“The presidency is no bed of roses.”
- James K. Polk
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NEW: A stunning new project from @lawfare's Katherine Pompilio finds that 97 Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the Capitol riot then got arrested, charged, and/or convicted with subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.
“We see that the United States is fully focused on the issue of Iran, and it would be wrong to simply wait until the war in Europe returns to the center of its attention.
Ukraine proposes ending this war through direct engagement between us — and you.
I am proposing a meeting.”
Nice line from Sir Alex Younger's obituary:
"He was once invited to meet Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and de facto ruler. A helicopter picked Younger up from one of the Gulf states and flew him to an uninhabited island off the Saudi coast. There he found Prince Mohammed sitting beneath an umbrella, with his yacht moored nearby, watching a Bond film by way of preparation for the meeting."
Exclusive: A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who later said that he regretted his participation in the U.S. Capitol attack has been hired by the Trump administration to work inside a Pentagon office that manages highly classified military operations. https://t.co/3OtllgCSWP
@TVietor08@bstarrreports Fun fact: if I remember correctly, during the last year of the Obama admin we actually moved the SECDEF speechwriters to create additional work space for the media.
SCOOP: The CIA has stopped contributing to some ODNI intelligence assessments, including those related to the Iran war, as a result of a year-long feud between the agencies over turf and mission.
Helping geese off the road in Harford County.
Officer Buettner and a few volunteers helped usher a family of canadian geese off of I-95 on Tuesday morning in Aberdeen.
Bloomberg News exclusive:
Vladimir Putin has been told by senior Russian officials that the war in Ukraine is becoming unaffordable, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began
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Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions of at least seven Navy officers in a move that targeted women and minority officers. https://t.co/1vww7IxOf1
SCOOP: The Pentagon has banned journalists from its press office, designating it a classified space. The change creates a new barrier between journalists and the public affairs officers who have traditionally answered their questions.
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"It's easier to do a good job than to explain why you didn't." - Martin Van Buren
#8 in Salvatore Catalano's new series of American Presidents
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Remarkable story from @propublica of how the Pentagon got a call from the White House and rushed to lend $620 million to an obscure company -- with links to Donald Trump Jr. The company's valuation rose 10-fold to $2 billion. https://t.co/yIJ9bXb9Jb
"I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me."
- Andrew Jackson
# 7 in Salvatore Catalano's new series of American Presidents
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