Ben Mayer

Senior Broadcast Producer @NBCNightlyNews 🦚 Sodastream of consciousness

[Ben Mayer @bendmayer]

The single best New York comment I have ever received:

Woman: I have to tell you, I enjoyed watching you inhale that hamburger.

[Meg Kinnard @MegKinnardAP]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump taps federal housing finance director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence to replace Gabbard.

[Senator Roger Wicker @SenatorWicker]

The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith — would be a disaster. Everything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught!

[Ben Mayer @bendmayer]

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[Ben Mayer @bendmayer]

“I’m trying to set the all-time record for achievement by one person in one lifetime,” he said in a Reader’s Digest article. “And that puts you in pretty big company: Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Gandhi, Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, Washington, Roosevelt, Churchill.”

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Ted Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87. https://t.co/61G2Kuh8Vz

[Ben Mayer @bendmayer]

CC Trout

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

It's mayfly season in Florida, and they've taken over the outside of this elementary school.

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

If you thought Jim Clyburn was gonna retire before a wide-open prez cycle w SC again in early window, w chance to pick the nominee, you didn't see him make every '20 contender put on his CLYBURN t-shirts at the 2019 Clyburn Fish Fry #itselectric

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Stunning for a president to suggest he can't guarantee the safety of visitors during a major world event.

Since the heinous murder of Israeli Olympians in Munich, the international community has rightly prioritized protecting athletes.

Is the U.S. really incapable of security?

[Ben Mayer @bendmayer]

David Petraeus doubts there will be American boots on the ground. "Maybe some sneakers on the ground"

[MLB @MLB]

Ronald Acuña Jr.'s first #SpringTraining homer is a GRAND SLAM 🤯

[Aric Toler @AricToler]

This is absolutely nuts. The British Columbia school shooter's ChatGPT messages weren't just flagged by the automated system, but **a dozen OpenAI employees reviewed and debated them**

https://t.co/yPp22hl9Vr

[Julia E. Ainsley @JuliaEAinsley]

ICE has told OMB they will retrofit this plane by turning by a bedroom into seating in order to accommodate deportees.

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

“… the right people voting, electing the right leaders …”

Extraordinary

[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

> @Mike_Hixenbaugh @NBCNews

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[Tom Winter @Tom_Winter]

NBC News: A source familiar with the matter says a man is being questioned by law enforcement in the Tucson area in the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

Reported w/ @jonathan4ny

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

“The Trump administration tried and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment in connection with a video featuring six Democratic lawmakers urging members of the military and intelligence communities not to comply with unlawful orders, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.” https://t.co/MyPvbCMODw

[Tom Winter @Tom_Winter]

BREAKING | NBC News: Law enforcement is expected to release a surveillance photo showing a potential subject in the ongoing investigation into the taking of Nancy Guthrie as soon as this afternoon, according to two senior law enforcement officials say.

Reported w/ @jonathan4ny

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Todd Snider, the rambling troubadour who helped shape the Americana music movement, has died at the age of 59 https://t.co/jt0O3qfEQb

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

DHS is putting out videos that directly contradict events and court orders, namely a federal judge saying evidence showed: "whatever lawlessness is occurring is not occurring by protesters.”

In fact, the judge issued a TRO against immigration officials' tactics because she said they “clearly violate the Constitution."