September 2009
Sorry to get all my people in DC excited. RT @attackerman: Sorry kids, my Sunny Day ticket now has a happy home #incircles
RT @attackerman: I have an extra ticket to tonight’s Sunny Day Real Estate show in DC. Holler if you want it, face value, 1st come/srvd
Newt Gingrich sure loves his porn; he keeps honoring who he thinks is the best in the business. http://tr.im/Agd9 (via @TWI_News)
Feels much better having read the @villagevoice cover story (http://tr.im/Agwr) in print. It’s about how New York’s 7 newspapers lumber on.
DOJ Says It’s Pushing Agencies on Openness -... →
RT @Populista: RT @MeghanMcNamara It’s official—all 821 pgs of the Senate climate bill now viewable: http://bit.ly/1Rz9Y7 #CEJAP #cleantech
The definitive @politico story: sex, lies, betrayal and POLITICS!! John Edwards, Andrew Young and the Rielle Hunter story. http://tr.im/AfKi
Crowdsource: I’ll be interviewing @robertgreenwald at 2:30 pm about “Rethink Afghanistan.” http://tr.im/AeCY What do you want me to ask him?
“By firing someone like Peter Galbraith, it is the first sign that fraud is victorious over the law,” qtd. in @TWI_News http://tr.im/Af2F
RT @CREWcrew: CREW is looking for a new comm director. Join us in promoting ethics and accountability in government: http://bit.ly/OyVeq
Crowdsource: I’ll be interviewing @robertgreenwald at 2:30 pm about “Rethink Afghanistan.” http://tr.im/AeCY What do you want me to ask him?
Want to work for @Gothamist? The site’s hiring a contributing editor and also wants some interns in its office in DUMBO. http://tr.im/Aef0
The New New York Machine | Politicker NY →
RT @ClaraJeffery: RT @kate_sheppard CIA opening Center on Climate Change and National Security http://tinyurl.com/y86xhkc
If I were you, I’d get on this right now. RT @propublica: ProPublica’s hiring two reporters and a full-time blogger http://bit.ly/4BikJC
RT @Reuters Americans willing to fund healthcare reform-poll http://link.reuters.com/gud39d
So are we still all Georgians? BREAKING NEWS: Report finds Georgia triggered August 2008 war with Russia. (via @WSJ)
Village Voice - How New York City's Seven... →
via whip-smart aka @jackiehlavenka
Dale Maharidge (@dciever) Interview: Covering The... →
If you’re a Democrat living in NYC, here’s your chance to choose the next Public Advocate and the next City Comptroller. Polls close at 9pm.
Finance committee just officially killed the #public option. Both amendments failed. Schumer’s weaker one went down 10-13. (via @ezraklein)
Wow RT @cbellantoni Former Dem fundraiser Norman Hsu (he bundled all the fake H.Clinton donations in ‘08) sentenced to 292 months in prison.
RT @spj_tweets: Happy International Right to Know Day (or U.S. FOIA, the Ford Mustang of open records laws). http://bit.ly/jIhrA
Today marks three months working at Dow Jones. How fast time flies. #wow
RT @propublica: Thousands of pages released by DOJ on CIA detention programs http://bit.ly/Nib9V
There goes the stronger #publicoption. RT @wonkroom: Rockefeller fails: Conrad, Lincoln, Nelson, Carper vote NO. (Wyden - yes) 8 to 15
RT @carr2n: RT @JBFlint Court dismisses Rather’s case against CBS.
RT @TWI_news: Bill Introduced to Repeal Telecom Immunity http://bit.ly/3ztxH
Truth-seeking professionals and the public: Why is... →
Back in business.: Monday night and 24 hours of no food and no tweets end. (via @Krochmal)
Agreed RT @Chanders: Reading Politico is a lot like reading a comic book: *biff* pow* excitement! *zoom* “the death of” and “the rebirth of”
RT @AdamSerwer: RT @JonHenke: The Washington Post’s big mistake: Confusing neutrality for objectivity. // right on // Agreed.
“If news companies were to collaborate on packaging the best content on the...”
– Scott Karp, CEO and co-founder, Publish2 [PaidContent] (via alexandergordon) (via adamiss)
Buried under the strategy and process analysis, the NYT finds the #publicoption still has a chance, maybe even a good one. http://tr.im/zOp2
RT @AdamSerwer: RT @jaketapper: Civil liberties advocates embrace Law & Order season premiere: http://bit.ly/BGhaE
That letter about the Iranian facility caused some high-stakes international diplomacy over what to do about it. http://tr.im/zO9t
Pakistan's been rocking for years | Asif Akhtar |... →
Najibullah Zazi, From Smiling Face at the Cart to... →
Media Matters: Move over, Drudge, there's a new... →
RT @AdamSerwer: @glenngreenwald It’s hard to watch law and order after the wire, it’s so much more optimistic// Agreed.
RT @GlobalPost: COLLEGE STUDENTS: Join us 9/30 at 5pm EST to find out about life as a freelance journalist. More info: http://bit.ly/14q1oX
Here’s a story for “liberal media” to cover: RT @ThePlumLineGS: NYT poll finds that the public option is more popular than President Obama
Please add value to this. RT @umairh: i’m opening up the awesomeness manifesto. please rt. http://bit.ly/1pyjSL
Lesson for DC journos. RT @attackerman ‘This isn’t a football game. I’m not interested in victory. I’m interested in resolving the problem.’
Nassau County DA will not file charges against Hofstra gang-rape accuser http://bit.ly/4DBF4z (via @jackiehlavenka)
Wow: RT @attackerman: Obama hits the #Afghanistan q out of the park. Praises McChrys, recommits to both destroying AQ & Afgh/Pak stability
RT @DavidCornDC: Is Copenhagen dead?Obama adviser signals White House has given up on a climate change treaty. I reveal http://bit.ly/4rhTIr
Is the Hypocritical War Against ACORN...
jeremyscahill:
How could any sane person put even the wildest allegations against ACORN up against the systematic misconduct and criminality of massive corporations?
By Jeremy Scahill
In the ever-evolving story of the witch-hunt against the community organization, ACORN, Florida Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson and others, have been hammering away on an interesting point about the Defund ACORN...
Where the News Comes From -- And Why It Matters -... →
by Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism