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Nov 18, 2022

I learned here. I shared here. I heard here. I swaggered here. I fought here. I connected here. I disconnected here. I loathed here. I loved here. I was good here. I was bad here. I was here. I was, before here. I’ll be, after here. -30-

Musk summons engineers to Twitter HQ as millions await platform’s collapse

Elon Musk issued an email call-to-arms to Twitter's remaining engineers to assemble at 2 p.m. as the site tries to adjust to the resignations of hundreds of employees in response to an ultimatum Musk...

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Joyce Alene

@JoyceWhiteVance

Well. Regulated. Militia.

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Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

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NEW: Neighbors who saw a toddler in diapers wandering around a Beech Grove, Indiana, apartment complex with a loaded handgun called police. The incident was caught on building cameras. The father - who lied that he didn’t own a gun - was arrested. #inlegis dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

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'United We Walk' celebrates MLK's life and legacy with march

“I have a dream” speech first delivered in Detroit 60 years ago

detroitnews.com

More than 300 people gathered Sunday to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Grosse Pointe school board breaks ranks by pursuing 'own' legal counsel; others mull new firms

The district already spends $300k on lawyers.

detroitnews.com

A Metro Detroit school board began a search process to find legal counsel, separate from the representation it already receives from the district.

Meet the Ann Arbor autonomous vehicle company looking to shake things up

In Michigan for the talent

detroitnews.com

May Mobility, which contracts with governments, plans to take the safety driver out of its AVs and expand outside the three cities where it operates.

Our

this morning. Precisely why you need to vote for the

@USATODAY

riverfront of the year. ➡️ bit.ly/3CP54ka. #Detroit

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How many other families did the Kings quietly support? Sweet story here at the intersection of celebrity and history. #MLKDay

It’s true, Martin Luther King Jr. paid the hospital bill when actress Julia Roberts was born

Julia Roberts’s parents welcomed the King children into their theater school and became friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.

“It is possible for Harry and Meghan to be both morally, factually and ethically correct about their mistreatment at the hands of the royal family and the British press, and also for them to be wearisome. To themselves, to us.” ~ ⁦

@MonicaHesse

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Perspective | Prince Harry doesn’t need to explain himself anymore

Harry’s new memoir tells us all we need to know. It’s enough.

No. Next question?

Opinion | In today’s rowdy GOP, could Jim Jordan be the adult in the room?

Could the Ohio congressman suddenly be the adult in the room?

“Only one person has occupied both the Oval Office and the world wrestling hall of fame. He got there by turning conflict into celebrity and celebrity into votes … we must call off the conflict that feeds the beast.” ~ ⁦

@DavidVonDrehle

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Opinion | If the Mar-a-Lago case collapses? Disaster dodged, America.

After the discovery of classified documents in President Biden’s garage, an indictment of Donald Trump seems highly unlikely. I'm relieved.

Great ⁦

⁩ backstory to the MLK march in Detroit, where the civil rights giant unveiled his “I Have A Dream” speech months before the world heard it in DC

Free Press Flashback: Meet the Detroit cop who broke barriers and escorted Dr. King

George Harge remembers Martin Luther King Jr. saying to him: "I am just impressed with Detroit."

Harbaugh: “This will not be a reoccurring theme every year.” Narrator: “It’s a reoccurring theme every year.”

One man knows what it's like to lose Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh to the NFL

U-M's Jim Harbaugh leaving college for NFL? Bob Bowlsby has seen it happen. Harbaugh's former boss at Stanford reflects on that chapter in his life.

“This will not be a reoccurring theme every year.” ~ Jim Harbaugh a year ago

Shedding tears of anger over this great piece of #journalism by

@lilyalta

in the

@freep

: freep.com/in-depth/news/ #autism

@AutismAlliance

@briancalley

Family fled Michigan schools to get help for their son. They found it in Pennsylvania.

Fed up with a Mich. school system that used seclusion on their autistic son, Bennett Solomond's parents moved the family to Pennsylvania in 2019.

Reading

’s piece on the barbaric practice of “secluding” (read: imprisoning) #autistic students in Michigan reminds me of this

@briancalley

op-ed in the

@washingtonpost

: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/ Great work,

@freep

! freep.com/in-depth/news/

Opinion | Why are schools submitting kids to this barbaric treatment?

Thousands of U.S. schools are using “restraint and seclusion” as discipline. This has to end.

Molly Jong-Fast

@MollyJongFast

Getting cancer to own the libs

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helena hind

@cynicalzoomer

i have no words

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Elie Mystal

@ElieNYC

Almost Twice as Many Republicans Died From COVID Before the Midterms Than Democrats

This is really sad. The GOP are killing their own people.

vice.com

The authors of a new study can’t say if this impacted the midterms, but say that it’s “plausible given just how stark the differences in vaccination rates have been, among Democrats and Republicans.”

