JohnMLatimer

JohnMLatimer

@johnmlatimer.bsky.social

Had a good 20-year run with Lebanon (PA) Daily News covering school, city and county news and government. Now sub at a votech; Philly sports (Arsenal, tennis, cycling too), music (jam bands), pets & politics as mood strikes. It’s always better with a song

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Tanner McKee will be a free agent after this year. Jalen Hurts situation is a gift to him. If he can lead this team to the playoffs he will earn 10s of millions. #GoBirds

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@marcelias.bsky.social : “Mr. Blanche... we have beaten you and your team in court like a drum. So I hope you don't do what you are threatening or insinuating you might do. But if you do, I will see you in those courtrooms. I will win. And then I will dance on your head for those victories.”

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Simon & Shuster has responded to Jared Kushner's threats by accelerating the release of Matt Cole’s Princes and Thieves, with the book now available for purchase two days early (today). Buy your copy immediately. www.status.news/p/jared-kush...

status.newsVanity Fair's Kushner ConundrumSimon & Schuster quietly released Matthew Cole’s book two days early, Status has learned, as an excerpt in Vanity Fair prompts threats from Kushner’s legal team.

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The people of Serbia celebrating the defeat of the dictator who held full authoritarian control of their country for nearly 14 years. This is what democracy looks like.

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Over 1,000 women have been charged with a CRIME for having a miscarriage. Meanwhile, the big ugly bill is shuttering hospitals, especially in rural areas. Make no mistake: reproductive freedom is still on the ballot. #BlueWaveIn10Days #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

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Taken aback by this praise from one of best thinkers in journalism, Jay Rosen, who is trying to guide us through the current news wilderness.

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RFK Jr attacked the great @sherylnyt.bsky.social for this reporting so you know she got it right. I competed agaist her on FDA stories when I was at the WP, and what a misery that was. I was happier after coming to the NYT and being on the same team.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg@sherylnyt.bsky.social

NEWS: The board overseeing the NIH research hospital says RFK Jr.'s new vaccine clinic is politicizing and undermining trust in its research. Studies must "be designed to find the truth, not to confirm a conclusion reached in advance." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

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It was already one of the most memorable weeks of Pat Murphy's life. And then ... Bruce Springsteen called. I talked to the Brewers manager about his conversation Wednesday with the Boss Unlocked and free to read www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

nytimes.comAhead of the World Series, the Brewers manager got to meet ‘The Boss’ (Gift Article)Springsteen got wind of Murphy's love of his music and gave the Milwaukee manager a call on Wednesday that Murphy will never forget.

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The bigger question is how Musk can hold a security clearance or oversee the operations of a company with supersensitive and classified government contracts. Several FBI agents bluntly asked that question. They all got fired or reassigned and their supervisors were unable to answer their questions.

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The time to determine whether Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the Alaska ballot for U.S. Senate was months ago, and Alaska courts did so. What's additionally batshit about this is that the candidates' names are printed on the ballot in a way which makes abundantly clear who's who.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.

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Mr. Hitler, sir, you are a humanitarian, just like my boss who is an avid fan of your 'Mein Kampf.' And let me salute you. I commend you.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”