Head of Politics at
@substackinc
. Making 2024 the Substack Election. Proud spouse of
@zcohencnn
. Fmr WaPo, CNN, UVA. Email: catherine.valentine
@substackinc
.com
Journalism on Substack still has swagger,
@jackshafer
writes, as swagger evaporates elsewhere.
"Leading Substackers
@mtaibbi
,
@bariweiss
and
@NellieBowles
, and
@mattyglesias
have profitably fled their mainstream jobs at Rolling Stone, the New York Times and Vox for Substack…
As
@brikeilarcnn
noted over pictures of Arlington -
Biden believes his son Beau’s fatal cancer was caused by toxic burn pit exposure, during his time in the National Guard.
Burn pits are an issue that the VA - under Trump - did not want to talk about.
Wesley is dying of terminal cancer at just 34 yo. The cause?
Burn pits - acres of human waste, medical waste, trash and plastic, doused in diesel and jet fuel and set on fire. That's how the military got rid of waste. It's now getting rid of our veterans.
WAPO: TAXI DRIVER ON THE RECORD
“I don’t think I would call it a chase,” Singh said of his period driving the couple. “I never felt like I was in danger...They were quiet and seemed scared but it’s New York - it’s safe.”
WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Some seized docs were so closely held, only the president, a Cabinet or near-Cabinet level official could authorize others to know,
@CarolLeonnig
@DevlinBarrett
✨BIG NEWS: Philip Rucker named National Editor of The Washington Post✨
@PhilipRucker
Congratulations to an amazing person, sharp editor and champion of The Washington Post.
“..the Government wrongfully seeks to criminalize the possession by the 45th President of his own Presidential and personal records,” the Trump lawyers wrote.
Trump’s lawyers suggest in new court filing that seized Mar-a-Lago documents may not be classified, and oppose Justice Dept request to halt parts of judge's special master order
Jaelynn Willey, the 16-year-old girl who was shot by an armed student at Great Mills High School in Maryland earlier this week remains in the hospital in critical condition, her family says
Huge, huge
#mil
news -
@SecDef
recommending sexual assault be taken out of the chain of command
For decades, the Pentagon pushed back on this exact measure
Now
@SecDef
is pushing for it
Historic move by
@SecDef
on sexual assault in the military. This would be the biggest military reform in decades.Thank you to the Independent Review Commission who so thoroughly and thoughtfully executed their work over past 90 days.
LADIES AND GENTS- your new
@NBCNews
&
@MSNBC
contributor
@JaxAlemany
: "When I started my newsletter 3 years ago, I had a list of 5 people that I wanted to read the newsletter every day: my grandmother...Trump, Joe and Mika."
As
@morningmika
said, a special list. Congrats JA.
Army Staff Sgt Michelle Langhorst would go outside the wire of her base in Afghanistan to visit an orphanage, bringing the kids soccer balls and toys. "She never told us she did that," says her sister Nicole. "After she died, her battle buddies came to the funeral and told us..."
Sgt 1st Class Clay Wards's love language was gifts. When his wife Sabine needed new windshield wipers, she walked out to find a rose on her car and a note: "Love you, enjoy..." After his death, Sabine discovered more notes Clay had left for her during deployments...
NEW WAPO: CPAC treasurer accuses chief Matt Schlapp of financial, personnel mismanagement
The resignation letter adds pressure on Schlapp, who is fighting a defamation lawsuit from a campaign staffer who alleges he groped him
@bethreinhard
@iarnsdorf
BREAKING ON CNN: the LIKELY - key word, likely - GOP counteroffer to Prof. Ford is as follows 1) hearing Wednesday, 2) Ford testifies first,
#Kavanaugh
second, 3) Independent counsel asks questions. via
@DanaBashCNN
@Phil_Mattingly
.
@willripleyCNN
is INSIDE North Korea reporting right now: "Being inside this country just hours after they blew up a nuclear site.. it's very awkward and uncomfortable moment right now."
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE’S PAPER: RIPPED, SHREDDED – AND BURNED
“BURN BAGS”: One senior Trump WH official said he and other staffers would decide themselves what should be saved and what should be burned.
