Lachlan Cartwright
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Co-founder @BreakerMediaNYC. [email protected] Get on the waitlist for our launch: https://t.co/RjonFkGrHU
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Joined November 2011
Some personal news — excited to announce that I'm joining forces with @ravisomaiya to launch Breaker Media. A new publication that will cover money, scandal, media, entertainment, tech, art, fashion and the deeply weird:.
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Anna Wintour’s neighbor hands out drinks to workers from The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica who are picketing the Condé Nast bigwigs home as part of a protest for better wages
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NEW: Michael Cohen has been spending his time behind bars writing an explosive tell-all book about his stint as Trump’s personal lawyer
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Mary Trump: You Can’t Gag Me Because Settlement Was a ‘Fraud’
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NEW: Details of Mary Trump's book are being closely guarded by its publisher but it will include conversations with Trump’s sister, retired federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry, that contain intimate and damning thoughts about her brother
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This week I was threatened with a $5m lawsuit by a major media organization hoping to kill a story. While the legal threat was without merit its a timely reminder of the stress journalists face trying to do their jobs. Thankful for those who have supported me these last few days.
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I've spent the last week speaking to New York magazine staffers and campaign insiders to get a sense of how the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr. scandal unfolded behind closed doors—and how all involved might move from here. My first yarn for @VanityFair — .
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Scoop: Washington Post senior politics editor Dan Eggen is being removed from his post at the end of the year. In a message to colleagues he writes: "I struggled with how to write this message since there is an element of begging to it that is not particularly attractive. But.
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Christopher Street Pier - 4:48pm. Not sure if the message is getting through.
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Tucker Carlson will interview Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday night, per a network spox.
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Donald Trump Seethes About Michael Cohen’s Early Release and New Tell-All Book. The latest in the saga of Trump and his former fixer with @swin24
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NEW: NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Shakeup Puts Chuck Todd in Jeopardy
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NEW: Tucker Carlson ‘Shitting Himself’ Scared That His Alex Jones Texts May Leak
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For seven years I’ve been waiting to tell the story of what life was like on the inside of The National Enquirer during the notorious “catch and kill” campaign that now stands at the heart of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial. My story for @NYTmag — .
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NEW: Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s Niece, Is Set To Publish A Tell-All This Summer – and will reveal she was a primary source for The New York Times’ investigation into Trump’s taxes supplying Fred Trump Sr.'s tax returns to the paper
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what the hey: I was informed Monday that I will be removed as senior politics editor at the end of the year. I will leave it to others to explain why." Eggen says he is "crushed" by the news. I have reached out to @washingtonpost for comment.
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Statement from David Letterman on Norm Macdonald's death: "In every important way, in the world of stand-up, Norm was the best. An opinion shared by me and all peers. Always up to something, never certain, until his matter-of-fact delivery leveled you.
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EXCLUSIVE: High-profile journalists, including Matt Lauer, Jeff Fager and Glenn Thrush have worked with a law firm that brags about "killing stories". My latest investigation for @thedailybeast
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Fox News has laid off at least 16 employees, including Chris Stirewalt, who oversaw the election projection that pissed off Trump. Insiders say the firings are part of an ideological purge. with @justinbaragona @dianafalzone @maxwelltani @AndrewKirell.
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A hundred protesters are currently picketing Anna Wintour’s NYC townhouse chanting “bosses wear Prada workers get nada”.
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Anna Wintour does not appear to be home but her next door neighbor came out of their townhouse to cheer on the protesters
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The protesters from the NewsGuild and New Yorker Union are picketing Anna Wintour’s home as part of an escalation in their stalled contract negotiations with Condé Nast
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A Sony executive who sent porn to women at work. An alleged sexual harasser who reviewed NBC’s Harvey Weinstein story. From one company to another, scandals emerge under Andy Lack’s leadership. My latest @thedailybeast investigation with @maxwelltani
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In light of the news that NBC News Group President Andy Lack is stepping down from the network I'm re-upping this investigation @maxwelltani @thedailybeast did in 2018 - Accused Sexual Harassers Thrived Under NBC News Chief Andy Lack
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If Cohen does flip its likely to lead to a chain reaction - already hearing a couple of others ensnared in the SDNY probe have been cooperating in the hopes of diverting attention away from them and onto Cohen. Talk about loyalty. Welcome to Flip Week!.
