An interesting panel discussion by the reporters who broke and then pursued the Rob Ford Crack and Everything Else scandal (including Robyn Doolittle and Michael Cooke, alas without John Cook). Fascinating details about the reporting, the Mayor and some hints about the expected epic new document dump next Friday. Video after the jump …
Back when we launched TPMPrime a year ago, I explained that we were going to have something called ‘subscription credits.’ The idea was twofold – allow people who want to support TPM over and above the cost of a Prime membership ($50 a year) the opportunity to do so while also allowing us to not lock out people for whom the membership fee is a genuine hardship.
Two posts at The Hive on future ideas for a new direction for public comments and also reader blogging at TPM (sub.req.).
Back on November 21st I was in DC and I got into a conversation about the marijuana legalization movement and some of its more unexpected dimensions. It wasn’t a major part of the discussion but one thing I learned was that the bulk of the money funding the movement – from medical marijuana to decriminalization to full legalization – came from one guy, Peter B. Lewis, the CEO of Progressive Insurance.
He reportedly contributed between $40 and $60 million to the effort over the last 30 years. I just found out that he died two days later. And that’s raising questions about where the future money for ballot initiatives, organizing, public education and the like is going to come from.
Well, not really. Or not exactly. But if you’re into dinosaurs, this is pretty neat. There now appears to be confirmation that paleontologists have discovered soft tissue from a Tyrannosaurus Rex that died roughly 68 million years ago.
