The Morning Dispatch: A Sudden Warren/Sanders Split

Plus, Iran cracks down on domestic protesters yet again.

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Happy Tuesday! Unless, of course, you are Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Cameron Diaz, Eminem, Octavia Spencer, or Shaquille O’Neal. A new study from Dartmouth economist David Blanchflower found that happiness follows a U-shaped curve over one’s lifetime, with human misery peaking at age 47. Hang in there, Shaq, it’s all uphill from here!

Quick Hits: What You Need to Know

  • Russian military hackers have been attempting to hack into the computer networks at Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company where Hunter Biden served as a board member. The New York Times cites security experts who believe the Russians may have been looking for information on the Bidens. 

  • New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker ended his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination after languishing in the polls for months, telling supporters that “we may have challenges right now in our nation, but together, we will rise.”

  • Attorney General William Barr said on Monday that the Pensacola naval base shooting last month that killed three and injured eight was “an act of terrorism.”

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    ARS

    Hey, hey, I turned 47 in October. I'm already prepared to give credit to the launch of the Dispatch for minimizing whatever misery I'm supposed to experience this year.

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      Declan Garvey staff-badge Staff

      Happy belated, we’ll do our best!

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    Kevin Durant?

    “Russian military hackers have been attempting to hack into the computer networks at Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company where Hunter Biden served as a board member. The New York Times cites security experts who believe the Russians may have been looking for information on the Bidens.”
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    Well luckily we already know they won’t find anything. Don’t the Russians have CNN?

    As we have been told repeatedly
    “It has already been investigated and there is no evidence of wrongdoing”

    Unless, of course, those people were lying....

    After all these are the same people who told us Hunter Biden has not profited from his 10% stake in BHR which received $2.4 billion from China

    Why were we granted the privilege of Don Lemon et al indignantly telling us Hunter has not profited from this arrangement? Because....wait for it.....he hasn’t sold his shares yet (yes really)

    This is like saying the guy who stole the Hope Diamond hasn’t profited from the heist because they haven’t gaveled it at Sotheby’s yet. Key difference being that the Hope Diamond is worth LESS money

    (Rosemont Seneca co-invested in BHR with Thornton which is owned by literally Whitey Bulger’s relatives who are royalty in Massachusetts politics if you remember the movie)

    If Russians were digging up dead bodies under the driving range at Doral, would our main focus be that Russians own shovels?

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    Jason

    Per your point Earl, the best time to pay attention to a new story is about 48 hours after it originally breaks.

    Per the Staff's point, support to whomever is trying to kick that habit. I'm with you, though Bubly is clearly superior to Spindrift. I'm just trying to buy at such a volume to sustain my cravings during some long workdays. It's particularly a struggle when there's only the lemon ones left.

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      Declan Garvey staff-badge Staff

      Thanks Jason! Bubly will definitely make do when the store is out of Spindrift, but the latter is clearly the superior option :)

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    Butch Earl

    On the Iranian situation:

    Borrowing a Jonahism, lately I've seen a lot of reflexive jackassery in both sides of the political divide. The left has spent a week portraying Qassem Suleimani as an Iranian Erwin Rommel instead of the Heinrich Himmler he clearly was. On the other hand, the other night Sean Hannity and Oliver North had the adrenal glands on overdrive selecting bombing targets for the response to Iran's missile strike.

    As breaking news items occur, could we at least inhale and exhale a few times before impulsively lurching toward mechanically tribal responses?

    This is one of the main reasons I'm here at The Dispatch. There is a dire need for fact based journalism.

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