Victoria
@victoriabenning.bsky.social
Managing editor at Bloomberg Opinion, US. Previous life: Washington Post.
All opinions are mine.
All opinions are mine.
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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.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Popular AI chatbots are routinely steering users who ask for advice on reversing an abortion to a hotline that promotes an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment, according to a new report www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Chatbots Give Harmful Tip to Users Seeking Abortion Reversal
Popular AI chatbots are routinely steering users who ask for advice on reversing an abortion to a hotline that promotes an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment, according to a new report.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Popular AI chatbots are routinely steering users who ask for advice on reversing an abortion to a hotline that promotes an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment, according to a new report www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
President Trump said a group of Democratic lawmakers should be put on trial — and suggested they should even face the death penalty — after they released a video telling government employees to refrain from following illegal orders www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Calls for Sedition Trial After Democrats Warn Troops
President Donald Trump said a group of Democratic lawmakers should be put on trial — and suggested they should even face the death penalty — after they released a video telling intelligence community ...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
President Trump said a group of Democratic lawmakers should be put on trial — and suggested they should even face the death penalty — after they released a video telling government employees to refrain from following illegal orders www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
An executive order to ban state AI laws would put the future of the technology in the hands of a few power players, @davelee.me says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A White House Power Grab on AI Would Be a Huge Mistake
The Senate’s overwhelming rejection in July of a plan to ban states from passing regulations on artificial intelligence — the vote was 99-1 — is now set to be brazenly ignored. The White House is push...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
An executive order to ban state AI laws would put the future of the technology in the hands of a few power players, @davelee.me says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c... via @statnews.com
Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism
A CDC website now promotes the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c... via @statnews.com
The deadliest roads in America
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The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The deadliest roads in America
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Is a bad flu season on the way? Experts see reason to be anxious www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f... via @statnews.com
Is a bad flu season on the way? Experts see reason to be anxious
There are early indications that this flu season could be a bad one.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Is a bad flu season on the way? Experts see reason to be anxious www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f... via @statnews.com
Sony might be thinking that if "Barbie" made $1.4 billion, a Labubu movie could too. The problem is that time and history aren't on the side of the ugly-cute monsters www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Can Labubu Overcome Hollywood’s Toy-to-Film Curse?
What are Labubus? It’s a question the luckiest among you have likely never had to ask or answer; I, as a parent of two preteens, have had to do both. They’re the latest inexplicably fashionable trend ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sony might be thinking that if "Barbie" made $1.4 billion, a Labubu movie could too. The problem is that time and history aren't on the side of the ugly-cute monsters www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The House will vote late Wednesday to repeal a provision tucked into government shutdown legislation that will enable GOP senators to sue the Justice Department for millions of dollars over the seizure of phone records in the 2020 election investigation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Republicans Feud Over Law That Could Give Senators Millions
Congressional Republicans are feuding over language quietly tucked into the bill ending the US government shutdown that could reap several GOP senators millions by allowing them to sue the Justice Dep...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The House will vote late Wednesday to repeal a provision tucked into government shutdown legislation that will enable GOP senators to sue the Justice Department for millions of dollars over the seizure of phone records in the 2020 election investigation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Big Oil has hijacked "Landman" to spread the fossil-fuel industry's propaganda, @markgongloff.bsky.social says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Big Oil Hijacked ‘Landman’ for Its Propaganda
I wasn’t planning on writing about the hit TV show Landman, about a Texas oil man, mainly because I haven’t actually, how do you say, watched it. That seems like kind of a prerequisite. But Landman ke...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Big Oil has hijacked "Landman" to spread the fossil-fuel industry's propaganda, @markgongloff.bsky.social says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump has promised $2,000 checks to every American "except for the rich" as a kind of tariff rebate. But, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social, you'll never see a dime of it www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Those $2,000 Tariff Checks Are a Shell Game
President Donald Trump has been touting tariff rebate checks for middle-class Americans, a move he hopes will convince voters that he cares about affordability. The $2,000 payments would go to “all bu...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump has promised $2,000 checks to every American "except for the rich" as a kind of tariff rebate. But, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social, you'll never see a dime of it www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
ICE is exploiting loopholes in the law to trample Americans' rights. It shows how all systems are failing, @noahfeldman.bsky.social writes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Why Isn’t Anyone Stopping ICE?
