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🎧 “The Daily”: Lost in the Storm, Part 2 | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": Lost in the Storm, Part 2 by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

As a family struggled to get help during Hurricane Harvey, gaps in the rescue system began to show.

We need to be better advocates for ourselves. Good communication can be a life or death situation.

🎧 “The Daily”: Lost in the Storm, Part 1 | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": Lost in the Storm, Part 1 by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

Houston’s emergency response systems, crippled by Hurricane Harvey, failed to reach people who needed help the most.

This is going to be a classic implementation of painful miscommunication.

🎧 “The Daily”: The Spy Who Provoked Putin | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": The Spy Who Provoked Putin by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

Two intelligence officers were men of the same age and training. After the Soviet Union collapsed, one rose — and one fell.

🎧 “The Daily”: Bob Woodward on Trump, Nixon and Anonymity | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": Bob Woodward on Trump, Nixon and Anonymity by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

The reporter sat down with “The Daily” to talk about what it took to get access to the White House and why he called his new book “Fear.”

l love that this is more about process and history with Nixon as well as covering “anonymous” sources (aka deep background) and what they really mean. There isn’t nearly the level of book promotion here that I might have otherwise suspected.

🎧 “The Daily”: The Kavanaugh Documents | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": The Kavanaugh Documents by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

Previously secret emails involving President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee have come to light at the peak of a bitter confirmation battle.

🎧 “The Daily”: The Legacy of George Bush | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": The Legacy of George Bush by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

The 41st president took the helm during a moment of seismic change on the international stage and in the political order at home.

Where have all the good public servants gone?

🎧 “The Daily”: Why Michael Cohen Lied to Congress | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": Why Michael Cohen Lied to Congress by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

An admission by President Trump’s former lawyer about a proposed business deal in Russia sheds new light on where the special counsel investigation is headed.

How does this happen so late in the game?

👓 How to be More Productive and Eliminate Time Wasting Activities by Using the “Eisenhower Box” | James Clear

Read How to be More Productive and Eliminate Time Wasting Activities by Using the “Eisenhower Box” by James Clear

Eisenhower’s strategy for taking action and organizing your tasks is simple. Using the decision matrix below, you will separate your actions based on four possibilities.

  1. Urgent and important (tasks you will do immediately).
  2. Important, but not urgent (tasks you will schedule to do later).
  3. Urgent, but not important (tasks you will delegate to someone else).
  4. Neither urgent nor important (tasks that you will eliminate).

The great thing about this matrix is that it can be used for broad productivity plans (“How should I spend my time each week?”) and for smaller, daily plans (“What should I do today?”).

👓 How the Border Wall Is Boxing Trump In | New York Times

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What started out as a memory trick for an undisciplined candidate has become the central priority of the Trump presidency, even as some immigration hard-liners do not view it as a top goal.

👓 Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test | HuffPost

Read Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test (HuffPost)
Tribal leaders and Native people say the senator is an ally — and they support her look at her ancestry. But hardly anyone asked them.

👓 First on CNN: Hundreds of TSA screeners calling out sick | CNN

Read First on CNN: Hundreds of TSA screeners calling out sick by Rene Marsh and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN)
Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work without paychecks through the partial government shutdown, have called out from work this week from at least four major airports

🎧 “The Daily”: Nancy Pelosi’s Last Fight | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": Nancy Pelosi’s Last Fight by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

The leader of the House Democrats faces challenges from multiple factions in her quest to regain the speakership.

🎧 “The Daily”: What’s Going On With Paul Manafort? | New York Times

Listened to "The Daily": What’s Going On With Paul Manafort? by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

We look at several twists in the case of President Trump’s former campaign chairman that raise fresh questions for the special counsel investigation.