Excited to share a story I've been working on for a while now, about the mystery behind the largest US estate tax payment in modern times—and we might just have solved it: sherwood.news/power/who-died…

By deciding not to editorialize, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times are violating rule 1 of Timothy Snyder's warnings "On Tyranny." 1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more

This is also an argument for doing away with opinion pages altogether

ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger to his staff: "We face the biggest test of our professional lives. Now we get to see if we really meant it when we said we will hold power to account. Will we do so when our subjects have true power on their side and a willingness to use it? We may be

The other big loser Tuesday was the mainstream media, which has all but imploded in public trust and as a force in American democracy. Trump won with the most disinformed electorate ever The battle to create a world for truth starts now. My new column🎁share.inquirer.com/bpjtJ3

Big Financial Times scoop - Russia has recruited Yemeni mercenaries to fight in Ukraine ft.com/content/da9660… top reporting by Charles Clover Andrew England & Christopher Miller

Pete Hegseth Hegseth has said that he got into West Point but didn’t attend. We asked West Pt public affairs, which told us twice on the record that he hadn’t even applied there. We reached out. Hegseth's spox gave us his acceptance letter. We didn't publish a story. That's journalism.

Always incredible to me how cowardly CEOs are compared to the underpaid journalists that work for them

This…would basically amount to *actually* stealing a seat. It’s incredible that this is about to succeed, and it’s crazy that it’s not getting more attention.

Incredible. G/O Media keeps redefining rock bottom for media operators.

Just got off the phone with a northern California non-profit They provide emergency funds to help homeless veterans, particularly immediate $ to get them into hotels/shelters They are close to 100% funded by federal grants Official warned homeless veterans will get hurt if

Hegseth wrongly stated today that “over four years” during Trump’s first term “there was no Russian aggression.” This is false. Russia did invade in 2014. But the war in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas didn’t end. It continued until Russia’s 2022 invasion. It was at a simmer with

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