Tori Otten
@teotten1.bsky.social
Deputy breaking news editor for The New Republic. Previously English desk for AFP. Thoughts my own. She/her.
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The White House social media account is currently one of the most hateful things I've seen in my lifetime and I can't believe we have to pretend it's normal
July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The White House social media account is currently one of the most hateful things I've seen in my lifetime and I can't believe we have to pretend it's normal
The IDF surrounded, beat, and choked US labor leader Chris Smalls after boarding an aid ship.
"Smalls was the only Black person on the flotilla and was punished much more severely than any of the other 20 members," @malcolmferguson.bsky.social writes for @newrepublic.com
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"Smalls was the only Black person on the flotilla and was punished much more severely than any of the other 20 members," @malcolmferguson.bsky.social writes for @newrepublic.com
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Israel Detains and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The IDF surrounded, beat, and choked US labor leader Chris Smalls after boarding an aid ship.
"Smalls was the only Black person on the flotilla and was punished much more severely than any of the other 20 members," @malcolmferguson.bsky.social writes for @newrepublic.com
tinyurl.com/wxt9h3yv
"Smalls was the only Black person on the flotilla and was punished much more severely than any of the other 20 members," @malcolmferguson.bsky.social writes for @newrepublic.com
tinyurl.com/wxt9h3yv
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Forcing the Black woman who painted the portrait of the Obamas to cancel for NOT erasing Black Transgender people …..
No artists should face censorship for their creativity, vision, and commitment to transgender people's freedom.
Erasing our art and our stories won't erase us.
Erasing our art and our stories won't erase us.
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed to avoid provoking President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Forcing the Black woman who painted the portrait of the Obamas to cancel for NOT erasing Black Transgender people …..
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oh my gosh
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
oh my gosh
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With fuel prices exorbitant and road travel treacherous in war-battered Gaza, AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has to walk for hours in the searing heat every day to document the news: "This morning, I walked about a 25-kilometre round trip in search of information." ➡️ u.afp.com/Sgin
July 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
With fuel prices exorbitant and road travel treacherous in war-battered Gaza, AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has to walk for hours in the searing heat every day to document the news: "This morning, I walked about a 25-kilometre round trip in search of information." ➡️ u.afp.com/Sgin
"We've learned from their brief messages that they can't hold on much longer, and their courage, dedicated for many months to informing the whole world, won't help them survive."
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"We've learned from their brief messages that they can't hold on much longer, and their courage, dedicated for many months to informing the whole world, won't help them survive."
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I don't mean to sound hysterical but there are some pretty clear historical examples of "force the urban-dwellers to the farms," and none of them are great.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I don't mean to sound hysterical but there are some pretty clear historical examples of "force the urban-dwellers to the farms," and none of them are great.
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from “student debt forgiveness is tyranny” to “the president is allowed to point at someone and have them summarily executed on the spot” in 2 years
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
from “student debt forgiveness is tyranny” to “the president is allowed to point at someone and have them summarily executed on the spot” in 2 years
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If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
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wow a concentration camp with showers?
Ron DeSantis on his new camp for migrants: "We've got showers. There you see the shower and bath facilities."
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
wow a concentration camp with showers?
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
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The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Christ it's bad. NO UNIVERSAL INJUCTIONS.
1st #SCOTUS opinion in birthright citizenship case, No 24A884 Trump v. CASA. Background: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Supreme Court Wary of Letting Trump Citizenship Curbs Start (2)
The US Supreme Court signaled it is wary of letting President Donald Trump start to restrict birthright citizenship as the justices debated how much power federal judges should have to block controver...
news.bloomberglaw.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Christ it's bad. NO UNIVERSAL INJUCTIONS.
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Love this totally legitimate and real functioning democracy, where every June our nine wizard-kings descend from the mountain to tell us which laws aren’t real anymore
June 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Love this totally legitimate and real functioning democracy, where every June our nine wizard-kings descend from the mountain to tell us which laws aren’t real anymore
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The freakout about the Zohran government possibly opening some groceries store in food deserts is fascinating because the simplest way for capital to route around it would be for businesses just open up there and obviate the need but they appear unwilling/uninterested in doing so, so govt steps in.
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The freakout about the Zohran government possibly opening some groceries store in food deserts is fascinating because the simplest way for capital to route around it would be for businesses just open up there and obviate the need but they appear unwilling/uninterested in doing so, so govt steps in.
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Short read on today at SCOTUS: Good day for inmates. Immigrants stay losing always. Worst day for women since Dobbs.
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Short read on today at SCOTUS: Good day for inmates. Immigrants stay losing always. Worst day for women since Dobbs.
