Daybreak: Anthony Weiner to Run for Mayor
Plus FBI kills man linked to Boston Marathon bombing suspect
May 22, 2013
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• Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is running for mayor. (Insert your joke here.) Check out his campaign video. [YouTube]
• A Florida man linked to deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was reportedly shot and killed when the FBI tried to interview him. [NYT]
• The presidential shortlist for Iran keeps getting shorter as two critics of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have been disqualified from running including former premier Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In other news, it’s Wednesday. [ToI]
• Adam Soclof explains the kerfuffle about the flying of a Palestinian flag over the city hall building in Paterson, New Jersey. [JTA]
• Arrested Development fans be heartened: Seth Rogen is to play the young George Bluth, Sr. in the upcoming season of the revived show. [Jewcy]
Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.
