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Oregon farmboy turned NY Times columnist, author with my wife, , of "Tightrope" I'm on IG at and FB at

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    Mar 22

    We may all have more time for reading. If so, check out my book with Sheryl , "Tightrope," about underlying US problems, told through the kids on my old No. 6 school bus. said it was "One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion."

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    1 hour ago

    Big news: France now saying that it would oppose EU-China investment agreement over Uyghur forced labor concerns.

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    Inside newsletter this week: Journalist murders double in 2020; Criminal and extremist groups target reporters in democracies

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    On House GOP conference call taking place right now, said he spoke to POTUS and POTUS hasn't committed to a veto of the stimulus bill yet. Still deciding.

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    84 senators voted for the NDAA, including Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, which Trump now blasts as “a gift to China and Russia”

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    "We all watch porn. We don't talk about it. When you force an entire industry into the shadows, you make it a lot easier for bad things to happen, and you make it very difficult for good things to happen." Listen to me and on

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    We are in the beginnings of a full-blown legislative crisis. It's two days before Christmas. Congress is home. We're in a pandemic. Unemployment insurance runs out on Saturday. Govt shuts down Monday. And the president is suggesting he'll blow up a bipartisan bill to avert this.

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  9. Very interesting chart from in comparing this year's Covid relief to Marshall Plan and 1933 New Deal spending. This year's raw numbers are bigger, adjusted for inflation, but New Deal modestly bigger as share of GDP than CARES.

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  10. This is so offensive. The US supposedly can't afford adequate assistance to help jobless families, or to make schools safe, yet zillionaires lobby successfully for billions of dollars in hidden tax breaks that are sneaked into what's supposed to be an emergency relief bill. Ugh.

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    20 hours ago

    “A tabulation by the Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith found that of the 45 pardons or commutations Mr. Trump had granted up until Tuesday, 88 percent aided someone with a personal tie to the president or furthered his political aims.”

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    Dec 22

    1. This thread is based on recent conversations with people whose information and judgment I trust, who in turn have spoken candidly with Trump appointees still on the inside. Here's a question: Why did Trump and Barr, when they negotiated Barr's departure, settle on Dec. 23?

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    Dec 22

    This will potentially pavethe way for charges against other internet companies. This could also rattle MindGeek, which owns PornHub. But are the fines strong enough?

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  14. The world let Saudi Arabia get away with the murder and dismemberment of my friend journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hope we won't let Saudi Arabia get away with the torture and imprisonment of Nobel Peace Prize nominee and women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul.

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  15. Dec 22

    Framing can help win support for some progressive programs. E.g. "gun safety" works better than "gun control," "building opportunity" better than "reducing inequality." And wisely argues for the unifying power of advancing "dignity":

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    "I think that you create consequences and you make shareholders pay. Or maybe you send an executive to jail.” On Sway, talks to about how to get companies to pay more than lip service to social issues.

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    Dec 22

    We know that closing the degree divide requires a broad, diverse coalition of partners working together towards a shared vision. We’re grateful to ’s for their support of this vision. Learn more:

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    Here is a genuinely pro-life and pro-woman issue where both parties should work together. But Senate GOP did nothing.

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  19. Dec 22

    For all the GOP talk about family, it's notable that one of the Senate's failures was to pass two maternal health bills that had bipartisan support and had passed unanimously in the House. Two women a die die in childbirth in the US, and these bills would have saved some of them.

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    Dec 22

    Three dozen people in Antarctica have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first time cases have been recorded on the continent.

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  21. Dec 22

    A privilege to join the great on today's Sway podcast. And a reminder that Sway is a great podcast to subscribe to generally: 2021 will be a year for rethinking America's tech sector, and Kara is indispensable in that conversation.

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