Danny Hakim
dannyhakim.bsky.social
Danny Hakim
@dannyhakim.bsky.social
NYT reporter. Looking for a home for my 1-2 social media posts per week.
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Breaking News: President-elect Donald Trump chose Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist and an election denier, to be the director of Voice of America, a federally funded broadcaster.
Trump Transition Live Updates: Kari Lake Chosen to Lead Voice of America
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December 12, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Google said its quantum computer needed less than 5 minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe. By Cade Metz www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/t...
Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)
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December 9, 2024 at 8:01 PM
A secret meeting between an NY regulator and an insurance exec has been pivotal to #NRA lawsuit that led to #SCOTUS win earlier this year. But the participants tell me the purported meeting never happened. (NRA disputes their account.) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/u...
After N.R.A.’s Supreme Court Win, a Dispute Over Key Facts
The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the N.R.A. in May hinged on a secret meeting involving a New York regulator. The participants say it didn’t happen.
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December 9, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Applicants for government posts, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election. By david sanger, @maggiehaberman.bsky.social Jonathan Swan

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...
Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test.
Applicants for government posts, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election.
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December 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Donald Trump has "lost faith" in the NRA, one of its top officials says. I also looked at its latest financials, which show the gun group deep in the red. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/u...
Trump Has ‘Lost Faith’ in N.R.A., Says Gun Group Official
In a new letter, an N.R.A. vice president said the troubled group needed to rebuild trust with Donald J. Trump and his inner circle.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
“If the General Assembly is going to start investigating sex, they ain’t going to be able to have a quorum.” The latest from the last active Trump prosecution. Georgia GOP Senators want Fani Willis to testify again about romance w/ lawyer who ran Trump case. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
Georgia Republicans Seek Fani Willis’s Testimony and Records in Trump Case
Ms. Willis, who charged Mr. Trump in connection with his efforts to cling to power after the 2020 election, came under scrutiny over her relationship with a lawyer she hired to lead the case.
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December 3, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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This is amazing: A comprehensive list of everything Trump has said about the media since 2015.

docs.google.com/document/u/1...

This is via @brihreed.bsky.social, who has an excellent podcast, “Question Everything,” about modern journalism. www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
Master List of Trump Statements About the Press (Question Everything)
Trump Press/Media Statements -- Master List US Press Freedom Tracker's Master List: Trump Tweets: 2015 8/14/15: Trump Rally in Hampton, New Hampshire Trump states: “A big portion, not all of it, bu...
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November 22, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Amid various disqualification efforts, election interference cases in Georgia and Arizona are grinding forward. Nobody expects Trump to be tried while he's in office, but many of his current and former aides and allies still might be. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
Unexpected Turns in Trump Election Cases Raise Questions About Their Durability
Canceled oral arguments in one case and a judge’s recusal in another have added to questions about the future of four state cases against Donald J. Trump and his allies.
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November 19, 2024 at 8:55 PM
I’ve been covering the Georgia investigation and prosecution of Donald Trump for nearly four years. Still got a ways to go, looks like. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...
Georgia Election Case Against Trump Could Survive, but With a Long Delay
How far the state’s election interference case gets remains to be seen, but the president-elect almost certainly will not face trial during his term.
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November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Latest on the Ga/Trump case: A special grand jury had recommended more than twice as many people for indictment than the DA ultimately charged, including Lindsey Graham. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/u...
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I'm in the Atlanta courthouse where an indictment has been handed up in the investigation of election interference by Donald Trump and his allies. Should have specifics on who was charged later tonight. We posted a story earlier looking back on what happened in GA after the 2020 election.
Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote
The Georgia case offers a vivid reminder of the extraordinary lengths Mr. Trump and his allies went to in the Southern state to reverse the election.
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November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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At least nine U.S. senators and representatives, both Democrats and Republicans, have sat on the NRA’s board of directors over the last half-century, helping the group exercise unrivaled power. This is the secret history of how they reshaped gun culture. https://nyti.ms/3DDz820
August 1, 2023 at 2:41 PM