Dafna Linzer
@dafna.bsky.social
EVP, Editorial Director U.S. News & World Report. Former Executive Editor, POLITICO; Managing Editor, NBC News & MSNBC. Proud alum @GUpolitics
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Good @oknox.bsky.social piece: "A run to the supermarket costs more now than when Trump took office in January, with staples like beef and coffee more expensive for reasons that include his tariffs, though inflation has remained below its apex under Biden."
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October 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Good @oknox.bsky.social piece: "A run to the supermarket costs more now than when Trump took office in January, with staples like beef and coffee more expensive for reasons that include his tariffs, though inflation has remained below its apex under Biden."
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"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...
Venezuela is Trump’s useful enemy
Despite the president’s claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US’s biggest drug supplier
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October 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...
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Swing state status report: New Quinnipiac Pennsylvania poll shows @governor.pa.gov Josh Shapiro at 60% job approval, Trump 43, Dave McCormick 39. Fetterman is at 46% approval driven by 62% GOP approval. Democrats disapprove 54-33. PA economy, 52% say not so good or poor. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Hits 60% Job Approval,
Leads Republicans In 2026, 2028 Matchups,
Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds;
Dems Sour On Fetterman While GOP Voters Approve Of Him | Q...
"Governor Josh Shapiro clinches an enviable 60 percent job approval and leaves his two potential gubernatorial challengers in the rear-view mirror in a very early look at Pennsylvania's 2026 gubernato...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Swing state status report: New Quinnipiac Pennsylvania poll shows @governor.pa.gov Josh Shapiro at 60% job approval, Trump 43, Dave McCormick 39. Fetterman is at 46% approval driven by 62% GOP approval. Democrats disapprove 54-33. PA economy, 52% say not so good or poor. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This a huge number. 23% of the country couldn’t even see it live. For context, 7.4 million watched the Emmys on CBS and Paramount + combined.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel's return monologue watched by nearly 6.3 million viewers on broadcast TV, despite blackouts in many cities.
September 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This a huge number. 23% of the country couldn’t even see it live. For context, 7.4 million watched the Emmys on CBS and Paramount + combined.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel's return monologue watched by nearly 6.3 million viewers on broadcast TV, despite blackouts in many cities.
September 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel's return monologue watched by nearly 6.3 million viewers on broadcast TV, despite blackouts in many cities.
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New - @NPR reporting “documents with sensitive details” about the Trump/Putin meeting “were left behind on a public hotel printer. “👇🏻
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
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August 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New - @NPR reporting “documents with sensitive details” about the Trump/Putin meeting “were left behind on a public hotel printer. “👇🏻
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NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
“It is rare to see public benefits taken away from people once they’re in place, and this level of cuts to health insurance would be extraordinary.”
We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
Opinion | We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big
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July 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“It is rare to see public benefits taken away from people once they’re in place, and this level of cuts to health insurance would be extraordinary.”
We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...
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Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“On a per capita basis, Jews (in America) face far greater risks of being victims of hate crimes than members of any other demographic groups.”
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Opinion | Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“On a per capita basis, Jews (in America) face far greater risks of being victims of hate crimes than members of any other demographic groups.”
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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor
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June 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
Hands down the most devastating book review I have read in the NYT. And they made it the cover. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b...
A New Biography of Mark Twain Doesn’t Have Much of What Made Him Great
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May 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hands down the most devastating book review I have read in the NYT. And they made it the cover. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b...
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14 ballistic missiles and dozens of drones were aimed at Kyiv last night. This is Putin's follow up to his two hour chat with Trump
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Ukraine war briefing: Multiple injuries as Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and missiles
Explosions heard across capital and fires ignited while Russia and Ukraine begin largest prisoner swap of war. What we know on day 1,186
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May 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
14 ballistic missiles and dozens of drones were aimed at Kyiv last night. This is Putin's follow up to his two hour chat with Trump
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Every SCOTUS case to watch for this summer: www.usnews.com/news/nationa...
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May 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Every SCOTUS case to watch for this summer: www.usnews.com/news/nationa...
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I’ve taught at Princeton and supervised senior theses. If Hegseth had been caught when he submitted this, he very likely would have been suspended for a year and not allowed to graduate with his class. Kudos to the ‘Prince’ from a proud former editor in chief.
Very well reported story, with nuanced tone, by the college paper that taught me so much.
“A review of Hegseth’s thesis by The Daily Princetonian, in consultation with three experts on plagiarism, found eight instances of uncredited material, sham paraphrasing, and verbatim copying.”
May 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’ve taught at Princeton and supervised senior theses. If Hegseth had been caught when he submitted this, he very likely would have been suspended for a year and not allowed to graduate with his class. Kudos to the ‘Prince’ from a proud former editor in chief.
Great college journalism right here.
May 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great college journalism right here.
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He is the best man I ever knew. May his memory be a blessing
May 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
He is the best man I ever knew. May his memory be a blessing
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Pope Leo XIV’s tweet (& RTs) in the wake of George Floyd’s murder
May 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Pope Leo XIV’s tweet (& RTs) in the wake of George Floyd’s murder
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The FAA halted the work of an outside panel of experts scrutinizing its management of air traffic control, a previously unreported move made after a fatal airliner crash near Washington raised questions about the agency’s abilities to keep the skies safe.
FAA suspends work of independent panel reviewing air traffic control
The FAA ordered an independent panel hired to recommend ways to strengthen oversight of its air traffic control operations to stop work.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The FAA halted the work of an outside panel of experts scrutinizing its management of air traffic control, a previously unreported move made after a fatal airliner crash near Washington raised questions about the agency’s abilities to keep the skies safe.
“I supported Pete Hegseth but he needs to go,” writes John Mac Ghlionn.
“What I, and many others, overlooked is now impossible to ignore. This man is dangerously unfit for one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the world.”
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“What I, and many others, overlooked is now impossible to ignore. This man is dangerously unfit for one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the world.”
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May 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“I supported Pete Hegseth but he needs to go,” writes John Mac Ghlionn.
“What I, and many others, overlooked is now impossible to ignore. This man is dangerously unfit for one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the world.”
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
“What I, and many others, overlooked is now impossible to ignore. This man is dangerously unfit for one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the world.”
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
The midday must-reads are out. Make sure to get it emailed right to you www.usnews.com/news/nationa...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The midday must-reads are out. Make sure to get it emailed right to you www.usnews.com/news/nationa...
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Very very important follow up on the Signal story . The clone version of Signal White House officials are using is so insecure it’s already been hacked. www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Very very important follow up on the Signal story . The clone version of Signal White House officials are using is so insecure it’s already been hacked. www.404media.co/the-signal-c...