Del Quentin Wilber
@DelWilber
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Hopewell-303. Writing "American Spectacle" for S&S about the Lindbergh kidnapping. Author of "Rawhide Down."
Joined February 2009
DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump’s immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled -- by @NewsDudeAP @rjfoley @j_dingdingding @ClaireARush @christinetfern
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The Justice Department has embarked on a monthslong effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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This has all the ingredients of an intrigued-filled Cold War spy thriller, except it's set in the context of U.S. government efforts to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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A federal agent had a daring plan: persuade Nicolas Maduro's chief pilot to surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.
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A U.S. agent tried to flip Nicolás Maduro’s pilot — offering riches if he secretly flew Venezuela’s leader into U.S. custody. The failed plan, which reads like a Cold War spy novel, shows how far the U.S. has gone to oust Maduro.
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A federal agent had a daring plan: persuade Nicolas Maduro's chief pilot to surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.
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by @dakekang and Yael Grauer and edited by @maryrajkumar @JeannieOhm at @APNews
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An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously...
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If you read one thing today, check out this @APNews project examining how U.S. tech companies helped China build a massive surveillance state:
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A complimentary bonus today on @TheRestHistory, as we pair the assassination of Lincoln with THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF RONALD REAGAN. @DelWilber, author of the brilliant book RAWHIDE DOWN, takes us through the dramatic events of 30 March, 1981 https://t.co/NNgwZQX0q7
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While Democrats have a point that a #TX34 GOP win may not matter much functionally (the district lines change for November's election), the big win for Republicans here is the narrative - it shines a spotlight to Democrats' troubles with Hispanic voters. https://t.co/enIvYhdeXT
I've seen enough: Mayra Flores (R) defeats Dan Sanchez (D) in the #TX34 special election, flipping an 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley seat red.
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