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My first yarn for @thedailybeast TMZ Goes MAGA: How Harvey Levin’s Gossip Empire Became Trump’s Best Friend
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NEW: Judge Tosses Trump Family Attempt To Block Mary Trump’s Tell-All
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NEW: The Editor in Chief of The Daily Beast, Tracy Connor, is stepping down and being replaced by Brit Hugh Dougherty formerly an editor at The New York Post and Daily Mail.
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Former Melania Trump Confidant To Release an ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Before the Election
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“I think it’s fair to say in January we will be pulling the trigger on multiple litigation matters," libel attorney Tom Clare told @thedailybeast about the legal threats he has sent to Newsmax, Fox, and OAN on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems
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NEW: Statement from Ryan Lizza — “Olivia shamelessly used litigation with false and defamatory allegations as a public relations strategy. When required to do so, she refused to defend her claims in court last month. She then sought to hide my response to her claims from the.
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As first reported in @thedailybeast's Confider newsletter on Monday evening. Sign up here @peterjukes @BylineTimes
Legal threats are always initially stressful… and then you look deeper, and realise what’s going on. Worth noting Dan Wootton is no longer represented by @Mishcon_de_Reya. The law firm that is now acting for him is @griffinlawuk.
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In January a spokesperson for James Murdoch exclusively told @thedailybeast “Kathryn and James’ views on climate are well established and their frustration with some of the News Corp and Fox coverage of the topic is also well known"
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Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott’s Job Is in Jeopardy, Insiders Say with @justinbaragona @TheLloydGrove @dianafalzone.
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Scoop: Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight Are on ABC’s Chopping Block. A decision on the future of the famed politics & sports analysis site is set to be made by the summer when Silver’s contract is up, multiple people with knowledge of the situation tell me.
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Some personal news, as they say — after 3 years as senior reporter at @thedailybeast I’m stepping into the role of editor-at-large succeeding the legendary @thelloydgrove who is retiring after more than four decades in journalism. Excited for this next chapter at The Beast!.
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NEW: Trump Considers Suing His Niece Mary Over Her Tell-All Book, Saying She Signed an NDA
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One person in Peter Thiel’s circle tells @thedailybeast that Thiel has been “shit-talking” Trump over what he views as the president’s hamfisted and botched handling of the pandemic
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I just emailed the comms person at Ozy for comment following Carlos Watson's remarks that Ozy is back in business and I received this message: "Your message couldn't be delivered to terminations@ozy.com".
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How did Vice that was valued at $5.7 billion just a few years ago wind up going bankrupt and folding its newsroom? Look no further than its brash (and still highly paid) founder, Shane Smith, whom many blame for its demise. My latest for @THR — .
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NEW: Fox News Staffers Erupt Over Network’s Racism: Bosses ‘Created a White Supremacist Cell’.
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NEW: Mary Trump Free to Dish on Her Family and Talk About Tell-All Book, Judge Rules
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NEW: Dominion Says It Will Sue MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Fraud Claims with @swin24 and @arawnsley.
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Some personal news, as they say — after almost 6 years at @thedailybeast I'm joining @THR to cover the intersection of media, entertainment and politics and launch a new newsletter. I've had a cracking run at The Beast and looking forward to more scoops at The Hollywood Reporter!.
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NEW: CNN boss Chris Licht is a dead man talking. That’s the damning judgment from dozens of CNN on-air talent, producers, and journalists who’ve spoken with Confider in the days since Licht’s assisted career suicide-by-profile ran in The Atlantic.
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EXCLUSIVE: NBC Threatened Ronan Farrow If He Kept Reporting on Harvey Weinstein
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‘Women Are Furious’: NBC Roiled by @RonanFarrow Book Accusations: “I honestly want to throw up,” one NBC employee told @thedailybeast amid new disturbing claims about the network’s dealings with Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer
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NEW: NBCUniversal will give Maddow $30 million annually while ending her show next year and giving their top star a more flexible schedule than ever before Story with @maxwelltani.
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Meghan Markle On Social Media’s Toxic Impact: “Even If It’s Making Dollars, It Doesn’t Make Sense”
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Murdered Russian Journalists In Africa Were Onto Something Dangerous for Putin
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.@CNN reports @60Minutes EP Jeff Fager has extended his vacation while @CBS probes sexual harassment allegations against him 1st reported by @RonanFarrow. Fager hired a law firm that boasts about "killing stories" to avoid this situation #wearenottheenemy.