@AshleyRParker
@JaxAlemany
@thamburger
@jdawsey1
Marine Corps Major John Ruocco and his wife, Kim, were married for 23 years and have 2 sons. They met in the bathroom of a coed dorm at the UMass Amherst when she was 18 and he was 19. "He was in his boxers, brushing his teeth, and it was love at first sight," she says.
The words “Murder the media” have been drawn on the Capitol, h/t
@LeoShane
.
Listen to the video and you’ll hear, “Next time we come back, we won’t be this peaceful. You better lean on your weapons when we come back.”
we won’t be this peaceful next time.”
"OH MY GOD!" Shyenne Lee says of little sis Suni winning gold
"It was crazy. We had our whole family gathered around. We were just in awe. We were so proud of her. We didn't expect gold -- that's just something that she's been dreaming about forever. It was just unreal."
#NewDay
This Memorial Day, CNN Home Front is remembering active duty service members and veterans who died by suicide.
We include love notes - proposals, first dances, crushes - from those who knew them best. w/
@brikeilarcnn
Army Staff Sgt. Justin Bowman was a tall, slender cowboy with a swath of red hair. The night he met his wife Teresa, he was wearing a belt buckle with his name on it. They danced to the song, "Stars Over Texas." "I knew that night that he was going to be my husband," she said.
Lizzie was 18 months old when her father Lance Corporal Robby Mathews passed away. Now almost eight, she asks over and over to watch a video of them dancing. "Whatcha lookin' at?" he coos, his vivid blue eyes twinkling as Lizzie looks up at him in wonder.
NEW from me and
@brikeilarcnn
:
'I truly believe that he would have killed me.' Why three women did not report their military rapists before time ran out
WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Federal agents investigating Hunter Bifen have gathered what they believe is sufficient evidence to charge him with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase, according to people familiar... Via
@DevlinBarrett
@PerryStein
Caroline Kitchener joins
@ReliableSources
from TX: "We need to be on the ground, we need to be in clinics, we need to be in pregnancy centers. This is where the frontlines are, and journalists should be here." -
@CAKitchener
Chris Hulbert was a decorated active duty logistics officer in the Air Force. He called his wife Ronelle, "Peanut." In turn, she called him "Pumpkin." Ronelle remembered on one of their dates, Chris jumped up to help an elderly woman put on her coat. "That's just how he was."
Army Sgt Maj Robert Dalton pursued his darling wife Connie "relentlessly"... "He would not give up!" Connie recalls, laughing... "He just stole my heart." Bob proposed to her on a flight, recruiting the pilot to read a poem to Connie over the intercom.
Biden said this moments ago: "I have great respect for Mayor Pete and his service to this nation, but I do believe it's a risk to be just straight up with you for this part to nominate somebody who's never held an office higher than mayor of a town of 100,000 people in Indiana."
Mayor Pete likes to call me part of the old failed Washington. Was it a failure when I helped pass Obamacare, the Paris Agreement, the Violence Against Women Act, or the assault weapons ban?
I have a stronger record of passing big, progressive legislation than anyone running.
Take one look at Army veteran
@ElanaDuffy
and you'll notice her leg, which was amputated after she sustained major nerve damage in a Humvee crash while serving in Iraq.
But she's endured a much worse injury, she says. You just can't see it.
@brikeilarcnn
NEW: Fetterman campaign says stroke recovery factors into fall debate plans
Advisers say he struggles with chaotic auditory environments- which is common for stroke survivors & docs say can improve over time
@michaelscherer
@ColbyItkowitz
@LennyMBernstein
Daily reminder that there were 4 documented cases of voter fraud in the 2016 election - total.
Out of 140 million.
Voter fraud is not widespread in the United States.
Mail-In Ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 Election. Look at all of the cases and examples that are out there right now, with the Patterson, N.J., being the most recent example. Republicans, in particular, cannot let this happen!
The woman who was shot inside the US Capitol during riots this afternoon was pronounced dead at a local hospital, a spokesman with the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to CNN.
No other details released about her.
"I have nothing but faith in the Bahamian people [and] the Bahamian government," says Allaya Hagigal, who is coordinating Bahamas rescue teams. She says Bahamians began rescuing people as soon as the water started receding. "It just shows the resilience of the Bahamian people."
