Amanda Becker
@amandabecker.bsky.social
Journalist, The 19th. Author, YOU MUST STAND UP https://a.co/d/9HS7ife Nieman Nation. West Virginia evangelist. Committed cat lady. OH-IN-NY-CA-DC-WV/OH w/ a year in MA. abecker @ 19thnews.org https://signal.me/#eu/TDWZNUaLcAcViX9p9xtLbZ6HaLscAgQ1si8
Pinned
Spotted at SFO! Don’t forget YOU MUST STAND UP for the stockings of anyone on your list who likes to read about the fight for abortion rights.
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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Shocked Venezuelans hunker down, unsure of what comes next reut.rs/3YnboJV
Shocked Venezuelans hunker down, unsure of what comes next
Venezuelan security forces patrolled largely empty streets at dawn in the capital, Caracas, on Saturday, hours after loud explosions woke residents to the news that U.S. commandos had bombed the country and captured President Nicolas Maduro.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Shocked Venezuelans hunker down, unsure of what comes next reut.rs/3YnboJV
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“He has a history of heart disease, diabetes, glaucoma and was set to be tested for cancer due to internal bleeding the week he was detained.”
January 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
“He has a history of heart disease, diabetes, glaucoma and was set to be tested for cancer due to internal bleeding the week he was detained.”
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🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy organization has filed two formal complaints asking federal watchdogs to look into potential illegal actions and partisanship inside the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency tasked with helping states administer elections.
Following Democracy Docket reporting, Election Advocates File Complaints Against Federal Election Panel
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy organization has filed two formal complaints asking federal watchdogs to look into potential illegal actions and partisanship inside the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency tasked with helping states administer elections.
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Breaking News: California’s ban on people openly carrying firearms in populated areas is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled.
Federal Appeals Court Says California Open-Carry Ban Is Unconstitutional
A Ninth Circuit panel said the ban ran afoul of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that required courts to evaluate gun laws based on the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
nyti.ms
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Breaking News: California’s ban on people openly carrying firearms in populated areas is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled.
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NYT editorial board, in an extensive and reflective piece, calls the period we are now living in "a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
NYT editorial board, in an extensive and reflective piece, calls the period we are now living in "a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
A personal/professional goal I made mid '25 that I'm continuing into '26 is to focus on the everyday Americans trying to make our country a better place, not the politicians trying to divide us. Casey Rollins in Springfield, OH, is one of those Americans: 19thnews.org/2025/12/spri...
The Ohio grandma racing to help Haitian parents protect children as more deportations near
In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separation crisis.
19thnews.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A personal/professional goal I made mid '25 that I'm continuing into '26 is to focus on the everyday Americans trying to make our country a better place, not the politicians trying to divide us. Casey Rollins in Springfield, OH, is one of those Americans: 19thnews.org/2025/12/spri...
The game is even on in the room I’m in! (For another few minutes…)
The Indiana float at the rainy rose parade. I just keep spamming @amandabecker.bsky.social so she knows that her alma mater is playing today.
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The game is even on in the room I’m in! (For another few minutes…)
Timed it so One Battle After Another ends around midnight so I can go into 2026 prepared
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Timed it so One Battle After Another ends around midnight so I can go into 2026 prepared
Low-key love what has become my 12/31 tradition of doing deep research on the coming year's sunscreens for my family, comparing EWG and dermatologists' recs against what my FSA will cover.
January 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Low-key love what has become my 12/31 tradition of doing deep research on the coming year's sunscreens for my family, comparing EWG and dermatologists' recs against what my FSA will cover.
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Tatiana Schlossberg in The New Yorker last month. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Tatiana Schlossberg in The New Yorker last month. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Tatiana Schlossberg in The New Yorker last month. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Tatiana Schlossberg in The New Yorker last month. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating,” he said in an email.
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating,” he said in an email.
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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Sarah McBride put out a fundraising post on her Instagram specifically denouncing Republicans for trying to ban gender-affirming health care for trans people. It's probably one of the most forceful statements I've read from her.
December 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sarah McBride put out a fundraising post on her Instagram specifically denouncing Republicans for trying to ban gender-affirming health care for trans people. It's probably one of the most forceful statements I've read from her.
Wild given our taxes literally pay their salaries and we are a representative of The People, who collectively pay all of their salaries.
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Wild given our taxes literally pay their salaries and we are a representative of The People, who collectively pay all of their salaries.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Since we’re approaching that point where you take stock of the year,
people older than me (46): Which decade of adulthood did you find to be the most challenging? Which the most happy/serene? I am finding the 40s to be really emotionally overwhelming … I guess it’s time to plan my midlife crisis?
people older than me (46): Which decade of adulthood did you find to be the most challenging? Which the most happy/serene? I am finding the 40s to be really emotionally overwhelming … I guess it’s time to plan my midlife crisis?
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Since we’re approaching that point where you take stock of the year,
people older than me (46): Which decade of adulthood did you find to be the most challenging? Which the most happy/serene? I am finding the 40s to be really emotionally overwhelming … I guess it’s time to plan my midlife crisis?
people older than me (46): Which decade of adulthood did you find to be the most challenging? Which the most happy/serene? I am finding the 40s to be really emotionally overwhelming … I guess it’s time to plan my midlife crisis?
Elon Musk weighing on why he thinks people aren’t qualified for government jobs has me 😂 at the irony
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Elon Musk weighing on why he thinks people aren’t qualified for government jobs has me 😂 at the irony
Excuse me but: What?
Why America’s fastest-growing churches don’t get political
The economics of megachurches
Why America’s fastest-growing churches don’t get political
econ.st
December 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Excuse me but: What?
Things my 3 and 5yo nieces were afraid to try: purple and green hot chocolate. Things they ate: spicy meal worms I got my brother as a joke. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Now that the sun is starting to come up I’m ready to go back to bed.
December 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Things my 3 and 5yo nieces were afraid to try: purple and green hot chocolate. Things they ate: spicy meal worms I got my brother as a joke. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Now that the sun is starting to come up I’m ready to go back to bed.
PSA: Pluribus finale is OUT EARLY!
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
PSA: Pluribus finale is OUT EARLY!
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NRO looks at the complete implosion of Heritage under its Opus Dei leadership. Amazing. www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/the-...
The Heritage Foundation Implodes | National Review
Heritage has abandoned or downgraded its conservative commitments in pursuit of populist ideological fashions.
www.nationalreview.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
NRO looks at the complete implosion of Heritage under its Opus Dei leadership. Amazing. www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/the-...
I had no idea that West Virginia has the highest rate in the country (8 percent) of children living without a parent: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Appalachia, Children Inherited the Opioid Crisis (Gift Article)
The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I had no idea that West Virginia has the highest rate in the country (8 percent) of children living without a parent: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year? Roughly half. Details here: 19thnews.org/2025/12/proj... via @19thnews.org
How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year?
As the year ends, The 19th takes a look at how the conservative policy wishlist for Trump’s second term impacted women and LGBTQ+ Americans.
19thnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year? Roughly half. Details here: 19thnews.org/2025/12/proj... via @19thnews.org