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'“The hypocrisy of an investigative news program shutting down an investigative print story is incredible,” one told me. On a 2nd read @RonanFarrow's latest @newyorker piece continues to blow me away. Incredibly well reported yarn.
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She lied to her readers. She lied to her colleagues. She lied to reporters. And she lied to the judge in this case. I said I would defend myself against her lies vigorously and successfully and I am fully prepared to do so. But for now, I’m pleased this matter is closed.”.
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I'm very lucky that the vast majority of people I work with are professionals. Today for the first time in years I dealt with 2 muppets — who I'm tempted to name & shame but will resist — who leaked a story to a competitor that @swin24 & I have been working on for the last week.
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NEW: Shepard Smith Returning to Cable News With CNBC Show.
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NEW: Billionaire MAGA Fan Peter Thiel Has Had It With Trump’s COVID-19 Response. with @swin24 @lachlan @attackerman.
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"I was always delighted by his bizarre mind and earnest gaze. (I’m trying to avoid using the phrase, “twinkle in his eyes”). He was a lifetime Cy Young winner in comedy. Gone, but impossible to forget."
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Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent and alleged pimp to Jeffrey Epstein, is in custody in Paris after attempting to board a flight to Dakar The latest with @BLNadeau.
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public by seeking to seal the proceedings that she began. Now, on the eve of a hearing at which she knew her lies would be exposed, she has taken the only course available to her and withdrawn her fabricated claims. Olivia lied to me for almost a year. She lied to her editors.
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NEW: As part of a campaign of legal threats against media organizations in the days leading up to the election Donald Trump threatened the New York Times and Penguin Random House with a $10 billion lawsuit over critical coverage. My first yarn for @CJR —
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Joining @AriMelber on @TheBeatWithAri on @MSNBC in 15mins to chat about this @thedailybeast yarn I broke overnight. Tune in!.
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“Everything about this was rollout points to [Discovery board member] John Malone and [Discovery CEO] David Zaslav,” a person familiar with the situation told The Daily Beast. “Chris Licht did not want to do this.” with @CorbinBolies @ZTPetrizzo.
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New York Magazine EIC David Haskell has spoken about the Olivia Nuzzi/RFK jnr relationship for the first time since Nuzzi left the mag. “That has been the hardest thing for me in my job,” he told @InterviewMag. “Olivia’s radically talented. She has published amazing journalism….
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told @thedailybeast last week regarding Dominion: “If they sue me, I would be so happy.”
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“The use of a legal letter by William as a future king is very much a move of last resort,” Duncan Larcombe, former royal editor of the Sun told The Daily Beast, adding, "the old saying was ‘never complain and never explain’
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“It’s like Jaws—you don’t see Jaws very much, but you hear the music, and for Trump he knows Michael is coming and Trump better hear the Jaws music,” @TomArnold told The Daily Beast about Michael Cohen's plans to release an explosive tell-all book
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Joining @TheBeatWithAri on @MSNBC a bit after 6pm to discuss my @thedailybeast investigation into @TMZ and @HarveyLevinTMZ's cosy relationship with @realDonaldTrump. Tune in!.
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NEW: Inside CNN CEO Mark Thompson's massive overhaul, where Chris Wallace is being offered a pay cut, and Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer were renewed without raises. "Flat is the new up," one top agent tells me. My first yarn for @TheAnkler —.
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Scoop: Kim Masters, the long serving Editor at Large of The Hollywood Reporter, is leaving the magazine to join Puck, I'm told. Masters was making almost $400,000 a year at the Penske publication, according to @LAmag
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Harvey Weinstein's team tried to discredit accuser Melissa Thompson. Now, emails reveal her account of the alleged rape immediately after it occurred. "I fucked something disgusting and I did not want to," she wrote a friend.
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War Between Kimberly Guilfoyle and Fox News Explodes Over Dueling ‘D*ck Pics’ Claims
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SCOOP: MSNBC have re-upped Rachel Maddow as part of a multi-year deal but with a pay cut. Maddow had been making $30m a year. My latest yarn for @TheAnkler — .
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NEW: Meghan Markle’s Dad Sues Ruthless Paparazzi Behind Staged Photoshoot with @maxwelltani.
