Douglas Gillison
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Reporter at Reuters. Signal: DGTR.44
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A note to PR professionals:
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A note to PR professionals:
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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The Trump administration is repurposing what’s left of USAID. My latest with the great Jon Landay
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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The Trump administration is repurposing what’s left of USAID. My latest with the great Jon Landay
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Fred Smith, bass player in legendary band Television, has died.
Fred Smith, Television bassist, dead at 77
Fred also p
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February 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Fred Smith, bass player in legendary band Television, has died.
Sender appears to be Gwendolyn Beck, whose congressional campaign got $$ from JE
1/ Remarkably, the CFPB appeared in the Epstein files last week. (I don’t think this has been covered anywhere—h/t @kirenitynow.bsky.social.) It’s about financial education! And it’s… not flattering. Short thread on financial education, corporate power, and, yes, Epstein/CFPB 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Sender appears to be Gwendolyn Beck, whose congressional campaign got $$ from JE
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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> @reuters.com highlights some of its pictures from January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
> @reuters.com highlights some of its pictures from January 2026.
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Clare Caulfield
February 1, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Clare Caulfield
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More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says reut.rs/4rn3SuY
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says
More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:40 PM
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says reut.rs/4rn3SuY
Everyone knows that if you nominate someone to replace a Fed Chair you don’t like, then all subpoenas are immediately quashed and any concerns about fraudulent cost overruns on building renovations are forever absolved.
Look dude. I don’t make the rules.
Look dude. I don’t make the rules.
If the Trump DoJ drops the Fed investigation to help get Warsh through the senate, doesn't that just affirm that the whole thing was politically driven all the way along? A truly independent probe should not be affected by confirmation prospects.
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Everyone knows that if you nominate someone to replace a Fed Chair you don’t like, then all subpoenas are immediately quashed and any concerns about fraudulent cost overruns on building renovations are forever absolved.
Look dude. I don’t make the rules.
Look dude. I don’t make the rules.
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New: The nation's chief immigration judge told her colleagues this week that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention without an opportunity to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Top US immigration judge says bond hearings should be denied despite court rulings, documents show
The top U.S. immigration judge has told her colleagues that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention ...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
New: The nation's chief immigration judge told her colleagues this week that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention without an opportunity to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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In an interview yesterday with Reuters, President Trump boasted that he has accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”
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January 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
In an interview yesterday with Reuters, President Trump boasted that he has accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”
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Around 9 p.m., federal agents shot rubber bullets and released gas canisters in north Minneapolis as protesters gathered after a federal agent shot a man in the leg.
📸: Susan Du
📸: Susan Du
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Around 9 p.m., federal agents shot rubber bullets and released gas canisters in north Minneapolis as protesters gathered after a federal agent shot a man in the leg.
📸: Susan Du
📸: Susan Du
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Reuters: Online videos of the shooting verified by Reuters cast doubt on the federal government's narrative - www.reuters.com/world/us/can...
Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?
Local officials rejected the Trump administration's explanation that the shooting was self-defense.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Reuters: Online videos of the shooting verified by Reuters cast doubt on the federal government's narrative - www.reuters.com/world/us/can...
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ICE killing also leaves an orphan.
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
ICE killing also leaves an orphan.
This one seems to have passed unnoticed. Senate Banking Committee last Saturday quietly rejected Trump's nominee to run the CFPB... so Trump's budget director Russ Vought now has until Aug 1 and then will have to end his acting CFPB directorship...
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This one seems to have passed unnoticed. Senate Banking Committee last Saturday quietly rejected Trump's nominee to run the CFPB... so Trump's budget director Russ Vought now has until Aug 1 and then will have to end his acting CFPB directorship...
A fervent wish:
…that one day I get invited to dinner at Georges Collinet’s house
…that one day I get invited to dinner at Georges Collinet’s house
December 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A fervent wish:
…that one day I get invited to dinner at Georges Collinet’s house
…that one day I get invited to dinner at Georges Collinet’s house
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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"Athens Means Antifascist City"
Graff in Athens, Greece by Panathinaikos football fans.
Graff in Athens, Greece by Panathinaikos football fans.
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Athens Means Antifascist City"
Graff in Athens, Greece by Panathinaikos football fans.
Graff in Athens, Greece by Panathinaikos football fans.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
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Literally the same thing the neo-nazis say about Jews. Saying the below is not an argument; it's just a self-identification as a bigot
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Literally the same thing the neo-nazis say about Jews. Saying the below is not an argument; it's just a self-identification as a bigot
No, Anthony Weiner is not allowed to gloat
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
No, Anthony Weiner is not allowed to gloat
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And, if you are a non-US citizen who did this work, you and your entire family will be banned from the United States. (I know this is incredible, but read the order—that’s what it says!)
If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
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Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And, if you are a non-US citizen who did this work, you and your entire family will be banned from the United States. (I know this is incredible, but read the order—that’s what it says!)