I think it’s Spain versus Portugal?
I know nothing about this, just responding to a request. Have at it.
Cheryl Rofer wrote at Balloon Juice from 2017-21.
Cheryl is a retired chemist who has has been particularly active with nuclear policy. Cheryl has her own blog, Nuclear Diner, and she also posts at Lawyers, Guns & Money.
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I think it’s Spain versus Portugal?
I know nothing about this, just responding to a request. Have at it.
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It may be that crabby Grandpa’s craziness has broken the trust between him and the media. I’m seeing more and more like this in my tweetstream.
Here is David Halberstam on how Joe McCarthy played the journalists assigned to cover him pic.twitter.com/bZMaUwrDC0
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) June 13, 2018
Today’s POTUS performance was breathtaking in the sheer number of provable falsehoods, intentional mischaracterizations and outright lies uttered. Clearly someone feels emboldened. Will GOP leaders continue to shrug this off? Bury their head in the sand?
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 15, 2018
This is a bizarre, pathological, obscene, enormous, mind-numbing, frightening lie. The IG report had absolutely nothing to do with the investigation into Russian collusion or Trump’s alleged obstruction of justice. https://t.co/LTq8mEzHLw
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) June 15, 2018
A bunch are also dragging AP every time they emit a “BREAKING – President Trump said [Trump’s words, no indication of truth value]”
The President is under investigation for the most shocking of crimes. There is ample proof that his campaign, probably with his knowledge, colluded with Russia in many ways.
He and his sycophants fight this by lying.
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— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) June 15, 2018
I don't have an obvious solution, other than don't publish absurd stories like normally good @pdacosta's piece today. And don't publish Trump and GOP lying assertions as fact.
But how do we cover a deep, clear story that doesn't have the daily incremental beats we crave.
4/
— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) June 15, 2018
One message to reporters is this: your editors are pushing you for daily incrementalism and volume. But you will become more famous and more successful if you actually give your readers, listeners, viewers substantive, deep, context-rich reporting.
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— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) June 15, 2018
So, reporters: ignore your editors! Think of your readers, listeners, viewers.
They don't want incrementalism. They don't want to read about stupid lies about a report.
They want you to help them make sense of the world.
8/
— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) June 15, 2018
Even Maggie
It’s Trump’s policy. But he doesn’t want to be blamed for his own policy. https://t.co/OxvhjNsxhO
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 15, 2018
Trump said he hasn't spoken to Cohen in "a long time." He called him shortly after the FBI raid on Cohen's offices about two months ago https://t.co/iBiVRVyzT3
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 15, 2018
Stone, Nunberg, Lewandowski, Conway and Bannon all rightfully can claim a role in Trump victory. So can Manafort, given the threat Trump faced ahead of the convention. https://t.co/TkYsbTRkwy
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 15, 2018
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Enjoy. From Channel NewsAsia. Trump and Kim will be meeting within an hour.
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Both Larry Kudlow and Peter Navarro said something on this morning’s news programs that bothered me a lot. My tweet thread is going viral, so I thought I’d share it. Looks like not everyone knows the history.
This is one more example of a reporter badly missing the point.
"Oh dear, Kudlow is upset and we can't figure it out."
No. That's not the news here, @shearm
1/ https://t.co/0lf9BaY8Z8— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 10, 2018
This is the tweet I quoted. Yes, a New York Times reporter.
The thing is, I was at the @JustinTrudeau news conference, and he went out of his way to try to downplay tensions. He didn’t attack @realDonaldTrump in any way, other than restate Canada would retaliate for tariffs. Not sure what @larry_kudlow means re: “stabbed” US in the back
— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) June 10, 2018
Both Kudlow and Peter Navarro used the phrase "stab in the back" this morning. 3/https://t.co/ExQgAHHsnT pic.twitter.com/bUp8hnt7yp
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 10, 2018
Hitler used it as an excuse (one of many) for the Holocaust. Those Jews stabbed Germany in the back, so they deserved whatever. 5/https://t.co/5ygDcUkC39
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 10, 2018
There is a group of people in the United States who celebrate that history. They got the significance of two of Trump's cabinet using that phrase. 7/
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 10, 2018
It's worth reading. Here's a sample. 9/ pic.twitter.com/iWcW3SG8zL
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 10, 2018
Some questions coming up about how frequently "stabbed in the back" is used. I checked at Google Ngram. Big peak from 1930 to 1950, then not much and decreasing.https://t.co/p1OcUAemD3
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 10, 2018
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Donald Trump came late to the breakfast on gender equality at the G7 meeting.
