We celebrated the life of Marshall Allen today in Dallas. He was far more extraordinary than I even knew. Such a tremendous loss for the world. I will miss him very much.

was hoping someone would share this great Ben Strauss story on the Woj-Shams rivalry

would love a story about how NBA sources choose whether to text Shams or Woj first

Dan Diamond Known grudge is an understatement! And his behavior now is supposedly AFTER counseling!

bizarre to watch these NBA games and have one commentator, Draymond Green, repeatedly mocking another active player — Rudy Gobert — that he has a known grudge against. can't think of anything like that in sports TV before.

Luka.

Incredible Andrew Van Dam chart

Scoop: Bob Menendez is collecting petition signatures to run for re-election as an independent in November. The filing deadline in June 4.

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To avoid thinking about how news organizations, and journalism as a profession, are being euthanized by the Masters of the Internet, I hereby begin a thread of hilarious AI fuckups
1/ Stop using up all the oxygen, whiners
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I know strategic JVs w/ PE are the rage in health services but this is weird coming long after the acquisition. Tells you the cash strain of new clinic build and ramp must be heavy and unsustainable alone w/ other MA pressures at CVS Aetna. modernhealthcare.com/providers/cvs-…

David Morens bragged about deleting emails and evading FOIA. His lawyer also seemed to have a loose grasp on how the Capitol’s public hallways work.

Good morning from Baltimore, Maryland.

Congress clawed $850m back from the strategic national stockpile, blaming ASPR for a “lack of appropriate planning & urgency” replenishing emergency supplies.

The problem: ASPR tried to use those funds — and WH budget officials held up spending plans.
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This is what local investigative journalism is all about. The Baltimore Banner had to sue the state medical examiner to get records that helped reveal the city has an overdose death rate nearly double that of any other large city.
Amazing work by this team.
thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…

I've covered a lot of congressional hearings + seen a lot of witnesses. Yesterday's Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing was among the most brutal, as lawmakers pummeled former Fauci adviser DAVID MORENS over deleting emails, and his answers only made them more angry.
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Most Dems aren't naive. They realize there's energy deficit when it comes to 81-yr-old incumbent.
That's why some believe they need to rally their own base create an updraft for Biden.
Reverse-engineering usual GOTV.

A TPK special -- Tyler Pager & me ...
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