@RichardEngel Pretty close to the first rule of war reporting: Everything is fine, till it's not.
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New York Times DC weekend editor.
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A reporter for Russian Today in South Lebanon. Danger very close.
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An important historical document released by Dolores Huerta at age 96 following New York Times reporting>
Ashley Zavala@ZavalaA
New: Dolores Huerta writes lengthy statement following @nytimes investigation into Cesar Chavez. Huerta says she had sexual encounters with Chavez resulting in 2 children. “I have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farm worker movement…”
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Something to think about. What are precise shorthand ways to describe various foreign policy think tanks and advocacy groups? We did mention FDD’s position on Israel and Iran in this recent @nytimes story in which we quoted one of their directors: nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/…
Rosemary Kelanic@RKelanic
When I’m quoted, journalists always note that my org, @defpriorities favors restraint in US foreign policy. But they rarely note the biases of other think tanks, like the Atlantic Council, which favors liberal int’lism, or FDD, which supports Israel. Double standards stink.
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The first senior-level Trump administration official to resign over the Iran War
Joe Kent@joekent16jan19
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.
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Just an amazing story by Linda Qui. Not only is the @USDA acknowledging labor shortages brought on by Trump immigration policies. It is expanding temporary visas for farm workers AND lowering migrant worker pay, effectively allowing indentured service. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/…
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Why can't the US Navy, with its overwhelming firepower, keep the Straits of Hormuz open? I wondered that. Here's the answer, and it's not simple. From the NYT:
nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/…
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This is the arc that I and other journalists witnessed in the Iraq War. Many Iraqis welcomed the overthrow of Saddam. But they quickly soured on the US when it became clear the Americans couldn’t stop an insurgency and a civil war. And some US operations led to civilian deaths.
Kourosh Ziabari@KZiabari
A Tehran resident who had welcomed military action against #Iran tells @CNN he feels "destroyed" after his friend was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike. "I was waiting for war, I was begging for it ...I didn’t expect to get involved so quick." cnn.com/world/live-new…
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New: The initial strike that killed Iran's supreme leader and top national security officials also killed officials meeting in another room in the complex. Among them were some officials the White House had identified as pragmatists that they were hoping might negotiate.
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The unemployment rate for white workers hasn't budged, and is actually a little lower than it was a year ago. The move higher in the headline unemployment rate is being borne by Black, Hispanic, Asian workers
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NEW from @nytimes: Trump appointees in the State Dept. failed to urge Americans to leave the Middle East even though the US and Israel had been planning their war for weeks. Thousands are now frantic amid missile barrages. Rubio pushed out many veteran diplomats last year.
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"If Iran, along with Venezuela, is soon ruled by a regime friendly or at least not hostile toward the US, that would neutralize two oil exporters who have regularly been the cause of supply disruptions in recent generations." @greg_ip
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No president in the modern era has launched more military strikes against as many different countries as Trump, including more individual strikes in 2025 than Biden ordered in all four years. @zacharybasu axios.com/2026/03/02/tru…
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Trump decided to launch a war of choice against Iran not because it posed an imminent threat but because it didn't. With Iran weaker than in years, a window of opportunity opened. @SangerNYT nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/…
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A packed house at Politics and Prose last night for a moving tribute to the Washington Post Book World, closed by the paper’s executives. I grew up reading it. Bob Woodward and Rita Dove were among the speakers. “Awful and tragic” — Woodward on the changes to the Post.
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