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Personal/unofficial account of @VOANews chief nat'l correspondent; Author: Behind the White House Curtain; Governing board, @pressclubdc, @JURISTNews
Joined December 2008
USAGM today is terminating many of VOA’s contractors. Among those affected are J-1 visa holders who will be forced to leave the country in 30 days. Several of these journalists come from countries where they could be arrested or worse because of their ob…
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Lone cyclist responds to @POTUS motorcade shortly after departing Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. (Photo: @b_smialowski/@AFP)
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All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly.
Karen Pence told @foxandfriends this morning that @VP was not made aware of the @MayoClinic mask policy until his visit was over. This contradicts a Mayo tweet that he was made aware of the policy before beginning his visit.
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A @DCPoliceDept officer says off-duty police officers and members of the military, who were among the rioters, flashed their badges and I.D. cards as they attempted to overrun the US Capitol. via @politico.
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View of the line outside Las Vegas Convention Center of those waiting to get into the @realDonaldTrump #MAGA rally. (Photos sent to me from someone who prefers to remain anonymous)
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House Manager @RepAdamSchiff says he takes this as a threat.
Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!.
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I was the one holding the lighter-colored fuzzy microphone and thus literally in front of @POTUS on the South Lawn. It's all real. Who actually believes this 'faked moon landing' type nonsense and more importantly who is spreading it?.
A video of President Biden answering a few questions from reporters has set into motion an explosion of old or existing conspiracy theories ranging from "green screen video" to "CGI" to "Biden isn't real" to "Biden is dead" to "Biden body double".
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It's confirmed by @ENERGY that @SecretaryPerry spent 22 minutes speaking with Russian prankster he thought was #Ukraine prime minister.
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I've requested details from the @WhiteHouse on this photo. There was no such canine event on today's @POTUS schedule but there is a Medal of Honor ceremony set here for later today for an active duty Green Beret.
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@WhiteHouse @POTUS "It's photoshopped," acknowledges a @WhiteHouse official. The dog is not here at the @WhiteHouse -- yet.
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@WhiteHouse @POTUS Photoshopped from the first Medal of Honor @realDonaldTrump awarded (to James McCloughan of the @USArmy for conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War).
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"Forget about me," begins @PressSec as she welcomes #BTS to the @WhiteHouse briefing room for recognition of #AAPIHeritageMonth.
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Looks like tomorrow’s @WhiteHouse briefing by @PressSec will be brief as 30 minutes after it starts @POTUS is to meet with #BTS in the Oval Office.
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Two @CapitolPolice veterans who were on duty during the #CapitolSiege sue Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the violent mob that injured officers.
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"Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence?" asks @tedwheeler. "It is you. "
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Both @SenatorRisch and @marcorubio have initiated a process for the Senate to quickly pass their Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (S. 1838).
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Several of us in the room, who had not been able to ask questions, still had our hands patiently raised when the briefing ended at the 22-minute mark.
Multiple shootings in multiple Democrat-run cities such as New York and Chicago. Tragic loss of life. But not one question during the briefing.
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National Archives has informed the former president it’ll hand over to special counsel Jack Smith 16 records showing Trump and his top advisers knew the correct declassification process while he was still in office, reports CNN.
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"We're devastated by the recent spate of hate crimes" in the US, is one of the #BTS messages today at the @WhiteHouse. "Music is always a wonderful unifier."
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US District Court Judge Jesse Furman denies request of @TheJusticeDept to change lawyers handling #2020Census case, calling it "patently deficient" and providing no "satisfactory reasons."
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Official @WhiteHouse transcripts misquotes @POTUS today chiding @CeciliaVega (compare video to text). I was sitting just behind her in the Rose Garden and we all clearly heard him say: "I know you're not thinking. You never do.”
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The @WhiteHouse media pool was summoned to gather and then was dismissed with no explanation.
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In response to my question about the USS John S. McCain collision @POTUS at @WhiteHouse South Portico replies “that’s too bad.”
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The breakfast is underway, hosted by @JustinTrudeau, who says time is tight and they'll get started without waiting for any "stragglers." (@POTUS has not yet been spotted in the room).
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After the @POTUS statement, I queried @SebGorka (former deputy assistant to @POTUS) in the @WhiteHouse Rose Garden about why he blocks so many journalists (including me) on Twitter, despite insisting that people on social media shouldn't be blocked. Here's what happened.
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First known lawsuit filed against the #NationalEmergencyDeclaration by @POTUS.
BREAKING: We just sued Trump over his fake national emergency. If Trump gets away with this, there's no telling what the next concocted "emergency" will be, who will be targeted and what emergency powers will be claimed. We refuse to tolerate this slide to authoritarianism.
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“Protesters did not stop people from going to that rally. The fact is people didn’t show up," says Chris Wallace on @FoxNewsSunday.
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A Border Patrol agent who was nearby when the #UvaldeSchoolShooting began rushed into the school without waiting for backup and shot and killed the gunman, who was behind a barricade, reports @AP.
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NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY -- @WhiteHouse.
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The @WhiteHouse principal deputy press secretary, @hogangidley45, just spoke at length to @foxnews — but says he has no time to answer even a single question on #Turkey or any other subject from the rest of us.
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Federal watchdog agency determines @WhiteHouse counselor @KellyannePolls violated #HatchAct on numerous times by “disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media.”.
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A federal judge has ordered @USPS to use its Express Mail Network this week to deliver ballots for #Election2020, reports @Reuters.
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The sharp rise in Hubei #coronavirus cases is supposedly due to the use of new methodology. That aside, it reveals a much more serious situation there than previously revealed.
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The video replaces the @LuisFonsi song @JoeBiden actually played on his phone with one from #NWA. How do I know this? I was in the room for the Hispanic event in Osceola County, #Florida.
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Former @GOP and @realDonaldTrump donor Elliott Broidy enters guilty plea; admits to acting as an unregistered foreign agent for interests of #China and #Malaysia and accepting millions of dollars to secretly lobby the administration.
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At #ROK Blue House @POTUS, @IvankaTrump and @jaredkushner greeted by @moonriver365 and K-Pop boy band Exo. (Radio pool photo: @karentravers)
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This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the @WhiteHouse North Lawn, just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day.
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Asked about @JohnKasich speaking at the #DemocraticConvention, @POTUS replies: “He was a loser as a Republican, and he’ll be a loser as a Democrat.”.
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Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in Nov. 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report, reports @WSJ. #Coronavirus #China.
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Personal thread: . Departing my @WhiteHouse assignment today that spanned two presidents and five press secretaries over 1,643 days (~149 Scaramuccis).
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Top four tweeted elected US officials not a surprise (@realDonaldTrump, @VP, @SpeakerRyan and @BarackObama), but in 5th place is a #California congressman: @RepTedLieu.
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Federal court rules @POTUS order to exclude undocumented immigrants from #2020Census for apportioning congressional districts is unlawful.
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#Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's trip to Belgrade has been cancelled after countries around #Serbia close their airspace to his aircraft, a senior foreign ministry source tells @interfax_news.
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On Air Force One, @LindseyGrahamSC tells reporters he owns an AR-15 in case "there's a hurricane, a natural disaster, no power, no cops, no anything" and looters will know not "to come to the AR-15 home.".
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Just released by the @WhiteHouse: Two official Joyce Boghosian photos showing #coronavirus patient @POTUS working inside his @WRBethesda hospital site.
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Former @realDonaldTrump campaign Deputy Campaign Manager Rick Gates and former @WhiteHouse National Security Advisor Michael Flynn for subpoenaed by @HouseIntel.
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One other revelation from tonight's @LesleyRStahl interview with @POTUS is 'The Republican Club' portrait by cowboy painter Andy Thomas is on a wall in the @WhiteHouse.
Now on 60 Minutes: There's less than a month until the mid-term elections. Hear what President Trump has to say about some of the issues that will likely be motivating voters at the ballot.
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Former Acting AG @MattWhitaker46, who earlier this month told a congressional committee @realDonaldTrump had never pressured him over the various investigations, "is now under scrutiny by House Democrats for possible perjury," reports @nytimes.
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No details from @WhiteHouse on today's @POTUS "meetings." Attire and mode of transport suggest more leisurely pursuits at his golf course.
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US “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including @tiktok_us, @SecPompeo tells @FoxNews, cautioning that people should only download that app “if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”.
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In a @washingtonpost op-ed this morning, recently retired @USArmy Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says: "At no point in my career or life have I felt our nation’s values under greater threat and in more peril than at this moment."
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The municipality building in Tel Aviv is lit in the colors of the American flag in solidarity with the victims of the #TreeOfLifeSynagogue shooting. (Photo: @Reuters/Nir Elias)
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Remarkable ad addressed to @Nationals fans from an @astros fan in the sports section of this morning’s @washingtonpost. #WorldSeries
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An alert has been issued by @CISAgov to election officials warning of vulnerabilities in @DominionVoting systems used in 16 states that hackers could exploit, reports @AP.
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Huge mistake in readout just issued by @WhiteHouse for @POTUS-Xi pre-bilat remarks: "PRESIDENT XI OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA"
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“The President of the United States will be making a major statement tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock from the White House,” according to @WhiteHouse statement.
Something very big has just happened!.
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Unsealed after nearly 45 years: Grand jury was prepared to indict President Richard Nixon on four criminal counts:
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Neighbors report two upscale DC restaurants on New Mexico Ave. just raided by DHS/ICE: Chef Geoff's (owned by the husband of CBS News' Norah O'Donnell) and Al Dente.
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"All these Jews need to die," suspect tells police on scene at Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
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"Look how nice your parents are behaving. I can't believe this," @POTUS says to children of @WhiteHouse journalists. "They're not screaming. They're not going wild."
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Being held without bail on murder, other charges in Charlottesville hit-and-run: James Alex Fields, Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio.
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Asked if he’s seen the #Borat2 footage and if he’s worried about security breaches, @POTUS replies: “I don’t know what happened. But years ago, you know, he (@SachaBaronCohen) tried to scam me and I was the only one who said no way. That’s a phony guy and I don’t find him funny.".
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District of @SpeakerPelosi in San Francisco was among those the @WhiteHouse wanted to target, according to @DHSgov officials who spoke to @washingtonpost.
White House tried to pressure U.S. immigration officials to release detainees into 'sanctuary cities' to target Trump's foes
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