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NY Times columnist, author and farmer of cider apples and wine grapes @KristofFarms

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Nicholas Kristof
8 months
I have news! My memoir, Chasing Hope, will be published May 14 from @AAKnopf ! I feel too young to write a memoir, but I hope you enjoy it. Chasing Hope is available for preorder at bookstores and websites (support your independent book store!). Info at:
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When all 57 Buffalo police officers on the emergency response team resign because two were suspended for knocking down a 75-year-old man and sending him to the hospital, this seems like an opportunity to find 57 new police officers who don't approve of assaulting senior citizens.
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This is a police force begging to be defunded.
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Remember Tani Adewumi, the Nigerian refugee kid I wrote about 2 years ago who won the NY State chess championship while in a homeless shelter? Now well housed (thanks to you readers!), he just won a championship and is officially a National Chess Master as a 10-yr-old 5th grader!
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I just heard that Navajo Nation, which has done a heroic job wrestling the coronavirus to the ground, is now donating extra PPE to India. The Navajo have been a model of resolve in fighting the pandemic, and are now a model in supporting others worldwide who need help.
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Remember Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old victim of a police assault in Buffalo whom President Trump denounced? Gugino's lawyer, Kelly V. Zarcone, confirmed to me that he is still hospitalized with a fractured skull and unable to walk. Infuriating.
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4 years
Reminds me of a press conference I attended -- in North Korea.
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NowThis Impact
4 years
Kayleigh McEnany stormed off without taking questions after lecturing the press on how much Pres. Trump loves our troops
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A hospital in Seattle area has sent out a note to staff, shared with me, suspending elective surgery and warning that "our local COVID-19 trajectory is likely to be similar to that of Northern Italy." The hospital is down to a four-day supply of gloves.
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Of the 32 new Rhodes Scholars chosen today, a record 21 are women and almost half are immigrants or first generation Americans. One is undocumented and under DACA. They constitute another reminder that immigration can enrich America.
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I’ve covered warlords, dictators and corrupt authoritarians for decades, Mr. President, and they always threaten journalists. But in the end, they have a way of being toppled, even imprisoned, sometimes together with their corrupt family members. We will continue to do our jobs.
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Donald J. Trump
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The New York Times is an embarrassment to journalism. They were a dead paper before I went into politics, and they will be a dead paper after I leave, which will be in 5 years. Fake News is the Enemy of the people!
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And if we stopped issuing death certificates, Americans would live forever.
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The Hill
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Trump on coronavirus: "If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any"
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Lt. Col. Vindman, a decorated military officer who was injured by an IED in Iraq, is urgently receiving 24-hour military security protection because of threats provoked by a head of state. Not Russia's, not China's, but our own. Let that sink in.
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Michael Lieberman
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“The Army has placed Alexander #Vindman , an expert on Ukraine and a central figure in the impeachment inquiry, & his family under 24-hour security monitoring after Trump targeted Vindman in tweets accusing Vindman of being politically opposed to Trump.”
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This is an insult to those SEALs who reported Gallagher for war crimes and testified against him, and to the Navy officers who prosecuted him to protect the military honor and deter other war crimes.
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I admire the fact that @SenSanders speaks up for the Palestinians. I suspect that this costs him votes every time he does it, and yet he brings it up regularly. It's like his concern for the crisis in Yemen -- no votes in it, but a sign of values and authenticity.
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Sigh. If only President Trump denounced neo-Nazis with the passion and the sincerity with which he excoriates journalists.
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Journalists know: When leaders go berserk, furiously denying there's anything going on, blaming others--that's when you're getting close.
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4 years
I'm flabbergasted by the RNC insistence that Pres. Trump's handling of the pandemic is so brilliant and so successful. How can you say that with a straight face when the US has 4 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's Covid deaths?
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6 years
Hmm, Nikki Haley should examine poverty in America. She'd find that 3 million US kids live in "extreme poverty"--less than $2 per person/ day, the same standard for extreme poverty in Congo or S Sudan. Some US kids have worms and other parasites. Happy to take Haley to show her.
