The threat to Trump from investigation of his personal lawyer, sugary soda, alcohol is worse than you thought and links to other news and views

Trump Sees Inquiry Into Cohen as Greater Threat Than Mueller - New York Times
President Trump’s advisers have concluded that a wide-ranging corruption investigation into his personal lawyer poses a greater and more imminent threat to the president than even the special counsel’s investigation, according to several people close to Mr. Trump.

Trump Attorney Cohen Is Subject Of Months-Long Federal Criminal Investigation - NPR
President Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen was the subject of a months-long criminal investigation before the FBI raided his home and office this week, according to court documents.
Federal prosecutors made that disclosure on Friday in responding to a request by Cohen for a judge to restrict the government's ability to review the evidence the FBI collected in those raids.
Polls count but the numbers don’t always add up - Chris Kenny in The Australian
Putting aside the political mistake and its ongoing consequences, the most annoying aspect of Malcolm Turnbull’s notorious 30-losing-Newspolls metric is that it gave unwarranted gravitas to the superficial preoccupation of poll-watching. For too long, too much of our political commentary has been based on wafer-thin analysis of opinion polls.
A Huge New Study Just Showed Alcohol Is Worse for You Than You Thought - Mother Jones
It looked at the health of 600,000 drinkers. The results were not encouraging.
Philadelphians Drink Less Sugary Soda, More Water, After Tax - NPR
Will people drink less sugary soda if the price goes up? A new study suggests the answer is ... yes.
James Comey Has a Story to Tell. It’s Very Persuasive. - New York Times

In his absorbing new book, “A Higher Loyalty,” the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey calls the Trump presidency a “forest fire” that is doing serious damage to the country’s norms and traditions. ... It’s ironic that Comey, who wanted to shield the F.B.I. from politics, should have ended up putting the bureau in the midst of the 2016 election firestorm; just as it’s ironic (and oddly fitting) that a civil servant who has prided himself on being apolitical and independent should find himself reviled by both Trump and Clinton, and thrust into the center of another tipping point in history.
They are ironies that would have been appreciated by Comey’s hero Niebuhr, who wrote as much about the limits, contingencies and unforeseen consequences of human decision-making as he did about the dangers of moral complacency and about the necessity of entering the political arena to try to make a difference.
How to Steal the Populists’ Clothes - Project Syndicate
The continued electoral success of populists in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and in the United States shows that while their policy proposals may be fanciful, their mode of conducting politics is effective. To win at the ballot box, mainstream politicians should apply three lessons that populists have mastered.
1. connect to the people you wish to represent by learning about them and winning their trust
2. use simple, intuitive messaging to signal your goals
3. be bold

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