@charliesavage.bsky.social
The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Durham’s Debunking of the ‘Clinton Plan’ Emails, Explained
Trump allies have fixated on a purported message about Hillary Clinton and Russia. John H. Durham, the special counsel, found evidence that it was likely a fake assembled by Russian spies.
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...
I see some grasping at the line in the annex about how some IC analysts told Durham the emails looked likely authentic. Read the dates in the footnotes people. That was his starting point in going down this rabbit hole, before he gathered all the evidence to the contrary.
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It is amazing how many reports - in partisan outlets mostly, but even so - are reporting on the "emails" discussed in the annex at face value as if they were real. Can people read?
(Putting aside that the "Clinton approved a plan" claim has been out there since Sept 2020 anyway - that's not news.)
‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows
An annex to the Durham special counsel report was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Epstein files
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
It’s long been known that a trove of 2016 Russian intel analyst reports purporting to describe the contents of emails of US people who were victims of SVR hackers were hacked out by the Dutch intel service and turned over to the US. What is missing is the US IC thought they were seeded with disinfo.
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New Reports on Russian Interference Don’t Show What Trump Says They Do
The administration’s claims are overblown, but newly declassified information provides some messy details about a January 2017 intelligence assessment of Moscow’s election interference.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
RIP Dick Fallon. A devastating loss professionally and personally.
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Feels like a James Joyce book should be in here
14.07.2025 22:50 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Is there any upside to Southwest Airlines’ no-assigned-seats system? Not boarding by back to front rows is super inefficient and it seems to make everyone stressed as the non middle seats dry up.
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Gift link to the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/u...
Gift link to interview excerpts: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/u...
Calling Trump & his allies "liars," Biden told me over the phone that he orally made all clemency decisions recorded w/ an autopen at the end of his term and discussed several in detail. NYT also reviewed several dozen Biden WH emails showing process. w/ @tylerpager *links follow
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Interesting experiment in defining "woke/PC." I asked Grok why it was saying antisemitic things and it explained that after Musk said to make it less woke/PC, xAI dialed down its content filters so it started amplifying harmful and biased patterns from X threads.
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Career day for Michael Busch
With 8, most homeruns in a game ever by a Cubs team, but that Blue Jays' 10 remains the GOAT
Major League record for home runs by a team in a single game is 10, set by Toronto Blue Jays in 1987
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Cubs today so far
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Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show
In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
My latest:
With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump’s Power Fades
The court tied the hands of judges at a time when Congress has been cowed and internal executive branch constraints have been steamrolled.
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...
Highlights of the Citizenship Ruling (That Was Really About Universal Injunctions)
The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc reduced the power of district court judges to block government actions nationwide.
Well plus the Hegseth claim of self defense and collective self defense, for whatever it is worth
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Was Trump’s Iran Attack Illegal? Presidential War Powers, Explained.
Bombing Iran without congressional authorization escalated a bipartisan trend of presidents bypassing the original intent of the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
After the adverse 9th Circuit ruling on Trump's ability to take federal control of the California National Guard, the state is trying to slow its broader legal challenges to Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles way, way down.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
To the extent the Trump 1.0 admin addressed its understanding of the scope of unilateral presidential war powers, this 2018 OLC memo about bombing Syria for using chem weapons was it. Only addressed domestic law issues; ignored international law.
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/u...
Tulsi Gabbard in the 2020 election cycle
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RFK Jr:
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"Under what circumstances other than a literally imminent threat to the US, if any, does the Constitution permit a president to attack another country without prior congressional authorization? Pls address whether bombing Iranian...nuclear facilities would qualify."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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18.06.2025 01:39 — 👍 33 🔁 2 💬 7 📌 0If you are a US citizen you should have no problem getting back into the U.S. These are restrictions on entering the country by citizens of country X, not people traveling from country X.
So far i am not aware of retaliatory bans on entry of US citizens to the countries on Trump's travel ban list.
Appeals Court to Consider on Tuesday if Trump Can Control National Guard in L.A.
A three-judge panel will determine whether National Guard troops can remain under President Trump’s command in Los Angeles as protests against immigration raids continue.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