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Punchbowl reports Robert Garcia wins handily, defeating Stephen Lynch 150-63.
Robert Garcia will be the top House Dem on the Oversight Committee
Robert Garcia will be the top House Dem on the Oversight Committee
They're giving introductions ahead of the vote now, with @beyer.house.gov leading off for Team Robert Garcia. Vote soon
June 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Punchbowl reports Robert Garcia wins handily, defeating Stephen Lynch 150-63.
Robert Garcia will be the top House Dem on the Oversight Committee
Robert Garcia will be the top House Dem on the Oversight Committee
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An act of war weeks in planning but unauthorized by Congress against a country that Trump's own director of intelligence testified under oath was not close to getting a nuclear weapon.
BREAKING: U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities
U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities
Trump's direct intervention marks a historic escalation in the Middle East.
www.axios.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
An act of war weeks in planning but unauthorized by Congress against a country that Trump's own director of intelligence testified under oath was not close to getting a nuclear weapon.
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Judge Farbiarz finds there are extraordinary circumstances here, and no flight risk or danger to community. Also the punishment claim is substantial enough to justify release. He orders Mahmoud Khalil RELEASED ON BAIL.
June 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Judge Farbiarz finds there are extraordinary circumstances here, and no flight risk or danger to community. Also the punishment claim is substantial enough to justify release. He orders Mahmoud Khalil RELEASED ON BAIL.
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Hey Chuck, this decision rips health care away from Americans
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hey Chuck, this decision rips health care away from Americans
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It's not hyperbole to say that corpses have more rights than pregnant women in many US states.
Liz Bruenig really said "brain dead people are incubators too"
Liz Bruenig really said "brain dead people are incubators too"
June 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's not hyperbole to say that corpses have more rights than pregnant women in many US states.
Liz Bruenig really said "brain dead people are incubators too"
Liz Bruenig really said "brain dead people are incubators too"
"Three dozen horses, 28 Abrams tanks, 6,700 soldiers, and millions of taxpayer dollars later, and Donald Trump’s military birthday parade was still a flop at best."
tinyurl.com/3mdybh3y by @malcolmferguson.bsky.social for @newrepublic.com
tinyurl.com/3mdybh3y by @malcolmferguson.bsky.social for @newrepublic.com
Trump’s Military Parade Was a Pathetic Event for a Pathetic President
The turnout wasn’t anything like what he wanted—and not everyone who showed up was even a fan of his.
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June 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Three dozen horses, 28 Abrams tanks, 6,700 soldiers, and millions of taxpayer dollars later, and Donald Trump’s military birthday parade was still a flop at best."
tinyurl.com/3mdybh3y by @malcolmferguson.bsky.social for @newrepublic.com
tinyurl.com/3mdybh3y by @malcolmferguson.bsky.social for @newrepublic.com
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Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines
"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"
"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"
June 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines
"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"
"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"
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Yesterday I met Assane II, so-called "King of the Corniche," the main highway here in Dakar.
"Noble, imposing and perfectly built," he's rumored to be the most expensive ram (2.5 mn XOF / $4,350) ahead of Tabaski (Eid al-Adha), when the animals are sacrificed for a family feast
"Noble, imposing and perfectly built," he's rumored to be the most expensive ram (2.5 mn XOF / $4,350) ahead of Tabaski (Eid al-Adha), when the animals are sacrificed for a family feast
June 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yesterday I met Assane II, so-called "King of the Corniche," the main highway here in Dakar.
"Noble, imposing and perfectly built," he's rumored to be the most expensive ram (2.5 mn XOF / $4,350) ahead of Tabaski (Eid al-Adha), when the animals are sacrificed for a family feast
"Noble, imposing and perfectly built," he's rumored to be the most expensive ram (2.5 mn XOF / $4,350) ahead of Tabaski (Eid al-Adha), when the animals are sacrificed for a family feast
Missouri voters secured a historic victory for abortion rights in November. The state Supreme Court just ripped it away.
tinyurl.com/m26t63nu by @melissagiragrant.com for @newrepublic.com
tinyurl.com/m26t63nu by @melissagiragrant.com for @newrepublic.com
Missouri’s Historic Abortion Victory Is Crumbling Before Our Eyes
The state Supreme Court effectively restored an abortion ban voters believed they’d defeated just months ago. The reversal points up the risks of relying on ballot measures to ensure abortion access.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Missouri voters secured a historic victory for abortion rights in November. The state Supreme Court just ripped it away.
tinyurl.com/m26t63nu by @melissagiragrant.com for @newrepublic.com
tinyurl.com/m26t63nu by @melissagiragrant.com for @newrepublic.com