Scott Tong

Co-host, @hereandnow from @NPR @WBUR.
Author, A Village with My Name.
Former China bureau chief, Marketplace.

[Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor]

NEW: In interview with @TheAtlantic, Trump indicates that he sees Delcy Rodriguez as a client figure who has to do his bidding. And he doubles down on Greenland: "We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense."
https://t.co/QeEdQ7Ernr

[Jane Mayer @JaneMayerNYer]

Interesting…

[Jacob Heilbrunn @JacobHeilbrunn]

Enjoyed talking with ⁦@tongscott⁩ about the Right’s rifts over Israel ⁦@SCClemons⁩ ⁦@mobbs_mentality⁩ ⁦@melindaharing⁩ ⁦@sbg1⁩ https://t.co/eA7LxoITtM

[Jae-Ha Kim 김재하 @GoAwayWithJae]

Thx to @NPR’s @hereandnow for inviting me to share my thoughts about KPOP DEMON HUNTERS. @TongScott asked the relevant questions as we discussed the Korean American creatives, relevance of artists like BTS & how the U.S. still others K-pop.👇
https://t.co/75QkUv7i4I @WBUR

[The Strand Magazine @StrandMag]

Tune in to @hereandnow for the story behind the story of "Nightmare" by Raymond Chandler!
https://t.co/vzJJyoxxky
@tongscott conducted a fabulous interview!
#raymondchandler

[Lauren Cone @LConeCNN]

"It is difficult to see even one building that is fully standing. All you can see is rubble."

@JDiamond1 joins @tongscott @hereandnow to discuss what he saw on a recent Israeli military embed near the ‘yellow line’ in Gaza City’s Al-Shujaiya neighborhood.
https://t.co/6dD7gReeNh

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Great to visit with @tongscott on ⁦@hereandnow⁩ to chat about politics and ⁦@RaceVTerror⁩! 🎙️ 📕 https://t.co/FF1KDF1XOa

[Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 @christophclarey]

Made it into the studio in #Boston to talk #Nadal & The Warrior with #tennis aficionado @tongscott for NPR's
@hereandnow

Rich conversation ahead of the book's release in North America on May 13. An excerpt is included
https://t.co/5gcJ8Br6VK

[Vincent Ni @nivincent]

A moving interview with ⁦@julianborger⁩, perfectly conducted by ⁦@tongscott⁩ Have a listen. https://t.co/QgZdhi9c9o

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

We’re looking for someone with a passion for podcasting and for the values of The Economist to work on our award-winning weekly podcast on China. Apply by May 18th https://t.co/yfe16qeDYD

[Scott Tong @tongscott]

@ryanl_hass Thanks Ryan for this

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: https://t.co/tbgKk7ESqj

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

"At the current pace of advance, as per ISW, it would take Russia 83 years to capture the remaining 80% of Ukraine it does not occupy"
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[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

NEW: The head of the criminal division in the Washington, D.C. US Attorney's Office abruptly resigned today for reasons that remain unclear. https://t.co/3jraDPvMoP

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

.@FAANews: FAA staff fired over the weekend included personnel that worked radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others. Hundreds were fired, just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in DC killed 67. One employee said they were harassed on Facebook by @DOGE prior to being fired. https://t.co/4BXVfKtgWh

[Jonathan Howard MD @19joho]

You said this wouldn’t happen @DrJMarine @VPrasadMDMPH @MartinKulldorff

Here we are.

[Steven Salzberg 💙💛 @StevenSalzberg1]

98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

In a statement, AP editor Julie Pace said the White House told the AP if it did not align its editorial standards with Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, it would be barred from accessing Trump's executive order signing

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

A 23-year-old representative from Elon Musk’s DOGE was granted access to the Energy Department’s IT system on Wednesday by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, sources told CNN.

This despite objections from people in the agency, which controls access to info about the US nuclear weapons.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

This is not a drawdown - it's a death sentence.

Not just for @USAID - more importantly, for the millions of people who America had committed to support. USAID's work will completely break.

These deaths are on @SecRubio's head.

Examples of the lives that will now be lost:
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