In the course of reporting on Patel, and the threat that he and other loyalists like him would pose to the country in a second Trump term, I struggled to shake what I learned about a series of events that took place on October 30, 2020. I want to share them with you here. 🧵

Sen. Mark Kelly, who sits on the US Senate intelligence committee, said on CBS this morning there is a “significant” and “huge amount of misinformation” coming from the Russian, Chinese, and the Iranians. Kelly estimated that 20 to 30% of political content that Americans are

Marty Baron on the consequences of cancelling subscriptions

Journalism. That’s what will suffer most because of these losses. If you care about journalism — and many people have made clear that they don’t, as they celebrate in our mentions and inboxes — I hope you’ll consider, or reconsider, reading and supporting the Post.

I wouldn’t even think of canceling my subscription to The Washington Post, where I started my career as a clerk. What’s going on with the owner has nothing to do with the excellent work of its reporters. #WhyISubscribe

Some have asked in recent days what it means to be an independent newsroom. Here's one example -- a revealing story about The Post's owner -- reported, written and edited by the newsroom with zero interference. Just like every other story. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10…

Don't cancel your subscriptions yet. Read this from Josh Dawsey The Washington Post "The [Amazon CEO's] call concluded with Trump suggesting the company cut a large check for his presidential efforts...Trump told Jassy [Amazon's CEO] that he was going to win the election and that

This really is appalling. nypost.com/2024/11/08/us-…

NEW: A detailed look inside the “flawless” campaign, not the MAIN reasons why Harris lost but they certainly didn’t help - missing fundraising deadlines (unbeknownst to Harris) to now in debt -fierce criticism of a insular campaign leadership Buckle up: notus.org/harris-2024/ka…

New Puck: A bracing new poll for Democrats - Voters (so far) approve of the Trump transition - GOP now more popular than Dem Party - Most Dems want to move past Kamala - Podcasts boosted Trump - Only 12% of voters pay for news puck.news/pod-save-maga/ Echelon Insights

Pretty amazing that the House (likely 220R-215D) would have flipped to Dems this year while the White House/Senate flipped to the GOP, had it not been for Rs winning a majority on the NC Supreme Court in 2022, allowing GOP legislators to redraw three Dem seats into oblivion.

State TV host Vladimir Solovyov—whose programs Putin likes to watch—rejoiced about Trump’s picks: “What an excellent team is coming along with Trump! If they are allowed to get in, they will quickly dismantle America, brick by brick. They are so great!” x.com/JuliaDavisNews…

🚨Leaked documents detail how Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 and staff attempted to massage her 2017 meetings with Syrian dictator Assad. New investigation, from Jon Swaine Ellen Nakashima wapo.st/4gTJ3Tb

USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say apnews.com/article/doge-m…

Still seeing a lot of people suggesting that DOGE remains a largely inconsequential effort/big show that in practice does little but squander Trump's political capital. (This is how I read Matthew Yglesias today, but he can correct me if I'm misreading.) I could be wrong, of

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal on a computer in his Pentagon office, illustrating the extent to which he integrated use of the unclassified platform at the center of his political troubles with the secure systems the U.S. government uses.

Open-source researchers including OSINTtechnical, Thenewarea51 and Evergreen Intel were the first to spot the B-2 mission shortly before midnight Central Time on Friday. Refueling patterns indicated the B-2s were likely taking off with heavy payloads washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/…

JD Vance's prior positions included a natalist agenda (much bigger CTC, free childbirths), greater skepticism of Wall Street (fees on credit cards, penalties for executives of failed banks), and opposition to large federal health care cuts It’s hard to see that vision reflected

Incredible censorship here — you must pledge only to report what the Pentagon wants you to report and do no original news gathering…