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Posted at 9:45 pm on May 11, 2017 by Jim Jamitis I’ve written off about 90% of the allegedly conservative media over the last year. A lot of people I once thought to be reliable have ridden the Trump Train straight to Crazy Town. Case in point: Sean Hannity got baited into a fight by septuagenarian songstress Bette Midler. Not only did he get baited, he challenged her to a one hour duel on the Fox News Channel. A charity matchup between Hannity and Midler. It’s not exactly Rocky Balboa vs. Thunderlips. Maybe it is.

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Neither director wanted him, but then they took a look at him, and then he opened his mouth. He was hungry, and pushy, and the director Guy Ritchie liked that.

Growing up, I thought salt belonged in a shaker at the table, and nowhere else. I never added it to food, or saw Maman add it. When my aunt Ziba sprinkled it onto her saffron rice at the table each night, my brothers and I giggled. We thought it was the strangest, funniest thing in the world. I associated salt with the beach, where I spent my childhood seasoned with it. There were the endless hours in the Pacific near our home in San Diego, swallowing mouthfuls of ocean water when I misjudged the waves.

Growing up, I thought salt belonged in a shaker at the table, and nowhere else. I never added it to food, or saw Maman add it. When my aunt Ziba sprinkled it onto her saffron rice at the table each night, my brothers and I giggled. We thought it was the strangest, funniest thing in the world. I associated salt with the beach, where I spent my childhood seasoned with it. There were the endless hours in the Pacific near our home in San Diego, swallowing mouthfuls of ocean water when I misjudged the waves.

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • The fallout from President Trump’s abrupt firing of James Comey, the F.B.I. director, dominated a Senate hearing about the biggest security threats facing the United States. Andrew McCabe, the acting F.B.I.