New York’s hottest club is the line for the bathroom on the 15th floor of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse when the judge gives us a little break

My usual TV beat is food, but I'm also a current Columbia University student, and I'm so sad & so frustrated with the way student protests on our campus are being reported. This will be imperfect, but I can't watch things that are so contrary to what I've actually seen and stay silent. 🧵

Besides the obvious “you should have evidence for what you as a journalist are claiming, which puts Jewish and Muslim students at harm,” u can’t message after 1min with “you’re not actually interested in conversation” - I’m not monitoring my message request folder by the minute.

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The prospective juror is all of us

My first post is a pretty dark and frank recounting of what happened in my last two media jobs, and why I'm going independent:

laurabassett.substack.com/p/why-im-going…

Folks, I am very excited to finally launch my own newsletter, called Nightcap—a lively, twice-weekly rundown of the news and politics of the day with a focus on abortion rights.

I believe Elon is still suppressing newsletter links, but it’s laurabassett @ s u b s t a c k . com

We’ll be updating this blog all week! Court is out tmr, but I’ll be back Thursday with more updates for ya

LIVE UPDATES: huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…

Hello from NY Supreme Court! First day of the first-ever criminal trial of a former president.

Jury selection starts Monday in Trump's first criminal trial. Criminal, vs civil, means he will have to sit there and listen to people like Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels give testimony. In the past, he hasn't listened quietly. What to expect:

huffpost.com/entry/trump-hu…

Utterly repulsive lie

Why do our trains suck shit Mayor Eric Adams

NEW: I extensively interviewed two senior leaders of Hamas.

HuffPost pressed them on civilians on Oct. 7, Israel-Palestine’s future & more.

We sought news & relevant, rarely heard perspectives. We brought back analysis unlike any US outlet. Please read:
huffpost.com/entry/hamas-ga…

Eric Adams about to send 500,000 cops to the earth’s core.

well... I spoke to the man who got a vasectomy during the earthquake
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Medieval peasants agree

Facebook posts from my town near the quake epicenter: 'I thought a truck shook my house.' 'Clocks and pictures fell off the wall.' 'My computer was moving.' 'I thought my furnace exploded.' 'Whole house shook.' 'So loud too.'

I AM FINE

WILD