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The Washington Post
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Nikki Haley: "It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America"
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Nicholas Kristof
4 years
The “Wall of Moms” shielding protesters in #Portland tonight. Outrage at the Feds has brought out more and more people, both as protesters and as their defenders.
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Nicholas Kristof
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Did women leaders handle Covid-19 better than male leaders? I crunched data & found that the death rate in female-led nations was 1/5 that of male-led nations. If the US had the death rate of female-led countries, the US would have saved 102,000 lives.
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Donald Trump "is intensely loyal...he will never let you down." --his third wife
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Nicholas Kristof
5 years
In these painful times, here's a story that will make your heart sing. A homeless boy named Tani living in a shelter was just named New York State chess champion. He's a reminder that talent is universal even if opportunity is not.
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The Trump administration was in such a rush to deport Syed Jamal, beloved chemistry professor in Kansas, that it whisked him off by government plane. Now after a judge's stay, the plane is refueling and bringing him home. As brutal as it is incompetent.
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Nicholas Kristof
5 years
The arrests of R. Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein, and the resignation of Secretary Acosta, all are consequences of indefatigable journalism--a reminder that despite many failings, journalists aren't enemies of the people but provide accountability and serve the public interest.
@nytimes
The New York Times
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R. Kelly was arrested and accused of child pornography, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice. The singer already faces more than a dozen state felony charges related to sexual abuse accusations in Chicago involving 4 women.
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3 years
A little embarrassing for the Texas GOP that @AOC did more for hurting Texans in this crisis than Senator Cruz did.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
3 years
Wow. We officially raised $1 million for Texas relief at 9:17pm. Thank you all so much. 🙏🏽 I’m at a loss for words. Always in awe of movement work. 💯% of this relief is going straight to Texan food assistance, homelessness relief, elder care, and more.
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Time is running out for the US to give instant visas on the tarmac to at-risk Afghans, such as interpreters and women's rights advocates, get them on planes out of the country, and sort things out later. That's not optimal, but it's the right thing to do.
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4 years
We interrupt the gloom with a nanosecond of uplift: A 17-year-old Afghan girl, a coal-miner's daughter who was nearly murdered by the Taliban while studying, just placed No. 1 out of 200,000 Afghan kids taking the university entrance exam.
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Nicholas Kristof
6 years
The NYC terrorist had a pellet gun and a paintball gun. Good thing that in NYC he couldn't buy assault rifles, or the toll would be higher.
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Nicholas Kristof
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Ventilators may soon be worth their weight in gold, and other countries are frantically placing orders. But a US company that makes ventilators says it could increase production five fold -- but the US hasn't placed an order:
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Strikes me as disgraceful that 185 House Republicans come out so brazenly against a moderate, wonkish Democrat with a national security background because he’s investigating Trump misconduct. What’s the GOP slogan becoming? Down with accountability? Impunity forever?
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Manu Raju
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House kills GOP effort to censure Adam Schiff, 218-185
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Nicholas Kristof
4 years
When I tweet skepticism about the killing of Soleimani, I get pushback from people saying that he was a bad man, so we were right to kill him. Reminds me of 2003 when hawks argued that Saddam was a bad man so we should invade. They didn't appreciate how high the price would be.
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While a single mom in the US gets $1,200 in Covid relief, the GOP plan provides that a millionaire real estate developer gets an average of $1.6 million -- and Trump and Kushner will probably be beneficiaries. My column on more socialism for the rich.
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An Arizona Senate candidate says he's pro-gun because he once fended off a gunman with a gun kept under his bed. Turns out the "attacker" was his mom, and he shot her dead; he was charged with murdering her and his sister, but not convicted.
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Nicholas Kristof
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An American president celebrates a mob assault on an American journalist. And he claims to be the law-and-order candidate?
