JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Last night State Department sent Freedom House notification of termination of a multi-year, multimillion dollar grant for work on transnational repression that I spent most of the last year developing and setting up.

I also received a termination notice for our DOS Freedom on the Net grant. The work has been championed by bipartisan admins & is the foundation for understanding & advocating for internet freedom.

We’re going to figure out a way forward. This work is too important for anyone to shut down.

IRNA reporting that Niloofar Hamedi & Elaheh Mohammadi were sentenced to 13 & 12 years in prison respectively on charges, including collaboration with the U.S. government & acting against national security, for their coverage of Mahsa Amini’s murder.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Sen Lindsey Graham live on CNN last night with Abby Phillip calling for US & Israel to bomb Iran even without evidence of direct involvement in Hamas attacks.

“I think if there’s a war with Iran, we would win.”

So well deserved! And such a timely recognition of the important work Iranian women and civil society are doing within the country — even from prison. ❤️

www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10...