"...his law firm tried to contact ICE for details related to why Gonzalez was taken back to Mexico but did not receive a response until after his office notified the press." via
@ZcohenCNN
An update to a story I broke back in January:
Biden refused to sign this pledge to take military sexual assault out of the chain of command.
Tonight when pushed by
@ProtectRDfnders
? He changed his tune.
BIDEN: “The answer is yes, yes, yes."
🚨 WAPO SOURCES: 7 counts
Trump says he’s been indicted in classified documents investigation - The Washington Post via
@DevlinBarrett
@jdawsey1
@PerryStein
Thank you
@rebecca_mehra
. This elderly couple waited *nearly 45 min* for the right, friendly face to walk by.
Be that friendly face today - and every day.
Rebecca Mehra bought groceries for an elderly couple who said they were afraid to go into the store because of the coronavirus.
“Kindness helps,” she tells
@brikeilarcnn
. “…If someone can’t get basic essentials, reach out to them.”
Delegate Hugo loses. Still looking at Yancey and those 12 votes. If he wins? Stays 50-50. If he loses? Dems get majority. Either way, very interesting night in VA politics.
The U.S. is prepared to help Zelensky get out of Kyiv, U.S. and Ukrainian officials tell The Post. But he is refusing to leave.
“...the enemy has marked me as target No. 1, my family as target No. 2,” he said in an early-morning address
@shaneharris
Military sexual assault becomes a 2020 issue. Ten of the 12 Democratic candidates have signed on to overhaul the military's handling of sexual assault cases. But the Pentagon is not on board. My latest:
Older children (ages 10-19) can transmit Covid-19 just as easily as adults, new South Korea research finds
Transmission from children 9 and under was a lot lower
-18.6% rate of transmission for kids 10+
-5.3% rate of transmission for kids 9 and under
Northam won in a blow-out. The House of Delegates, which is extremely red (hard to overemphasize just how red) and has been for 20 years, lost roughly 16 GOP seats. Trump tweets that Gillespie should've embraced him more, which is why he lost.
This morning - even into this evening - pundits were talking about the lasting effects of the Confederacy in Virginia. Statues, MS-13. It was a close race. Northam was giving on sanctuary cities and saying he would work with Trump. Trump was robo-calling for Gillespie.
More legal blows for Bannon
NEW: Steve Bannon is expected to surrender to NY state prosecutors on Thursday to face a new criminal indictment, per people familiar with the matter. Via
@shaynajacobs
@JaxAlemany
@jdawsey1
"In recent days, [Pruitt and his staff have] rejected offers from the White House press shop to prepare for his hearings because they don't think the staff can be trusted not to leak information about the prep session."
Erik Prince, the American defense contractor, says he is offering people seats on a chartered plane out of Kabul for $6,500 per person.
“It remained unclear whether Mr. Prince had the wherewithal to carry out his plans.”
Emma Brown leading MSNBC coverage this evening-
"Take this new reporting in the Washington Post. 'Phil Waldron’s 90-minute talk in Louisiana came just days after revelations that he had circulated and briefed members of Congress on a PowerPoint.."
@emmersbrown
@nicolledwallace
Let's say it together: BOOT- edge-edge.
CNN's
@Phil_Mattingly
and the
#InsidePolitics
panel discuss how hard it is to pronounce the names of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
Baby Nell’s first week on earth, and she’s landed her first NYT mention 😭👑
@AshleyRParker
@MichaelCBender
Opinion | Requiem for the Newsroom - The New York Times
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE’S PAPER: RIPPED, SHREDDED – AND BURNED
“BURN BAGS”: One senior Trump WH official said he and other staffers would decide themselves what should be saved and what should be burned.
@AshleyRParker
@JaxAlemany
@thamburger
@jdawsey1
BREAKING: DOJ is investigating Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Via
@CarolLeonnig
@DevlinBarrett
@jdawsey1
@hsu_spencer
Carol Leonnig LIVE on-air as the House votes to hold Meadows in contempt of Congress
"Republican members who now claim - at the rostrum - that January 6 was no big deal were also begging Meadows to get Trump to help them, to protect them, to save them..."
@carolleonnig
Although Stormy's attorney would not specify how many women had contacted him he allowed it was "not a dozen." He refused to answer if it was more than five.
#InsidePolitics