News about Ross Perot

Max Azzarello DIES just hours after setting himself on fire while protesting outside Trump's hush money trial in NYC - as friends reveal the heartbreaking moment that triggered his spiral into self-destruction

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 20, 2024
Max Azzarello, a 37-year-old from St. Augustine, Florida , died Friday night hours after the shocking display, said to be 'an 'extreme act of protest...[against] a totalitarian con, and our own government' on his own Substack. The Florida native was a graduate from Rutgers University, where he received a master's degree in city and regional planning in 2012, friends said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital's burn unit where died just before 11 pm, sources familiar with the matter added Friday night - hours after was seen throwing a stack of pamphlets that included a link to his conspiracy-laden Substack seconds before igniting. In interviews carried out within that span, several who knew Azzarello described a different sort of man from the one responsible for a slew of rambling, paranoid posts plastered throughout his social media.

Maggie Goodlander, Jake Sullivan's wife, is a candidate for Congress: The top DOJ prosecutor from Biden's National Security Advisor is considering running in New Hampshire

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 3, 2024
Maggie Goodlander, the wife of Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, is considering a bid for Congress in New Hampshire and is expected to be the front runner in what is likely to be a close Democratic primary. Kathy Sullivan, the former Democratic chair of New Hampshire, told DailyMail.com, 'She is seriously considering it.' As she weighs a bid, Goodlander, 37, is reaching out to New Hampshire Democrats. On Monday, she talked to Sullivan.

While secretly memorizing the names of 256 prisoners to the tune of Old MacDonald, a Vietnam War hero survived 12 hours adrift at sea and tricked his POW camp captors into thinking he was an illiterate fool

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 17, 2024
During the Vietnam War, Seaman Apprentice Douglas B. Hegdahl lived in the notorious 'Hanoi Hilton' prison by posing as an ignorant fool, while secretly memorizing the names of 256 American servicemen detained there. The men were smuggled out in Hegdahl's memory to the tune of 'Old MacDonald,' a slew of names that may have saved many lives, and put pressure on the North Vietnamese to release them at the end of the war. Hegdahl, 77, is said to be living in San Diego after an illustrious career as a director of the US Navy SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) School at Naval Base Coronado.

Biden to host unity summit against hate-fueled violence

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 19, 2022
At a White House summit next month, President Joe Biden will also address hate violence and mass shootings in Buffalo, El Paso, Texas, Pittsburgh, and Wisconsin. Biden premised his 2020 campaign on a Charlottesville rally and called on to restore the country's "soul." The festival is scheduled for September 15.

David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2022
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose ly crafted narratives on topics ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to President John Adams and Harry Truman, has died. He was 89. According to Simon & Schuster's publisher, McCullough died in Hingham, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Rosalee, his beloved wife, died less than two months after he was born. David McCullough was a national treasure.' His books brought history to life for millions of readers. 'Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said in a tweet that he systematically illustrated the most ennobling portions of the American character.'