Author, THE GODS OF NEW YORK. (And, previously, The Bronx Is Burning and The Challenge.) Staff Writer, New York Times Magazine.
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NEWS: My new book is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage 1/4
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NYT did not try to change ground rules. Trump did, asking for only a private meeting and no on-the-record segment, which NYT refused.
I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice
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To save the subway will cost at least $100 billion. To not save it would be a historic act of self-destruction for New York and America. Here's why. nyti.ms/2DVYSWI
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NEW: @jimrutenberg and I visited 3 continents and interviewed more than 150 people for this story on the Murdoch empire: a dysfunctional family that is also the most powerful media company on the planet. Some highlights: nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
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These 18 seconds of Citizen Kane. piped.video/9iMy0969BTw
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NEW: Gretchen Whitmer and I have been talking every other day for two months about what it’s like to run a state during these unprecedented times. She was remarkably open. 1/4 nytimes.com/2020/06/25/magaz…
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In next week's midterms, no state is more consequential than Wisconsin, where the G.O.P. is very close to a veto-proof super-majority in the statehouse, and the Dem governor (Tony Evers) is in a neck-and-neck race 1/4
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What Happened to Rudy? Maybe the better question is: What Happened to Us? How did figures like him become ascendant, not just in America but around the world? My latest. nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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(((Jewish reporters))) targeted by pro-Trump forces on Twitter nyti.ms/2ejOywb
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This, from @jessedrucker is staggering. Among the details: Households earning more than $500k a year can now deduct business losses from stock market gains to reduce capital gains taxes. nytimes.com/2020/04/24/busin…
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Amazing. NBC sat on Trump video for 4 days. The same network that brought you Trump on SNL and the Fallon tussle. wpo.st/l_642
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Gore in 2000: "I offered to meet with him [Bush] as soon as possible so we can start to heal the divisions of the campaign..."
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“For a bottom-feeder like D’Souza, it’s all in a day’s work.”
.@DineshDSouza is indicative of the downward trajectory of conservatism. He made his name with a well-regarded 1991 book denouncing political correctness and championing liberal education. Now he’s mocking school shooting survivors. Me in @PostOpinions: wapo.st/2EQxEW9
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You don't have to be crazy to wonder if we know the truth about how the U.S. found and killed bin Laden. I explore: nyti.ms/1Lm3yBQ
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I Muted Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton During the Debate. I Still Knew Who Won. nyti.ms/2di5PYp
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In recent years, the Murdochs have been at the center of the right-wing populist movement that has destabilized democracies across the English-speaking world. nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
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Presumably leaving his children in charge, which will not resolve fundamental conflicts.
BREAKING: Donald Trump says he plans to set aside business interests to focus on White House bloom.bg/2fCxkO9
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James Murdoch, who wants nothing to do with Fox News, tried to sell his shares in the remaining company to Lachlan. Lachlan didn’t want to buy them.
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I've lived in NYC for 30 years, and have been writing about it for nearly as long. Its future has never felt more up for grabs. Can it become a fairer, more dynamic city, one where anyone can actually make it? nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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Smart @jimrutenberg look at what comes after the media's election bubble bursts nyti.ms/2ee1Ay6
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It's a mistake to see Fox News as a tool of the Trump administration. It's really just one tool among many that the Murdoch empire uses to advance its financial and political agenda.
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Tensions were already running high inside the Murdoch family. The Disney deal made everything a lot worse. “If you take another call on this deal, you will not have a son!” Lachlan told his father during the negotiations.
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I have been thinking about this @BenWeiserNYT story all weekend. It is absolutely heartbreaking, and is a powerful reminder of the connection between homelessness and mental illness. nytimes.com/2018/03/03/nyreg…
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The most hated man in Mexico -- now a national hero, as Mexico upsets Germany. My profile of Juan Carlos Osorio #vamosmexico nyti.ms/2JVSbr7
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On the border area where Trump wants his wall, @mattfleg finds a feral cat & the otherwise undocumented Paul Ryan nyti.ms/2m9JJMj
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Another possibility: It's the job of journalists to tell the truth; not to worry about appearances.
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James lost the succession fight, but after the Disney deal, he dismissed what remains of the Murdoch empire as “an American political project.” James is now striking out on his own, but he and his wife are going to fight the Fox News agenda from outside the company.
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John Carroll believed that newspapering (in the broadest sense) can -- should -- be both important and a blast. May it always be thus.
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The Voice was willing to pick fights, not just cover them. thenation.com/article/what-t…
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Yes, the tape is less October surprise than October confirmation nitter.app/alexburnsNYT/status/78…
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Ivanka Trump -- "Daddy's Little Girl" -- is also daddy's secret weapon. nyti.ms/20MmEtG
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NEW: Biden's thorniest challenge may not be the pandemic or the economy, but what to do about his predecessor. Can America restore the rule of law without prosecuting Trump? nytimes.com/2020/11/17/magaz…
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This is 2 stories: global politics and family drama. The putative Murdoch heirs, James and Lachlan, are different people with different visions. James is a Davos-style globalist, who wanted to depoliticize the company. Lachlan wanted to lean fully into far-right nationalism.
