#Officials

Renee Bracey Sherman

RBraceySherman

For years the anti-abortion movement has co-opted and cherry picked Fannie Lou Hamer's words and legacy to fit their anti-Black propaganda. She was forcibly sterilized by our government—exactly what is

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

The big outbreaks in southern states that were slow to adopt formal distancing orders that I feared seems to not be happening. It feels like public health officials don’t want

Karen Dervan

dervan8r

Boycott or not? The measures announced by the @DeptAHG yesterday have been met with suitable derision. The dept’s proposal is a kneejerk, easy-fit, populist response, yes. But the key thing

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D

RVAwonk

Wow. Trump appointees in HHS privately touted their efforts last year to block or alter scientists’ reports on COVID-19 to more closely align with Trump’s "more optimistic messages about the

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

CongressmanRaja

I joined @RepMaloney & @WhipClyburn of @Oversightdems to release docs revealing that the Trump Admin’s failed #COVID19 ad campaign tried to use taxpayer dollars to help @realDonaldTrump's reelection. They even

Mattathias Schwartz

Schwartzesque

I have thoughts about the phone call between President Trump and Gordon Sondland that took place in a Kiev restaurant, according to Amb. Taylor. It's gotten considerable attention because it

Yashar Ali 🐘

yashar

The Chinese government has been looting African nations for three decades now. A new style of colonialism. Now the news comes that Africans in China are being targeted by the

Josh Dawsey

jdawsey1

Denial and dysfunction plagued the U.S. government for 70 days as coronavirus spread, with battles over testing, spending, travel limits & a national approach, per interviews with four dozen people

Gregory Messenger

gmssngr

This week was my last as a seconded academic working in the Foreign Office as an AHRC-ESRC-FCO KE fellow. Some reflections on working as an academic in government... (imagine a

Max Blumenthal

MaxBlumenthal

A dubious story about Russia paying bounties to the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan appeared in the New York Times. It was sourced entirely to "American intelligence officials."Former

Alliance for Securing Democracy

SecureDemocracy

Let’s talk about secure voting. Foreign actors are attempting to undermine our faith in the vote by amplifying disinfo around vote-by-mail and other processes. There’s lots of bad info out

Alissa Walker

awalkerinLA

What's happening in LA today shows why pandemic-related curfews are misguided, confusing, and potentially harmful.We currently have a 10 p.m. curfew in place, but our county case numbers are so

The Drive

TheDriveSB

What They Didn’t SayA thread https://thedrivestudentblogblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/07/what-they-didnt-say/ By: Micaela Shambee--Editor, The Drive Student Blog Dear 2025 Self,Stay inside a little while,In a little while,this will be over,

Ben Riley-Smith

benrileysmith

If Biden wins there will be an almighty scramble from the UK to keep the trade deal alive. Having chatted to well-placed sources this is my understanding for how Britain

Paul Thomas

pejthomas

1/ This is the @ottawahealth (OPH) decision-guide for #COVID contact tracing in #Ottawa schools It must change NOW.Principals can tell kids with sniffles to isolate for 14 days, but the

Chase Thomas

ChaseThomas89

I was initially really proud of our state’s response to COVID-19. We shut down relatively early, our state epidemiologist @DrAngelaCDunn was always front and center in updates, and messaging was