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media columnist. Fireworks enthusiast. Formerly . Beats working for a living. Send me scoops: [email protected].

Brooklyn, NY
Joined October 2007

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    40 years ago today, the CDC noted 5 young gay men in LA with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. May this be a year of reckoning and remembrance and true progress.

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    So the NYC mayoral race now includes a candidate backed by both the New York Post and SEIU 32BJ; one backed by both Bradley Tusk and Carlos Menchaca; and one backed by both Hakeem Jeffries and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

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    From Washington Post Executive Editor

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    11 hours ago

    • Jan 5: Trump's DoJ gets a court order demanding that Google secretly hand over emails of NYT reporters (Google operates The Times email system) • The Times had no idea about the order • Google refused • Jan 20: Biden takes over; the DoJ continued to demand the records

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    damn they banned naomi wolf for being a lunatic who's undoubtedly making people's lives worse with her timeline? what does that mean for the r

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    13 hours ago

    You guys gotta watch this. Unbelievably cringe. Anonymous talking about energy usage in Bitcoin mining requires a “nuanced” conversation. Corny as hell.

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    . statement on the - endorsement. This race is wild!

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    This is Wiley's last chance to do a de Blasio of sorts and shoot up from nowhere at the very end of the race. If she does, AOC will cement her rep as both a king killer and a queen maker; if not, it raises real questions about whether the progressive wave here has now crested.

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    Have heard that Yanks minor league 1B Connor Cannon, who was the PTBNL acquired in the Mike Tauchman trade, had absurd hard-hit rates in low minors in 2019. Up to 121 mph EV but routinely launches ‘em at 110 mph+. Huge win for the concept of nominative determinism.

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    NEW: AOC Set To Back Maya Wiley In The NYC Mayor's Race

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    I would like to know what Tejpal Chawla, the prosecutor, told the judge.

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    In the court filings seeking to compel Google to turn over logs of who was communicating with the four reporters who wrote that story, the Justice Department persuaded the judge that the secrecy was justified because.

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    Apr 14

    I spoke to a 7th grade class this morning and asked them if they were following the upcoming mayoral primary (herb.) Everyone said no, and one reason felt very relatable: "Elections tend to get pretty messy and we just went through one and I don't want to do it again."

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    Jun 4

    175k+ a year & they won’t come in 3 days a week to a $4b building with free food 🤦🏻‍♂️ 😂

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    Incredible video of men transporting oxygen cylinders in Nepal’s rural Manang district h/t /

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    Mark Meadows pressed acting AG Rosen to investigate unfounded election fraud claims & conspiracy theories, including “Italygate,” as Trump and his allies spent their last days in office trying to undermine, or even nullify, the election results

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    Another former presidential candidate jumps into the race for mayor. ⁦⁩ says he’s endorsing ⁦⁩:

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    LOL—this sums up how the Post has been covering the rest of the field on the news side after endorsing Eric Adams

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