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  • Mr. Kim, 42, is considered the favorite in the November race against Curtis Bashaw, the Republican nominee. Being appointed to the job several months early could have given Mr. Kim a seniority edge and a possible head start toward preferred committee assignments. But Mr. Murphy’s closest advisers had said from the start that the governor was unlikely to select Mr. Kim, who for months was locked in a bruising competition for Mr. Menendez’s seat with the governor’s wife, Tammy Murphy.

    That’s unfortunate the governor put his wife’s pride over the good of the country. I guess I understand but it sucks.



  • ganksy@lemmy.worldtoNew York TimesSaying the Quiet Part Out Loud
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    Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC

    Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder

    Critics immediately called the public lobbying self-interested. The F.T.C. has reportedly opened multiple investigations that involve subsidiaries of Diller’s IAC, according to CNN, and Hoffman has a seat on the board of Microsoft, whose investment in OpenAI is also under scrutiny from the F.T.C.

    Edit: If she’s making enemies, she’s doing her job. They can frick right off.