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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11h

Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)

NYT front page headline: "Harvard Finds Skipping Class Part of Culture."

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Museum of Political Corruption @corruptmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

#FacingFacts

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 1d

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW --> The Truth Behind the Government Shutdown glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

The Truth Behind the Government Shutdown

A quick and easy guide to the political spin — and why 'partisan bickering' doesn’t tell the full story.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 2d

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 2d

NEW --> On Trump’s Bullshit: Crying 'Witch Hunt' While Stirring the Cauldron glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...

On Trump’s Bullshit: Crying 'Witch Hunt' While Stirring the Cauldron

Trump claims weaponization of justice — while trying to do exactly that himself.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5d

Trump told NBC on Sunday that he saw some Portland riot footage on Fox and thought it reflected current events.

It didn't. It was 5 years old, from the George Floyd aftermath.

And we learned that due to the diligence of a local TV reporter, who got the transcript.

www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Trump referenced a weekend conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and he alluded to being told by Kotek that the reality in Portland is different from what’s being portrayed to him.

“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place…it looks like terrible.”

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

Lawyers inside the high-profile U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting former FBI director James B. Comey are unnerved by what they see as an unprecedented push by President Trump to inject politics into their staffing and charging decisions.

Firings and resignations roil U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting Comey

Four people have been forced out of leadership roles in the U.S. attorney’s Eastern District of Virginia office that secured an indictment against James B. Comey.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 6d

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Trump administration targets deals in dozens of industries before midterms

Eli Lilly was asked to produce more insulin; Pfizer to produce more of its top-selling cancer drug Ibrance and its cholesterol drug Lipitor; and London-based AstraZeneca to consider a new headquarters in the U.S., according to two sources.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 7d

Fact Check --> open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 7d

NEW --> Commander in Myth (fact-checking the speech to generals) glennkessler.substack.com/p/commander-...

Commander in Myth

Trump’s speech to military leaders was a familiar mix of exaggerations and fabrications — in a surreal setting.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 8d

without paywall: wapo.st/46GSwcv

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 8d

I meant to post it without a paywall. Here it is --> wapo.st/46GSwcv

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 8d

We all know that Trump’s USAID pause killed people. This important story by @megkelly.bsky.social and colleagues documents how children died waiting for lifesaving drugs. Read it and weep --> www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 8d

Here's a key point about the Pentagon's new policy for handing the press: check with us before you do any journalism, or lose your access. It's based on "an outdated view of how national security news gets reported in Washington," writes David Sanger. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u... [gift link]

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9d

Trump and his allies promote the idea of pervasive left-wing violence using bad reporting and bad data. (Includes Fox Portland footage that may have triggered Trump's threat to the city.)
www.pbump.net/o/how-trumpw...

How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left

It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration. T...

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 9d

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 9d

NEW --> On Trump’s Bullshit: Medical Misinformation as Performance Art glennkessler.substack.com/p/on-trumps-...

On Trump’s Bullshit: Medical Misinformation as Performance Art

From bleach injections to autism claims, the ex-president’s science-defying statements endanger public trust—and public health.

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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 15d

Fact-checker @glennkessler.bsky.social takes apart Trump's delusional United Nations speech with, well, facts.

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Trump’s U.N. Speech: A World of His Own

False claims, imagined triumphs, and a fantasy take on global affairs.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 15d

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 15d

This is pretty much all I need or want to know about Trump's wretched UN speech. From @glennkessler.bsky.social, formerly the Post's Fact Checker, putting his skills to good use. open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

Trump’s U.N. Speech: A World of His Own

False claims, imagined triumphs, and a fantasy take on global affairs.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 15d

Trump’s U.N. Speech: A World of His Own open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

Trump’s U.N. Speech: A World of His Own

False claims, imagined triumphs, and a fantasy take on global affairs.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16d

“I’m less careful about medical claims than is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” is quite a flex.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16d

Trump: Bobby wants to be very careful with what he says. I’m not so careful with what I say. Certain groups, the amish, as an example. They have essentially no autism

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 16d

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Trump’s Autism Claims: A Closer Look

The president cites alarming numbers and teases a treatment breakthrough — but the science tells a more complicated story.

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