THREAD: Here are the photos from the wedding of the daughter of the White House chief of staff, mid-pandemic. Let's take a look shall we? events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher/
1) Georgia guidelines in May prohibited gatherings larger than 10. Here's the White House Chief of Staff with all of the 70 guests: events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
2) And here's a photo of the bride and her bridesmaids—which alone is a gathering of 12, larger than the state allows: events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
3) That day, May 31st, 46 Georgians died of Covid. But Mark Meadows managed to pull off a massive, expensive wedding and, as so many Americans had given up so much, walked his daughter down the aisle. events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
4) It looks like it was quite a party—here's the bouquet toss on the dance floor. You'd never know there was a literal pandemic going on outside: events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
7) Again, Georgia's guidelines—under Governor Kemp, not known for his aggressiveness in combating the pandemic—limited groups to just 10 at the time. And yet: events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
10) There are hundreds of more photos if you want to see how seriously the Trump administration takes the pandemic: events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
12) Here's Mark Meadows and @Jim_Jordan and their families, having a grand ole time during a week where about 1,000 Americans per day were dying of Covid. events.emberwed.com/meadows-kocher…
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THREAD: If you'll indulge me, I'd like to point how just how embarrassing this list of "national security officials and other senior officials" endorsing Trump is—especially for a Republican president. Especially for an *incumbent* GOP president. There are three major problems:
1) As a starting point, this is just a head-slapping, eyes-widening list of minor officials and forgotten hangers-on. This is the best that the incumbent President of the United States is able to muster to support his national security vision?
This is hardly the creme de la creme of US foreign policy, the US military, or the world's greatest intelligence thinkers. Many of these people stretch the definition of even a "senior official," let alone a respected national security voice.
9/12 THREAD: For the past few days, I've been sharing quotes, stories, and memories about the 9/11 attacks—in real time—all pulled from my book THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: An Oral History of 9/11, following Americans as they experience that time.... amazon.com/Only-Plane-Sky…
As September 12th began, the nation tried to make sense of the attacks and the tragic losses. At the Pentagon, the fires were burning stronger than before. All told, thousands of workers had been displaced and more than two million square feet of office space damaged....
Lt. Col. Ted Anderson, U.S. Army: "I slept for a couple of hours, woke up, and thought it was all a bad dream.... I decided to get up and go to work.... Ten thousand people showed up to work at the Pentagon that morning. It made me extremely proud."
THREAD: Today marks the 19th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Throughout the day, I’ll be chronologically tweeting quotes from my book THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: An Oral History of 9/11, following Americans as they experience that day.... garrettgraff.com/books/the-only…
We’re also collecting stories from the #my911story hashtag, as people share their own experiences of that day. I’ll be sharing selected tweets and others’ stories throughout the day.
(If you don’t want to see these quotes all day, just mute this thread.)
THREAD: Over today, tomorrow, & Saturday, I'm tracing how the September 11th attacks unfolded 19 years ago Friday—stories I captured in my book THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF 9/11, with the voices of 480 Americans who lived that tragic day. bookshop.org/books/the-only…
Monday, September 10th, 2001, began in New York with the rededication of a Bronx firehouse, home to Engine 73 and Ladder 42. Mayor Giuliani, Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, and Chief of the Department Pete Ganci listened as FDNY Chaplain Mychal Judge offered a homily.
Mychal Judge's prayer that morning remains one of the most moving passages I've ever read, all the more so because he had less than 24 hours to live. The next morning, he would be the only priest to walk into the burning Twin Towers.
SHORT MONDAY THREAD: Tomorrow, the paperback of my 9/11 oral history, THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY, publishes! The reaction so far has been stunning and humbling, so as a thank you, I'm offering inscribed bookplates to anyone who pre-purchases the paperback. Here's how it works:
Email/forward your purchase receipt from @Bookshop_Org
and mailing address to paperback@garrettgraff.com, and I'll sign, inscribe, and mail a bookplate for you. (Plus, you'll also help the US Post Office when it needs stamped mail the most!) bookshop.org/books/the-only…
Email your purchase receipt from Amazon and mailing address to paperback@garrettgraff.com, and I'll sign, inscribe, and mail a bookplate for you. (This also has the benefit of helping the US Post Office when it needs stamped mail the most!) amazon.com/Only-Plane-Sky…
SHORT BOOK THREAD: On Tuesday, the paperback of my 9/11 oral history, THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY, publishes! The reaction so far has been stunning and humbling, so as a thank you, I'm offering inscribed bookplates to anyone who pre-purchases the paperback. Here's how it works:
Email/forward your purchase receipt from @Bookshop_Org and mailing address to paperback@garrettgraff.com, and I'll sign, inscribe, and mail a bookplate for you. (Plus, you'll also help the US Post Office when it needs stamped mail the most!) bookshop.org/books/the-only…
Email your purchase receipt from Amazon and mailing address to paperback@garrettgraff.com, and I'll sign, inscribe, and mail a bookplate for you. (This also has the benefit of helping the US Post Office when it needs stamped mail the most!) amazon.com/Only-Plane-Sky…