Here is our full interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It's worth a listen. npr.org/2020/01/24/799…
Mary Louise Kelly
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Mary Louise Kelly
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Mom. Host @NPR's All Things Considered and Sources & Methods. Longtime national security correspondent. Author of the NYT bestseller #ItGoesSoFast & spy novels.
- Journalists don’t sit down with senior officials to score political points. We do it in the service of asking tough questions, on behalf of our fellow citizens. And then sharing the answers—or lack thereof—with the world. My take for @NYT:
- “Let me just say this. We will not be intimidated.” @NPR President & CEO @johnlansing responds to statement from @SecPompeo. npr.org/2020/01/25/799…
- We lost my dad this week. Went for a long cry/run this morning and when I came back and kicked my shoes off, there were his. Oh, Dad. You left such big shoes to fill. We will love & miss you always.
- Might Pompeo point us to a state on the map where there's evidence of widespread voter fraud?NEW: Pompeo asked whether the State Department will cooperate with the Biden transition, says: "There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration"
- Three things to know about Vindman: 1. He still works at the White House. 2. He actually heard the call. 3. He’s active duty Army, about to testify against his commander-in-chief.
- On a day of wall-to-wall Trump coverage, @NPR is taking a different approach. Yes, we'll cover the news. Yes, we have reporters at the courthouse & Trump Tower. But we're covering lots of other news too, and we will not air Trump's speech live. Here's why:I'm flipping stations and shaking my head. It's no wonder we can't recover from this Trump infection because the media continues to feed Trump's thirst to be everything everywhere all at once! On the plane, off the plane, in the car. Y'all know the actual @POTUS travelled today?
npr.orgA peek behind the curtain of NPR's coverage of Trump's indictmentNPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR's executive editor Terry Samuel about how and why our organization plans coverage around Trump's indictment. - Taped a remarkable interview with Yulia Zhivtsova, one of the 8000 Russians who have been detained for anti-war protests. When we reached her near Moscow, she said she will keep speaking up, despite the crackdown. And she insisted that we identify her by her full name... 1/
- Good morning! In the newsroom, about to do a dry run for next week’s live coverage of the Iowa caucuses. Then gearing up to host @npratc tonight. Looking forward to committing some excellent journalism. Have a great Monday, everyone.
- Remember how quiet the start of 2020 was? You know, those quaint, slow days of a Senate impeachment trial and nearly going to war with Iran?
- Anyone else in their kitchen sipping red wine and aggressively baking banana bread at 9:40pm? No? Just me? #coronavirusbaking
- "Justice Alito is surprised that there is so little written about abortion in a four-thousand-word document crafted by fifty-five men in 1787. As it happens, there is...nothing in that document about women at all."
- Update: we just interviewed Leo, age 8. And connected him to a paleontologist at the San Diego Natural History Museum, who he's grilling as I type. Dinosaur coverage coming tonight @npratcI’m sorry we’ve failed you Leo. We will definitely try to do better. Or rename the show as you suggest.
