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Jim Bourg

@jimbourg

Longtime wire service Editor In Charge of Washington. Current independent DC journalist. Public Impact News Substack at: https://t.co/FHo4LDtFAu

Washington, DC Katılım Mayıs 2008
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Mark Alfred
Mark Alfred@byMarkAlfred·
NEW: The White House plans to finance Trump’s proposed arch with $15 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The spending plan confirms for the first time that taxpayer dollars will be used for the project. notus.org/donald-trump/t…
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Billy Binion
Billy Binion@billybinion·
This kind of stuff is bleak. I get that we’re in a new era, but we desperately need a new crash course in media literacy, or just a reminder to be remotely discerning. The governor of Texas should not be sharing an obviously fake photo from a slop account.
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Edward Wong
Edward Wong@ewong·
NEW from @nytimes: Trump revels in threats to commit war crimes by destroying Iran's civilian infrastructure and sending it back to the "Stone Ages." He and his aides scorn laws on using force — obvious from strikes on civilian boats to Hegseth's talk of "no quarter" in Iran.
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Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier@ron_fournier·
EDITORS: If the full “Fuckin’” quote is not in the lede of your story today, you’re not doing it right. Stop editing for this guy.
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Trey Yingst
Trey Yingst@TreyYingst·
NEW: The United States sent guns to the Iranian protesters through the Kurds, President Trump told Fox News. "We sent guns to the protesters, a lot of them," President Trump told me. "And I think the Kurds took the guns."
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Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté@aaronjmate·
Trump confirms that the US (and Israel, by definition) armed anti-government protesters in Iran. This is what the Iranian government responded to in January, just as any other government would have done.
Trey Yingst@TreyYingst

NEW: The United States sent guns to the Iranian protesters through the Kurds, President Trump told Fox News. "We sent guns to the protesters, a lot of them," President Trump told me. "And I think the Kurds took the guns."

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Runa Sandvik
Runa Sandvik@runasand·
If you're wondering how the authorities in the UAE catch those who share pictures of Iranian drone and missile attacks on WhatsApp: police ask, people snitch. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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Aaron Rupar
Aaron Rupar@atrupar·
"Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell" -- Jake Tapper reads Trump's Truth Social post on air
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CBS News@CBSNews·
Ousted Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George says U.S. soldiers deserve "courageous leaders of character" in outgoing email cbsn.ws/4slCNIN
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Mike Young
Mike Young@micyoung75·
This is the part that keeps getting buried under the raw numbers. Hegseth spent months pressuring Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove four decorated colonels from the one-star promotion list. Two Black men. Two women. Driscoll refused, because their records demanded it. So Hegseth pulled their names himself… which legal experts say he likely had no authority to do. The defense secretary is supposed to approve or reject the entire list, precisely to prevent this kind of targeted discrimination. Then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George - the Army’s top officer - asked to meet with Hegseth to discuss the blocked promotions. Hegseth refused to meet. Refused to discuss his decisions at all. Then he fired George. Whose term wasn’t supposed to end until September 2027. Nine U.S. officials across all four branches confirmed the NBC reporting. “There is not a single service that has been immune,” one said. The officers’ attributes being cited for removal include past support for Covid vaccine mandates… and association with Mark Milley. The Pentagon’s response to every outlet that asked: “fake news.” They didn’t dispute a single name.
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Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw

Hegseth purge of Black and women officers larger than previously reported "Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for MORE THAN A DOZEN Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military." nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

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Patrick De Haan
Patrick De Haan@GasBuddyGuy·
Attacks on refining capacity are likely to take longer to restore than the Strait and risk higher fuel prices globally for longer. Coupled with Ukraine attacks on Russian refineries, this summer could see very elevated prices compared to early year expectations
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal

🚨🇧🇭🇮🇷 BREAKING: BAPCO refinery ablaze after Iranian missile strike. The facility recently upgraded to 400,000 barrels per day capacity. Bahrain's entire refining capability is now burning.

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Patrick De Haan
Patrick De Haan@GasBuddyGuy·
BREAKING: For the first time ever, GasBuddy data showing average diesel prices have risen above $8 per gallon in San Francisco, CA- the first ever U.S. city to reach the $8 mark ever.
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Jennifer Jacobs
Jennifer Jacobs@JenniferJJacobs·
Scoop: Trump is likely to make leadership changes involving two more top roles at the Justice Department, per sources. The changes likely will affect Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division -- a promotion for @HarmeetKDhillon -- as well as Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at DOJ -- a demotion for him, sources told @SarahNLynch and me. cbsnews.com/news/white-hou…
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