Lawrence Roberts
@lawrenceproberts.bsky.social
Journalist & Author | Alum of great newsrooms including Washington Post, ProPublica, Bloomberg | Book: MAYDAY 1971 -- http://tinyurl.com/yyb9adxb
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Jimmy Cliff, RIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHAb...
Jimmy Cliff Recording The Harder They Come In Studio Session
YouTube video by Perry Henzell
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Jimmy Cliff, RIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHAb...
To understand how and why Dick Cheney exercised power like no other vice president, check out the WaPo's Pulitzer winning series from 2007: www.pulitzer.org/winners/jo-b...
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
To understand how and why Dick Cheney exercised power like no other vice president, check out the WaPo's Pulitzer winning series from 2007: www.pulitzer.org/winners/jo-b...
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If you’d rather not know the worst thing Henry Kissinger ever did to America, “American Experience: Kissinger” is the documentary for you. #AmericanExperience #Kissinger
My review was too long for publishers, so I'm giving it to you free.
www.scribd.com/document/939...
My review was too long for publishers, so I'm giving it to you free.
www.scribd.com/document/939...
October 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you’d rather not know the worst thing Henry Kissinger ever did to America, “American Experience: Kissinger” is the documentary for you. #AmericanExperience #Kissinger
My review was too long for publishers, so I'm giving it to you free.
www.scribd.com/document/939...
My review was too long for publishers, so I'm giving it to you free.
www.scribd.com/document/939...
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NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.
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Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
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October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/o...
Opinion | Who Was Behind the Largest Mass Arrest in U.S. History? (Published 2020)
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October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/o...
RIP Susan Stamberg, icon of the golden age of public radio.
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
RIP Susan Stamberg, icon of the golden age of public radio.
Congratulations to @davidjlynch.bsky.social on publication of his superb new book "The World's Worst Bet," which finally explains one of the great economic puzzles of our time -- the rise and fall of globalization.
Big excerpt from “The World’s Worst Bet” in the Post’s print edition is a nice way to start pub day
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Congratulations to @davidjlynch.bsky.social on publication of his superb new book "The World's Worst Bet," which finally explains one of the great economic puzzles of our time -- the rise and fall of globalization.
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RIP Bill Moyers, an LBJ confidant who went on to become one of the most esteemed journalists of his era. "In an age of broadcast blowhards," writes Janny Scott, the soft-spoken Baptist minister examined power and money in America, winning 30 Emmys. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
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June 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
RIP Bill Moyers, an LBJ confidant who went on to become one of the most esteemed journalists of his era. "In an age of broadcast blowhards," writes Janny Scott, the soft-spoken Baptist minister examined power and money in America, winning 30 Emmys. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...
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Lawrence Roberts
Wrote this book May Day 1971 about Mass
Arrests during the May
Day protest by
The Nixon administration
This was exactly
Like what's happening
Now
It was the largest
Mass Arrest in
American history
Check out this book
For insight into
Today's issues!
Wrote this book May Day 1971 about Mass
Arrests during the May
Day protest by
The Nixon administration
This was exactly
Like what's happening
Now
It was the largest
Mass Arrest in
American history
Check out this book
For insight into
Today's issues!
June 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Lawrence Roberts
Wrote this book May Day 1971 about Mass
Arrests during the May
Day protest by
The Nixon administration
This was exactly
Like what's happening
Now
It was the largest
Mass Arrest in
American history
Check out this book
For insight into
Today's issues!
Wrote this book May Day 1971 about Mass
Arrests during the May
Day protest by
The Nixon administration
This was exactly
Like what's happening
Now
It was the largest
Mass Arrest in
American history
Check out this book
For insight into
Today's issues!
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The head of Sullivan & Cromwell, Trump’s leading enabler among law firms, told partners that the EO’s targeting firms were unconstitutional.
So S&C and its ilk admit they folded instead of suing in cases they believed they would win.
A triumph of greed and expediency.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
So S&C and its ilk admit they folded instead of suing in cases they believed they would win.
A triumph of greed and expediency.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.
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June 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The head of Sullivan & Cromwell, Trump’s leading enabler among law firms, told partners that the EO’s targeting firms were unconstitutional.
So S&C and its ilk admit they folded instead of suing in cases they believed they would win.
A triumph of greed and expediency.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
So S&C and its ilk admit they folded instead of suing in cases they believed they would win.
A triumph of greed and expediency.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
NYT coverage of Donald Trump: "The single largest body of accountability reporting ever produced by a single news organization on a single subject."
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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
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May 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
NYT coverage of Donald Trump: "The single largest body of accountability reporting ever produced by a single news organization on a single subject."
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And here is an episode of The Daily that posted Thursday May 1 that walks through the story. You can listen and/or read. What matters is you engage with this information and are informed. Accountability matters. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/p...
The Crypto President
A Times investigation shows how much President Trump and his family have profited from his championing of cryptocurrency.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And here is an episode of The Daily that posted Thursday May 1 that walks through the story. You can listen and/or read. What matters is you engage with this information and are informed. Accountability matters. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/p...
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This is a tragedy of the first order—a self-inflicted wound on an institution that represents the best of our democracy and civil society. Do you think there is anything like it in Moscow or Beijing?
April 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is a tragedy of the first order—a self-inflicted wound on an institution that represents the best of our democracy and civil society. Do you think there is anything like it in Moscow or Beijing?
