at Cannes.
Of course it did. It was about them. It would be like a Derek Jeter poem getting a standing O at Yankees stadium.
The Who Fires Zak Starkey. Again.
He was fired, then rehired and now only two weeks later, fired again.
Who’s in charge of this? Donald Trump?
