Michael Scherer
@michaelscherer
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Staff Writer at The Atlantic. Ex. WaPo. "You must be or you wouldn’t have come here.” Signal: michaelscherer.11 Also: @michaelscherer.bsky.social
Joined December 2008
Spotted by @wusa9 at Reagan National Airport's air traffic control tower: "will vector for food"
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scoop: this year, an engineer at The Washington Post quit, citing unethical use of A.I. in an un-launched product. The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses. All that, and lots more, in this story with @katie_robertson: https://t.co/PqZwqQPT40
nytimes.com
A.I. has taken newsrooms by storm, setting off industrywide soul-searching about its potential and pitfalls.
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There are so many warning signs about the economy and Republicans have now adopted the Democrat script of claiming everything is fine.
BREAKING: Job postings on Indeed fell -6.4% YoY in the week ending October 31st, now at the lowest level since February 2021. Postings have now declined -36.9% since the April 2022 peak. The number of available vacancies is now only +1.7% above pre-pandemic levels seen in
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Not since tobacco giants has a public company knowingly done so much harm: Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads @CNBC
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Meta projected that about $16 billion in 2024 revenue came from running ads for scams and banned goods, according to a Thursday report from Reuters.
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NEW on CNN: Inside the “absolute shitshow” at the Heritage Foundation. Where staff are in open revolt, a major donor bailing, and resurfaced deleted tweets from Kevin Roberts show him praising Pence and seemingly bashing Trump on Jan. 6th. https://t.co/Nk4igfcWqY
cnn.com
Nick Fuentes, the well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier, has ignited a civil war within the Republican Party — and inside one of Washington’s most prominent conservative think tanks.
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Trump has spent the year trying to settle conflicts around the world. Why might he start one in Venezuela? @missy_ryan @vmsalama @michaelscherer @nancyayoussef explore
theatlantic.com
The United States is amassing an armada in the Caribbean as Trump figures out his endgame with Maduro.
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If you're wondering how the United States found itself on the brink of war with ... Venezuela? This is the story you need to read:
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I think Rufo misreads Baudrillard. The simulacra replaces meaning; it is not devoid of meaning. A hyperreal Nazi can still function like a Nazi. "But this does not make them harmless," Jean writes.
The best way to understand Nick Fuentes is as an actor upon the stage of "hyperreality," promoting an empty simulation of Nazism, which is a gift to the Left and bait for the Right. Outrage drives the phenomenon; a cold, calculated response could stop it. https://t.co/xRu0xymeza
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Heritage leader eats crow on Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes video.
freebeacon.com
"I made a mistake and I let you down and I let down this institution. Period. Full Stop," Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts told the staff of the conservative think tank on Wednesday, a...
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Throwback to March 16th, 2020 the third worst day in the history of the S&P 500 🔴🔴🔴 Here is what the 🇺🇸 stock market looked like on that day
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Thank you, please keep us updated!
I've retained an attorney to take swift and severe legal action against American Airlines and Charleston Airport for allegations they falsified incident reports to defame me. SUING FOR DEFAMATION! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Same photog, Mark Peterson. He has a style.
Want to understand how media bias really works? All of these photos were taken by the same @nytimes photographer.
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Still the worst play in Major League Baseball history
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🚨NEW: @ScottAdamsSays reveals which Trump allies called him after he appealed for president's help with cancer treatment — says there’s "VERY GOOD CHANCE" it saved his life🚨 "I was contacted by Don Jr., who is literally in Africa. Don Jr. is calling me and saying, 'I'm on
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News: During Senate GOP lunch, some R’s said they want to be able to vote on a GOP bill on the Obamacare subsidies — a sign that there’s concern about the politics of rejecting a Dem-drafted bill (and even a bipartisan bill) w/ @bresreports
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