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DC reporter . snelson@nypost.com
Media & News CompanyWashington, D.C.Joined June 2009

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NEW: Citing the risk of "identifiable harm," as recommended by "agencies," Biden orders continued secrecy of certain JFK records until June 30, 2023. Other never-before-seen JFK records should be released later today.
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Ex-President Trump released new 'free speech' platform today vowing to ban feds from ID-ing domestic 'misinformation' Biden WH proudly 'flagged' posts for FB... but ACLU said recently 1st Amendment 'bars the gvt from deciding for us what is true or false'
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Ex-President Trump released new 'free speech' platform today vowing to ban feds from ID-ing domestic 'misinformation' Biden WH proudly 'flagged' posts for FB... but ACLU said recently 1st Amendment 'bars the gvt from deciding for us what is true or false'
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Judges in Istanbul found the 52-year-old mayor guilty of defaming public officials after he called the high election board “idiots” in 2019 for cancelling his narrow win as mayor and forcing him to rerun the election. via
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White House officials tell me the Secret Service screened 53-hundred guests to attend the bill signing on the South Lawn for the Respect for Marriage Act. That is a very large event by usual standards.
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Cyndi Lauper is at the White House today to celebrate President Biden’s signing of the Respect for Marriage Act. “We can rest easy tonight because our families are validated. Now we’re allowed to love who we love.”
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Elon has them all screaming 🤣
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Dr. Fauci is a national hero who will be remembered for generations to come for his innate goodness & many contributions to public health Despite your business success, you will be remembered most for fueling public hate & divisions. You may have money, but you have no class. twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…
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27. Examining the entire election enforcement Slack, we didn’t see one reference to moderation requests from the Trump campaign, the Trump White House, or Republicans generally. We looked. They may exist: we were told they do. However, they were absent here.
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11. After J6, internal Slacks show Twitter executives getting a kick out of intensified relationships with federal agencies. Here’s Trust and Safety head Yoel Roth, lamenting a lack of “generic enough” calendar descriptions to concealing his “very interesting” meeting partners.
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Does the "Direct Message" category allow any twitter employee to read the account's DMs?
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16. One of the accounts that rose to this level of scrutiny was @libsoftiktok—an account that was on the “Trends Blacklist” and was designated as “Do Not Take Action on User Without Consulting With SIP-PES.”
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Meanwhile, the Senate tonight passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act by UC (meaning no roll call vote was taken). The House-passed Carole Baskin-backed bill would prohibit keeping tigers, lions & other big cat species as pets, and ban direct public contact. Now heads to the WH.
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Twitter's former top attorney James Baker was formerly an FBI attorney who passed on fake dirt from the Hillary campaign’s operatives in 2016, alleging a secret online portal from Russia's Alfa Bank to Trump. Now attempted to shape the “Twitter Files.”
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The news that Baker was reviewing the “Twitter files” surprised everyone involved, to say the least. New Twitter chief Elon Musk acted quickly to “exit” Baker Tuesday.
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McConnell hasn't gone to Mar-a-Lago or spoken to Trump even.
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Gladys Sicknick tells me why she didn’t shake McCarthy/McConnell hands: “They’re just two-faced. I'm just tired of them standing there &saying how wonderful the Capitol police is &then they turn around &..go down to Mar-A-Lago &kiss his ring &come back.. It just, it just hurts.”
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At WH briefing Nov 22, I asked, 'Why are we still funding the EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Fauci? Why are they getting millions of more dollars?' Fauci heard, looked at me and chose not to answer Fauci's NIAID recently OKed $5M despite prior risky Wuhan work
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Ex-VP of EcoHealth Alliance says COVID leaked from Wuhan lab and he will release relevant documents Huff's new book claims 'greedy scientists killed millions' 'The shocking part... is how the US government lied to all of us' thesun.co.uk/news/20543847/
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I will be posting all my EcoHealth documents next week in 1 location for you to download. For those that buy the book, this will make some of the references easier to find and review.
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Joe and Hunter Biden returned to White House this afternoon from Camp David, per WH pool reporter Hunter has been pervasive presence near his dad since at least Nov. 19 as House GOP preps probes into Joe Biden's role in family's foreign consulting income
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Trump toyed with pardon nypost.com/2020/08/13/tru nypost.com/2020/08/16/tru It'd be interesting to learn how Jan 6 factored into ultimate decision against it Trump risked angering Senate GOP ahead of impeachment trial that could have banned him from holding office again
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I am not expressing an opinion, but did promise to conduct this poll. Should Assange and Snowden be pardoned?
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Inside edition: Last night, Biden was asked to tell Macron and other state dinner guests which foods represent America. “Hot dogs, ice cream and spaghetti,” he replied. Pelosi chimed in and told the French president she eats a hot dog a day. 🇺🇸
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