🚨 Late night Reuters SCOOP DOJ gave California 48 hours to match its voter rolls with a thumb drive that got dropped off on Tuesday with the names of suspected noncitizen voters. DOJ says it may sue to throw out ballots if California misses the deadline.

gotta have a special character in there

don't worry, it was password-protected

I'm told by a source familiar with blue states' election defense lawsuits that other states have not gotten similar letters.

🚨 Late night Reuters SCOOP DOJ gave California 48 hours to match its voter rolls with a thumb drive that got dropped off on Tuesday with the names of suspected noncitizen voters. DOJ says it may sue to throw out ballots if California misses the deadline.

And the plague?? Did you talk about the plague????

What a tremendously constructed debate question from the moderator.

I asked VANCE if he planned to run for president. His reply: "Man, I've been asked that question a lot. I'm inherently a procrastinator, and I really haven't thought that much about it." Full transcript of our interview from here in Alaska:

VANCE tells me: "If you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear ⁠weapon, don't build highly enriched fuel. That's a very basic threshold issue. "I think if they want to show a commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, ​they would do something meaningful on their enrichment capacity."

‼️ Reuters EXCLUSIVE: In a one-on-one interview, VANCE tells me Iran must a "meaningful" nuclear enrichment cut to end the war. Says its also unclear who US should negotiate with in Iranian government for a peace deal. Link in thread ⬇️ And full transcript ⤵️

Roses are red Pollinators are luncheoning The IMF says The bond markets are functioning

Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms: *Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef. *Terrible polling for Rs, Trump *Etc Etc Etc

In my heart I never left

📬 SCOOP: US Postal Service chief told associates he wants to quit, sources say Long running frustrations over USPS finances boiled over after a June Senate hearing, sources tell me. The postmaster general previously aired thoughts of quitting. Then postal industry execs took golfing with Trump.

Good for Terry McCauley for calling out the Big 10. Lotta explaining to do at the league office…

Absolute nonsense in Ann Arbor.

Fair winds and following seas, Paul. Congrats on retirement and a great run. I wish I could have purchased all of your reclaimed wooden tables. Alas.

Farewell to “Great Things by Paul” in Frederick, MD. Just an awesome antique/reclaimed shop with super neat furniture. We have a few pieces from Paul, who’s been in the business for nearly 50 years. He’s an institution and so is his shop and barn, which will become a food hall when he moves out.