Al Jazeera English Los Angeles correspondent by way of the LA Times, NPR, ABC News. UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern, Hard Knocks. I like my films & pinots noir.
We at @AJEnglish are looking for a marijuana dispensary in the Los Angeles area to talk to us about how they are affected by the US Govt. changing medical marijuana from a class 1 drug to a class 3 Drug. Message me here, please.
News: CBS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract after his fiery denunciation of new 60M exec producer Nick Bilton and leadership of Bari Weiss.
In note to Pelley, obtained by NPR, Bilton said he "hijacked" first meeting with show's staff and refused constructive path forward.
The assault on iconic, fact-based journalism at CBS continues:
Scott Pelley Accuses CBS News Boss of ‘Murdering’ ‘60 Minutes’ https://t.co/TR5rBSSED8 via @NYTimes
The latest volley in the Trump administration’s war on the richest and most powerful state in the union, which didn’t vote for him:
Trump Administration Will Withhold $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California https://t.co/LcozlDQVsw via @NYTimes
🚨 Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang in California has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China in the United States.
Mayor Wang admitted to acting as a foreign agent from at least 2020 through 2022 - promoting PRC propaganda in the U.S. and acting at PRC’s direction to promote their interests. She has agreed to resign from office and plead guilty.
@FBI and our federal partners continue to move aggressively to root out this kind of influence in American institutions all over the country.
https://t.co/QBzriKa8rm
Here’s the video of how the motorcycle landed on the light pole. It looks like he tried to stop but couldn’t quite do it. He is so lucky to have made it.
California's learning a lesson in dependence on imported oil. On "This is America" with @VanierCyril we report from the Port of Long Beach, the busiest port in the U.S., where the last pre-war shipment of oil just arrived
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A page ripped from the authoritarian playbook, the FCC is once again being used as President Trump’s personal vendetta machine. Today’s order is a clear authoritarian tactic to intimidate and threaten ABC and other media.
This undermines the FCC’s independence, as the agency abuses its regulatory powers to target broadcasters at the command of the President and punish the President’s perceived enemies.
The agency must start taking its responsibility to respect freedom of the press and freedom of expression seriously.
https://t.co/sig7VAgDFJ
Fact check: “86” does not mean to kill. I worked in restaurants and we used it to mean “cancel order.”
Merriam Webster: ‘Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang…”
https://t.co/MXDqC24NYo.
Fact check: “86” does not mean to kill. I worked in restaurants and we routinely used it to mean “cancel that order.” Merriam Webster’s definition: “Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang …
🚨TODAY: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Threats to Harm President Trump
“Threatening the life of the President of the United States is a grave violation of our nation’s laws,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “The grand jury returned an indictment alleging James Comey did just that, at a time when this country has witnessed violent incitement followed by deadly actions against President Trump and other elected officials. The temperature needs to be turned down, and anyone who dials it up and threatens the life of the President will be held accountable.”
Read more: https://t.co/QXtoQ4nj9m
Hi from the @united lounge @Dulles, homebound after 12 days in DC covering the Iran war and the one-day negotiation to end it. Soundtrack: Morrissey, The Last of the Famous International Playboys “In my lifetime those who kill/The news world hounds them to stardom” (not untrue!)
BREAKING: Iran says it will withdraw from the US ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to violate it by attacking Lebanon.
Source: Iran’s Tasnim news agency