I'm horrified by the cowardly attack on Salman Rushdie and praying for his speedy recovery. As he once wrote: “A poet's work [is] to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep.”

Didn't correct because the false story received glowing coverage. Holy hell.

How to survive the coming storm of election lies and midterm misinformation. I’m tweeting this again because it’s simply ( or not simply at all ) uplifting, heart unfreezing, fear cracking ⁦⁦Dahlia Lithwick⁩ continues to lead bless her… slate.com/news-and-polit…

I was exposed several times but never got the chicken pox, although I wonder if I could have had it without symptoms. Am I safe skipping the #ShinglesVaccine?

"They are still at it and trying to finish their life's work in a... race against time." A new film reveals the 50-year relationship between Bob Caro and his editor Robert Gottlieb. The film is directed by Gottlieb's daughter Lizzie and she tells me about two literary giants.

Thread. Crucially important.

Now I know what I'm going to watch tonight. This on repeat! ❤️

My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n

Sunrise and moonrise together this morning at the Tidal Basin. The water was glass smooth and created beautiful reflections of the sunrise colors and the crescent moon. Capital Weather Gang

Robert McCartney Karen Tumulty Norman Ornstein We need more of this self-reflection in media. Good on Ms. Tumulty.

Mark Joseph Stern That said, the real moral of this story for your followers is that a real legal journalist doesn’t make any comment on a reg until he’s read the reg, and certainly doesn’t rely on a lay reporter’s one-paragraph summary of it in a general-consumption newspaper.

i didn't go to no fancy journalism school but i did used to sit in on a journalism speaker series and i think about this one speaker—and the reaction he got—all the time calmdownben.com/p/don-lemon-tu…

omg, love!

Robert Gottlieb, one of the most important book editors of his time, has died at the age of 92. nyer.cm/De1gEvb

Putting this on my timeline because I want to find it whenever I need an immediate mood boost.

periodic reminder that ⁦Norman Ornstein⁩ and Tom Mann stuck their necks out and diagnosed the disease 11 years ago unfortunately that was long before the overwhelming majority of journalists and political analysts could handle the truth washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-…

Is there ANY place that I can get accurate news? We are living in a dark time when giants like The New York Times and The Washington Post rush to conclusions in trying to keep pace with social media. Social media is not a credible news source. Please folks guide me to a place where I can get

These are the explanations we appreciate. Thank you, Jamie Raskin.

Robert Caro's "The Power Broker" endures as a revered classic. In an astonishing turn for a 50-year-old book and its 88-year-old author, the book seems more popular and relevant than ever. nyti.ms/4efO3ju