Former FBI Director James Comey confirmed the worst-kept secret in Washington this morning: he's on Twitter. Previously, he'd tweeted under the name Reinhold Niebuhr from @FormerBu, but he made things official with a newly verified account:
Looking back: Comey tweeted last week to confirm Axios' scoop on his forthcoming book, "A Higher Loyalty."
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed legal opposition to TikTok's request to delay a ban on downloading the app, with a judge expected to rule before the ban is set to go into effect Sunday.
Why it matters: The White House could have simply postponed the ban on its own for another week or two, as it did last Friday. This move suggests it's seeking to use the ban as leverage in ongoing negotiations.
Traditional media models, and even some of the digital ones, are either under pressure or outright broken. Some journalists have responded by going out on their own, leveraging a new group of startups that help them self-publish and monetize their work.
Axios Re:Cap digs in with Chris Best, CEO of Substack, which has more than 250,000 paying subscribers on its writer network.
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