Charlie Savage
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The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Trump y compañía dicen que Maduro lidera un ‘cártel’. Esto es lo que significa
Los venezolanos acuñaron un término para referirse a los generales corrompidos por el dinero del narcotráfico: “Cártel de los Soles”. Estados Unidos se lo tomó literalmente.
www.nytimes.com/es/2025/11/1...
Los venezolanos acuñaron un término para referirse a los generales corrompidos por el dinero del narcotráfico: “Cártel de los Soles”. Estados Unidos se lo tomó literalmente.
www.nytimes.com/es/2025/11/1...
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump y compañía dicen que Maduro lidera un ‘cártel’. Esto es lo que significa
Los venezolanos acuñaron un término para referirse a los generales corrompidos por el dinero del narcotráfico: “Cártel de los Soles”. Estados Unidos se lo tomó literalmente.
www.nytimes.com/es/2025/11/1...
Los venezolanos acuñaron un término para referirse a los generales corrompidos por el dinero del narcotráfico: “Cártel de los Soles”. Estados Unidos se lo tomó literalmente.
www.nytimes.com/es/2025/11/1...
DOJ filing shows prosecution considers Comey telling Graham he didn't remember getting a memo w/ the 'Clinton plan' thing to be part of the case. Grand jury no-billed the attempted perjury charge but they think it's still evidence for obstruction charge. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
DOJ filing shows prosecution considers Comey telling Graham he didn't remember getting a memo w/ the 'Clinton plan' thing to be part of the case. Grand jury no-billed the attempted perjury charge but they think it's still evidence for obstruction charge. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Trump administration's two-step hack of the system by which executive branch lawyers are supposed to help keep the presidency within the rule of law.
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Trump administration's two-step hack of the system by which executive branch lawyers are supposed to help keep the presidency within the rule of law.
I turned on Alexa+, Amazon's new AI enhanced voice assistant, yesterday. While eating dinner a few minutes ago, asked for an update on the Cubs-Padres game and it said this. In real life, the Cubs were up 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth. So Alexa+, like other AIs, hallucinates and is unreliable.
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I turned on Alexa+, Amazon's new AI enhanced voice assistant, yesterday. While eating dinner a few minutes ago, asked for an update on the Cubs-Padres game and it said this. In real life, the Cubs were up 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth. So Alexa+, like other AIs, hallucinates and is unreliable.
I appreciate that Tom Brady is resisting the NFL sportscaster fad of clownishly garish men’s suits
September 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I appreciate that Tom Brady is resisting the NFL sportscaster fad of clownishly garish men’s suits
Congratulations to my friend and colleague David Gelles on his new book “Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune and Gave It All Away”
September 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Congratulations to my friend and colleague David Gelles on his new book “Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune and Gave It All Away”
Anyone know why the Key Bridge into DC has been shut down during morning rush hour?
August 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Anyone know why the Key Bridge into DC has been shut down during morning rush hour?
I see some grasping at the line in the annex about how some IC analysts told Durham the emails looked likely authentic. Read the dates in the footnotes people. That was his starting point in going down this rabbit hole, before he gathered all the evidence to the contrary.
August 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I see some grasping at the line in the annex about how some IC analysts told Durham the emails looked likely authentic. Read the dates in the footnotes people. That was his starting point in going down this rabbit hole, before he gathered all the evidence to the contrary.
Feels like a James Joyce book should be in here
July 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Feels like a James Joyce book should be in here
Interesting experiment in defining "woke/PC." I asked Grok why it was saying antisemitic things and it explained that after Musk said to make it less woke/PC, xAI dialed down its content filters so it started amplifying harmful and biased patterns from X threads.
July 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Interesting experiment in defining "woke/PC." I asked Grok why it was saying antisemitic things and it explained that after Musk said to make it less woke/PC, xAI dialed down its content filters so it started amplifying harmful and biased patterns from X threads.
Career day for Michael Busch
With 8, most homeruns in a game ever by a Cubs team, but that Blue Jays' 10 remains the GOAT
With 8, most homeruns in a game ever by a Cubs team, but that Blue Jays' 10 remains the GOAT
July 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Career day for Michael Busch
With 8, most homeruns in a game ever by a Cubs team, but that Blue Jays' 10 remains the GOAT
With 8, most homeruns in a game ever by a Cubs team, but that Blue Jays' 10 remains the GOAT
Cubs today so far
July 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Cubs today so far
After the adverse 9th Circuit ruling on Trump's ability to take federal control of the California National Guard, the state is trying to slow its broader legal challenges to Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles way, way down.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
After the adverse 9th Circuit ruling on Trump's ability to take federal control of the California National Guard, the state is trying to slow its broader legal challenges to Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles way, way down.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
To the extent the Trump 1.0 admin addressed its understanding of the scope of unilateral presidential war powers, this 2018 OLC memo about bombing Syria for using chem weapons was it. Only addressed domestic law issues; ignored international law.
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/u...
June 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
To the extent the Trump 1.0 admin addressed its understanding of the scope of unilateral presidential war powers, this 2018 OLC memo about bombing Syria for using chem weapons was it. Only addressed domestic law issues; ignored international law.
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/u...
Tulsi Gabbard in the 2020 election cycle
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tulsi Gabbard in the 2020 election cycle
American Bar Association responds to May 29 Pam Bondi letter (which she posted online but they never received) cutting it off from any ability to perform its traditional professional vetting of judicial nominees (long pre-nomination, but since '17 post nomination) static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
June 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
American Bar Association responds to May 29 Pam Bondi letter (which she posted online but they never received) cutting it off from any ability to perform its traditional professional vetting of judicial nominees (long pre-nomination, but since '17 post nomination) static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
What a great conceptual dis from Christopher Rufo: “competitive bibliography”
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
What a great conceptual dis from Christopher Rufo: “competitive bibliography”