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Perfect: Trump's suit to deport DREAMer will be heard by ... JUDGE CURIEL of "Mexican heritage" fame. usat.ly/2pD6erP
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Must watch. This -- the fight against Trump's rigged-election propaganda -- is the media's biggest test in final weeks here
Donald Trump's biggest lie is about the election itself. Here's what I said on @ReliableSources cnn.it/2eewLKI
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The day after a major dam burst in Michigan, causing an epic flood that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, Whitmer called Trump for FEMA help. He told her that she “looked good on television.” 4/4
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(Yes, in case you are wondering, this story is -- one one level -- the non-fiction version of the HBO show, "Succession.")
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Harper Lee Announces Third Novel, ‘My Excellent Caretaker Deserves My Entire Fortune’ theonion.com/r/50840
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My analysis of the Rolling Stone debacle. nyti.ms/1MV1gzu
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Fascinating look at the Duke lacrosse scandal's role in the rise of Trumpism. nymag.com/daily/intelligence… via @intelligencer
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She guarded Harper Lee like a "junkyard dog." The forgotten editor who helped turn "Watchman" into "Mockingbird." nyti.ms/1Hp8vdn
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If the G.O.P. wins either, they will basically have the power to do whatever they want, even potentially re-write basic election laws. Recall that Wisconsin was the tipping-point state in 2016 and 2020, and only narrowly upheld Biden's victory 2/4
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Actually, they should forget. No reason why it should have any bearing on their reporting.
Reuters EIC: Journalists must not forget "that perhaps a majority of the population may support some of this stuff." snpy.tv/2khioXx
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A deeply reported, thoughtful handling of a very difficult story.
Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College. Tension between a student’s deeply felt sense of personal truth and facts that are at odds with it. My story: nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/sm…
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Lauer fiasco could be a wake-up call for TV execs and actual debate moderators
.@mlauer forum performance could aid @HillaryClinton in debate. If @LesterHoltNBC reads critiques, he won't give @realDonaldTrump same pass.
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! Kushner's "divestment" = selling assets to brother and to trust controlled by his mother. @susannecraig @maggienyt nyti.ms/2jnCD1j
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Lachlan was the frontrunner for the throne. But everything was thrown up in the air in January 2018, when Rupert fell on his way to the bathroom on Lachlan’s yacht. He was so close to death that his wife summoned all of his adult children to his bedside.
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I tried to tell another story here, too, of how the Dems have found themselves on the defensive in so many statehouses around the country. Gerrymandering, yes, but the Dems also brought this on themselves by neglecting local politics for so long. 4/4
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Re-upping this after a big night for @WisDems and @benwikler. Lots of attention has been paid to the GOP's maneuverings in Wisconsin; much less to the work that has gone into rebuilding the state's Democratic party nytimes.com/2022/11/01/magaz…
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Dinkins saw right through Rudy, writing in his memoir that he practiced “the politics of boundless ambition without the guidance of a set of core beliefs or the humility and restraint of experience.”
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NEW: There may be no higher-stakes fight in America right now than the historic -- and heavily politicized -- one over public education. I spent the last few months trying to figure out how we got here. nytimes.com/2023/04/28/magaz…
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Almost 14 years ago, I profiled a JAG who was defending a Gitmo detainee. Incredible that the prison is still open, and that these legal/military heroes are still down there. nytimes.com/2004/06/13/magaz…
Many Say He’s the Least Qualified Lawyer Ever to Lead a Guantánamo Case. He Agrees. Incredible piece by @David_Philipps: nyti.ms/2sb8rzY
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Elizabeth Warren, Hillary surrogate now, progressive thorn in side come 11/9 via @amychozick @mattfleg nyti.ms/2eEBdyN
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"There are all of these rules and norms and laws and you've got to pay attention to them," said a president who was not Donald Trump
great @jonathanmahler dissection of Trump Law (hint: is to real law as Trump Truth is to real truth). nice shoutout 2 r Obama WH ethics ofc!
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I spent a lot of time in Wisconsin in recent months, much of it with state party chair @benwikler who is trying to both prevent this from happening and rebuild the state's Democratic Party 3/4
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"Put it in a drawer," said Fred Trump when presented with a black nurse's rental application. nyti.ms/2bOjSD7
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This is fair and accurate
At this point we do not have a Clinton email scandal, we have a Comey/FBI scandal. The prosecution is now the story predictwise.com/blog/2016/10…
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Just learned that the fired teacher at the center of this story about Friends Seminary has been reinstated by the arbitrator nytimes.com/interactive/2018…
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'No Vacancies' for blacks. @steveeder and I took a look at the family housing empire that launched Donald Trump. nyti.ms/2bOjSD7
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.@MarkLeibovich in peak form with this affecting portrait of an ailing Harry Reid
Washington, under Trump, has devolved into the feral state that Harry Reid, in his misanthropic heart, always knew it could become under the right conditions:
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"Wolff is, to borrow a recent phrase in the news, a sort of perfectly grotesque Boswell to Trump’s Johnson. The duo are a match made in heaven, or perhaps due south." @jmartNYT with a great review of that book nyti.ms/2EnDQjQ
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I’ll take it. Pictures are David Levinthal. (Copy of The Power Broker not visible, but I swear I own one and have even read it.)
