Day: May 21, 2024

RFK Jr. Not Sure What His VP Pick Is Doing

Buck Banks

“I ran into her yesterday.”

“Almost exactly a month after introducing Nicole Shanahan as his vice-presidential pick in a carefully choreographed Bay Area extravaganza, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still seemed a bit unclear on exactly how his running mate was spending her time,” the Washington Post reports. “He offered some vague reassurances that the woman he had recently chosen to potentially sit just a heartbeat from the presidency was ‘working on every issue’ and ‘doing a lot of podcasts’ — and that while he couldn’t say ‘exactly what her schedule is,’ he was ‘very happy with what she’s doing.’”

Trump Trial a Windfall for Pro Line-Standers

Buck Banks

$60/hour

NBC News: Professional line-standers are a growing part of the gig economy. But the criminal trial of a former president accused of illegally covering up hush money payments to a porn star has translated into a windfall for people who get paid to wait — and who, as the trial goes on, have increasingly been hired by members of the general public with no stake in the trial other than curiosity.