Michiko KakutaniVerified account

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former chief book critic, The New York Times; author of "The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" (coming July 17, 2018)

New York, NY
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    May 14

    My new book "The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" will be published July 17, 2018.

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    20 hours ago

    From Aesop to Adrian: books to inspire a love of reading

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    9 hours ago

    Have you ever thought about using old postcards for your history research?

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    13 hours ago

    Is there even the slightest chance he recognizes the historic significance of the phrase “leap forward” when used in connection with China?

    My meeting in Argentina with President Xi of China was an extraordinary one. Relations with China have taken a BIG leap forward! Very good things will happen. We are dealing from great strength, but China likewise has much to gain if and when a deal is completed. Level the field!
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    10 hours ago

    George is right. This is genuinely looking like witness tampering. DOJ (at least with a nonfake AG) prosecutes cases like these all the time. The fact it's done out in the open is no defense. Trump is genuinely melting down, and no good lawyer can represent him under these circs

    File under “18 U.S.C. §§ 1503, 1512”
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    Dec 2

    NEW: Nearly a month after their 40-seat loss, House Republicans have done little soul-searching. But now some rank-and-file are speaking out. The biggest worry: The Trump Factor may be unfixable, spurring more retirements & hampering ‘20 recruitment

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    24 hours ago

    Gina Haspel was apparently furious that the WSJ got a look at the CIA assessment that showed that MBS was repeatedly in touch with an aide who was overseeing the Khashoggi killing at the time

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    7 hours ago

    Former WH counsel Bob Bauer analyzes the claim by Cohen's lawyer that Cohen was in “close and regular contact” with the White House staff and Trump's lawyers as he prepared to testify.

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  9. 7 hours ago

    Instagram:

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    11 hours ago

    Striking that two of the Republican Senators cited in this story -- Rick Scott and John Neely Kennedy -- represent 2 of the states that will suffer most (and are already suffering most) from climate change b/c of sea-level rise.

    President Trump's rejection of climate change has isolated the U.S. on the world stage and placed climate change skepticism squarely in the GOP’s ideological mainstream. By :
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    13 hours ago

    The psychology of climate change: Why people deny the evidence

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    10 hours ago

    “Message received.”

    “I will never testify against Trump.” This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about “President Trump.” Nice to know that some people still have “guts!”
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    8 hours ago

    Trump’s tweets about Cohen and Stone will be used as exhibits supporting a corrupt intent to obstruct justice and/or tamper with witnesses in Mueller’s report.

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    10 hours ago

    Criminal statutes for this news cycle: 18 USC 1512 -witness tampering 15 USC 78dd-1 -FCPA 18 USC 1503 -obstruction of justice 18 USC 1505 -obstruction of Congressional proceedings 18 USC 371 -conspiracy to obstruct 18 USC 1622 -suborning perjury 18 USC 1001 -false statements

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    10 hours ago

    A huge amount of work went into this. I created a "PERJURY CHART" catalogs all the Trump associates' lies and false statements made to federal authorities about Russia.

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    11 hours ago

    Anatomy of Trump diplomacy 1. Create a crisis where none exists. 2. Claim credit for defusing crisis. 3. Grossly exaggerate what was achieved. 4. Stock market goes up because Trump didn’t do the insane thing they thought he might do.

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    12 hours ago

    There is a pattern to the foreign policy of . We have seen it w N Korea, NAFTA, and now China. He creates a sense of crisis, compromises, and both claims he accomplished more than he did and deserves credit for having defused the crisis that he largely created.

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  18. 19 hours ago

    My book "The Death of Truth" looks at how Trump's lies - and his administration's rejection of science & policy expertise - undermine our democracy. The book also examines the larger social and cultural dynamics that have fed today's toxic, tribal politics

    Mueller investigation shows how Trump surrounded himself throughout 2016 and early 2017 with people to whom lying seemed to be second nature.
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    Mueller investigation shows how Trump surrounded himself throughout 2016 and early 2017 with people to whom lying seemed to be second nature.

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    Dec 2

    Number of uninsured children in America grows for the first time in nearly a decade "The reversal is unprecedented, particularly given a strong economy in which more people are landing jobs."

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    Dec 2

    Actual Climate Scientist (Ben Kirtman) Shares Novel Idea For TV News on Climate Change: Since 97% of climate scientists agree on human causes per , nets should book 3 skeptics for every 97 non-skeptics...latest Mediator

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