Amy MacKinnon

What you permit you promote.

Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released. But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway. Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s raid, two Republican-appointed members of the State Election Board told the @ajc they aren't ruling out the prospect of a takeover of Fulton's elections. It's "on the radar as an avenue we could take" says one. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Some news: I've been fired from the Washington Post. But my work will continue anyway. api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…

NEWS: More than 200,000 subscribers have canceled their digital subscriptions to the Washington Post after the revelation that owner Jeff Bezos blocked an endorsement of VP Harris. That's about 8 percent of WaPo's subscriber base - a staggering sum MORE npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-…

Some powerful side-eye from the @washingtonpost newsroom. washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

What you permit you promote.

Boston! Join me and @AmyMacKinnon of @globeopinion in conversation about ANTIDEMOCRATIC on Thursday at Harvard Book Store harvard.com/event/david_da…

Colorado is now reporting 5 #H5 #birdflu human cases among workers culling poultry on an infected farm. All had mild symptoms; no hospitalizations. ⁦@CDCgov⁩ has confirmed 4 so far. CDC is on the ground helping the state investigate. cdphe.colorado.gov/press-release/…

Colorado reports the 4th human infection with the #birdflu virus circulating in cows. Farmworker. Symptoms like cases 1 & 2 — conjunctivitis. At this point it's clearly an #H5 infection; @CDC will be testing to see if there is enough virus to confirm the N type. Not surprising.

Trump is leaning into the fact that CNN won't fact check the most basic assertions he's making. Like Charlottesville.

30 minutes in, not one question about trying to overturn a free and fair election. Not one question about 34 felony counts.

It's been 3 months since @USDA confirmed #H5N1 #birdflu was spreading in dairy herds. Scientists watching the situation are startled by the lack of urgency in the response. “It’s not [being] managed as a zoonotic disease that is a potential dynamic threat." statnews.com/2024/06/26/bir…

8. The herd list has been separated from the main @USDA #H5N1 #birdflu landing page. Found this interesting info on the landing page proper. How many farms have enrolled in the Voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program so far? Four. usda.gov/media/press-re…

.@NEJM paper: H5N1 bird flu virus can survive pasteurization The more virus there is in milk, the longer/hotter pasteurization needs to be to kill all the virus. We don't know what % of dairy cows have no/minimal symptoms from bird flu & whose milk is entering the milk supply.

Wow. @davidfolkenflik: “In several conversations, Lewis repeatedly — and heatedly —offered to give me an exclusive interview about the Post’s future, as long as I dropped the story about the allegations.” npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-…

The state of the #H5N1 #birdflu outbreak in dairy cattle as of Friday, 5/25. Total includes 2 herds Michigan has announced but #USDA hasn't yet confirmed. 65 confirmed herds since late March, reported by 9 states.

In 1990, 13 works of art, now estimated to be worth around half a billion dollars, were taken from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in a matter of 81 minutes. Where are the masterpieces? How It Really Happened examines at 9p ET/PT on CNN. #HIRH

Breaking news from @statnews, @HelenBranswell et al statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n…

Strange but true #MBTA story: in 1955 my grandfather fell onto the tracks at Park Street station and touched the third rail. But thanks to his wooden leg, he wasn't electrocuted. The crazy story of his “lucky leg” appeared in newspapers across the country.

@davidfrum Danielle and David, my heart to yours. I still remember Miranda's bat mitzvah and the ebullient love surrounding her that day. May you eventually find comfort in memories and loved ones. I'm so sorry.

Oh and if you were wondering, the small dog that lay beside the coffin through the service was Miranda's spaniel, Ringo. I'll have more to say about him too in the next issue of The Atlantic. benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ServiceDetails…

My wife Danielle and I lost our beloved daughter Miranda on February 16. Miranda died at age 32 of complications from a 2019 brain tumor operation. The funeral was held in Toronto on February 21 and can be viewed here. benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ServiceDetails…