Carrie Coogan

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[Yaroslava @strategywoman]

Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack.

Explosions are breaking the night.

Again.

[Yaroslava @strategywoman]

Evening in Kyiv.
Ballistic missile threat.

This painting shows all my emotions now.

🇺🇦 Modest Sosenko
Woman Selling Oranges
1912

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.

The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change — all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

[Yaroslava @strategywoman]

Greetings from Kyiv.

Having a warcoffee now.
The café in the mall is packed today,
and many people are at the skating rink.
It’s much better than sitting in dark, often cold apartments.

Kyiv won’t surrender. I see it in our eyes.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Racist garbage continues to emanate from this President and his White House. From his now-deleted and grotesque post targeting the Obamas, to his doctored image that altered the expression and skin tone of a Black civil rights lawyer, his use of AI is simply the newest form of an old pattern: open racism from Donald Trump.

Just because we aren't totally surprised, doesn't mean we can shrug it off. Decency, dignity, and humanity matter, even now. Especially now.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

I’m on my apartment balcony to illustrate how Donald Trump’s corruption and contempt for the rule both threatens our democracy *and* affects our everyday lives.

Behind me is the Gateway project, a $16 billion effort to build a new rail tunnel across the Hudson. It's the most important infrastructure project in the country, vital to the economy of New York and the rest of the northeastern U.S..

The work will stop today—with thousands of jobs lost—because Donald Trump *illegally* cut off the funding.

Why?  Because he wants *Penn Station* (and Dulles Airport) to be named after *him*. 

So the fight against Trumpism is both about democracy and our economic well-being.  It’s *one* fight.

It’s either Trump or us.  We can’t go on with him another three years.

And that’s why I’m running for Congress.

Join the fight at https://t.co/odvrOJegFd.

[Marissa J. Lang ✍️ @Marissa_Jae]

My colleague Marty Weil is one of The Post’s last living ties to Watergate. He’s covered stories that range from local crime to the Sept. 11 attacks to whimsical weather musings.

After 60 years, he was laid off yesterday by email. https://t.co/NZaorQXUcD

[Aaron C. Davis @byaaroncdavis]

I often refrain from saying anything here that I’ve already seen posted or reposted by someone else. So while I was tempted yesterday to say it was the worst day of my nearly 18 years at The Post, it had already been said - and said well by many others. But today, for the record, since there is not one mention of it in the print edition delivered to my home in the nation’s capital: leaders at The Washington Post yesterday laid off 300 journalists. They closed bureaus around the globe, leaving fewer eyes on vital power centers and hostile regimes. They vastly shrunk our ability to cover the District of Columbia and the surrounding area. They abandoned the coverage of sports teams central to the region’s identity and at a time when upheaval and online sports gambling has become pervasive. They fired a stunning number of talented colleagues who make sense of the world around us in technology, business, education, climate, health and more. They fired journalists who take and select photos, edit video, produce audio, sketch graphics and who conceive and create other forms of digital story telling. They fired Pulitzer winning investigative reporters who spent the last year writing about the growing political influence of billionaires and dedicated editors and unsung heroes who every day save our copy from errors. It was, by any metric, a Washington Post-worthy news story, a story of gross corporate fiscal mismanagement, of a loss of independent media - of the buckling, critics would say; “restructuring,”  Post leaders would say - of an American institution.
In the newsroom, there are goodbyes to come for so many journalists I’ve been proud to call colleagues. Sadly, it was not a one-day story, readers will soon see.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The Washington Post is laying off a third of its workforce across both the newsroom and its business operations, a massive blow at a storied newspaper that has struggled in recent years to stay profitable.

@GeoffRBennett speaks to @PostBaron, who was editor of the Post from 2012 until 2021, for more on the cuts and their implications.

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

The @WashPost has now laid off its Asia editor, its New Delhi bureau chief, its Sydney bureau chief, its Cairo bureau chief, the entire Middle East reporting team, China correspondents, Iran correspondents, Turkey correspondents, and many more. The world is becoming less America-centric by the minute while the United States is becoming more America-centric than ever. It is just a depressing yet somehow perfect summation of our current moment that one of the most important newspapers in the history of the country - one that has actually shaped the history of the United States - doesn't think reporting on the world is of any use anymore. What an utterly perfect encapsulation of where we have arrived.

[Yaroslava @strategywoman]

I went to the Dnipro River today.
Still frozen.

I just want to remind you that russians chose the coldest night to launch the most severe attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

This is a really hard day for a lot of people in Washington journalism. For those who are impacted -- or those who want a change -- please know that we are hiring for several roles, including a couple of editorial positions.

We are a small but very ambitious newsroom. We are growing, profitable and investing in news.

https://t.co/pu8wUxGOVk

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

[Matea Gold @mateagold]

I was so lucky to work at the @washingtonpost for more than a decade, alongside tenacious, world-class journalists. I know how deeply committed the staff is to the mission of holding power to account, and how much grit and bravery they bring to unearthing stories that would otherwise go untold. The loss of so many journalists is gutting for all of us who care about The Post and its long history of independent, rigorous reporting.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read. https://t.co/NPtKyjYRml

[Yaroslava @strategywoman]

Kyiv.
Five and a half hours after the total blackout (officially: a major system outage) began.
Water is back,
electricity is back,
still no heating in my district.

Ukraine 💪

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

I don’t know about you, but—during this 250th anniversary year—I’m not going to stay quiet while Trump and his regime lies, steals, cheats, abuses, commits crimes, ignores the needs of everyone but the richest among us, trashes our Constitution and imagines their cruelty and hate in any way represent America. This is the year to stand up for American principles and values. I’m betting millions and millions feel the same.

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

It’s hard to believe one lawless man—enabled by an entire party—can cause so much stress and fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, should be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen now.