Love the art. Would like to know about it. Depth. Lighting. 9/10 @jonathanmahler nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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"We have come to expect so little from our government that it will seem perfectly unremarkable if no major heads roll over a disaster for which leaders across the country all bear some direct responsibility." Truth, from @pareene newrepublic.com/article/1584…
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"Dinkins rebuilt more low-income housing and neighborhoods across the city in a single term than Rudy Giuliani did in two terms while riding far better economic winds." Thoughtful reassessment from @powellnyt nytimes.com/2020/11/25/nyreg…
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Most other cities gave up on their public hospitals years ago. New York's are still standing. They are the indispensable glue beneath the disposable glitter. And they are teeming. My latest, with stunning pictures by the great (and bad-ass) @philip_nyc nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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With virtually no leadership from Washington, Whitmer was left to make incomprehensibly consequential decisions on her own -- though she found some support in a governors-only group chat. 2/4
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In late March, when the pandemic was heating up and states were desperate for help and guidance, one of the governors on Whitmer’s text chain sent this New Yorker cartoon to the group. 3/4
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He's back! But will he stay? @BillSimmons is "furious" at ESPN, thinking about leaving. My story with @RichSandomir nytimes.com/2014/10/15/sport…
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If nothing else, the Trump presidency was going to involve a lot of Trump Lawyers. I examine the species in @nytmag nyti.ms/2tLhwhQ
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Whatever you thought of Gawker & @nicknotned, they were targeted and taken down by a billionaire with a vendetta and that is chilling.
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Or, better still, a "lie." nitter.app/alexburnsnyt/status/77…
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My take on how the Comcast deal blew up -- and the new era of Internet regulation. nyti.ms/1HtUTzM
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My first NYT media story, on why media companies are keeping mum on Comcast mega-merger. nytimes.com/2014/05/02/busin…
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Holy-moley, @jackshafer on Trump and the media should not be missed. politi.co/2f4DyVu
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"Little Marco" is back in the Senate, and may defy Trump (or not). Great @mattfleg nyti.ms/2iHvJqp
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@MenInBlazers remind me of Olbermann and Patrick. Or maybe Car Talk. My NYT profile. @rogbennett @embassydavies nytimes.com/2014/06/26/arts/…
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Trump's fictional claim of winning the popular vote is not news. The NYT probe of his many global biz conflicts is.
Here's the breaking news investigation that Trump is trying to distract you from reading/discussing/retweeting: nyti.ms/2g7M2vT
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"Prose that was savagely funny, deceptively simple and poorly imitated" @danbarrynyt on the best city columnist ever nyti.ms/2nauMcT
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"So I think you have a lot of negativity in these questions." The surreally detached Ivanka rides again
Ivanka Trump is asked a couple of simple explanation questions by Cosmo, flips out, provides no actual answers nitter.app/prachigu/status/776204…
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If you have not yet read this A+ piece by @nickconfessore on Trump & white anger, now is the time. nyti.ms/29xM6OW
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The problem with "I can no longer support the candidate" is the "no longer." What did this tape tell us re him that we didn't already know?
I am disgusted and furious that Republicans think they can wash their hands of Trump. Fuck no. We can't let them. huff.to/2dW6Tmx
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Hadn't heard about this Trump condo scam in Baja. nitter.app/TheDailyEdge/status/77…
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How did Rupert tell Time Warner he was out? A one-sentence e-mail to Jeff Bewkes. nyti.ms/1ozah2Y
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"Instead, he's in a fight with a beauty queen" @amychozick & @grynbaum on Trump & his new Khan, Alicia Machado nyti.ms/2dbdBRI
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"His podcast uniform — bicep-hugging T-shirt, headphones pressed against a bare scalp — calls to mind a high-school wrestling coach who commandeered the AV room." @mattfleg on Joe Rogan is an absolute must nytimes.com/2021/07/01/busin…
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Am still working on the playlist, but it will def include Lou Reed's New York and, of course, Do the Right Thing anthem, Fight the Power
Wow, the great @jonathanmahler is writing a book on NYC in the 1980s. (Hoping for chapters on Area, Fiorucci and David's Cookies.)
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Early look at tomorrow's front page
What Trump said he liked to do to attractive women: "GRAB THEM BY THE P---Y" nydn.us/2dLrQPr
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"If you don’t respect his freedoms, then why the hell are we Americans?" Gr8 Adam Jones intv on Kaepernick protest: usat.ly/2cTD1FS
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.@jmartnyt and @alexburnsnyt go inside the battle over Sessions' seat in Ala, where Trump's nod is still everything nyti.ms/2tXXXU9
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More good news for NFL! Bills cheerleaders sue after being made to ride around on laps of high-rollers in golf carts. nyti.ms/1ulmoiW
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