Laurie Garrett (twitter feed)
@lauriegarrett1.bsky.social
Member @CFR_org. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (3Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: I Heard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.
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New York, NY
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New York, NY
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS THREATS RISING "The year 2025 witnessed military operations in three theatres under the shadow of nuclear weapons, with each conflict posing a risk of escalation."
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/nuclear-risk/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/nuclear-risk/
2026 Doomsday Clock Statement: Nuclear Risk - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The lack of arms control talks and a general dearth of leadership on nuclear issues has worsened the nuclear outlook.
thebulletin.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
NUCLEAR WEAPONS THREATS RISING "The year 2025 witnessed military operations in three theatres under the shadow of nuclear weapons, with each conflict posing a risk of escalation."
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/nuclear-risk/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/nuclear-risk/
DISRUPTIVE TECH THREATS Ungoverned LLMs and Artificial Intelligence -- not to mention quantum computing.
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/disruptive-technologies/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/disruptive-technologies/
2026 Doomsday Clock Statement: Disruptive Technologies - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The increasing sophistication and uncertain accuracy of AI models have generated significant concern about their application in critical processes, particularly in military programs.
thebulletin.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
DISRUPTIVE TECH THREATS Ungoverned LLMs and Artificial Intelligence -- not to mention quantum computing.
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/disruptive-technologies/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/disruptive-technologies/
The formal DOOMSDAY CLOCK STATEMENT
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/
2026 Doomsday Clock Statement - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
It is 85 seconds to midnight.
thebulletin.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The formal DOOMSDAY CLOCK STATEMENT
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/
washingtonposm/climate-e…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/27/doomsday-clock-2026-85-seconds-to-midnight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/27/doomsday-clock-2026-85-seconds-to-midnight
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
BIOLOGICAL THREATS: - mirror life - collapsing public health - AI use to create life forms evolution - govt.-sponsored bioweapons programs
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/biological-threats/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/biological-threats/
2026 Doomsday Clock Statement: Biological Threats - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Four developments—research into self-replicating “mirror life”; AI tools that can design biological threats; state-sponsored biological weapons programs; and the dismantling of US public health efforts—have increased the possibility of bio-catastrophe.
thebulletin.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
BIOLOGICAL THREATS: - mirror life - collapsing public health - AI use to create life forms evolution - govt.-sponsored bioweapons programs
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/biological-threats/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/biological-threats/
The Doomsday Clock reset to just 85 seconds before Midnight -- “Catastrophic risks are on the rise, cooperation is on the decline, and we are running out of time,” said Alexandra Bell, president and chief executive of the Bulletin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/doomsday-clock-2026.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/doomsday-clock-2026.html
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Doomsday Clock reset to just 85 seconds before Midnight -- “Catastrophic risks are on the rise, cooperation is on the decline, and we are running out of time,” said Alexandra Bell, president and chief executive of the Bulletin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/doomsday-clock-2026.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/doomsday-clock-2026.html
It's called the EPA -- environmental PROTECTION. But the agency is considering allowing use of pesticide dicamba -- which has twice in federal courts been ruled unsafe. Big Ag loves this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/30/dicamba-registration-epa-pesticides
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/30/dicamba-registration-epa-pesticides
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
It's called the EPA -- environmental PROTECTION. But the agency is considering allowing use of pesticide dicamba -- which has twice in federal courts been ruled unsafe. Big Ag loves this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/30/dicamba-registration-epa-pesticides
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/30/dicamba-registration-epa-pesticides
"The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 C, as for the first time, a 3-year period, ending in 2025, has breached the threshold. And climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences..."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/1.5-degrees-tipping-points
https://e360.yale.edu/features/1.5-degrees-tipping-points
Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate
With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest — that could not be reversed.
e360.yale.edu
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 C, as for the first time, a 3-year period, ending in 2025, has breached the threshold. And climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences..."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/1.5-degrees-tipping-points
https://e360.yale.edu/features/1.5-degrees-tipping-points
"This is batshit crazy" Has a president of the United States ever before sued the executive branch over which he presides? He has not. Until now.
https://newrepublic.com/article/205998/trump-lawsuit-irs-more-outrageous
https://newrepublic.com/article/205998/trump-lawsuit-irs-more-outrageous
Trump’s Lawsuit Against the IRS Is Even More Outrageous Than It Seems
You don’t know the half of it.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"This is batshit crazy" Has a president of the United States ever before sued the executive branch over which he presides? He has not. Until now.
