Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief, @BostonGlobe [email protected] Tal rhymes with fall, not pal. Signal: https://xitter.cf/t.co/W9KnDOScl3 / TalKopan.01
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I get a lot of “why is this paywalled” tweets.
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RIP Caryle Murphy, who reported from inside occupied Kuwait in 1990, hiding from Iraqi troops. She would roll a typewritten story into a tube, dress as a jogger, run past an embassy and throw the tube over the wall to get the story out. @amcovarrubias washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
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Mahoning County Clerk of Courts has released the records. Read them for yourself: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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One of the fall back defenses people have made about @VivekGRamaswamy's ad attacking Acton is that Acton's mother just said she lied about living in a tent.
Cledith Arthur's 1978 arrest warrant lists Terrace Lake Park, Route 7 as his address
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Amy Acton’s estranged mother knew her husband had a daughter from a previous marriage who’d also accused him of rape.
But when 12-year-old Amy told her mom that he was raping her, instead of concluding she was married to a pedophile rapist she concluded both girls were lying.
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One of the most cruel things I've ever heard an organization doing.
The Knicks' assistant coaches did not receive their championship rings during Tuesday's ceremony, despite being handed ring boxes, according to league sources.
Many longtime employees at Madison Square Garden will not receive rings at all, per team sources.
Those employees got their hopes up in late September, when they were sent a fake championship ring offer as part of a phishing test.
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BREAKING: The 5th Circuit has ruled that ICE detainees with pending immigration proceedings have no constitutional right to a bond hearing, regardless of the length of their detention.
The en banc ruling appears to be 10-7.
s3.documentcloud.org/documen…
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NRSC chief Tim Scott has repeatedly said he wouldn't bail out incumbents if they didn't prep for a tough cycle, per sources. As recently as last month, he said he did *not* plan to put money in MS or KS
Not all Rs agree. SLF now in BOTH races
@mkraju
cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
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JUST IN: Judge Ali sets a two-week trial for alleged J6 pipe bomber Brian Cole, beginning Feb. 16
A reminder on how uniquely the money around the library is working, a great look from @JimPuzzanghera
bostonglobe.com/2026/10/08/n…
James Blair and Chris LaCivita literally had to buy their way back into Trump’s good graces, to the tune of $100k each.
Incredible
nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-new…
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A retraction demand to Politico, a reporter pulled from the travel pool, an FCC warning to broadcasters, name calling, and a reported plan to move the press corps out of the White House.
This week's escalating tension between the WH and the press:
washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
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NEW: Mike Collins previously suggested hanging U.S. military and political leaders from a helicopter and joked about pushing Pelosi out of a plane. We also uncovered another antisemitic post from a business recently launched by his son-in-law. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/23/p…
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Can't script this: A week after TX-34 candidate Eric Flores sent a cease-and-desist to take down a Dem ad showing him next to Trump, the WH announces POTUS will be going to ... TX-34
A sign of the times ahead of November: GOP candidate Eric Flores is in a tough race to try to flip a South Texas seat — and he wants to pull down a billboard ad by his opponent Rep. Vicente Gonzalez promoting his endorsement from Trump and his support of ICE.
My scoop: washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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At this time of year, there's a lot of social-media chatter about voting machines flipping votes. They're not. Here's what's really happening: apnews.com/article/vote-flip…
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This may be the funniest thing @RoyCooperNC has ever said: “Cooper on his concerns about running for Senate: “I'll have to admit that I did look up at all of those Senate committee chairs in Washington, and I was thinking I might be a little young for this.” #ncpol
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70% of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up. He rules. theatlantic.com/technology/2…
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Four House members accused of sexual misconduct have resigned, retired or lost reelection this year.
A fifth member facing allegations of harassment and assault is on the ballot in California this November: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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SCOOP: Jill Buria, who’s married to Pete Hegseth chief of staff Ricky Buria, on Sunday registered to lobby the Pentagon as part of her new K Street job. After I asked her, her firm told me she will no longer work to influence the Defense Department. politico.com/newsletters/pol…
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The Trump administration says tonight that it could begin construction of the triumphal arch on Nov. 5 — immediately after next month's vote.
New: Trump adds several political appointees to the National Capital Planning Commission, replacing career officials as alternate commissioners, before next month's vote on his controversial triumphal arch.
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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If you’re wondering how Mississippi entered the Senate map discussion, you’ve simply gotta read @burgessev, who was onto this race in MARCH.
semafor.com/article/03/09/20…
