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Legal/Justice Reporter, HuffPost. Writer covering Jan. 6; Proud Boys trial for emptywheel; Oath Keepers trial and Jan. 6 reporting at Daily Kos; former WH, Congressional Correspondent Courthouse News; Law&Crime; Reporter at The Southampton Press/27east.
Chicagoans: I am once again calling on you to provide me answers.
Best pub or bar downtown?
Also if the Arrested Development references are flying past you, man, you got some catching up on life to do and I envy you for it
Don't let Trump's cosplaying posts fool you! Or anyone you know!
At least Buster actually joined the Army! Trump had to go to a military *academy* because, according to his biographers, he was badly behaving.
His mentor at the New York Military Academy, Theodore Dobias, called Mr. Trump “a conniver, even then.”
More about fancy boy's time at fancy boys school. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/u...
"These are my awards, mother. From Army." - Buster Bluth
youtu.be/0NUoNnX045A?...
As anti-American sentiment grows across the globe due to trade wars and *actual* wars, will Americans be welcome in Europe this summer?
“I’d describe the current sentiment toward Americans as a mix of ‘poor you’ and ‘what is going on in your home country?’ but not hostility," one Parisian told me.
Same!!!
I am lucky to call Akbar a colleague and I am excited to read his new book!
I find his voice and reporting on these matters clear, accessible and very human-focused. I think you will find the same!
Please don't miss the thread here. I hope you will buy his book if you can and give him a follow.
As long as it is accurate
WARREN: Has Rubio made any request for transcom to help evacuate Americans out of Middle East?
REED: State made a request on Feb 28 & we have provided some assistance
W: When we called them yesterday, they said they haven't asked you for assistance. Can you explain that?
R: I cannot explain that
This New Yorker profile of Marimar Martinez--the US citizen CBP shot who survived--includes the friendship she made w/woman she met in jail who had protested her own shooting.
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Slowly and in less than 2 sentences
I NEED this kid to explain to me exactly what a deficit is.
My brother likes to say that you can always tell when a man has never been punched in the face before.
Pre frontal cortex not fully developed but sure.
Just in -- Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) announces he's seeking reelection www.huffpost.com/entry/james-...
If the workload as an Immigraiton and Customs Enforcement attorney seems too much, maybe try... Congress?
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Unleashed with joint U.S. and Israeli air strikes on Iran almost two weeks ago, the war has so far killed around 2,000 people and thrown global energy markets and transport into chaos.
www.huffpost.com/entry/oil-ta...
Hurson's order notes that though DHS claimed it took a "hard look" at environmental consequences for the build, they provided no evidence of that beyond posting a public notice on its website about the agency's "proposed activity in a 100 to 500 year floodplain."
