Drew FitzGerald
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The site of a Tennessee explosion that killed 16 workers was part of an “industry that polices itself.”
Regulators Bypassed Building 602. Then It Blew Up.
The site of an explosion that killed 16 workers in Tennessee was part of an “industry that polices itself.”
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November 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The site of a Tennessee explosion that killed 16 workers was part of an “industry that polices itself.”
Boeing machinists will head back to work in St. Louis after nearly 15 weeks on the picket line: www.wsj.com/business/boe...
Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Five-Year Contract
Roughly 3,200 St. Louis-area machinists ended a nearly 15-week strike that curbed jet-fighter production.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Boeing machinists will head back to work in St. Louis after nearly 15 weeks on the picket line: www.wsj.com/business/boe...
A datapoint as striking Boeing workers vote on a new contract in St. Louis today: Boeing has brought in more Israeli military business than any other U.S. contractor since the war in Gaza began. The breakdown from colleague Benoit Faucon:
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The Gaza War Has Been Big Business for U.S. Companies
The conflict has generated billions of dollars in sales for American firms.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A datapoint as striking Boeing workers vote on a new contract in St. Louis today: Boeing has brought in more Israeli military business than any other U.S. contractor since the war in Gaza began. The breakdown from colleague Benoit Faucon:
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
I’m loving the sandwich puns. Keep ‘em coming.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I’m loving the sandwich puns. Keep ‘em coming.
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There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
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A UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Ky. UPS said that there were three crew members onboard the MD-11 aircraft, and that it was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii.
UPS Cargo Plane Crashes in Kentucky
A Honolulu-bound aircraft with three crew members onboard exploded while taking off, the company said.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Ky. UPS said that there were three crew members onboard the MD-11 aircraft, and that it was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii.
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White House announces new limits on press access at 5 pm on Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
White House announces new limits on press access at 5 pm on Halloween
New: The president’s push to build Golden Dome quickly is giving SpaceX an edge. It’s already poised for a $2 billion windfall from one early effort to track missiles from space. The details w/ @micahmaidenberg.bsky.social:
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www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Win $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal
The funding would support the development of satellites for President Trump’s Golden Dome project.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: The president’s push to build Golden Dome quickly is giving SpaceX an edge. It’s already poised for a $2 billion windfall from one early effort to track missiles from space. The details w/ @micahmaidenberg.bsky.social:
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Golden Dome, meet Golden Fleet. Trump has been telling Navy officials his thoughts on ships for months, sometimes texting late at night. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Trump Pushes for New Classes of Navy Warships
The president is personally involved in discussions for what the Navy is calling the “Golden Fleet.” The new warships would be better suited to counter China and other potential future threats.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Golden Dome, meet Golden Fleet. Trump has been telling Navy officials his thoughts on ships for months, sometimes texting late at night. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The Pentagon’s general counsel “refused to provide a written justification for the strikes”
Exclusive: In a closed-door meeting, senators on both sides pressed the Pentagon’s top lawyer to provide a better legal explanation for striking alleged drug cartel boats.
Lawmakers From Both Sides Pressed Pentagon on Legal Basis for Cartel Boat Strikes
The Defense Department general counsel faced questions from Republicans and Democrats in a closed-door briefing
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October 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Pentagon’s general counsel “refused to provide a written justification for the strikes”
“During a recent response exercise … officials spent the bulk of the time figuring out how many spending memos would be needed in the immediate aftermath of a major Atlantic hurricane.” The estimate: at least 80.
St. Louis is a test case for Trump's policy of shifting disaster relief to the states. But months after a tornado struck, the city is still waiting for $700 million in federal recovery funds, while FEMA workers are assigned to ICE. (gift link)
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FEMA Is Paralyzed. Disaster-Torn Communities Are Paying the Price.
St. Louis’s tornado was months ago, but it’s still waiting for hundreds of millions in federal recovery funds to arrive. It’s part of Trump’s plan to shift responsibility to the states and shrink the ...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“During a recent response exercise … officials spent the bulk of the time figuring out how many spending memos would be needed in the immediate aftermath of a major Atlantic hurricane.” The estimate: at least 80.
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St. Louis is a test case for Trump's policy of shifting disaster relief to the states. But months after a tornado struck, the city is still waiting for $700 million in federal recovery funds, while FEMA workers are assigned to ICE. (gift link)
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FEMA Is Paralyzed. Disaster-Torn Communities Are Paying the Price.
