Mark Drake

Husband, father, long-suffering MN sports fan. RTs do not necessarily ≠ endorsements.

[Eisenhower Library @IkeLibrary]

📜 From the archives: The weight of history in one memo. June 5, 1944.
Take a look at the weather reports and discussions that led to the defining moment of the D-Day invasion. See the exact deliberations behind the famous command, "Okay, we’ll go." June 6, 1944.
@USNatArchives

[Tom Erickson @TJErickson]

Amy’s said more about Colbert than the massive fraud scandal in Minnesota. Says all you need to know about what kind of Governor she’d be.

[Blois Olson @bloisolson]

It appears that @morningtake X account was overtaken - and is now Emmasue

I need some customer support @x and @elonmusk

thanks.

[Richard Nixon Foundation @nixonfoundation]

This is President Nixon's book recommendations for students interested in history, biography and historical novels.

[Timothy Blotz @TimBlotzFOX9]

FBI is looking for this man: Muhammad Omar. He's indicted today on 5 counts of health care fraud. FBI says he is on the run. Indictment alleges Omar defrauded the MN housing stabilization program and spent $170K on real estate in Kenya and $60K to lease a Mercedes Benz.

[Mark Drake @markhdrake]

.@keithellison Your lawsuit against energy companies is driving up the price of gas for consumers

[Keith Ellison @keithellison]

Families are already stretching every dollar just to get by. Rising fuel costs make it harder to get to work, take kids to school, buy groceries, and live everyday life. Minnesotans deserve relief, not more pressure on their wallets.

[TMZ @TMZ]

🕊️ O.J. Simpson detective Mark Fuhrman has died at 74.

Exclusive: https://t.co/kSJJOYmevo

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

BREAKING: Wes Streeting appears to have moved against Keir Starmer tonight. After getting through the day the prime minister now looks in increasing peril.

— Several of Streeting’s allies including his PPS Joe Morris and constituency neighbour Jas Athwal have called for Starmer to go in the last two hours, leading to intense speculation that the health secretary is preparing to imminently challenge the PM for his job.

— Labour MPs and aides say developments could now happen quickly if momentum continues to build. A loyalist says it’s now a matter of when not if.

— A Labour official says they believe several Cabinet members are ready to tell the PM he has to set a timetable for his departure if it becomes clear he has lost the authority of the backbenches. They think if the number of public dissenters heads toward three figures that will happen.

— However Cabinet aides insist we are not there yet and they don’t think the whole Cabinet is yet ready to move. One notes that Streeting’s allies appear to have gone after markets closed, after gilts dropped on Monday on the political instability. There will be a lot of attention on market open tomorrow.

— Streeting is silent but there appears to be an orchestrated plot by his supporters to call for Starmer to go so he can move. There was disappointment among some of Streeting’s allies today that he has not moved already but it now feels increasingly inevitable.

— Burnham’s allies say he will soon be ready to show he has a route to parliament. He has pulled out of a long-planned speech at a conference tomorrow. It’s unclear if that’s because he has a bigger announcement to make.

— Labour MPs say the question now is whether Streeting will wait for the cabinet move, or go over the top himself.

With great team @EllenAMilligan @Joe_Mayes @LucyGJWhite

[Stewart Mandel @slmandel]

"ESPN is not planning to expand its Tournament Challenge to include the play-in games. Neither is CBS."

The tournament still starts Thursday at Noon.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

8 May 1945. 3 PM. Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech on BBC Radio.

[Mark Drake @markhdrake]

Don't forget the time Ted Turner managed the Braves in 1977

[CNN @CNN]

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/CboJPpPBiC

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

NEWS: "I've written 983 pages" - Robert Caro on his final LBJ book

Via @cspan

https://t.co/ypwwZ0IhNs

[B.J. Martino ± @bjmartino]

This headline should have a trigger warning for her staff

[Mark Drake @markhdrake]

Very interesting piece re: @keithellison overreach here https://t.co/wVZFPhy12n

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

First offices of 6 companies worth a combined $21 trillion.