By Steve Rhodes
Obama did right thing here, but his record on leak prosecutions is abysmal. Hope more pardons on way @SarahStV_HRW https://t.co/Fthk6pJb7J
— Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) January 18, 2017
This is fantastic news, although before giving Obama too much credit here, a reminder that this is just reversing his own act of injustice.
— Joseph Fink (@PlanetofFinks) January 17, 2017
Many Dems whitewashed Obama-era leak crackdowns, which had damaging, chilling effects on NatSec sources & reporting. https://t.co/g4BI8XgoTt
— C.J. Chivers (@cjchivers) January 17, 2017
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Read this, please:
I did a small, partial compilation here – https://t.co/yYTGup3Ykq – but it’s become one of the most cited & valuable archives in journalism. https://t.co/U3S2ZNv9Ie
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 17, 2017
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Would be perfect exit note for the administration that has most vindictively persecuted whistleblowers in US history https://t.co/malOaJH3sY https://t.co/eVAlDMewxV
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 17, 2017
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Manning Files Video Shows U.S. Attack That Killed Reuters Staffers In Iraq.
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The Trews: Obama Unsentimentally
The dissonance between Obama’s words and his actions has been the defining throughline of his political career.
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Flush Boeing Defends Billions In State Tax Breaks
Joins new lobbying effort opposing efforts to make aerospace tax breaks passed in 2013 dependent on maintaining minimum employment levels.
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Honoring The Hala Kahiki’s “Tiki Titan”
And the House of Paradise he outfitted.
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Name Dan Bernstein’s New Partner!
Sure it’s too late, but we were working on some ideas.
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Word Of The Moment: Scathing
Pattern and practice.
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Mac Sabbath: The Treehouse Sessions
Yes. YES. YES!
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BeachBook
Gamblers Turn $300 Bet On Packers Into More Than $28,000, Will Let It Ride.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Imagine the pages of a print newspaper being difficult to turn. That’s what newspaper websites are like.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 18, 2017
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Thank you, Reuters headline writer: pic.twitter.com/4wIA9D8iVJ
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 18, 2017
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“Trump to take oath on two Bibles – his own & one used by Lincoln at his first inauguration.” Would rather see him use:
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 17, 2017
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Hookers, blow and bibles.
Posted on January 18, 2017