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@EliLake

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Joined April 2009

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    Aug 8

    It's so very telling that the people most loudly and fervently calling on to control the flow of information on this platform are *journalists*

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    UNC’s Nike deal is worth $37 million. Coach Roy Williams has a “personal service contract” with Nike worth at least $500k a year. But heaven forbid a b-ball player sell his own sneakers.

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    Aug 10

    Great scoop by ... Corbyn's wreath at grave of Munich terrorists

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    Aug 10

    NPR's response to this criticism: Interviewing people "does not mean NPR is endorsing one view over another. Our job is to present the facts and the voices that provide context on the day's events, not to protect our audience from views that might offend them."

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    Aug 10

    The Washington Post reviewed the non-disclosure agreement where Omarosa Manigault Newman was offered $15,000 a month to not talk to the media and do "diversity outreach" for the campaign.

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    Aug 10
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    Aug 8

    Marzieh Taheri from Iran suffers from a debilitating brain disorder. An Iranian doctor in Louisville recently found a promising treatment for it and he has stepped up to treat her. But w/ , the decision is up to the US gov to issue her a visa.

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    The World as It Wasn’t - first-rate review of aspiring novelist’s highly, er, original account of Obama on world stage.

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    Aug 10

    Erdogan is asking citizens again to take their dollars and euros and convert them to liras. A visit to bank branches in Istanbul today indicated that the opposite is happening

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    Aug 10

    Just started reading a book about how the CIA helped spread western art in communist countries in order to subvert totalitarian regimes. The book frames this as a bad thing. Me, I’m like, “DOUBLE THE CIA’S BUDGET, THIS IS ALL FANTASTIC."

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    Aug 10

    “Erdogan’s speech was quickly lampooned on social media, however. “When the landlord asks for the rent, is it possible to pay just by saying, ‘You have your apartment, but we have our Allah?’ ” Iskender Baydar wrote on Twitter.”

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    Aug 10

    Iranian intelligence officials*: they're just like us!! Sure, they oversee murder and torture, but they wear polos and jeans! * Azari Jahromi, minister of information and communication, responsible for censorship of online platforms. Previously an IRI intelligence officer.

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    Aug 10

    A great take on ’s influence in the US by ⁦⁩ in which he makes some points that many seem to miss. 👇🏼

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    Aug 10

    Eli Lake has a great column on John Bolton's use of the witch-hunt analogy to explain what the administration is doing today re Russian influence:

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    Aug 10

    Must-read from ant how , national security folks are are channeling all the wrong lessons from Cold War paranoia

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    Aug 10

    From (and ignore headline/sub head): A look at what is arguing regarding Russian information operations against the U.S.: Not a new phenomenon.

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  20. Aug 10

    Happy Friday. Here’s some bittersweet melancholy from Carmen McRae.

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