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NEW: A heated early-June phone call between Fox execs and Black staffers was just the beginning of an internal revolt against racism at the network with @TheLloydGrove @AndrewKirell @NoahShachtman @justinbaragona.
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NEW: Rupert Murdoch Predicts a Landslide Win for Joe Biden
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Former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek has been charged with transportation of child porn. Despite a report by Rolling Stone suggesting Meek was raided by the feds over his journalistic work, Confider reported in October that wasn't the real story
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“I’m in shock. I went to bed last night having read the list assuming I wasn’t getting a pardon,” Albert Pirro Jr., ex-husband of Judge Jeanine Pirro, told @thedailybeast
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Anti-Vax Aussie Billionaire Is a Wannabe Trump on Steroids Another cracking Power Trip yarn from the one and only @Noah_Kirsch via @thedailybeast.
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NEW: Olivia Nuzzi has withdrawn her request for a protective order against her ex-fiance Ryan Lizza in a Washington court, according to a person familiar with the situation. More TK.
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.@thedailybeast deep dive on Fox News' racism problem published last Friday including allegations by current and former staffers against @TuckerCarlson. Tucker last night giving @thedailybeast a shout out
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In an email to the newsroom New York Daily News editor-in-chief Robert York has just announced the reinstatement of the papers summer intern program — just days after new owners Alden Global Capital cancelled it leaving 4 interns in the lurch.
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As Rupert Murdoch appears to be once again amplifying Donald Trump, his heir, Lachlan, is being courted by the Republican ex-president. How MAGA Took Back Murdochland is my latest yarn for @THR — .
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Since the fall I’ve been working on a special project with some of the best in the business. I’m so chuffed to announce Source Material – a new weekly @thedailybeast newsletter reporting on the nexus of media, politics and entertainment. Sign up now!
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Fox News to Keep Paying Karl Rove While He Leads Georgia GOP Fundraising with @justinbaragona.
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Mary Trump update: Judge has just punted his decision on the Temporary Restraining Order to Monday - a day before her book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man is due out. You won't be seeing Mary promoting the book on the Sunday shows!.
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One of the contenders for the @washingtonpost top gig as editor, Matea Gold, is leaving @washingtonpost for @nytimes per Oliver Darcy. In conversations I’ve had with WaPo journos they see this defection as one of many to come. I’m told there are several big names looking to leave.
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CNN boss Jeff Zucker had felt serious heat from infuriated talent over the latest Chris Cuomo revelations, including from Jake Tapper, and acted to yank Cuomo off the air while a review is carried out. The latest with @justinbaragona and @AndrewKirell.
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“Hugh’s appointment signals the start of our transformation of the newsroom and underlying business as we confront the realities of the moment and seize the opportunities ahead,” Chief Content Officer Joanna Coles and CEO Ben Sherwood wrote to staff in a memo obtained by THR.
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Maria Farmer, who was an art student when Epstein abused her, was elated to hear the news of Leon Black’s imminent resignation as chairman of MoMA. “For so long, I was a lonely voice screaming into the forest. Now people are listening!” with @kbriquelet.
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NEW: In the latest twist in a bitter feud involving the heirs of Walt Disney the legendary animator’s grandson and heir is attacking executives for protecting their lucrative bonuses while furloughing workers
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Days before the presidential election, a lawyer for Donald Trump sent a letter to the New York Times and Penguin Random House demanding $10b in damages over critical articles. “It really has a mental chilling effect to be under a microscope like that."
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NEW: President Trump’s Ex Marla Maples Has Been Hitting Up Trump’s COVID Hotline with @swin24.
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Mary Trump’s explosive tell-all about the president details her uncle’s leering comments, his cheating on the SAT’s, and how his own sister called him a clown
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SCOOP: New Washington Post Editor’s Elon Musk End-Run Raises Eyebrows
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Goes to War Against Its Own: Kimberly Guilfoyle. Sources tell @thedailybeast how @FoxNews staff is now waging a covert war by spreading stories of alleged misconduct
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“Make no mistake—this is the death of local journalism in this city,” one senior @NYDailyNews staffer told @thedailybeast. @maxwelltani and I have the latest on a very dark day for journalism
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New York Times’ Trump Tax Team Imploded When Star Reporter David Barstow Went Rogue: The journalist tried to ghostwrite a book with a top-secret source on the Pulitzer-winning story
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