St. Louis’s tornado was months ago, but it’s still waiting for hundreds of millions in federal recovery funds to arrive. It’s part of Trump’s plan to shift responsibility to the states and shrink the ...
www.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
St. Louis is a test case for Trump's policy of shifting disaster relief to the states. But months after a tornado struck, the city is still waiting for $700 million in federal recovery funds, while FEMA workers are assigned to ICE. (gift link)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“Companies don’t build these things on spec” — the Pentagon's call to surge missile production is bumping into funding, supply-chain constraints
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Exclusive | Pentagon Pushes to Double Missile Production for Potential China Conflict
U.S. military leaders are urging defense contractors to increase assembly of 12 critical weapons.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“Companies don’t build these things on spec” — the Pentagon's call to surge missile production is bumping into funding, supply-chain constraints
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Inside you there are two wolves.
There is the Anti-Monarchy Wolf and the Irish Nationalist Wolf. Normally they get along fine but someone brought up Oliver Cromwell and oh boy are they fighting now.
There is the Anti-Monarchy Wolf and the Irish Nationalist Wolf. Normally they get along fine but someone brought up Oliver Cromwell and oh boy are they fighting now.
hot war take: the roundheads were, in relative terms, the good guys in the English Civil War and the cavalier romanticism is reactionary bullshit.
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Inside you there are two wolves.
There is the Anti-Monarchy Wolf and the Irish Nationalist Wolf. Normally they get along fine but someone brought up Oliver Cromwell and oh boy are they fighting now.
There is the Anti-Monarchy Wolf and the Irish Nationalist Wolf. Normally they get along fine but someone brought up Oliver Cromwell and oh boy are they fighting now.
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This is best story by far about the SIM farm uncovered in New York by Secret Service. The intent of the farm is not, as suggested by other stories, to disrupt Secret Service protection of dignitaries attending the UN or taking out mobile service for all NY but about managing criminal enterprises
Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system | CNN
A Secret Service unit set out to unmask the layers of burner phones, changing phone numbers and SIM cards that were swatting American officials. It ended with the largest seizure of SIM servers and ca...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is best story by far about the SIM farm uncovered in New York by Secret Service. The intent of the farm is not, as suggested by other stories, to disrupt Secret Service protection of dignitaries attending the UN or taking out mobile service for all NY but about managing criminal enterprises
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, people familiar with the request said.
Exclusive | U.S. Plans $6 Billion in New Arms Sales to Israel
The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval for the sales, moving forward despite Israel’s recent missile strike on Hamas in Qatar.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, people familiar with the request said.
The remarks were: “the Maga Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Disney said it is pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s show on ABC in the wake of remarks the late-night host made about the killing of Charlie Kirk
Disney to Pull Jimmy Kimmel’s Show After Kirk Remarks
Disney said it is pulling ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show in the wake of remarks he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The remarks were: “the Maga Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
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A Wall Street Journal investigation found that toxic fume leaks on airplanes are becoming more frequent and not much is being done about it.
Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers
Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that toxic fume leaks on airplanes are becoming more frequent and not much is being done about it.
Boeing’s St. Louis-area machinists will keep striking after again rejecting a contract their negotiators had endorsed. “Our members will always have the final say in their futures,” union rep Tom Boelling says.
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Boeing’s St. Louis-area machinists will keep striking after again rejecting a contract their negotiators had endorsed. “Our members will always have the final say in their futures,” union rep Tom Boelling says.
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The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
August 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
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I don’t care what Bill Maher thinks about literally anything, whether I agree with it or not, because it has been decades since he did anything except get attention for saying uninteresting things. People go after Kardashians and so on for “being famous for being famous.” Maher is the same.
August 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I don’t care what Bill Maher thinks about literally anything, whether I agree with it or not, because it has been decades since he did anything except get attention for saying uninteresting things. People go after Kardashians and so on for “being famous for being famous.” Maher is the same.
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ICE has parked outside daycares and churches. Nannies and children watched as ICE raided a business across from the Mount Pleasant library during story time. At Shrine of the Sacred Heart, an usher was arrested on his way to services. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid
Nearly half of the arrests under the security crackdown have been of people in the country illegally.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
ICE has parked outside daycares and churches. Nannies and children watched as ICE raided a business across from the Mount Pleasant library during story time. At Shrine of the Sacred Heart, an usher was arrested on his way to services. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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let your haters become taters in the chip bag of success
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
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Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
let your haters become taters in the chip bag of success