https://newrepublic.com/article/205998/trump-lawsuit-irs-more-outrageous
https://newrepublic.com/article/205998/trump-lawsuit-irs-more-outrageous
Florida appears to have decided to let people in the State die of HIV/AIDS if they can't manage to conjur +$5K/mo for medicines that can keep them alive. The cruelty is unconscionable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/01/florida-hiv-adap-cuts/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/01/florida-hiv-adap-cuts/
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Florida appears to have decided to let people in the State die of HIV/AIDS if they can't manage to conjur +$5K/mo for medicines that can keep them alive. The cruelty is unconscionable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/01/florida-hiv-adap-cuts/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/01/florida-hiv-adap-cuts/
It added: “Before the restoration, there was a generic cherub. Today, it is the face of the most powerful woman in the country.” Sheesh.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/01/likeness-of-restored-angel-to-giorgia-meloni-triggers-investigations-in-rome
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/01/likeness-of-restored-angel-to-giorgia-meloni-triggers-investigations-in-rome
Likeness of restored angel to Giorgia Meloni triggers investigations in Rome
Cherub at landmark church causes ecclesiastical and political uproar with alleged resemblance to Italian PM
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It added: “Before the restoration, there was a generic cherub. Today, it is the face of the most powerful woman in the country.” Sheesh.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/01/likeness-of-restored-angel-to-giorgia-meloni-triggers-investigations-in-rome
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/01/likeness-of-restored-angel-to-giorgia-meloni-triggers-investigations-in-rome
Kirk Milhoan is the #RFKJr appointee as chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which decides how parents should immunize their children. He's decided maybe nobody should #vaccinate, for anything.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip
US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he dislikes the term ‘established science’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Kirk Milhoan is the #RFKJr appointee as chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which decides how parents should immunize their children. He's decided maybe nobody should #vaccinate, for anything.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip
Repost by @NatashaBertrand from @Laurie_Garrett: “In Catia la Mar, a city just west of the Caracas airport, the air strikes hit a three-story civilian apartment comple…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @NatashaBertrand from @Laurie_Garrett: “In Catia la Mar, a city just west of the Caracas airport, the air strikes hit a three-story civilian apartment comple…
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @TheDailyShow: Recent attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar range from Trump mockingly impersonating her to a man trying to pickle her at a Minneapolis town hall
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @TheDailyShow: Recent attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar range from Trump mockingly impersonating her to a man trying to pickle her at a Minneapolis town hall
Repost by @extremetemps from @Laurie_Garrett: ‼️That's CRAZY :50c again in AUSTRALIA and on the Southern coast The mother of all heat waves of the Southern Hemisphere…
nitter.net
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @extremetemps from @Laurie_Garrett: ‼️That's CRAZY :50c again in AUSTRALIA and on the Southern coast The mother of all heat waves of the Southern Hemisphere…
In a 3-part series I examined what, how, why did events unfold so tragically in Minneapolis, and what is the Trump Administration's true goal. Here's a link to Part 1.
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-1
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-1
ICE COLD AMERICA PART 1
With much of the Nation facing frigid temperatures, the cold hearts in the Trump Administration justify two murders of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis
lauriegarrett.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
In a 3-part series I examined what, how, why did events unfold so tragically in Minneapolis, and what is the Trump Administration's true goal. Here's a link to Part 1.
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-1
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-1
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @AnnKoenig61: While his ICE is tormenting hardworking immigrants across the country…
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @AnnKoenig61: While his ICE is tormenting hardworking immigrants across the country…
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @AdameMedia: 🚨 LINDSEY GRAHAM TO EUROPE: WE’RE GOING TO CRUSH YOUR ECONOMY "To any ally, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, if you try to help the ICC (to arrest Netanyahu), we're going to sanction you." This is terrorism.
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @AdameMedia: 🚨 LINDSEY GRAHAM TO EUROPE: WE’RE GOING TO CRUSH YOUR ECONOMY "To any ally, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, if you try to help the ICC (to arrest Netanyahu), we're going to sanction you." This is terrorism.
In a 3-part series I examined what, how, why did events unfold so tragically in Minneapolis, and what is the Trump Administration's true goal. Here's a link to Part 2.
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-2
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-2
ICE COLD AMERICA Part 2
The White House and Republican Party are scrambling to find an exit ramp from the Minneapolis catastrophe, of their own making
lauriegarrett.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
In a 3-part series I examined what, how, why did events unfold so tragically in Minneapolis, and what is the Trump Administration's true goal. Here's a link to Part 2.
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-2
https://lauriegarrett.substack.com/p/ice-cold-america-part-2
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @Kasparov63: This is what a Russian ceasefire looks like.
https://nitter.net/ukrreview/status/2017161937293918434
https://nitter.net/ukrreview/status/2017161937293918434
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @Kasparov63: This is what a Russian ceasefire looks like.
https://nitter.net/ukrreview/status/2017161937293918434
https://nitter.net/ukrreview/status/2017161937293918434
This is extremely dangerous, bad news.
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
This is extremely dangerous, bad news.
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @Suzierizzo1: This video is 19 undocumented immigrants that worked for the Trump Organization for years most of them worked at Maralago and they have a story to tell! 👇👇👇
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @Suzierizzo1: This video is 19 undocumented immigrants that worked for the Trump Organization for years most of them worked at Maralago and they have a story to tell! 👇👇👇
Repost by @extremetemps from @Laurie_Garrett: ‼️EXTRAORDINARY 50 DEGREES AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA NOTHING ever happened in Southern Hemisphere history remotely compares to…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @extremetemps from @Laurie_Garrett: ‼️EXTRAORDINARY 50 DEGREES AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA NOTHING ever happened in Southern Hemisphere history remotely compares to…
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @VandalarGaming:
https://nitter.net/i/status/1981271511282356662
https://nitter.net/i/status/1981271511282356662
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @VandalarGaming:
https://nitter.net/i/status/1981271511282356662
https://nitter.net/i/status/1981271511282356662
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @MikeNellis: ICE kidnapped an elderly man working at McDonald’s in Minneapolis. When his son rushed his dad’s life-saving heart meds to the detention center, ICE agents laughed in his face. Sickening shit.
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Repost by @Laurie_Garrett from @MikeNellis: ICE kidnapped an elderly man working at McDonald’s in Minneapolis. When his son rushed his dad’s life-saving heart meds to the detention center, ICE agents laughed in his face. Sickening shit.