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Jeffrey Toobin
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Author of "Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right Wing Extremism," Coming May 2023
New York, NYsimonandschuster.com/books/Homegrow…Joined March 2012

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My new book: “Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right Wing Extremism.” The definitive, untold story of the Oklahoma City bombing and the people behind it - and the direct line from McVeigh to January 6, 2021. Coming May 2023, preorder here: bit.ly/Homegrown2023
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#Iran 62 journalists imprisoned
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Journalist imprisonments reach a record high, according to CPJ’s 2022 prison census. Worst jailers: #Iran 62 journalists imprisoned #China 43 #Myanmar 42 #Turkey 40 #Belarus 26 #Egypt 21 #Vietnam 21 #Russia 19 #Eritrea 16 #Saudi Arabia 11 cpj.org/reports/2022/1
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Terrific review of a wonderful and important book
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“Freedom’s Dominion,” by Jefferson Cowie, is essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand the unholy union, more than 200 years strong, between racism and the rabid loathing of government. nyti.ms/3VWIZHJ
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The former President just called for the Constitution to be suspended. And it's not even news. "That's just Trump," I guess. But that's the point. It is Trump.
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The barbarism of the death penalty in the United States is extraordinary.
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Alabama’s demonstrated incompetence w lethal injection & sheer disregard for inmates was the main reason the 11th circuit granted the stay. SCOTUS lifted it without any explanation. Excerpts from Smith’s brief:
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Remember when Obamacare was in trouble, looking like it wouldn't pass? Lots of Dems wanted to give up, take a partial deal? #NancyPelosi said you have to keep fighting ALL THE TIME for what you believe in. And it passed, and millions of people now have health care.
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Donald #Trump is Joe McCarthy, who was once the most popular politician in the US. Later, no one admitted to supporting him. Before too long, it will be the same with Trump.
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If Dems hold the Senate (seems likely), it means confirmation of dozens more federal judges. Biden's record of appointing the highly qualified, young, and diverse (in every sense) is one of his most impt legacies. And it's growing.
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I hate these people.
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A climate protester glued his head to “Girl With a Pearl Earring" on Thursday — the latest in a series of actions by activists that have targeted world-renowned paintings to draw attention to climate change. nyti.ms/3sH5QtK
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So Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife participated in the effort to overturn the election, just issued a stay of the Georgia testimony of Lindsey Graham about his effort to overturn the election. Unbelievable.
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The John Durham investigation is a disgrace and a fiasco. Two acquittals at trial in a system where the feds win 95% of their cases. Trump and Barr said Durham would prove the Russia investigation unjustified. He's proven the opposite.
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Thinking of my #NYMets heroes of the past -- Ed Charles ("The Glider"), Cleon and Tommie, Darryl and Dwight, David Wright and his aching back, and above all Tom Terrific -- as we prepare for Game 3 tonight. It's the Mets, so strange things will happen . . .
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