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Aaron Rupar
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"They grabbed a guy - ‘I'm a reporter! I'm a reporter!' - ‘Get out of here!' They threw him aside like a bag of popcorn. But honestly, when you watch the crap we've all had to take...it's actually a beautiful sight"-Trump glorifies violence against journos
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GOP effort to simply repeal Obamacare is like a heart surgeon saying "I can't do a transplant, so I'll just remove your heart. Cool?"
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Nicholas Kristof
5 years
I spent 25 years reporting on sex trafficking, which indeed a huge issue. But It's offensive when Pres. Trump tries to use this issue to justify his wall; a wall won't help. If he wants to go after sex traffickers, his Justice Department should prosecute pimps more aggressively.
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Really? Finland's life expectancy is 81.8; America's is 78.7 (and falling). Finland infant mortality rate is 1.7 deaths per 1,000 live births; America's is 5.9, three times as high. Thousands of American babies die each year because we don't have Finland's rate of child survival.
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Nikki Haley
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Health care costs are too high that is true but comparing us to Finland is ridiculous. Ask them how their health care is. You won’t like their answer.
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The 32 new Rhodes Scholars picked this weekend constitute a rebuttal to white nationalists. Sixteen selection committees working independently, based only on merit, chose a record 10 blacks, an Alaskan native, several immigrants, plus a transgender man.
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This is what Jamal Khashoggi's editor at the @washingtonpost thinks of the new Saudi explanation of how Jamal died. I agree with her.
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Karen Attiah
6 years
Utter bullshit.
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It's staggering that some powerful men resign or are prosecuted after abuse allegations are aired, while another man who is a veteran of many years of such allegations is in a position to grant pardons.
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Nicholas Kristof
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A Florida man tested negative for coronavirus but was billed $3,270--so many will avoid testing. We need universal health coverage: It protects all of us. Same for paid sick leave: You want a sick person to stagger to work to prepare your food? My column
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I've spent the last few months reporting this piece about Pornhub. What most people don't realize is that it's infested with rape videos. I talked to child trafficking survivors whose rape videos the company had distributed and monetized. Unconscionable:
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At the Republican National Convention, Dana White just said that no one could have anticipated the Covid pandemic.
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
5 years
We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores.
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Every 15 minutes in America, a baby is born after prenatal exposure to opioids. In West Virginia, 14% of babies are so exposed. They cry and writhe--a reminder of how badly our drug policy has failed, and how desperately we need new measures. My new column
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This is infuriating: A woman stops on the road to help three young migrants, one a teenager who is desperately sick, and helps saves the teenager's life. Then the authorities arrest the woman for helping the migrants. Do we want to criminalize compassion?
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Trump is insinuating that immigrants cause violent crime. In fact, research is overwhelming that immigrants commit substantially fewer crimes than native-born Americans:
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Sad to see LeBron James side with the Chinese Communist Party as it tries to crush the Hong Kong democracy movement.
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Looks as if Steve Bannon lied under oath to claim Florida residence, avoiding taxes, acc to great WashPost reporting
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Clinton has the patient look of any woman listening to a man lecture her about things he doesn't know anything about.
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We're posting my Sunday column early: It recounts how Trump forced himself on a young woman--in Ivanka's bedroom
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5 years
We’ve been bought. Jamal Khashoggi, RIP.
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Donald J. Trump
5 years
Saudi Arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild Syria, instead of the United States. See? Isn’t it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a Great Country, the U.S., that is 5000 miles away. Thanks to Saudi A!
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Yes, and I'm hoping that because of Hunter, we will have more honest conversations about addiction in America. The shame of substance abuse keeps too many people from getting treatment they need, and Joe Biden has modeled family love and support that are so helpful.
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Mikel Jollett
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I love that Joe brought Hunter Biden on stage with him. My friends, that is a FATHER.
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So it seems that the result of Trump's assassination of Soleimani will be: The ouster of US forces in Iraq; a possible regrouping of ISIS; a reprieve for the Iranian regime from protests; inability to support US forces in Syria -- and we haven't even gotten to the retaliation.