“Why is no one doing anything about ICE?” is the question I'm most frequently asked when people find out I’m a constitutional law professor.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ICE is exploiting loopholes in the law to trample Americans' rights. It shows how all systems are failing, @noahfeldman.bsky.social writes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Women and children’s wellbeing isn’t a secondary issue to be revisited once geopolitical crises subside, write @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social and @helenclarknz.bsky.social It is central to peace, stability and prosperity www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The World Is Failing Women and Children
As many of the world’s leaders convene in South Africa for the G20, we face a sobering truth: Progress for women, children and adolescents — the foundation of human development — is faltering. Decades...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Women and children’s wellbeing isn’t a secondary issue to be revisited once geopolitical crises subside, write @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social and @helenclarknz.bsky.social It is central to peace, stability and prosperity www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The US Department of Justice is broken and @barbmcquade.bsky.social says the next administration faces a daunting task in restoring its reputation and credibility
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The DOJ Is Broken. What Happens Now?
At the US Department of Justice, hundreds of lawyers have been fired, and thousands more have resigned. As the Trump administration puts its stamp on this once-vaunted agency, the question is, what co...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The US Department of Justice is broken and @barbmcquade.bsky.social says the next administration faces a daunting task in restoring its reputation and credibility
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Why Michigan and the Big Ten disagree on the next move with $2.4 billion on the table www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
Why Michigan and the Big Ten disagree on the next move with $2.4 billion on the table
The situation has some at Michigan questioning the future of the school’s 129-year relationship with the Big Ten.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why Michigan and the Big Ten disagree on the next move with $2.4 billion on the table www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
A federal court shot down Texas’ bid to redraw its congressional districts, delivering a loss to President Donald Trump and closing a path for Republicans to gain five House seats in next year’s midterm elections. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Texas Redistricting Plan Blocked by Court, Upending GOP Strategy
A federal court shot down Texas’ bid to redraw its congressional districts, delivering a loss to President Donald Trump and closing a path for Republicans to gain five House seats in next year’s midte...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A federal court shot down Texas’ bid to redraw its congressional districts, delivering a loss to President Donald Trump and closing a path for Republicans to gain five House seats in next year’s midterm elections. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Baltimore's Red Line is a multibillion-dollar rail plan with a troubled past and a murky future www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Baltimore’s Rebooted Transit Project Can’t Come Soon Enough
The Red Line, a rail plan with a troubled past, emerged as a transportation priority for Maryland Governor Wes Moore in 2024. But progress has been slow.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Baltimore's Red Line is a multibillion-dollar rail plan with a troubled past and a murky future www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
James Watson decoded the secret of life but clung to ideas about race that science itself disproved, @fayeflam.bsky.social writes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
James Watson Had a Brilliant Mind and a Broken Moral Compass
By the time James Watson died earlier this month at the age of 97, he was one of the world’s most famous — and infamous — scientists.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
James Watson decoded the secret of life but clung to ideas about race that science itself disproved, @fayeflam.bsky.social writes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Donald Trump can do math, writes @niamalikah. Realizing he didn't have the votes to block a vote on Epstein, he's now trying to surf a wave of anger and suspicion www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The House Draws the Line at Jeffrey Epstein
Rather than get steamrolled by a House vote scheduled today to compel the Department of Justice to release the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump is acting...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Donald Trump can do math, writes @niamalikah. Realizing he didn't have the votes to block a vote on Epstein, he's now trying to surf a wave of anger and suspicion www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Sundar Pichai has set Google on the path to AI consumer dominance, @davelee.me says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Sundar Pichai Is Google’s AI ‘Wartime CEO’ After All
There was a time everyone seemed to have a take on why Open AI’s ChatGPT beat Google to market in November 2022.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sundar Pichai has set Google on the path to AI consumer dominance, @davelee.me says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
New research shows chimpanzees can weigh evidence and change their minds — machines, not so much. @fayeflam.bsky.social says maybe we’ve been measuring the wrong kind of intelligence www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
AI Thinks It’s Smart. Chimps May Beg to Differ.
For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates on the assumption that people with greater intelligence deserve ac...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New research shows chimpanzees can weigh evidence and change their minds — machines, not so much. @fayeflam.bsky.social says maybe we’ve been measuring the wrong kind of intelligence www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...