many happy returns to you, friend

wild to see a disclaimer on a jeopardy! clue tonight to show the program was taped before a reference in a particular clue would have become particularly gauche to mention

WASHINGTON, April 6 – National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump’s public remarks that a news outlet should reveal its confidential sources or face consequences including jail time: “President Trump’s public suggestion that journalists should be jailed if they refuse to reveal confidential sources is a direct threat to the First Amendment and the core function of a free press. No president should call for jailing journalists who refuse to betray their sources. The ability to protect confidential sources is essential to newsgathering and to informing the public on matters of urgent national interest. Those protections are at risk when the president tries to bully news organizations to disclose confidential sources. The government has a legitimate responsibility to safeguard classified information. But that responsibility does not extend to punishing journalists for lawful reporting or coercing them to disclose sources. Comments like these are not theoretical. They risk chilling constitutionally protected reporting and sending a dangerous signal to those who would seek to undermine press freedom. Such a curb on the news process is particularly dangerous at a time when the public should be fully informed about the U.S. war against Iran. The public has a right to know, and journalists' work is crucial in fulfilling it. We urge all public officials to respect the constitutional role of a free and independent press and to refrain from rhetoric or actions that threaten it.”

The National Press Club sends out the following statement opposing Trump's demand for journalists to give up confidential sources or risk jail time, saying it "is particularly dangerous at a time when the public should be fully informed about the U.S. war against Iran."

The Strokes Announce New Album Reality Awaits The band’s seventh studio LP and first in six years will be out “this summer”

aaaaaaaAHHHHH

CBS Hands 11:35 to Byron Allen in Post-Colbert Overhaul CBS is turning over its entire late-night block to Byron Allen after Stephen Colbert’s exit, moving 'Comics Unleashed' to 11:35pm., and adding Allen's comedy game show 'Funny You Should Ask' at 12:37am

CBS is turning over its entire late-night block to Byron Allen after Stephen Colbert’s exit, moving 'Comics Unleashed' to 11:35pm., and adding Allen's comedy game show 'Funny You Should Ask' at 12:37am

The simple economic paradox wrecking the news What the Grossman-Stiglitz Paradox tells us about 21st century media.

v v v v good @mattdpearce.com joint here

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immediately buying tickets for a theatre screening too

thinking once again that the wachowskis' SPEED RACER [2008] got a raw deal & should get the criterion release it deserves

when they played "judy" at the tiny desk, stuart murdoch introduced it with all the nonchalance of "we'll throw in an oldie at the end," and just to be able to say that so casually for such a song, goodness

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just dc things: because the nats now are part of the MLB produced TV world, there is a drone flying around the park for the broadcast. drone use is usually VERY ILLEGAL in dc, so they just came over the PA to explain "there is an approved drone flying around nats park — do not be alarmed"

a photographic view of nats park from centerfield

gorgeous day for a ballgame

so

what is everybody up to this weekend

twist!

man, what

a screenshot of a headline of a review in the financial times. it reads, "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review — ungainly sequel plumbs the depths of a neon hell"

now that's a headline

so

what is everybody up to this weekend

Have Trump's tariffs worked? This is where things stand a year after 'Liberation Day' It has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised.

It has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised. n.pr/4m30e82

Bloomberg summarizes how the markets reacted to tonight’s speech:

“Stocks dropped and oil rose as President Donald Trump said the US will hit Iran extremely had over the next two to three weeks.”

🔊 Listen Now: A Turkish border town known for its cats - in times of peace All Things Considered on NPR One | 2:02

man, nobody doing it better than my pal @emilyzfeng.bsky.social. what a perfect NPR story this is ->

We Like The Moon YouTube video by Rathergood

mood

We Like The Moon YouTube video by Rathergood

mood

a photo from inside the dc streetcar on its last day of service. the photo is of a glass window inside one of the doors. affixed to the window is a decal that reads "When lit, push button to open door" with a red arrow pointing to the aforementioned button off camera. below that text is a sentence reading "Thanks for riding!" through the window, offset above the decal, is a streetcar going in the opposite direction. it is red, with some yellow accents. thank you, streetcar. i will miss you.

vale, dc streetcar. you deserved so much better.

Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.

BREAKING: A judge orders the Trump administration to halt construction of $400 million White House ballroom unless Congress approves the plan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Trump administration order to end funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

now this is investigative journalism