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"The first duty of the press is to obtain the earliest and most correct intelligence of the events of the time, and instantly...
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So, an Atlantic writer says 2 months ago that reading is dead and a New Yorker writer now argues the opposite. How to decide which is more likely to be true? If I had to investigate, the 1st person I'd call would be Robert Darnton, a historian who has spent ~50 yrs researching...
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At Readings Carlton tonight!
And if you can’t make it, pick up the book, it’s excellent.
@rgcooke
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I wrote about the very silly argument about AI making human governance and financial systems opaque and inaccessible to us. nationalreview.com/2026/10/d…
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Hats off to @WIRED for this candid journalistic self-examination. The last two paragraphs are a gut punch. RIP Joe Rago, whom I interviewed during the reporting and writing of Bad Blood. apple.news/AwgktUs6RRP2bV0Nj…
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Arlington County, Virginia, is suing the Trump administration, seeking to block armed federal agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI officers, from appearing at or near polling sites ahead of the upcoming November midterm elections.
A thread. 🧵
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Perhaps we’ve reached peak Bari, writes @DylanByers. But the more nuanced and complicated reality is that Bari’s CBS News has become a proxy for all the anxieties of the news business itself.
More: puck.news/why-media-reporter…
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In this tribute to Ann Hornaday, @PhilipKennicott explains why she was so wonderful and gives examples. Gift link here. Read it, and like me, weep. washingtonpost.com/style/202…
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If you don’t already worth following the 🤴 @tylerpager — a great reporter and human !
A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po… via @NYTimes
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Public broadcasting found a lifeline after defunding. How long will it last? - Poynter poynter.org/reporting-editin…
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Four Direct, Reasonable, and Important AI Questions (Which the AI People Will Ignore) freddiedeboer.substack.com/p…
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New at Re:Public: Why has the Trump administration been stonewalling the discovery last month of a mangled body in Shenandoah National Park?
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Trump: "I met the owner of the restaurant. He said, 'Mr. President, I'd like to kiss you.' He's a very powerful man. I don't want this guy kissing me, but he's a powerful, influential man.
He said, 'Sir, I want to kiss you.' I said, 'Why?'
He said, 'Sir, I really want to kiss you.'
So I said, 'No, thank you.'"
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Be prepared for Elizabeth Warren's reign of economic error @nickgillespie reason.com/2026/10/19/be-pre…
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Ann Hornaday was a peach.
Sad news: the great @AnnHornaday has passed away. One of America's best movie critics, a longtime Washington Post writer and a voice very familiar to the DC/Maryland area, especially.
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A Guide to Trump’s Body Parts | The New Republic newrepublic.com/article/2166…
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I've done a bit of personal writing over the years. Today I published by far the most difficult essay I've written. On @STATNews, I share the story of my mother, Regina Bosch. She was brilliant--three Ivy degrees--and funny and charismatic. She was also seriously mentally ill.
ALT A woman laughs while leaning against a man's shoulder
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