Emails Describe Bannon-Milo Plot to Infiltrate Facebook
BuzzFeed News
Steve Bannon plotted to plant a mole inside Facebook, according to emails sent days before the Breitbart boss took over Donald Trump's campaign. A conservative operative emailed Bannon that a Facebook job posting "seems perfect for Breitbart to flood the zone with candidates of all stripe who will report back to you / Milo with INTEL about the job application process over at FB." "Can u get on this," Bannon instructed former Breitbart News tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos. 'Boom Times for the Anti-Trump Industrial Complex'
Washington Post
The Washington Post Style section goes inside the fired-up and highly competitive world of the activists trying to oust the President. The most likely person to take down Trump, Ben Terris writes, might well be "an unassuming lawyer with the demeanor of your friendly neighborhood dry cleaner": Noah Bookbinder of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Also a heavy hitter is the fellow who used to play the "Meathead" on TV. Congressional Aides' Shady Stock Trades
Politico
Some senior congressional aides regularly buy and sell stocks that present potential conflicts of interest with their work. Most aren't even required to report their trades. Try the same thing in the executive branch and you could easily wind up in hot water. Labor Group Knocks Outsourcing, Then Outsources Work Itself
Washington Free Beacon
The Restaurant Opportunities Center, a union advocacy group, argues that independent contractors are treated unfairly because they are denied protections available to regular employees. But it placed an ad for an independent contractor to lead a campaign to raise New York's minimum wage for tipped workers. Sports-Fixing More Common Than Ever
The Economist
Rigging sporting events to cash in on bets is a growing threat to sports around the world. In tennis, for instance, very few players make enough to cover their expenses, which makes them prime targets to be "groomed" to throw a match for a few extra dollars. Only about 15 percent of sports betting is legal, which makes the business difficult to monitor. Mystery of the 'Cat Lady' of Cottage Country
Walrus, CBC
Known as the "Cat Lady," Joan Lawrence, 77, had been a fixture of Ontario's Muskoka area for decades. Then in the fall of 1998 she went missing. Soon three other local seniors were also unaccounted for. All had one thing in common: they lived in retirement homes run by the same landlords. In a joint investigation, The Walrus and the CBC's "The Fifth Estate" take on a nearly two-decade-old mystery. The Untold Story of the Assassins of North Korea
GQ
Two women killed Kim Jong-nam, heir to the North Korean dictatorship, by rubbing VX nerve agent on his lips while he waited for a flight in Kuala Lumpur. They both separately explained that they thought they'd merely slathered him with a harmless liquid for a hidden-camera TV show. A writer finds there is something to that story -- and more. Born to Scam: Ticket Prices Soar, Wall Street Gets Scalped
Bloomberg Markets
Prime tickets to go see "Springsteen on Broadway" have risen to as much as $10,000 on StubHub. That kind of markup attracts big Wall Street investors, but it also entices people looking to scam them. In a few recent cases, investors have fallen for ticket-buying cons that end up losing them lots of dough.
What Makes Gloria Allred Tick
New Yorker
"Gloria Allred may be the most famous practicing attorney in the United States," writes Jia Tolentino in this New Yorker profile. "She has attained that renown less through litigation—though she has done plenty of that—than through a blend of high-profile legal advocacy and public relations. The mention of Allred to another trial lawyer often elicits a discreet pause, then a slightly raised eyebrow, followed by something like 'Gloria is really, really great at what she does.' " | 
