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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un confers with his generals during a demonstration of ballistic missilesKCNA鈥擱EUTERSBy Charlie Campbell / Dandong and SeoulSeptember 15, 2
stanley cup 016 6:15 AM EDTOn the Apothecary shelf in the Northeastern Chinese city of Dandong sit small bottles of frog oila traditional Chinese remedy collected from female frogs ; egg sacs. It very good for blood circula
stanley cup tion, says the Chinese shopkeeper. But he has a sourcing problemthe frogs come from neighboring North Korea, where business takes a backseat to geopolitics. The sanctions have hit my business hard, he says, requesting anonymity for fear of running afoul of the government. Before I could easily get 50 kg [110 lb.] of frog oilnow, only 5 kg [11 lb.].Perched on the Yalu River, which forms most of China border with North Korea, Dandong is about as close as you can get to the Hermit Kingdom. The city of 2.5 million is famed for rare North Korean contraband such as blueberry liquor, 7.27 brand cigarettes, medicinal sea cucumbersand frog oil, which fetches up to $450 per kilo. But since China signed up to the U.N. toughest sanctions against North Korea yet in March, after Pyongyang fourth nuclear test, the daily caravan of trucks rumbling over Dandong iron bridge from the North has slowed to a trickle. This has hit the pockets of Chinese purveyors of c
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Marc Elias at the fourth day of a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th Congressional District voting irregularities investigation at the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 21, 2019.Travis Long鈥擳he News Observer/APBy Alana AbramsonApril 6, 2021 2:00 PM EDTThe pandemic relegated Democr
hoka atic power lawyer Marc Elias to fighting election lawsui
yeezy ts on an iPad from his home in Northern Virginia. He traded his suit and tie for a sweatshirt, and he argued cases with his two dogs lying next to him on the couch. That where he worked last fall as Donald Trump campaign sought to overturn Joe Bidenrsquo victory, sometimes attending two Zoom meetings simultaneously to keep up with the workload. I donrsquo;t sleep a super amount anyway, he says in a March 16 interview, but during that time period it was very intense.Elias has earned a reputation as the nationrsquo most aggressive Democratic election lawyer. The 52-year-old is a partner and chair of the political law practice at Perkins Coie, the Democratic partyrsquo go-to firm. He served as general counsel for John Kerry and Hillary Clintonrsquo presidential campaigns, successfully litigated recounts for former Senator Al Franken and North
air max Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, and carved out a niche as a campaign finance guru. But was in 2020 that he skyrocketed to national prominence and became something of a resistance hero. First Elias represented Democratic groups fig
