"Tell me how this ends?" In an emergency Iran-edition of the Washington Roundtable from @newyorker.com, @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social and I dig into the rationales, the blind spots, the finances, and the key lessons from Vietnam to Iraq and beyond swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Awdxs
"These Companies Stand To Benefit From Trump’s Iran War—Exxon, Raytheon And More"
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Corporate broadcast coverage of climate change fell 35% in the last year, even as Trump systemically dismantled climate policy and billion-dollar disasters rose
The gradual deprioritization led NBC climate reporter Chase Cain to hit a breaking point, and he quit last week
Here's our interview:
When law is disregarded, what replaces it?
Special edition - 3 reporters who covered Bush’s Iraq war ask: are we back in the Quagmire? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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One doll, two pencils and liver. Side order of measles: wonder why they left it out of the State of the Union?
"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."--Thomas Jefferson
It was a fast moving conversation about an ad, no disrespect to the oystermen- surely he’s a contender.
Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...
Got tix- can’t wait!
👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.
"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
SCOOP: Less than 1 month before Trump came out against a new bridge connecting Michigan with Canada, the billionaire owner of an existing bridge donated $1M to the Trump-backed super PAC, MAGA Inc.
with @matinastevis.bsky.social
Breaking news: The DOJ almost immediately fired longtime litigator James W. Hundley after he was unanimously appointed to serve as interim U.S. attorney Friday, continuing a clash over control of one of the country’s highest-profile prosecutor’s offices.
Bad link- will repost asap
Great journalism job opening - a top spot in nonprofit news in Vermont: jobs.crelate.com:5201/portal/bethg...
On tariffs Trump lost 2 of the 3 justices he’s nominated- how’s that going to go over at 1600 PA Ave? Updates: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
ICYMI this makes a good argument: Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
me and my RCFP lawyers outside the courthouse this morning
BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
Joe Rogan is the most popular podcaster in the world, a symbol in the culture wars, and a kind of spokesman for alienated young men. David Remnick traces how he became so powerful. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/XNFDD9
For those who care less about the planet here’s the local angle: climate change is going to hit your wallet: www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/e...
Nice day for the fossil fuel magnates. For every other living thing on earth, sorry, try Mars: Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Here’s a question for Elon: have you seen the documentary Rovina’s Choice, in which a mother weeps as her little girl dies of malnutrition because of cuts to USAID?
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the owner just spent 75 million on a film that opened with a 7 million take
No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