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The New York Times
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Breaking News: Iraqi lawmakers have voted to oust U.S. troops over the killing of Iranian General Suleimani. In Iran, hundreds of thousands of people turned out into the streets to pay their respects.
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Isn't it odd that Trumpies call liberals "snowflakes" when it's President Trump himself who is so frightened of journalistic questioning that he bars a correspondent from the White House? I've covered lots of dictators who are fearful like that. They eventually melt and go away.
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The Mad Prince also murdered a Washington Post columnist and friend of mine, and he presided over the torture of a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Not to mention starting a war in Yemen leading to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Other than that, a fine guy.
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Jennifer Jacobs
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Trump and MBS are meeting on a high floor of the Imperial Hotel in Osaka right now. Trump calls the Saudi crown prince “a friend of mine” and says it’s an “honor” to be with him.
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Folks, this is appalling. A school board in rural Adrian, Oregon, fires the superintendent of schools -- a 37-year educator -- because he follows state law and implements a mask mandate as he is required to do to protect students and the community.
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Five years ago I helped a brilliant, self-taught Afghan teenage girl leave Kandahar and study in the US. Yesterday she showed me an article she published in a professional journal about quantum mechanics. So many brilliant Afghan girls now won't be able to hold up half the sky.
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So President Trump paid to separate crying children from their parents with money now needed for hurricane emergencies? Good grief!
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Maddow Blog
6 years
BREAKING: Document shows Trump admin took $10 million from FEMA, gave it to ICE for detentions, ahead of 2018 hurricane season.
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Wow! The Trump campaign tracks down @nytimes correspondent @michpoligal and kicks her out of a Trump rally she is covering. This is the kind of thing that happens in petty dictatorships.
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Nicholas Kristof
6 years
You're celebrating a tax law that will save your family millions, and that gives 84% of benefits to the top 1%. Meanwhile, you let CHIP health insurance expire for sick American kids. The proper term for all this isn't "historic" but "unconscionable."
@IvankaTrump
Ivanka Trump
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Celebrating a historic win for American working families following the passage of sweeping #TaxCuts . P.S. I’ll never get used to this beautiful background.
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Excuse me, Mr. President! The call to release the Democratic response memo was bipartisan. Republicans and Democrats alike on the House Intelligence Committee voted UNANIMOUSLY to release it. Looks as if you don't want to be embarrassed by facts in that memo.
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Donald J. Trump
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The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily redacted, whereupon they would blame the White House for lack of transparency. Told them to re-do and send back in proper form!
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As we mourn 100,000 Americans, two points: 1. This is an undercount. Excess death statistics suggest the toll is about 125,000. 2. Where leaders (in CA and WA, Taiwan, Kerala) responded urgently, crisis was avoided. What killed 100k Americans wasn't just the virus, but bungling.
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6 years
If the Saudi crown prince thought he could stifle criticism by murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi, let's prove him wrong. Here are Jamal's columns, and the @washingtonpost has now made them accessible outside the paywall so anyone can read. Please read and share Jamal's wisdom.
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Fred Hiatt
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Why have we been proud to publish Jamal Khashoggi? And why did his truth-telling make people angry? Read excerpts from Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The WaPo here, and you will understand. @postopinions
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Pornhub just announced huge changes: a.) allow uploads only from verified users; b.) no downloads; c.) improvements in moderation. Initial take: A great deal depends on how responsibly Pornhub implements these, and it hasn't earned my trust at all, but these seem significant.
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Hard to overstate how unusual this shooting in Japan was. Yes, a PM was assassinated in 1932 and a party leader in 1960, but in a typical year fewer than 10 Japanese are murdered with guns. In my five years in Japan, I covered murders, but never a shooting that I recall.
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6 years
Nike was thinking that it's a good business decision for a company to be on the right side of history.
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Donald J. Trump
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What was Nike thinking?
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6 years
When Jeff Sessions cites scripture to justify tearing children from the arms of weeping parents, he reminds me of those sanctimonious slave-owners who cited the Apostle Paul to justify slavery.
