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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Nov 30, 2016
November 30, 2016
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Reporting this morning from my 94-year-old mother's house in Chicago, IL...!
Politics as usual --Posturing, Posing and Press Releases:
A law professor at the George Washington Universitysays that once DONALD TRUMP is sworn into office on January 20th, his lease of the old Federal Post Office --now home to his D.C. Trump International Hotel-- will become illegal. Professor STEVEN SCHOONER told NPR that he studied Trump's contract, and he says there is a clause that requires elected officials have no role in the lease.
The luxury hotel opened in October after $200-million-dollars in renovations, but is not actually owned by Trump. Trump signed a 60-year lease for the building from the federal government. The historic building was originally the headquarters of the U.S. Post Office. (Pacelli)Filling a need:
Don't know what to buy the person that has absolutely everything this holiday season? Fear not --the good folks at Buzzfeed have got 'ya covered! Good Housekeepingreports the pop culture site has launched a new product called the Fondoodler that provides all the deliciousness of cheese with the fun of a glue gun! Yep, you can get crafty with your favorite snack to make cheesy cracker houses or nachos with ease. All this will set you back just three minutes for melting and 35-dollars. (Lee)
The Reel Deal:
How about a movie about quadriplegic cartoonist JOHN CALLAHAN?
Although you may not recognize the name, Callahan's work was published in the New Yorker, Penthouse, and Playboy magazines before his death in 2010. He began cartooning --drawing by clutching a pen between both hands-- after a tragic car accident in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 21, when he used the drawings as a form of therapy. But his subject matter was often controversial. His cartoons appeared in the paper Willamette Week for 27 years before his death.
Variety reports actor JOAQUIN PHOENIX would play the cartoonist in the film, which will be called "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot."Football:
A new contest from Anheuser-Busch could lead to a lifetime of Super Bowl tickets for one lucky winner. Bud Light has put 37-thousand gold cans randomly in limited edition "Strike Gold" packages beginning yesterday and running thru Jan 03. If a customer gets a gold can and posts a picture of the can on social media, they've entered to win. Then, six winners will get tickets to this year's Super Bowl LI and one will get tickets for life (up to 51-years --Lane).
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