Bryan Denton
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Visual Journalist and photo editor at the @nytimes.
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Bryan Denton
@bdentonphoto.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?
India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools.
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The longest story ive ever worked in: a fice year investigation into one “Green” facility in #India that our reporting found is likely poisoning millions of residents. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/w...
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Article says private jets are 1/6 of all traffic handled by FAA and entire reduction in FAA load could be shouldered by grounding private jets. No need to affect commercial flights.
These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown
Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Article says private jets are 1/6 of all traffic handled by FAA and entire reduction in FAA load could be shouldered by grounding private jets. No need to affect commercial flights.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“This is truly a war with no limits,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, “and soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.”
“This is truly a war with no limits,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, “and soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.”
Opinion | Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Commander. It Killed a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist.
The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“This is truly a war with no limits,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, “and soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.”
“This is truly a war with no limits,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, “and soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.”
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
propub.li
April 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
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If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. The friends he teamed up with this week? Russia, North Korea, Belarus, Syria and Sudan. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Ital...
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. The friends he teamed up with this week? Russia, North Korea, Belarus, Syria and Sudan. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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Whose side was Trump's America on when it came to a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Russia, North Korea and Belarus. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
The United States voted against a resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Whose side was Trump's America on when it came to a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Russia, North Korea and Belarus. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
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Thread on the influence of Russian and Asadist disinformation on Syria over the past decade.
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1. I saw this again and again from people like Tulsi Gabbard, who was then on the left: a complete absence of empathy towards the victims of Assad's attacks in Syria. And making common cause with the far right in supporting his regime and its Russian backers.🧵
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think
One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write
www.independent.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thread on the influence of Russian and Asadist disinformation on Syria over the past decade.
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yesterday?
🧑🧒🧒🇺🇦🙏 Donald Trump says he can convince Putin to return children abducted from Ukraine.
🧐 The American president called the situation "quite tough." According to him, he only learned about the crime yesterday.
🧐 The American president called the situation "quite tough." According to him, he only learned about the crime yesterday.
February 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
yesterday?
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The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.
AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.
www.npr.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.
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The Associated Press has asked a federal judge to restore its access to the White House press pool, saying in a lawsuit that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by limiting its reporters’ movements
The AP Sues White House Officials in Bid to Get Back Into Oval Office
The suit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment and retaliating after AP refused to adopt “Gulf of America” terminology.
www.wsj.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Associated Press has asked a federal judge to restore its access to the White House press pool, saying in a lawsuit that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by limiting its reporters’ movements
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You know it's getting bad when Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer are saying all the Nazi salutes at MAGA events has gotten a "little excessive" and to tone it down a notch.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Even neo-Nazis say it’s getting a ‘little excessive’ following Bannon’s CPAC salute
‘The Manson Family had a more coherent ideology than MAGA. And the liberal criticism that American ‘fascism’ is merely a personality cult around Trump seems justified,’ notorious white supremacist Ric...
www.independent.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You know it's getting bad when Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer are saying all the Nazi salutes at MAGA events has gotten a "little excessive" and to tone it down a notch.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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And there it is
“.. the share of Americans who think the economy is on the wrong track rose to 53% in the latest poll from 43% in the January 24-26 poll.”
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February 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
And there it is
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In Trump’s telling, Ukraine, not Russia, is to blame for being invaded because it didn't surrender territory on the front end to Moscow. “You should have never started it,” Trump said, referring to Ukrainian leaders who, in fact, did not start it.
For more than a decade, the West has faced off against the East again in what was widely called a new cold war. But with Trump back in office, America is giving the impression that it could be switching sides. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy
As peace talks opened in Saudi Arabia, President Trump made clear that the days of isolating Russia are over and suggested that Ukraine was to blame for being invaded.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
In Trump’s telling, Ukraine, not Russia, is to blame for being invaded because it didn't surrender territory on the front end to Moscow. “You should have never started it,” Trump said, referring to Ukrainian leaders who, in fact, did not start it.
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New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
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things are going great, just great
Three suspected DOGE impersonators storm S.F. City Hall, demand documents
Sheriff's officials said the three men demanded that City Hall employees turn over digital information related to alleged wasteful government spending and fraud
www.sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
things are going great, just great
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Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
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NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
www.wired.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration
Trump’s team requested numerous high-level resignations from the State Department as the president-elect prepares to make a break with the Biden administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
Bird flu almost killed this teen. It’s a cautionary tale for Trump officials.
The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
wapo.st
January 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
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Elon Musk secretly negotiated a prisoner swap directly with Iran and Italy that prevented a terrorism suspect indicted by DOJ, who allegedly participated in a drone attack on American servicemen, from being extradited to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...
Musk Said to Have Intervened to Help Free Italian Jailed in Iran (Gift Article)
The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Elon Musk secretly negotiated a prisoner swap directly with Iran and Italy that prevented a terrorism suspect indicted by DOJ, who allegedly participated in a drone attack on American servicemen, from being extradited to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...
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The Washington Post began trying out a new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” It comes amid turmoil in the newsroom.
The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’
This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Washington Post began trying out a new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” It comes amid turmoil in the newsroom.
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NEW: Mass heat mortality events are coming. In our new preprint, we project tens of thousands of deaths per week in Europe, if the weather patterns that produced heat waves historically happen again at future -- or even current -- global temperatures.
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
NEW: Mass heat mortality events are coming. In our new preprint, we project tens of thousands of deaths per week in Europe, if the weather patterns that produced heat waves historically happen again at future -- or even current -- global temperatures.
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
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"For journalists, including me, Spencer was a cherished source of wisdom and a reminder of how fun and freewheeling politics used to be," @ktumulty.bsky.social writes. Eternally grateful to Karen for letting me tag along on a visit to see Stu in Palm Desert. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Remembering Stu Spencer, the Reagan guru who tried to save the GOP
The California strategist who helped turn an actor into a political superstar is dead at 97.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"For journalists, including me, Spencer was a cherished source of wisdom and a reminder of how fun and freewheeling politics used to be," @ktumulty.bsky.social writes. Eternally grateful to Karen for letting me tag along on a visit to see Stu in Palm Desert. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...