Philip Gourevitch

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Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.

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That’s splitting hairs - they’re the same side of the same coin: corruption in all dimensions, big and small. Her biggest fault appears to be getting so much bad press for such petty graft.

@conniemenefee.bsky.socialReposted by @pgourevitch.bsky.social

Magnolia with seed pods and lichen in the October drizzle ... Magnolia is a large worldwide genus that is part of one of the earliest flowering & seed producing plant families (Magnoliaceae) - the family predates bee evolution - beetles and flies pollinate the waxy flowers. 🌿

Elaborate curves, lots of textures and red seeds - magnolia seed pod Magnolia seed pod with bright red seeds and a thick green leafA bumper crop of magnolia seed pods on one treeStanding under inner branches of a large magnolia tree, mosses and lichens embracing me with a sense of millennia - the magnolia is an ancient line
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Zelenskyy: “This week was very difficult for us, not only geopolitically, but also because of massive Russian attacks on our civilian infrastructure. They attacked our energy sector 196 times, our gas and oil 20 times. So far, they've killed 153 civilians.

@brianpjcronin.bsky.socialReposted by @pgourevitch.bsky.social

Hey remember when courts started deciding that if you buy your kid a gun and they use it to kill a bunch of people that you are also legally responsible? Anyway just thinking about that for no reason.

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“A White House spokesman, Davis Ingle, did not deny the contents of Mr. Trump’s text [telling MTG she was to blame for & deserved death threats against herself & her son] but he said the president condemned political violence,” NYT writes, followed by this quote which is in no way a condemnation:

@andycraig.bsky.socialReposted by @pgourevitch.bsky.social

It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social

Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.

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