I’m deeply grateful for this recognition of my reporting on alarming policy patterns from Biden through to Trump.
My work probing US choices on global affairs relies on sources, editors & readers putting immense faith in me.
Honoring that trust remains my north star.
I will read and re-read Lois McMaster Bujold's 'Penric and Desdemona' series until someone forcibly stops me. (Also, if sci-fi is included, her Vorkosigan Saga!)
He Warned About the Dangers of A.I. If Only His Father Had Listened. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...
Pope Leo on an airplane, standing in the aisle, holding a baseball bat.
Say "weak on crime" again. I dare you.
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"The actual public endorsement of these acts is ... is an embrace of those atrocities — past, present and future — that turns the country into a rogue state and a villain on the world stage."
🔥 from @paulblumenthal.bsky.social
I don’t think people who aren’t regularly covering the reproductive rights beat realize how common it is for women to be incarcerated for miscarriages.
NEW: Even the strongest anti-abortion advocates don't want to punish people for pregnancy loss. Police and prosecutors are finding ways to do it anyway.
Here's what happens when miscarriage is recast as murder:
NEW: Israel is escalating a war in Lebanon that's killed 10 kids/day — with Trump's blessing, US officials seeing no offramp & fears of Gaza-style devastation
Far less humanitarian capacity than 2024 & little sign Hezbollah will blink like then given experience since
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
🚨 NEW: “They are promised a 200-mile-long river that is four-and-a-half feet deep filled with nothing but the blood that their weaponized version of Jesus will spill at the Battle of Armageddon,” Weinstein said. “That’s a lot of blood."
www.huffpost.com/entry/troops...
Before the war on Iran, Trump dismantled teams at the Pentagon that focused on limiting civilian casualties in conflict
Upon entering the war, the admin says: “no stupid rules of engagement”
Big fear of war crimes among sources familiar with military discussions
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
This week, @nicolefroio.bsky.social explores the power of activism + creativity and connects with a community of nail artists who are telling ICE to get fucked.
(Oh! And it's a FREE POST!)
Every day, at least 300 immigrants land at La Lima airport in the northwest region of Honduras after being deported from the US. Many have arrived without their children – having no idea where their kids are or who is taking care of them.
I had a chance to interview former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn. We discussed ICE and his plans for the agency, his new bid for Congress and how he is uniquely made to meet the moment America is in.
Read the interview here:
www.huffpost.com/entry/100-pr...
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Despicable if this is true.
Q for anyone who works at the VA:
Has the VA secretary or leadership said anything internally addressing the fucking elephant in the room that one of their VA colleagues was just shot to death by a federal agent?
Hearing from one source it's been a cone of silence in there, no comms to staff.
"Last week, ICE agents detained a parent ... while her child and others were waiting for the school bus.
...
'The kid ran to the bus. She was mentally shaken. This is a 9-year-old.'"
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