Vaughn Sterling

Executive Producer, The Source with Kaitlan Collins. Former WSJ.

[Barratt Dewey @barratt_dewey]

Not the important point, but if Musk/SpaceX was able to execute this unilaterally and isn't labeled a supply-chain risk the way Anthropic was, Anthropic’s case against the gov could get very interesting.

The government’s central argument is that a private supplier's ability to restrict a military system can itself constitute a national security supply-chain risk.

Yet Hegseth said today that “we haven’t pulled anything back,” but “Starlink has the option to make decisions concerning its terms of service.”

If SpaceX independently imposed restrictions on a US-funded military service that disrupted Ukrainian operations, it raises some interesting legal questions about how consistently the government is applying the supply-chain risk standard it invoked against Anthropic.

Anthropic is seeking a rehearing in DC Circuit court.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Musk, reacting to reporting from @riley_rogerson & co, apparently suggesting it could be illegal for a Democratic House to focus on the man behind some of the most consequential public policy decisions of the last two years. https://t.co/NZNnkTABVw

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Trump keeps saying the law required Sen. Roger Marshall to aggressively pursue patients’ unpaid bills and that Marshall could’ve been arrested if he didn’t.

In reality:

1) The law the White House told me Trump was talking about gives doctors wide latitude to forgive the debts of patients with financial difficulties…as even an article the White House sent me says

2) Marshall himself told CNN last week that “we wrote off hundreds of people’s bills every month” and also provided millions in annual “charity care”

3) The controversy centers on Marshall’s hundreds of lawsuits against patients, and the law never requires lawsuits. Federal authorities have made clear that the “reasonable collection effort” standard often required of providers is satisfied by sending bills and doing follow-up like letters and phone calls

4) Nothing required Marshall’s 18% annual interest rate, which a Kansas City Star review of court records found was unusually high even among the Kansas practices that did sue patients

Fact check: https://t.co/sJS11lPkHi

[Vaughn Sterling @vplus]

CNN's Van Jones (@VanJones68), to @kaitlancollins, on Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad: https://t.co/ZGityaQpVV

[Vaughn Sterling @vplus]

Jay-Z Picks Jay-Z for Super Bowl LXI -Puck https://t.co/toFRoq5xtE

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

"From my very first big exciting assignment covering the First Gulf War, to the horrors of the Bosnian War, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran and all the points in between, it’s the teams and the camaraderie that counted so much, as we together battled to seek the facts, the evidence and the humanity, so that CNN could always broadcast the truth about the world and to the world, without fear nor favor." -@amanpour https://t.co/iO0d8M75Ix

[John Carreyrou @JohnCarreyrou]

A few readers have taken me to task for “missing the point of the film,” which is apparently that Elizabeth Holmes is unknowable and everything is ambiguous. Here’s my response: She went after Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung with everything she had. I was threatened with litigation on a daily basis for months on end. It was a ruthless cover-up of a breathtaking fraud, and she was at the controls. Just a little context for those who have forgotten or didn’t follow the original story. By the way, I loved the film. #BestPicture, IMO.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Ukraine’s top envoy in DC ⬇️

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

Washington Post executive editor

[Vaughn Sterling @vplus]

The summer surge in federal immigration raids is hitting the housing market, pushing up labor costs and freezing projects.   The shortages come as the country desperately tries to drive down sky-high housing costs that have trapped millions of Americans out of homeownership. -WSJ

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

What is life like under Russian assault and with less and less U.S. support? I asked 23-year-old Kyiv resident Katya, who told me “It feels like the world is forgetting about us…sometimes it feels like we are abandoned. On Monday, a building near to me was hit by a drone…an area with a kids playground and they didn't have any alert.”

[Vaughn Sterling @vplus]

Zelensky praises ‘real leaders’ in Europe as his relationship with Trump deteriorates https://t.co/lFkUgx76Vv

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

This is a tell. Trump almost tells Putin to stop hitting Ukraine. But then he stops himself and shifts to keeping the focus on Zelensky and oil refineries.

(This despite Russia having apparently first broken Trump's self-declared energy ceasefire.)

[Andrew Egger @EggerDC]

The CNN + Jubilee format here was a home run, honestly. Respectful and illuminating on a bunch of issues, including this.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

The White House wouldn’t even try to give me an explanation for Trump’s nonsensical new claim that he is at “1.7%” inflation compared to Biden’s “19%.”

A look at Trump’s latest phony figures, the real ones, and what may or may not be going on: https://t.co/3uoZKsad57

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

NEW: Katie Zacharia shared at least 15 social media posts identifying her as an “attorney” over the past two years, despite having failed the California bar exam and acknowledging publicly she had been advised not to use the term "attorney" to describe herself. https://t.co/hiFz1QbAM7

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

President Trump confirms the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be live streamed.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

“Ukraine was stunned to discover the Starshield restrictions, which it said caused disruptions to several combat operations. The Ukrainian military uses Starshield in part to guide its ever-growing fleets of drones, including interceptors used to down Russian drones. The restrictions, Ukrainian officials said, tied Ukraine’s hands while leaving Russia free to wage war.” https://t.co/p7o3sw12qs

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

To say the very least on this, the congressman is incorrect on the law.

Two-party consent is relevant only to private oral conversations, and he has zero expectation of privacy here.

1st Amendment gives you the right to record public officials in public places as long as you're not interfering with their official duties.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Big jump in inflation.

It's up to 3.7% -- from 3.4% last month.

https://t.co/7dznxaqM60