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In a break from past presidents, Trump spends time away from D.C. during shutdown
As the government shutdown enters its second month, President Trump has spent two full weeks outside of Washington. This is a shift from how past presidents, including Trump, have approached shutdown politics.
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Want More Sales or Signups? I Tried 11 Best Conversion Optimization Tools
“Why aren’t people buying?” That’s the question that kept me up at night when I first started my online business. My WordPress website looked good, traffic was coming in, but I wasn’t getting a lot of conversions. It wasn’t until I started experimenting with conversion optimization tools that things started to change. I finally understood […]
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Trump’s National Guard deployments aren’t random. They were planned years ago
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations — and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act — for years. Now, those plans might be playing out. (Image credit: Al Drago)
In a fraught political moment, one woman finds comfort on her morning commute
In 2008, when banning same-sex marriage in California was put on the ballot, Kate Elsley’s commute changed. Seeing signs supporting the ban became a reminder of what she might not be able to do. (Image credit: Anna Kuperberg)
Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life and his version of the Democratic Party
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn’t given him the boost he wanted. (Image credit: Bloomberg)
Morning news brief
Trump heads back to D.C. as shutdown enters month two, states scramble to fill gaps left by cut off of SNAP benefits, candidates in NYC’s mayoral race rally supporters ahead of Election Day.
Matt: Chop Wood, Carry Water
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. Kyle Kowalski has an amazing blog post exploring many aspects of this Zen Kōan, including some diversions into David Foster Wallace’s legendary commencement speech, This is Water.
Matt: Creed Update
This week, the Automattic Creed received its first-ever update, which I’ll describe as a minor point upgrade. This is the sentence before and after. I am in a marathon, not a sprint, and no matter how far away the goal is, the only way to get there is by putting one foot in front of […]
Matt: Wayback Machine Joint
Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it’s a plugin I’d encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a reliable archived version. It also works proactively by archiving […]