Here is a July 2023 NYT article in which Trump adviser Russ Vought talks on the record about his overseeing the development of various plans to increase presidential power if Trump wins the election, including by undercutting the independence of the Fed. nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/…

Very grateful my Strudwick wound up with us and not with Kristi Noem

So thrilled to hear that “New Cold Wars” was an instant NYT bestseller on its first week. Grateful to all who made that possible, from the fabulous team that helped me and Mary Brooks report and write the book, to the many who we discussed it with this week, on TV, blogs, news…

Fwiw, I have spoken to AG over the past year about this topic & this caricature is unrecognizable. I never usually comment on media stories but this irritated me bc it's such a bs mischaracterization of his views about the importance of serious longform presidential interviews.

Back in summer 2022, Luke Broadwater☀️ and me on the emails about the fake electors plan nytimes.com/2022/07/26/us/…

.Danny Hakim on the indictment of Giuliani, Meadows, Jenna Ellis Christina Bobb and current Trump legal quarterback Boris Epshteyn in AZ nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/…

This went viral a few days ago, but I missed it, so I'm posting it for those who need it now—and every day.

NEWS —

Silicon Valley investor David Sacks is working to host a fundraiser for Donald Trump in San Francisco.

As soon as next month. Sacks has been in touch with Mar-a-Lago for the last few weeks.

Tonight's scoop, just posted at Puck:

puck.news/david-sacks-al…

smart piece notus.org/money/american…

Reuters: Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, will meet Trump on Tuesday...as the U.S. ally continues to ramp up engagement with the Republican presidential candidate. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

“Friends still get a kick out of a story about how Johnson once told Trump that he was praying for him, to which the then-president responded: ‘Thank you, Mike. Tell God I said hi.’” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Refusing to criticize China’s genocide of Muslim Uyghurs, Pakistan’s prime minister says China “came to our rescue” during economic hardship.

Jonathan Swan: “Doesn’t it make you feel sick to have to be quiet because of all this money they’re putting into Pakistan?” #AxiosOnHBO

In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus:

And it's not just one-off gadflies... We wrote about this at length here. Maggie Haberman Shane Goldmacher Rebecca Davis O'Brien nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold.. huge story from Michael S. Schmidt and tariq panja nytimes.com/2024/04/20/wor…

🚨Scoop: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce within days sanctions against the Israel Defense Forces 'Netzah Yehuda' battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank. My story on Axios
axios.com/2024/04/20/us-…

The much-hyped right-wing overthrow of Kevin McCarthy because he was supposedly insufficiently America First (or something) resulted in... a massive bipartisan foreign aid package!

90 percent of twitter is slop tier engagement farming... some of Elon's favorite accounts are the worst offenders

This definition of 'engagement farming' would apply to much (most?) of the activity on this website. What is your criteria for suspending accounts Elon Musk and how does this fit with your free speech commitment?

There are two lawyers sitting on Trump's jury.

What does that mean for the former president? Betsy Woodruff Swan: politico.com/news/2024/04/1…