He could just as easily have posted this photo of the Jamaican side of her family, but that doesn't serve this white supremacist's goal of trying to cast doubt on her Blackness.

There is one last thing that has been bothering me about Trump being the first live appearance at #NABJ24. And for days I couldn't put my finger on it. And then I remembered. This year's conference theme is-- wait for it-- "Winds of Change: Journalism over Disinformation".

First try: Trump Agrees to a Fox News Debate Second try: Trump Proposes a Fox News Debate Third try: Trump Backs Out of ABC Debate and Proposes One on Fox (That's why Philip Graham called journalism "the first rough draft of history," folks)

Misunderstood. Lonely. Proud.  When Trump claimed Harris suddenly "turned Black" as an adult, his comments evoked painful memories for a growing group of Americans: those who identity as more than one race. robertklemko Silvia Foster-Frau Emmanuel Felton washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08…

Bill Ackman literally demanded that Harvard release the names of all students who belonged to organizations that signed a letter holding Israel responsible for Oct. 7, so that they would face "career damaging consequences" for having belonged to those groups.

WaPo got Vance’s texts to white supremacist Charles Johnson. “Dude I won’t even take calls from Ukraine,” he told Johnson in October, about three weeks after House Republicans blocked additional aid to help Kyiv repel the Russian invasion. “Two very senior guys reached out to me.

Many blessings upon this reporter, who asks the question his colleagues often shy from: “Do you have any evidence to support the assertion …?”

Some Jewish voters are upset Harris chose Walz over Josh Shapiro Many voters don't know that Walz wrote his masters thesis on how to improve education on the Holocaust. As governor, he pushed for a mandate to teach about the Holocaust in Minnesota schools jta.org/2024/08/06/pol…

Three hours until Harris and Walz are set to appear in Eau Claire and this is the line of cars to get to the rally… 1.5 miles away.

Harris now leads by 13 points with women (55%-42%). She has gone from a 23-point lead with Black voters over Trump a couple of weeks ago, to a 54-point lead. Harris is up 9 points with independents (53%-44%). She was down 14 points with them last month. Harris has gone from

New: Heritage president Kevin Roberts is delaying publication of his book amidst Project 2025 backlash. Unfortunate for him, as media matters already has a galley copy and I'm blogging it as I read through:

NYT Headline: “For Some Democratic Jews, Heightened Worries About Antisemitism” NYT’s 11th graf: “Polling has shown that a large and durable majority of Jews vote for Democrats — roughly two-thirds align with the party, a figure that has been consistent in polling this year.”

Put "Trump intends to sue" into the Google and your computer will freeze for about 30 seconds while the company's servers strain to generate all those search results.

"Sasse’s former Senate chief of staff was the Univ of Florida’s vice president for innovation and partnerships — a position that didn’t exist under previous administrations. His starting salary at UF was $396,000" Sasse's former PR director took a similar job at UF - at $432,000.

News media: Kamala’s policy positions are vague, and voters deserve more clarity and detail [she strolls over to reporters] Reporter: What do you make of the latest polls

This was not the first time I've been told to go back to where I came from. Well... this summer I finally wrote a story with dateline in my hometown: Garland, Texas. A quick🧵, my last story w/ Texas Tribune:

The autistic Black boy he killed wasn't taunting him. I think journalists need to be careful about this justification-type of language.

Just fyi: when there is asymmetrical lying, there will be asymmetrical fact checking.

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are keeping their children home and reporting damage to their property as anti-immigrant conspiracy theories spread, fanned by statements by Trump and Vance haitiantimes.com/2024/09/11/hai…