Northern Lights RIGHT NOW over #KeyLargo Florida, this is insane to see the Aurora Borealis so far south !

Top of Europe. #Polarlichter #NorthernLights #Switzerland 🇨🇭

#NorthernLights #london

Ridiculous! Zermatt Ski Resort Matterhorn Webcam zermatt.roundshot.com/glacierparadis…

Northern lights in Paris!

“The county, which is more than 90 percent white…” (It’s Shenandoah County, where I-81 runs south of Front Royal. About 1hr due west of DC) @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/05/10/us/…

BREAKING: The Pentagon this week formally ordered all 1,000 U.S. combat troops to withdraw from Niger, a blow to the Biden administration’s effort to counter terrorism and Russian influence in West Africa. politico.com/news/2024/05/1…

“Like shooting fish in the barrel.” Since Trump is in criminal trials, oil execs are pre-writing executive orders for him to sign and roll back Biden policies. “…They’re not sure who speaks for him on the issues they want to address.” politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

One month until POLITICO’s Energy Summit… politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

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RIP, Jack. Thanks for teaching me how to play backgammon. And the rest.

Jack Quinn, prominent lobbyist and White House counsel, dies at 74 wapo.st/3UPMzFA

Of all the things Greene has said and done.... *this* is the thing that made her colleagues feel this way?

Do I have great news for you! The video team @POLITICO is utilizing the official transcript, bobbleheads, and original art for folks to feel like they’re actually in the courtroom! youtu.be/sMr2ZSzlD7o?si…

'Fortson served as a gunner on the AC-130J Ghostrider in the 4th Special Operations Squadron.'

He was a 23 year old, at home, FaceTiming with a woman when someone pounded on the door...

Lawyer: Deputy who fatally shot Florida airman had wrong apartment airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-…

Ok, #Unfrosted was total fun. Silly and sweet. Kids and I were lol the whole time. Clever laughs. Refreshing movie watching. I want some Frosted Flakes immediately. 🐯

Warbirds!
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NEWS: We are thrilled to announce an important expansion of @POLITICO's California operation: a new team dedicated to covering the state’s lively realm of ballot-measure campaigns. Editor Sasha Issenberg will be leading seasoned reporters Emily Schultheis & Will McCarthy to cover this new beat.

NEW: In closed-door talks with U.S. officials, the Israeli government has expressed “deep frustration” at both the Biden administration’s delay of a weapons shipment and U.S. confirmations to the media of the once-private halt politico.com/news/2024/05/0… Alex Ward

There are two types of people in the world:

I love it. Jack Shafer waxed for swagger and now this laments three-martini inspiration. Here for both. Perhaps overlooked, war reporting movies. Plenty of flawed and real journos there: Killing Fields, Full Metal Jacket, HBO’s Live From Baghdad, WTF, A Private War… etc.