It was 17 years ago this week that our friend and WSJ collegue Daniel Pearl was killed by terrorists in Pakistan. That is what real journalism means. Let us not forget him.
Gerald F Seib
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Gerald F Seib
@GeraldFSeib
Husband, dad. Former WSJ Exec. Washington Editor, Harvard IOP and Dole Institute. CSIS. Author: "We Should Have Seen It Coming" from Random House. #jayhawks.
- Late-innings scorecard: President Trump won Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania by less than 80,000 votes in 2016. Today, Joe Biden is ahead in those states by more than 210,000 votes. wsj.com/articles/many-… via @WSJ
- Meanwhile: The Treasury is going to issue $1.338 trillion in new debt this year--that's trillion with a T--more than double the amount in 2017. wsj.com/articles/treas… via @WSJ
- Let's be clear about this: Two Reuters journalists in Myanmar are going to spend seven years in prison for doing their jobs honestly, unless the world does something about that. n.pr/2VnSp2U
- WSJ scoop: Unbeknownst to patients, Google has worked with the Ascension health system to get access to patient data, including lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, with patient names and dates of birth. wsj.com/articles/googl… via @WSJ
- Demographic challenge for democracy: By 2040, about 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states, and will have 30 senators representing them. The remaining 30% of Americans will have 70 senators representing them. wsj.com/articles/the-v… via @WSJ
- Important WSJ reporting here: Four doctors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt warned Navy medical officials in March that dozens of sailors would die of Covid-19 if the entire ship weren’t evacuated within 10 days. Kudos @glubold, @nancyayoussef: wsj.com/articles/docto… via @WSJ
- Will the U.S. offer Brazil's goalkeeper a spot in the federal witness protection program? on.wsj.com/1ohlGkc via @WSJdailyfix
- Marco Rubio hasn't had many openings in this debate, but he has seized them pretty well.
- “The one thing that used to keep even heated Washington debates under some kind of control—a willingness to at least consider the possibility that those on the other side are acting in good faith—has all but evaporated.”
- Peter Navarro, speaking at WSJ CFO Network just now, apologizes for "special place in hell" remark directed at Canada's Trudeau: "Let me correct a mistake I made...In conveying that message I used language that was inappropriate." #WSJCFO
- Greatest Generation alert: George H,.W. Bush turns 93 today. Bob Dole turns 94 next month. wsj.com/articles/georg… via @WSJ
- In a conversation today, Joe Biden made it clear that he thinks the political center is alive and well, at least for most Americans--and that he can govern from there. wsj.com/articles/biden… via @WSJ
- Nearly lost in the uproar over Trump’s refusal to concede has been something momentous that unfolded in the background: the remarkable advances by women—as voters, as candidates and as campaign leaders