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In light of last night’s news from @columjournreview.bsky.social reporting that the Center for Public Integrity will soon dissolve, here’s my column from a year ago analyzing its collapse.
Still important lessons here, especially for boards and funders.
dicktofel.substack.com/p/what-went-...
Still important lessons here, especially for boards and funders.
dicktofel.substack.com/p/what-went-...
What Went Wrong at the Center for Public Integrity?
Reflections after talking with former leaders
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April 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In light of last night’s news from @columjournreview.bsky.social reporting that the Center for Public Integrity will soon dissolve, here’s my column from a year ago analyzing its collapse.
Still important lessons here, especially for boards and funders.
dicktofel.substack.com/p/what-went-...
Still important lessons here, especially for boards and funders.
dicktofel.substack.com/p/what-went-...
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🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring for an investigative reporter to join @propublica.org's national news coverage team!
All the details, including salary range and application form, here 👇👇
We're hiring for an investigative reporter to join @propublica.org's national news coverage team!
All the details, including salary range and application form, here 👇👇
Reporter, National
New York City, United States; Remote, United States
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March 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring for an investigative reporter to join @propublica.org's national news coverage team!
All the details, including salary range and application form, here 👇👇
We're hiring for an investigative reporter to join @propublica.org's national news coverage team!
All the details, including salary range and application form, here 👇👇
Orwell: "Spring is here... and neither the dictators nor the bureaucrats, deeply as they disapprove of the process, are able to prevent it."
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Orwell: "Spring is here... and neither the dictators nor the bureaucrats, deeply as they disapprove of the process, are able to prevent it."
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One of the best journalism jobs in the world is now open: NYT is looking for a new bureau chief to replace me in the Pacific Northwest.
March 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One of the best journalism jobs in the world is now open: NYT is looking for a new bureau chief to replace me in the Pacific Northwest.
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Astonishing must read from @theatlantic.com
US national security adviser adds magazine editor to text chain on Signal, where he, VP, SecState, SecDef, DNI, CIA, White House chief of staff, etc discuss war plans against Houthis, including 2-hour warning of attack
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US national security adviser adds magazine editor to text chain on Signal, where he, VP, SecState, SecDef, DNI, CIA, White House chief of staff, etc discuss war plans against Houthis, including 2-hour warning of attack
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Astonishing must read from @theatlantic.com
US national security adviser adds magazine editor to text chain on Signal, where he, VP, SecState, SecDef, DNI, CIA, White House chief of staff, etc discuss war plans against Houthis, including 2-hour warning of attack
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
US national security adviser adds magazine editor to text chain on Signal, where he, VP, SecState, SecDef, DNI, CIA, White House chief of staff, etc discuss war plans against Houthis, including 2-hour warning of attack
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Hard to imagine ordinary folks thinking it's okay for the White House to bar the Associated Press and Reuters from observing an Oval Office session while bringing the Russian news agency into the room.
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A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...
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March 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hard to imagine ordinary folks thinking it's okay for the White House to bar the Associated Press and Reuters from observing an Oval Office session while bringing the Russian news agency into the room.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/m...
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My kind of breaking news: Robert Caro on next installment of his LBJ biography: “Well, I’ll tell you what pages I’m up to—951.” www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rifl...
Rifling Through the Archives With Legendary Historian Robert Caro
Reams of papers, revealing how the scholar came to write his iconic biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, are preserved forever in New York. But his work is far from over
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February 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My kind of breaking news: Robert Caro on next installment of his LBJ biography: “Well, I’ll tell you what pages I’m up to—951.” www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rifl...
With due respect: Whatever its attributes, Zero Day most definitely does not merit comparison to masterpieces such as The Conversation and Chinatown.
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‘Zero Day’ Is a Throwback Thriller With Modern Echoes
The new Netflix series is a contemporary update of a ’70s-style political drama that is even more contemporary than its creators anticipated.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
With due respect: Whatever its attributes, Zero Day most definitely does not merit comparison to masterpieces such as The Conversation and Chinatown.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...
Great to see the Associated Press commit resources to help fill the huge scary gaps in local investigative reporting around the country, to be led by the talented Ron Nixon.
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AP creates Local Investigative Reporting Program - Editor and Publisher
In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Julie Pace announced AP will launch a Local Investigative Reporting Program led by Ron Nixon.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Great to see the Associated Press commit resources to help fill the huge scary gaps in local investigative reporting around the country, to be led by the talented Ron Nixon.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ap-c...
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ap-c...
Nixon: "If the president approves an action because of the national security or in this case because of a threat to internal peace and order of significant magnitude then the president’s decision in that instance is one that enables those who carry it out to carry it out without violating a law."
NEW: This afternoon, the President tweeted: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Does that sound radical?
Here’s the theory that brought about this unusual, ultra vires moment. It’s called post-originalism. Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
Does that sound radical?
Here’s the theory that brought about this unusual, ultra vires moment. It’s called post-originalism. Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
These Legal Theories on Trump’s Power Could Fuel a Constitutional Crisis (Gift Article)
An increasingly influential group of conservative scholars has some drastic ideas about the president’s power.
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February 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nixon: "If the president approves an action because of the national security or in this case because of a threat to internal peace and order of significant magnitude then the president’s decision in that instance is one that enables those who carry it out to carry it out without violating a law."
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All this and smallpox, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/h...
Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval
Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
All this and smallpox, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/h...