Belinda E-K
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The first-ever live, in-person episode of Endless Urgency is here — featuring Congressman Maxwell Frost, the Gen Z leader calling out the chaos and corruption in Washington. We dug into the shutdown, ICE raids, and fighting from the inside. Watch it now on YouTube 🔥👇
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The first-ever live, in-person episode of Endless Urgency is here — featuring Congressman Maxwell Frost, the Gen Z leader calling out the chaos and corruption in Washington. We dug into the shutdown, ICE raids, and fighting from the inside. Watch it now on YouTube 🔥👇
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"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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September 1, 1939
I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth...
I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth...
September 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
September 1, 1939
I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth...
I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth...
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Amazing #Climate news‼️
Trump fired everyone but the head of climate.gov is recruiting scientists to share #ClimateTruth
Resurrecting its content into a new organization w/expanded mission ‼️
Please support this work at climate.us
#VoteClimate
#BlueEarth
#OV1
#ResistanceEarth
Trump fired everyone but the head of climate.gov is recruiting scientists to share #ClimateTruth
Resurrecting its content into a new organization w/expanded mission ‼️
Please support this work at climate.us
#VoteClimate
#BlueEarth
#OV1
#ResistanceEarth
August 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Amazing #Climate news‼️
Trump fired everyone but the head of climate.gov is recruiting scientists to share #ClimateTruth
Resurrecting its content into a new organization w/expanded mission ‼️
Please support this work at climate.us
#VoteClimate
#BlueEarth
#OV1
#ResistanceEarth
Trump fired everyone but the head of climate.gov is recruiting scientists to share #ClimateTruth
Resurrecting its content into a new organization w/expanded mission ‼️
Please support this work at climate.us
#VoteClimate
#BlueEarth
#OV1
#ResistanceEarth
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Insisting on expertise over ideology is not “politicizing” science. The ideologues installing scientific and governmental policy that is contradicted by evidence and data are.
By emphasizing ideology over expertise, THEY have made arguing for expertise and evidence-based decision making partisan.
By emphasizing ideology over expertise, THEY have made arguing for expertise and evidence-based decision making partisan.
Scientists Are Caught in a Political Trap
Fighting back against the Trump administration means they start to look more like activists.
www.theatlantic.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Insisting on expertise over ideology is not “politicizing” science. The ideologues installing scientific and governmental policy that is contradicted by evidence and data are.
By emphasizing ideology over expertise, THEY have made arguing for expertise and evidence-based decision making partisan.
By emphasizing ideology over expertise, THEY have made arguing for expertise and evidence-based decision making partisan.
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I think the fact that the president can make up a bullshit pretext about crime, activate various states' national guard units and invade a major city with basically minimal pushback of any kind reflects very poorly on Americans generally
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I think the fact that the president can make up a bullshit pretext about crime, activate various states' national guard units and invade a major city with basically minimal pushback of any kind reflects very poorly on Americans generally
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Worth keeping this in mind.
I like this concise explanation for how Germany fell into line behind the Nazis, written by a journalist in 1939 and quoted in Richard J. Evans's 'The Coming of the Third Reich' (2003). (2/6)
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Worth keeping this in mind.
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In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
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Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.
August 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.
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August 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We’re grateful to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for their support of FRONTLINE’s independent journalism — and their trust in the value of public media storytelling.
If you believe in the power of credible, thoughtful reporting and filmmaking, please consider donating to FRONTLINE:
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This is a form of mass murder and of suicide for American scientific leadership, competitiveness and national security. Kennedy is every bit the disaster we feared and then some.
Kennedy urged HHS to move away from mRNA vaccines and "invest in better solutions," but did not specify alternatives.
RFK Jr. makes major vaccine announcement
www.newsweek.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is a form of mass murder and of suicide for American scientific leadership, competitiveness and national security. Kennedy is every bit the disaster we feared and then some.
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Earlier this year, I made two trips to Sudan, where a terrible civil war has displaced 14 million people. The state is absent, international institutions are weak.Outside powers, motivated by greed and nihilism, have stepped into the vacuum
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
This Is What the End of the Liberal World Order Looks Like
In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.
www.theatlantic.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Earlier this year, I made two trips to Sudan, where a terrible civil war has displaced 14 million people. The state is absent, international institutions are weak.Outside powers, motivated by greed and nihilism, have stepped into the vacuum
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.
I’m Not panicking. I’m Outraged.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.
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The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
International non-profit Civicus says ‘sustained attacks on civic freedoms’ put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
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Surviving measles (again, even mild cases) wipes out a portion of your immune memory and weakens your body's defenses, leaving you vulnerable to infections you were previously protected against through years of exposure or immunization.
The Immunity Thief: Why Measles Is Much Worse Than a Rash
How one infection can wipe out years of hard-earned immune protection
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Surviving measles (again, even mild cases) wipes out a portion of your immune memory and weakens your body's defenses, leaving you vulnerable to infections you were previously protected against through years of exposure or immunization.
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"2000 Meters to Andriivka," the latest feature-documentary from FRONTLINE & @apnews.com, is now screening in select theaters. Through raw frontline footage & intimate reflection, the film asks hard questions about war, duty, & the human cost of survival.
Learn more: www.2000meterstoandriivka.com
Learn more: www.2000meterstoandriivka.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"2000 Meters to Andriivka," the latest feature-documentary from FRONTLINE & @apnews.com, is now screening in select theaters. Through raw frontline footage & intimate reflection, the film asks hard questions about war, duty, & the human cost of survival.
Learn more: www.2000meterstoandriivka.com
Learn more: www.2000meterstoandriivka.com
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“Everything is bigger in Texas. $1.26 billion taxpayers money funneled to private pockets. 5,000 prisoners. No due process. Tent concentration camp in a desert.”
-- @beingliberal.bsky.social
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-- @beingliberal.bsky.social
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While We Watch Colbert and South Park, They Build A $1.2 B Desert Concentration Camp In Texas
While America’s distracted by the Steven Colbert Show drama and South Park revenge, Trump's government just dropped over a billion dollars to build the largest detention center in U.S. history
beingliberal.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“Everything is bigger in Texas. $1.26 billion taxpayers money funneled to private pockets. 5,000 prisoners. No due process. Tent concentration camp in a desert.”
-- @beingliberal.bsky.social
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-- @beingliberal.bsky.social
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Epstein matters, but there's a much greater story of American moral depravity that ought to be leading the news
America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
This column on U.S. concentration camps is the one I hoped I’d never write | Will Bunch
Andrea Pitzer literally wrote the book on concentration camps. I talked to her about how they came to America.
www.inquirer.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Epstein matters, but there's a much greater story of American moral depravity that ought to be leading the news
America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
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