Donald Trump has had lots of dealings with mobsters over the years. Pulitizer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston has written about Trump's ties to questionable folks off and on over a generation. In Politico Magazine, Johnston takes a shot at putting it together (in the face of the usual Trump bluster — "if I don't like what you write, I'll sue you" — and lack of recall of events The Donald deems "a long time ago." Johnston writes, "No other candidate for the White House this year has anything close to Trump’s record of repeated social and business dealings with mobsters, swindlers, and other crooks." A possible comparison? President Warren G. Harding, whose 1920s administration saw its Interior Secretary go to prison. Harding was from Ohio, less known for mob activity than Trump's New York stomping grounds, but the Harding taint was so bad that Ohio, a key electoral state and the home of seven presidents before Harding, has never sent someone to the White House since.
"Just what were Donald Trump's ties to the mob?" Politico Magazine.
Who operates the world's largest employment agency? One Korean studies expert tells Vice news that it's none other the totalitarian North Korean government, which is desperate to raise cash. Surprisingly, the workers can be found in Poland and other parts of the European Union, making billions from within Europe, a Dutch professor says.
"North Korea makes billions from forced laborers working in the EU," Vice.
Johnson & Johnson promises to appeal two large awards against it from juries considering claims that the company's Baby Powder causes ovarian cancer. The New York Times takes a detailed, refreshingly clear and look at the science on both sides of the issue. The report includes this Seattle-related passage:
“Talcum powder is an interesting case, because it’s not something that’s necessary,” said Dr. Anne McTiernan, an epidemiologist with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. “If there’s any doubt, why should anyone use it?”
"Lawsuits over baby powder raise questions about cancer risk," New York Times.
