Executive Editor, Los Angeles Times. Formerly of The New York Times, The Seattle Times, and the ACLU. Views are my own.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2014
OK sports fans, there’s a possible appellate version of a Perry Mason moment looming in the immunity case next week, and it would send the case back to Chutkan pronto, Opinion: This surprise argument could derail Trump’s effort to delay the Jan. 6 trial latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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So pleased to report that our Mount Sinai-Yale long COVID (MY-LC) paper with @putrinolab & others is now published!! Proud of the hard work of all who contributed. We found biological signatures that can distinguish people with vs. without #longCOVID (1/) nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Where does decision refusing removal leave Meadows? In a very bad place. He gambled heavily on winning & then getting immunity. Now his ability to cooperate w/ either Jack Smith or Fani Willis is a) of much less value & b) possibly even off the table. He is in a world of hurt.
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Terry Tang retweeted
This version of Bach’s first cello suite was recorded live in the Great Smoky Mountains. I’ve always thought of Suite No. 1 as “Nature at Play,” so it was a dream to play it with the birds, the trees, and the rushing brook. ▶️ yoyoma.lnk.to/natureatplay
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Fani Willis’s just-filed supplemental brief zeroes in on these lines on inquiry and as much as accuses Meadows of perjury. He’s in the soup. Litman: Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows seems to think he can avoid prosecution. Here’s how latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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Terry Tang retweeted
This is for Maui, from a far away friend. I am so terribly sorry.
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Is today Indictment Thursday? It would make sense of a lot of the data. But remember that once voted out, the indictment will be sealed and go to a judge who will unseal, which depending on when it occurs could be the next day.
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Replying to @Lawrence
@Lawrence reporting the Trump lawyers girding for the indictment to come tomorrow. The one gap in the public knowledge is the apparent lack of a final meeting. But Trump attorneys surely wd know if they’ve decided to pass or if it’s already happened without the public’s awareness
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🧵For context, this is the @latimes column I penned in August of 2022 that according to @TheAtlantic @TimAlberta's deep dive into CNN, had CEO Chris Licht bragging to his friends that he would "destroy" me. Link: latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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weird to retweet my own tweet! but this is really the key point that most everyone seems to be missing--
OK I've looked at the Rust case more carefully.Under NMex and get crim law, state must prove "criminal negligence," --> "gross deviation from the std of care a reas person wd employ." This case was overcharged. Looking forward to discussing w/ @thelauracoates on @cnn at 11 PM ET.
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"History has taught them that when push comes to shove, the Republican “leadership” will always back down & placate the extremists...There’s a reason the official policy of the US government is to not negotiate with terrorists..." I write for the @latimes latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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I don’t believe that I’ve ever seen a court reject a proposed amicus brief, especially from eminent amici like the Former GOP prosecutors Cannon just refused to hear from. That’s now several bizarre & non-judicial moves, starting w/ her first announcement of intent to grant SM.
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CNN had let @JohnJHarwood go. This after releasing @brianstelter. Pretty obvious @Acosta will be next. In light of this I wanted to re-up this piece I wrote the other week for the @latimes about how CNN’s new leadership is betraying journalism. latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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