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22 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Sorry, "mint condition"? In what sense is 9.4/A "mint"? Why would an auction house owner say this in a public statement? This was a near-mint box with a torn seal that inexplicably got the third-highest seal grade from WATA—which *still* denotes just an "above average" seal.
PS/ And Ken Goldin has no *idea* how rare this game is, because neither his partners at WATA nor WATA's competitors at VGA will release population reports. So any statement about "rarity" is a blind guess that has no business appearing in a public statement from an auction house.
PS2/ And who is fact-checking *or* proofreading this sloppy public statement from Goldin Auctions? Is Goldin referring to John Steinbeck here?

It's quite evident that no one at WATA, Goldin, or anywhere else in the sealed video game market is taking any of this at all seriously.
PS3/ And keep in mind that Goldin Auctions has one of the top PR firms in the nation working for it—Goldin Solutions (no relation)—which I know because Goldin Solutions has reached out to me repeatedly. Why did Goldin Solutions allow this absurd statement to be issued on Twitter?

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24 Sep
Yes, I'm aware Maggie Haberman is attacking me on Twitter right now. No, it doesn't bother me. I've said for years that I don't respect access journalism that uses known liars as neutral sources. I abhor it when she does it, or Bob Woodward, or Michael Wolff.

And she knows this.
I'm not obligated to be an apologist for Haberman's shoddy journalism, or Woodward's, just because they've won Pulitzer Prizes and they think that independent journalists should kiss their feet. I teach journalism at an R1, and I'd *never* teach students to do what Haberman does.
My thread on Haberman's shoddy journalism today was far shorter than the one I did on Woodward's shoddy journalism two days ago.

I have been clear and consistent in my criticism of contemporary access journalism and the erasure of independent journalists.
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24 Sep
Police have made an arrest in the murder of my former work colleague at Nashua District Court, Sgt. Donna Briggs of the Hudson Police Department. I'm so relieved—as I know everyone who admired and cared about Sgt. Briggs is. Just wanted to update everyone. boston.cbslocal.com/2021/09/24/cra…
PS/ Craig Sprowl is charged with negligent homicide, rather than murder, but given that this was a hit-and-run, I'd be surprised if we didn't ultimately see a superseding indictment for second-degree murder, hence my use of that term. The important thing is that an ID was made.
PS2/ I just want to say again what I wrote two days ago: Sgt. Briggs was an incredible person and police officer, and I admired her more than I can say. It was an honor to work with her in the aughts—and to see her commitment to public service up close. She will be sorely missed.
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24 Sep
I'm trying to figure out why CNN thinks it's building its brand or consumer trust when it brings on Maggie Haberman to falsely say we know next to nothing about the meetings that led up to January 6. Haberman has tried to destroy any indie journalist who's done reporting on this.
CNN and other outlets have a choice: they can bring on-air people who've actually done the work on the events of December 18, December 21, December 28, December 30, January 2, January 3 and January 5, or it can bring on Haberman and ask her about the few things *she* knows about.
What no media outlet can do is bring people on-air, ask them about things they know nothing about, and then treat their ignorant responses as useful intelligence for viewers. This isn't even a complicated concept—it's Journalism 101. Why is this so hard for CNN and other outlets?
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24 Sep
I didn't realize the true utility of Woodward's PERIL until today—when I read about the House's 1/6 subpoenas. As I know from the list of those following the PROOF project, 50+ members of Congress know the work PROOF has done. But Woodward offers the gravitas demand letters need. Image
(PS) I earnestly wondered why Congress would quote a book that just came out 2 days ago—and that Congress first saw, at most, 2-3 weeks ago—in letters the House has been worker on far longer. Then I realized: the House must quote media, and Woodward is seen as the gold standard.
(PS2) One couldn't use the bare-bones research done by Woodward to create the House's lengthy subpoena list—you'd need to read the work of indie journalists to create such a detailed roster. But the House can't or won't quote indie journalists, so PERIL created a new opportunity.
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23 Sep
(🔐) BREAKING NEWS: Trump's Insurrection Eve Willard Hotel "War Room" Attendee List Swells

I hope you'll subscribe, read, and RT.

After months of PROOF reports on events at the Willard Hotel on January 5/January 6, we've got a really big new development. sethabramson.substack.com/p/breaking-new…
1/ When I was writing about the Trump-Russia, Trump-Ukraine, Trump-Iran, Trump-Turkey, Trump-China and Trump-Venezuela scandals, I used to say that "New info seems to *never* be exculpatory—everything just gets worse and worse." Well, that's the Willard Hotel story in a nutshell.
2/ PROOF had before today, and still has now, the most comprehensive roster of the occupants of *every* Trump January 6 war room, including the *three* (minimum) that were operative on Insurrection Day at the Willard Hotel. The new Costa/Woodward book adds two very useful names.
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Uh, *what*? Trump's lawyer testified that Trump was secretly working on the most lucrative real estate deal of his life *directly with the Kremlin* during 2016 election cycle and lied to voters and his USIC briefers about it. And we have the signed LOI. WTF are you talking about?
How about Trump's Russia policy being written by a member of Alfa Bank's advisory board? How about Trump instructing his campaign in August 2016 to get Clinton's emails—even if it meant dealing with Russian hackers? How about publicly asking Moscow to wage cyberwar on America?
How about hiring a man he knew worked for a Kremlin puppet as his campaign manager for "free"? How about Papadopoulos telling him to his face in March '16 that he was in secret contact with the Kremlin and Trump encouraging him to continue—then (again) lying to the USIC about it?
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