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David D. Kirkpatrick
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David D. Kirkpatrick
@ddk_nyc
Journalist at The New Yorker. Ex-NYT. Author of “Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East.” [email protected]
- My 14 year old, at breakfast in Britain: "Oh, yeah, Dad. I did that too. I registered for three tickets to the Trump rally in Tulsa."
- 88,000 Saudi Twitter bots? Did I get that right? Wow
- via @nytimes We obtained documents from inside the Saudi sovereign wealth fund showing doubts about doing business with Jared Kushner. The MBS-controlled board overruled. W/ @katekelly
- The Most Powerful Arab Ruler Isn’t M.B.S. It’s M.B.Z. - The New York Times
- Reporting this article, I followed the work of amateur sleuths on the trail of a neo-Nazi who turned out to be a soldier in the 82nd airborne. After we contacted the Army, the FBI arrested him.
- I usually refrain from saying this, but just this once: Imagine the reaction of the West if this happened under Mohamed Morsi :Wondering what's happening in Egypt? Actress Rania Youssef wore this dress to the Cairo International Film Festival. ⬇️ A group of lawyers then took it upon themselves to submit a legal complaint against Rania for what they have determined to be too revealing for a dress.
- via @nytimes “There was a sense that, yes, their ideology is of concern, and, yes, they are known to have committed acts of violence that would be by definition terrorism, but we don’t worry about them.” w/ the great @alanfeuer
- Erdogan’s apparent attempt to divide King Salman from his favourite son, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, May he the most interesting element of his speech.
- Ten years ago, Alliance Defending Freedom was considered so extreme that its claims “bordered on the frivolous.” Now “A.D.F. needs to be taken seriously, because any claim they make has a shot at five votes on the Supreme Court.”
- Personal news: Yesterday was my last day at The New York Times, where I worked for 22 years. I will be joining The New Yorker. I can be reached at [email protected]. Same phone number, etc!
- My colleagues @steveeder @kim_barker @julieatate and I have spent three months getting to know dead drivers. nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/… Here is a personal thread about what that was like:
- Important and deep; Arms Sales to Saudis Leave American Fingerprints on Yemen’s Carnage nyti.ms/2GHifc4 @declanwalsh @EricSchmittNYT
