#personal-tragedy

#personal-tragedy

One of its most common tools is to write a book, or have a book written, to introduce the presidential supplicant to voters. Historians trace the practice to Thomas Jefferson, whose 1785 book, Notes on the State of Virginia, predated his first campaign for president in 1786. Using the book as a conscious tool of image-building is a more recent phenomenon, however, leading critic Jaime Fuller to lament the banality of such tomes in his 2019 Literary Hub article.

In 2005, 2006, it was not the startup economy. All the things we take for granted now were not a thing yet. I still distinctly remember the headline of Zuck turning down that billion-dollar offer [from Yahoo] as being so preposterous. I just thought, my God, if I could have gotten that much money for a few years' worth of work, I would've taken it in a heartbeat.

A fan was up on the dugout shouting things about my mother. He was like, 'Last night I sent a message to your mother.'

David Briggs, Aguilar's defense attorney, stated, 'If you wanna talk about a guy who got a bad hand, that's Mr. Aguilar.'

"The bomb went off in my world, and I'm still recovering from the shell shock of it all. I’m still trying to piece everything back together in this fractured reality."

Maher’s sharp jab at Biden's personal tragedies raised eyebrows during the discussion, highlighting the tension between political legacy and personal loss. Tapper’s shocked reaction emphasized the gravity of the statement.