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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
It’s Thursday, January 18, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023. 295 days ago. His “crime” was practicing journalism in Russia. FREE EVAN TODAY! #IStandWithEvan
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
It’s Sunday, December 3. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023. 249 days ago. His crime was practicing journalism in Russia. He deserves to be freed TODAY. #IStandWithEvan
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
Evan Gershkovich turned 32 in a Russian jail, @WSJ’s Paul Beckett tells us at the @ICFJ awards dinner. #IStandWithEvan #PressFreedom
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
🚨🚨BREAKING -- Rep. MIKE JOHNSON has won the House speakership. Every House Republican voted for the Louisiana Republican, vaulting him from the vice chairmanship of the House Republican Conference to the chamber's top position. The 51-year old will be the 56th speaker of the House.
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
Some quick thoughts on why large parts of the mainstream media keep slipping up on Gaza/Israel (and why it was the same at times with Covid): The main reason is a failure to keep pace with modern news gathering techniques, but there’s more.
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Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) switched his vote away from Jordan on the second ballot. Follow live: trib.al/nb5l3bJ
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
NEWS: @RepMikeLawler says he will sign discharge petition to force vote on stopgap if CR not brought up next week
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
Mark Avila did five combat tours and lost a leg in Afghanistan. When he sang at a Pentagon event, Trump asked, “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.” Never let Avila appear in public again, Trump told Milley. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
BREAK: Rupert Murdoch is retiring from the Fox & News Corporation boards, making Lachlan Murdoch the sole executive in charge of the global media empire he built from a small local newspaper concern in Australia starting some 70 years ago. MORE to come @ nytimes.com
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
Follow updates on Evan Gershkovich, including the latest news of his imprisonment on.wsj.com/3sPJtpw
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
US child poverty jumped by the most on record to *12.4%* last year, showcasing a worrisome trend for American families as prices continue to rise, stimulus payments fade and enhanced food and child-care programs expire Our @economics story 👇 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
There’s an emerging winner in the 2024 presidential contest: television broadcasters. Latest with @bill_allison: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The United States condemns Milorad Dodik’s threat to keep High Representative Schmidt from entering Republika Srpska. We unequivocally stand by the Dayton Peace Agreement, HR Schmidt’s authority to implement it, and the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
The case for humility in economics.
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
Um, ok.
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Quite the journey
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
NEW: Early assessments by US indicate that Prigozhin’s death in a plane crash was an assassination that probably was approved by Putin, sources say. UK also working on assumption plane was brought down deliberately. @alexwickham and me: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
No one asked, but just resurfacing this @President_KR memory from the state dinner.
South Korean President Yoon surprises the crowd at the White House state dinner by singing what he said was one of his favorite songs, “American Pie” “I had no damn idea you could sing,” Biden says
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