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CNN
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AG Jeff Sessions on immigration policy: Illegal entry into the US is a crime; "I would cite you to the apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes."
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This @nytimes article about Scott Pruitt is devastating, showing that his entire political career has been about monetizing government, testing ethics rules, and working with lobbyists for mutual benefit.
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Nicholas Kristof
8 years
I've spent lots of time reporting in countries where winners do imprison losing candidates. Believe me, we don't want to go there.
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Nicholas Kristof
7 years
CNN says 8 people, including 3 still unidentified, attended the Don Trump Jr. meeting with the Russians. Oops.
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Nicholas Kristof
6 years
This is pathetic. We are collaborating in the cover-up.
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Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived
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Statement on Saudi Arabia Investigation:
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Nicholas Kristof
7 years
When the KKK rejoices at an election outcome, how can the rest of us feel anything but immense sadness?
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Nicholas Kristof
5 years
It's great that we honor Riley Howell, the UNC student killed while tackling a gunman, with a motorcade. Perhaps an even better way to honor him would be pass universal background checks and red flag laws so that students don't have to die stopping gun massacres.
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POLITICO
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The body of Riley Howell, the college student being hailed a hero for being killed while attempting to stop the UNC-Charlotte gunman, has been returned to his hometown
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I spent 2 days in the "hot zone" in New York hospitals, witnessing needless death and heartache, and heroic, shattered health workers. One doctor spends her days treating patients, holding their hands--then goes home and cries. Her message: "Stay home."
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Nicholas Kristof
8 years
Trump so far this debate has fought Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, the moderators, his own running mate and, most of all, reality.
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Nicholas Kristof
7 years
Hm. Trump is on his 12th golf outing in 9 weeks. Sean, isn't it funny how half a year can change one's perspective?
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Sean Spicer
12 years
Wish I could be on the golf course but have to work - must be nice to be President
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Nicholas Kristof
4 years
Prime Minister Modi should remember that many autocrats have battled @AmnestyInternational over the decades -- and most of them are now in the dust bin of history.
@amnesty
Amnesty International
4 years
The continuing crackdown on @AIIndia over the last two years and the complete freezing of bank accounts is not accidental. This is not the end of Amnesty India's commitment to human rights, we will not be silenced by the attacks of the government.
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Nicholas Kristof
6 years
It's staggering that the U.S. President takes the word of a Russian dictator who presides over the killings of journalists, over his own intelligence community.
@ErinBurnett
Erin Burnett
6 years
Trump continues to slam former US intel leaders: “I mean, give me a break, they are political hacks...I mean, you have Brennan, you have Clapper and you have Comey..So you look at that and you have President Putin very strongly, vehemently says he had nothing to do with them”
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Nicholas Kristof
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It was four years ago today that @washingtonpost columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in a Saudi consulate, apparently on orders of the Saudi crown prince. And to this day, MBS has not returned Jamal's remains or explained what happened to them.
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This statement by a bunch of Harvard student groups saying that Israel is "entirely responsible" and "the only one to blame" leaves me shaking my head. Sure, criticize Israeli policies, but excusing Hamas is so absurd it veers into self-caricature.
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Yael Bar tur 🎗️
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This is the final crack in my broken heart - a joint statement from @Harvard students. I could be sitting in class with these students, watching children brutally murdered, raped, kidnapped and their mutated bodies torn apart by a jeering crowd - and hear why it’s justified.
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
7 years
Taxpayers spent enormous sums for Pence to travel so that he could, according to a preset plan, walk out of a game. #GovernmentWaste
@jaketapper
Jake Tapper
7 years
To be clear: @VP flew from NV to IN last night. Went to football game for a few minutes then left in protest. Soon flying back west to CA.
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Nicholas Kristof
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This is stunning misconduct! First the White House bars @cnn reporter Jim @Acosta , and then it publicly shares a doctored video to manipulate public impressions. Not even the Nixon White House did anything this appalling. Words fail me.
