@TomAshbrook

Award-winning Journalist. 16-Yr Host of NPR's "On Point.” Illinois farm kid, Asia hand, Alaska oilfields vet. Pro honest, humane democracy.

 Berlin, Germany
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Joined March 2009
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Read this. Think about this. George H.W. Bush's gracious handoff to Bill Clinton. It's beautiful.
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If only there were a Nobel Prize for heckling
Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind20h
Enjoy Trump being heckled in Mississippi over his ballroom: “SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!!" 😂🤣😅
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Replying to @garrxttt
Gotta bring back this classic.
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Susan Glasser
@sbg1Oct 25
This is like the epigraph for the entire Trump 2.0 presidency: ‘’I don’t give a damn. We’re making a fortune’
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@AcynOct 25
TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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Jake Broe
@RealJakeBroeOct 26
This is the biggest corruption scandal in American history. The Trump crime family is trying to sell the future natural gas rights of Alaska to the Russians in exchange for $25 billion in cash for themselves today.
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Rick Wilson
@TheRickWilsonOct 25
This is a staggering level of both grift and betrayal.
Peter Baker
@peterbakernytOct 24
Ex-CEO of $25 billion US gas export venture, launched with involvement of investor tied to the Trump family, has accused Russia's Novatek of secretly controlling the project, prompting mass exodus over fears of violating sanctions. @JamieSmythF @maxseddon ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…

US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

ft.com
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Michael McFaul
@McFaulOct 26
Vučić was a more gracious loser today.
Oliver Stuenkel 🇧🇷
@OliverStuenkelOct 26
Predictably, Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede and asks for the runoff to be annulled. Four years ago, his father did not concede either after losing his reelection bid www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/…

Flávio tem festa frustrada, e churrascada vira oração - 25/10/2026 - Política - Folha

Senador acompanhou contagem em mansão de aliado no Lago Sul, em Brasília

folha.uol.com.br
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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaumOct 26
In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump and his family have lost surprise elections, thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
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Peter Baker
@peterbakernytOct 24
“It’s not only unlawful, but it’s not in the US interest to have Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope,” ex-Polar LNG CEO who quit after discovering secret Russian funding tells @antontroian and @EricLiptonNYT nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po…

In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges

Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

nytimes.com
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Essentially due to the decision of one man. Pretty wild. It’s the stuff I read in history books and think that’s too wild to be true…
Steve Rattner
@SteveRattnerOct 22
Diesel prices have jumped 65% since the Iran War began — to $6.28 a gallon. That's hitting farmers, truckers, and industry hard in several states that will decide control of the Senate.
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Simon Rosenberg
@SimonWDCOct 23
Corruption no longer adequately describes what Trump is doing.
Steve Rattner
@SteveRattnerOct 23
Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.
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Elon Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in modern American history. Musk poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress. wapo.st/4igb5Kq
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Miles Taylor
@MilesTaylorUSAOct 22
They kicked us out of the Washington Monument for filming this. But Trump CANNOT stop us from releasing it next Tuesday. One week before the election. CORRUPTIONLAND.org
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Trump drags America into the Axis of Evil. It’s a nightmare. VOTE MAGA OUT.
Timothy Snyder
@TimothyDSnyderOct 21
Very valuable and very sober analysis "The plot against Ukraine (and Europe): We are now part of the axis of evil." By David R. Lurie publicnotice.co/p/trump-puti…

The plot against Ukraine (and Europe)

We are now part of the axis of evil.

publicnotice.co
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Pure dictator crap. Putin style. In the USA!
Steven Pifer@steven_piferOct 22
In 27 years as a Foreign Service officer, I executed policies of presidents I voted for and presidents I did not vote for. That’s what a nonpartisan service does. This is outrageous.
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Gag. Vote MAGA out for God’s sake. All of ‘em. Then stand by your vote!
julie k. brown
@jkbjournalistOct 21
She got $50 million ! For arranging a pardon!! $50 million. $50 million. $50 million.
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Gag. Vote MAGA out for God’s sake. All of ‘em. Then stand by your vote!
julie k. brown
@jkbjournalistOct 21
She got $50 million ! For arranging a pardon!! $50 million. $50 million. $50 million.
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It’s a disease.
James Surowiecki
@JamesSurowieckiOct 22
Atlanta Uber Alles.
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Just rampant idiocy.
FactPost
@factpostnewsOct 22
Pete Hegseth demanded his team to bring Eisenhower's globe in his office, despite warnings that only historians should move the iconic globe. His staff dropped it and broke it.
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Oh ffs
Headquarters
@HQNewsNowOct 22
Pete Hegseth reportedly wanted Dwight Eisenhower's globe in his office, but did not want to wait for historians to move it and went rogue. Hegseth's staff then attempted to move it themselves and broke the historic globe.
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