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Tim Fournier

@pepinosuave

12 Metro Detroit Events to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2023

This cup of coffee is almost as sweet as my coffee mates.

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Over the years, MLK Day could be seen as just another day off work. Let’s change that perception. How are you going to celebrate the late civil rights leader? #Detroit is rich in its history and Hour Detroit shares different events to celebrate #MLKDay.

hourdetroit.com

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 16, and institutions across metro Detroit are celebrating the civil rights leader with a variety of events.

Jan 13

“Enough with the souped-up graphics and caricatures, which portray NFLers as if they are metallic-skinned, armored, shapeshifting Transformers … They are vulnerable bodies in extreme motion.” ~ ⁦

@sallyjenkinswa1

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Perspective | The breathtaking violence of an ordinary NFL hit

Think you understand the astonishing scope of NFL violence? You really don't.

Another lie

Santos says he’s ‘lived an honest life’ as GOP officials call for him to resign over lies

In an interview with fellow Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) remained defiant against calls from Republicans that he resign after much of his biography...

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Sorry, you can’t spin smog.

Socked in by smog, Indian officials invest heavily — in public relations

As India confronts horrific smog, officials are touting new pollution-fighting efforts with highly visible marketing campaigns and barely visible results.

Michigan manufacturers grapple with declining morale, mental health pressures

Jan 13

Human wellness in manufacturing plants —

@kurt_nagl

starts a new trend in business news coverage from Detroit. Must-read

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Scott Charles

@TheScottCharles

I haven’t slept a wink since learning that 87,000 IRS agents dressed in drag and high on rainbow fentanyl plan to replace our gas stoves with electric ranges smuggled into the country by Mexican cartels.

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Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias

I think it's funny that people insist on reading my habit of expressing very normal opinions as some kind of clever ruse — you, too, can have normal opinions and state them on the internet.

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Alex Sammon

@alex_sammon

Great profile—deftly points to Yglesias's branding of aggressively conventional wisdom as unconventional, a trick that works bc his willingness to carry water for the rich/powerful is often so brazen it's hard to believe someone would say it so straight. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023

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If any state should face its racist history head on, it’s Arkansas.

On Day 1, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders targets critical race theory

The measure copies similar efforts in other states.

“I think a lot of times in politics, kindness can be mistaken as weakness. And anyone who makes that mistake with Joe should think twice.” ~ ⁦

@JPughMI

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New House speaker Joe Tate: Don't mistake Detroit Dem's kindness for weakness, allies say

The ex-football star and Marine faces a new challenge as House speaker: ensuring Democrats deliver on promises while retaining power in the future.

Hot take

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Ariel Edwards-Levy

@aedwardslevy

has anyone referred to the gas stove thing as a heated debate yet

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Alexander Panetta

@Alex_Panetta

A helluva read here. On the declining quality of hangers-on in Mar-A-Lago; Trump’s obsession with the movie Sunset Boulevard; its parallels with his own life; and the feelings of his family members about a second run. With this kicker:

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Olivia Nuzzi

@Olivianuzzi

Dec 23, 2022

For the latest cover of @NYMag, I profiled Donald Trump in failure and isolation at Mar-a-Lago: nymag.com/intelligencer/

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Blake Hounshell, ‘On Politics’ Editor at The Times, Dies at 44

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

nytimes.com

He was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a top editor at Politico before overseeing The Times’s popular political newsletter.

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Betsy Woodruff Swan

@woodruffbets

1- Blake Hounshell was my first editor at Politico. A few months after starting there, I had my daughter, Esther, and went on parental leave. Several weeks before my leave ended, Blake and I decided to meet up and talk about what I’d cover when I came back.

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Bill Belichick mishandled brain drain ahead of lost Patriots season

Dear God, this is horrible. Yoni is right on all below. RIP, Blake

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Yoni Appelbaum

@YAppelbaum

Jan 10

Blake Hounshell was a hell of a journalist. Deeply saddened to hear of his passing. And to all out there battling depression, know that there is help, you are not alone, and you are loved.

Stopped by

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When a nice kicker could have been your lede: “On Monday, Belichick said what he often does, that he’ll “do what’s best for the football team.” But what if that goes against everything that brought him to this point?” via

@TheAthletic

theathletic.com

Belichick whiffed on the most important roles on his coaching staff, either caught unprepared or just unwilling to work with someone new.

Report: Urgent changes needed as Michigan 4th graders rank near bottom in nation in reading

Dustin P. Walsh

@dustinpwalsh

Jan 10

Thank the heavens we invest so heavily in EV battery builders. 🙄

crainsdetroit.com

Michigan is lucky they lost