Trump just disrespected women at a gender equality breakfast, and the women’s faces say it all: https://t.co/R1g85FQ1MI qua @YouTube
— Politics US (@Moonlog34195133) June 10, 2018
Then he gave a press availability before he departed the meeting early. It was fairly long for such things. Daniel Dale covered it with his usual thoroughness.
Trump thanks Trudeau and says, "The people of Canada are wonderful, it's a great country…beautiful country, I might add."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 9, 2018
Most notable was this question and answer.
President Trump says he thinks he’ll know “within the first minute” if North Korea is serious about peace https://t.co/MVjRocxDyj pic.twitter.com/DIf6s1ELuC
— CNN (@CNN) June 9, 2018
Angela Merkel's office has released this photo taken today at the G7, which tells you a lot about how things went. pic.twitter.com/IXX6K3ayys
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 9, 2018
As you might imagine, any number of variants on that photo are showing up on my timeline. Justin Trudeau gave Trump a framed photo of Trump’s grandfather’s, um, hotel.
Great moment between @JustinTrudeau and @POTUS when he gave him picture of the President’s grandfather’s hotel in Canada. #G72018 pic.twitter.com/mtl5c7QPB3
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 9, 2018
But then, once Air Force One was in the air, Trudeau said that Trump had insulted Canada and that their tariffs would go into effect July 1. I don’t know if Air Force One has wifi, or if the tweets came while they were refueling at Ramstein Air Force Base, but here they are.
Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018
PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018
And so on to the summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
Peter Baker has a pretty good summary in the New York Times if you would prefer a narrative.
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Purdue Pharma knew the dangers that Oxycontin presented, and so did the Justice Department, as early as 2006. But the George W. Bush Justice Department decided not to prosecute.
Based on their findings after a four-year investigation, [federal] prosecutors recommended that three top Purdue Pharma executives be indicted on felony charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, that could have sent the men to prison if convicted.
But top Justice Department officials in the George W. Bush administration did not support the move, said four lawyers who took part in those discussions or were briefed about them. Instead, the government settled the case in 2007.
Of course, current Purdue Pharma officials play down that something a decade ago could have anything to do with today’s opioid crisis.
“It would have been a turning point,” said Terrance Woodworth, a former Drug Enforcement Administration official who investigated Purdue Pharma in the early 2000s. “It would have sent a message to the entire drug industry.”
The Sackler family, who have endowed many museums, have been intimately involved in Purdue Pharma from the start. I’ll never feel the same about those museums.
A spokesman for Sackler family members involved with the company, Linden Zakula, declined to comment. Richard Sackler, who is now a director of Purdue Pharma, also declined to comment.
There were plenty of warnings. The article has much more detail – a long read. It’s the New York Times, but one of the places where they’ve done a good job.
And open thread!
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It’s hard to follow the cast of thousands, vividly interacting over periods of years, some of them making news on the story even today. The conflicting narratives, floating from Trump tweets through the too-credulous national media, along with the Fox setpieces and outright propaganda confuse even further.
Part of the confusion is that the scoops are not unearthed in chronological order. So it’s easy to feel that you’ve heard something before, when in fact it’s another nugget of evidence on a subpart of the big pile.
A shape is beginning to emerge out of those nuggets, but it has holes and irregularities. The bottom line is that so many, including Trump’s children, in the Trump campaign had interactions with Russians. Some plainly to receive dirt on Hillary Clinton, some for money, and probably many other things. Now including the lovely Ivanka.
David Corn has shaped up a short overview.
It’s still not as concise as I’d like it to be, and he interrupts himself too many times, but it’s helpful. Maybe I’ll try to formulate a simple narrative, but not right now. I’ve got visitors this afternoon, gonna enjoy the New Mexico Museum of History with them.