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Nicholas Kristof
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The delivery of $1200 stimulus checks to needy Americans is delayed so that President Trump's name can be printed on the checks (nothing like this happened with any previous president). OK. So I suggest that Trump's name also be put on top of tax bills.
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There are many adjectives to sum up Trump's speech. Petty. Incoherent. Defensive. Deceptive. But maybe the most important: Unhinged.
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Nicholas Kristof
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Trump's tweets suggest: 1.) he was personally under investigation for illegally colluding with a hostile power; 2.) he's seriously unstable.
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Nicholas Kristof
4 years
Pres. Trump claims to be the law-and-order president, but he has incited violence and clashes from from Kenosha to Portland. It's part of his effort to distract from the coronavirus and promote fear of chaos among voters. Clashes are Trump's America.
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Nicholas Kristof
4 years
It just started raining here in Oregon!!! Hooray!!!
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Nicholas Kristof
7 years
I’ve reported in despotic countries where a commander’s assertion trumps video evidence. We mocked those nations. Now we’ve become one.
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Nicholas Kristof
7 years
The White House is saying: It’s unpatriotic to question a former general who makes a political claim, even when video PROVES him wrong.
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Nicholas Kristof
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"This is a disease of capitalism run amok." Andrew Yang on opioid addiction, and he's right. He's also right to call for decriminalization, treatment and safe injection sites. Good for him. It's not a popular position, but it's one so many public health experts advocate.
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
4 years
The @SeattleTimes catches Fox News digitally altering photos to mislead the public about the situation in Seattle:
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Nicholas Kristof
6 years
I'm not sure who dug up this old tweet, but Huckabee makes a fair point here.
@SarahHuckabee
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
7 years
When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
7 years
You were right, Mr. Vice President.
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Governor Mike Pence
8 years
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
4 years
I’ve met warlords with more empathy.
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Jeffrey Goldberg
4 years
Donald Trump, in a White House meeting, asked that a military parade exclude wounded veterans, because "nobody wants to see" amputees. My story here:
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
3 years
Just when I thought I couldn't be more horrified.
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Roya Hakakian
3 years
Yesterday some Proud Boys wore shirts with 6MWE insignia. It means 6 million (Jews) wasn't enough. A reminder that if democracy becomes vulnerable, genocidal forces in the wings are ready to rise. Yes, even in America. #CapitolRiots
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
4 years
The debate moderator should be given the right to cut off a candidate's microphone. Just because a president wants to be unpresidential doesn't mean he should be allowed to.
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Nicholas Kristof
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This is a flat lie, and It seems blasphemous as well to lie about God so as to manipulate people to gain personal power.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
4 years
The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat National Convention. At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from-it’s done. Vote Nov 3!
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Nicholas Kristof
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Trump said the Feds were in Portland to "protect" rather than "provoke." But the retreat of the Feds for two nights running, replaced by state police, resulted in peace breaking out. No rubber bullets, no injuries. Pretty clear who was provoking violence.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
4 years
Homeland Security is not leaving Portland until local police complete cleanup of Anarchists and Agitators!
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@NickKristof
Nicholas Kristof
6 years
You know that embarrassing feeling when your toddler has a tantrum in public, and you have to apologize to neighbors? Americans feel that way: Our toddler has just had a tantrum at the G7 summit. Sorry, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Japan, Italy
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Nicholas Kristof
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Pence is more polite than Trump, but I don't think it's helpful for Pence to constantly go over time and talk over both Susan Page and Senator Harris. Reminds people of the Trump pattern of disrespecting women.
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Nicholas Kristof
4 years
President Trump's decision to halt funding for the World Health Organization is a sad effort to find a scapegoat for his own failings. He is now compounding the damage by impeding the global response to #COVID19 , so that even more will die unnecessarily.
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Nicholas Kristof
7 years
An incredible tweet. This is what dictators like Putin do: Use administrative measures to close down news organizations that challenge them.
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Donald J. Trump
7 years
With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!
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