Columbia, Mo! I hope you enjoyed this story over a slice of Shakespeare’s!
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Columbia, Mo! I hope you enjoyed this story over a slice of Shakespeare’s!
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Most plausible explanation is this is a historical reproduction. The curtains protect it from sunlight. Which -- fair.
I must admit I found the photo & curtain so amusing I didn't do a ton of research before my first post. And a Google search could have answered this question.
So. Sorry for that.
Is that *the* Declaration? The actual one? It's not a reproduction (even a historical reproduction)?
I'm being totally serious. Because that would make a lot of sense, actually, as you astutely suggest.
Does Trump do like dramatic reveals of the Declaration for guests?
Guests are seated around the Resolute Desk, and Trump says, "I bet you'll never guess what's behind that curtain," and then does a *whoosh* and it's the Declaration?
Is there a treasure map on the back of it?
This is not the most important thing, but now I'm super curious:
Why is the Declaration of Independence behind a curtain in the Oval Office?
📊 NEW Reuters poll:
* 1 in 4 Americans approve of Trump’s attack on Iran
* 55% say Trump has used too much military force in second term
🔗: www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Trump and Cabinet members are back in the makeshift “situation room” at Mar-a-Lago for the Iran attack.
White House photo via @reuters.com.
Trump’s last attempt at regime change was also run out of a makeshift SCIF at Mar-a-Lago.
Cobb is a clear contender. I love Sweeney. Balsam’s little monologue talking about the prep football team is so idiosyncratic and wonderful. Klugman is so subtle and direct.
I can’t decide my favorite scene!
Fonda’s walk through the “apartment”?
Reenacting the stabbing?
When the jurors turn away from the racist rant?
The farewell on the courthouse steps?
Everything about is perfect.
If you turn your TV on now, you can catch the end of “12 Angry Men” on Turner Classic Movies.
I can’t decide who gives the best performance in the picture (other than Henry Fonda). Gosh, it’s so good.
I was 23 and pitched a story about how his hit “Is This The Way to Amarillo” became a European football stadium classic.
For some reason he agreed to an interview, and then had to gently explain to me that he was kind of a big deal.
We got past the awkwardness. Such a fun conversation.
Zichronam l’bracha, Neil Sedaka — a national treasure, irrepressibly charming, and a generous entertainer and interview.
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👀 The IRS may have broken the law 42,695 times — once for every person whose tax data it gave away to ICE.
A judge ruled today she’d consider discovery to probe how the IRS and DHS constructed their data-sharing agreement and how it’s been implemented.
New on the newsletter:
This is far from the most important thing, but the “Congressional Medal of Honor” does not exist.
It is simply the “Medal of Honor.”
In fact, since it is awarded by the president as commander-in-chief, Congress has *nothing* to do with it!
📈 REUTERS poll: More than 60% of Americans say Trump has "become erratic with age."
That includes 30% of Republicans and a whopping 64% of *independents.*
President Trump will turn 80 years old on June 14, with more than two years left in his second term.
📉 NEW WaPo poll: Mass disapproval of Trump ahead of state of the union
this is very funny
🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace."
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
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🎉 Thrilled to share my next stop:
I'm headed to @reuters.com to cover the White House and economic policy.
I hope you'll follow me over there while you keep supporting my WaPo colleagues.
Thank you, Brad
So kind of you, Andrew.
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The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
On the newsletter -- How the IRS managed to spill thousands of the "wrong" people's confidential tax data to ICE.
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*readers' time
Ugh. Sometimes my writing is not so great on Bsky.
