Hahahaha “mentoring and nurturing!” Nurturing discontent in the newsroom, more like it.

News of Sewell Chan’s ouster from Columbia Journalism Review reminds me of Gabriel Sherman’s 2006 profile of Chan, then at NYT, who had filed 422 bylined stories that year. This one anecdote continues floors me.

Or this one.

Good morning from Ukrainian Simferopol Mr Secretary Marco Rubio , Crimea is as Russian as Alaska #CrimeaIsUkraine

Thing about Hegseth is, every accuser/bad allegation comes from fellow conservatives. The conservative veterans nonprofit alleging financial wrongs. Christian conservative woman who says he raped her. Fox News colleagues & drinking. Now his closest DOD allies. Is it a pattern?

Anyone else getting their The New York Times subscription jacked up by 50%!! This seems a bit greedy, no? NYTimes Communications

This is a really interesting and important report on yet another way Russia is trying to gain influence in Africa. I recommend giving it a listen! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… (good luck tonight Lucy Ash!)

Sad, indeed. As a kid growing up in Fairfax County, I remember reading the Post's local sections for the surrounding suburbs. They disappeared some time ago. Now, Metro seems on the way out the door, too.

“Because they never heard about the lives regularly saved by their tax dollars, Americans don’t realize the generosity that has been stolen from them.” nytimes.com/2025/06/29/opi… via New York Times Opinion

A sad day for America. latimes.com/entertainment-… via Meg James

On the subject of mighty Russia allegedly winning the war: ever since the Ukrainian counteroffensives stalled in Nov. 2022, Russia managed to seize a total of 0.97% of additional Ukrainian territory, losing several hundred thousand soldiers in the process.

Before every important talk Russia bombs Ukrainian cities. Tonight: Kharkiv, Sumy, Pavlohrad, Shaheds on Odesa. Talks mean nothing to Russia — they will continue the war. Only strength speaks to Putin.

President Trump "has completely ceded narrative control" to Putin: Fiona Hill trib.al/3e0KoxG

....and another press conference in the Oval office turns into a Trump narcissistic rant.

NEW Quinnipiac POLL --TRUMP job approval 37%, disapprove 55% --67% disapprove of Trump's handling of Epstein files --By 56-41% people disapprove of troops in DC --By 60-32% people oppose sending more military aid to Israel --76% do not trust Putin to honor a peace deal See

Hey Donald J. Trump ! Your buddy Putin is attacking Kyiv right now with missiles and drones. You’re a shitty “negotiator.”

Brendan Carr has no hair. When are we going to stop listening to old, bald white guys?

This is so damn funny.

This. 👇I grew up reading the Post’s suburban DC coverage. Local news matters now more than ever.

"I find it disappointing and embarrassing that we are not able to put more pressure on Putin." Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells me "Putin has no incentive to engage in constructive peace negotiations as long as he believes he can win on the battlefield. We have to change his calculus by