#FOIA Friday SCOOP: DOJ released a doc to me in response to a 5 year old #FOIA request. It's a doc I didn't specifically ask for. It's a transcript of an off the record discussion Obama had with reporters about Trump, et al, 3 days before he left office

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New this morning for @POLITICO and POLITICO Magazine. politi.co/3Ss6GG7

These images are just heartbreaking. So much devastation. So much damage.

Underscoring the simmering tensions, a Trump lawyer accused DOJ of “antagonistic,” lecturing comments. And DOJ concluded one letter with this reminder to Trump’s team: “Plaintiff brought this civil, equitable proceeding. He bears the burden of proof” apnews.com/article/d25dc9…

More apocalyptic scenes emerging from southwestern Florida, courtesy of the The Associated Press:

BREAKING: Coolio, the rapper who won a Grammy for the hit 'Gangsta's Paradise,' has died at age 59, his manager says. apnews.com/article/coolio…

Trump’s attorney’s say the FBI seized 200,000 pages of documents from Mar-a-Lago, not the 11,000 initially believed. It’s actually 11,000 documents totaling 200,000 pages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

BREAKING: Hurricane Ian has made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida, as a massive Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Follow our live updates. bit.ly/3UPgiMH

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa as massive Category 4 storm.

'Forcing people in these territories to fill out some papers at the barrel of a gun is yet another Russian crime in the course of its aggression against Ukraine,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said.

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On the storm surge in Naples, FL, Ali Velshi: “Our satellite truck is now in danger of flooding...Everything's been wiped out. In fact the microphone that I was holding…it's swimming with the fishes right now... It's dangerous.” #AMRstaff

New: The 2024 campaign is happening now. “This is 100 percent, ‘Is Glenn of presidential timber? Does he have it?’ ” w/ ⁦Ashley Parker⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

The latest: Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified as it neared landfall along Florida’s southwest coast Wednesday morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status.

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As DeSantis prepares Floridians for Ian, he is urging residents to heed advice from the same local leaders he suggested they ignore during COVID and praising a federal agency he previously alleged withheld aid to the state bc Biden was playing politics.

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#Ian is now at 155 mph, 1 mph shy of a cat 5. Only 4 US storms have made landfall that strong. It may be taking a similar track to Charley, but it’s no Charley. Ian’s eye is 40mi wide, hurricane winds are 75mi wide. Dwarfs Charley’s 5 mi eye & 30mi hurr winds. ⁦WFLA NEWS⁩ 1/

The 607-page ‘Confidence Man,’ from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, details unusual and erratic interactions between Trump and world leaders, members of Congress and his own aides.

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Hurricane Ian has collapsed Cuba's power grid, knocking out power to the island's 11 million people. apnews.com/article/hurric…

In his new ad, Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan touts that he “voted with Trump on trade.”

‘“Panic. All the people I know are in panic,” said David, a Russian who gave only his first name out of fear of reprisals, in an interview with the The Associated Press at a border crossing with Georgia. “We are running from the regime that kills people.”’ apnews.com/article/5f0e25…