Jul 24, 4:29 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Business By David Ljunngren AND David Lawder 05/29/18 AT 12:04 PM WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is running out of time to deliver a revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) he promised for this year and people involved in the talks say the crunch is largely of his administration’s own making.Negotiators, industry lobbyists, trade experts and lawmakers briefed on the talks described how precious months passed before the U.S team presented its proposals and how the talks stalled because the demands far exceeded what Canada and Mexico had expected and Washington signaled no readiness to compromise.In the end, an unusually tight timetable allowed little space to bridge differences on the core issues, such as U.S. and regional content requirements for the auto industry.Talks started last August with a goal to conclude in just four months, but as … [Read more...] about Delays And ‘Poison Pills’: Team Trump Runs Out Of Road In NAFTA Talks
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Famous Tech YouTuber Has Side Gig as Ultimate Frisbee Pro
Professional Ultimate Frisbee players need to have second jobs to make ends meet. Marques Brownlee's day job just happens to be more lucrative than most. Brownlee, who plays for the New York Empire in the American Ultimate Disc League, is a tech YouTuber. His channel has 8.9 million subscribers, and he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year reviewing products and interviewing tech giants like Bill Gates and Elon Musk. His videos average almost 1 million views per day. In his YouTube bio, Brownlee refers to himself as a geek, tech head and internet personality — but not an athlete. He rarely mentions the sport — usually referred to as just Ultimate — in his videos, but he blocks off ample time for his athletic pursuits. His double life is clearly delineated on his calendar, which he keeps down to the hour, months in advance. YouTube on weekdays. Ultimate on the weekends. "A lot of the companies I work with, they're not returning my calls or emails on weekends," … [Read more...] about Famous Tech YouTuber Has Side Gig as Ultimate Frisbee Pro
O’Reilly Team Shopped Negative Story on Bill’s Accuser; Wash Po Refused to Publish
LawNewz.com has confirmed that Bill O’Reilly‘s team is behind a negative story regarding one of his accusers. It’s a story that Bill O’Reilly himself also tweeted out saying that he was “sorry to have to post this article.”The negative piece involved Perquita Burgess, who claims she was sexually harassed by the former Fox News host in 2008 and says he called her “hot chocolate.” In 2015, she was reportedly arrested after a domestic incident. However, the details of the arrest were so flimsy that The Washington Post apparently refused to go with it after an extensive investigation. Instead, it was published in the conservative publication Newsmax, which claimed “[a] 2015 arrest by Detroit police of a key accuser of Bill O’Reilly for giving a false report of a crime has raised serious doubts as to her credibility.”As LawNewz legal analyst Ronn Blitzer said, the story doesn’t quite … [Read more...] about O’Reilly Team Shopped Negative Story on Bill’s Accuser; Wash Po Refused to Publish
Jay Sekulow, evangelical lawyer new to Trump’s team, appears to contradict himself in TV interview
Jay Sekulow, who made a career as a litigator for evangelical legal groups, had a rough time in a television interview on Sunday after he joined President Donald Trump’s legal team.Sekulow told interviewer Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that Trump was just commenting on news reports when he tweeted, “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.” Sekulow said Trump isn’t under investigation, then appeared to contradict himself. Stories on Sekulow and his comments appear in the New York Times, and the Washington Post here, here and here.According to the Post, Wallace noted the contradiction, which he “seized upon for maximum effect.”Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, is part of the team advising Trump in the Russian influence investigation that is led by Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, the Washington Post reported last week.Sekulow was … [Read more...] about Jay Sekulow, evangelical lawyer new to Trump’s team, appears to contradict himself in TV interview
Here’s Why Tom Brady Will Ultimately Win His Case Against NFL
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation.” —Edmund SpencerBack in August 2015, before New York U.S. District Judge Richard Berman decided in New England Patriots Star-Quarterback’s favor that he should not serve the four-game suspension handed down by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, I discussed and predicted that Tom Brady would be exonerated. You can read that article here. The Seven Reasons mentioned in that article still apply today.Here, we are going to take it a step further and add that National Football League Commissioner, Roger Goodell, will actually lose this battle and the war for the same reason he has fought so hard to condemn its poster-player in Tom Brady. Specifically, Roger Goodell has quoted from League Rules and commissioner power that in the … [Read more...] about Here’s Why Tom Brady Will Ultimately Win His Case Against NFL