Travis

Dad, husband and guy who works at the PBS @NewsHour. Former @ForeignPolicy, @DMRegister

[Washington Week with The Atlantic | PBS @washingtonweek]

“We are living through this epistemological crisis right now and it is … really, really dangerous,” @TimAlberta said.

Referring to Americans outside of Washington, D.C., Alberta added, “These are people who have reached the conclusion that no one is looking out for them.”

[amna @RealAmnaNawaz]

“The company — which owns titles like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Buffalo News and the Omaha World-Herald — has asked its newspapers to run a three-story package about Hoffmann on their front pages over the holiday weekend, starting Friday.” https://t.co/ph9AL1dkw4

[Travis @tcd004]

Scientists create cells that can eat, grow and reproduce, and they're open-sourcing the process. (so far they only function for about 5 generations)
https://t.co/I7K2mDwpAq

[Liz Landers @ElizLanders]

NPR retracts story that Supreme Court Justice Alito is retiring, saying it was published in error:

[Lisa Desjardins @LisaDNews]

REP. KEAN: tells House he was diagnosed with depression.

Says "it is so much more" than feeling sad.

[Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits.

[Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett]

MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapses.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon, I can give you many, many names of people who have died because of your aid cuts.:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because you stopped paying for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of your cuts in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after you interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when you cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to him.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge you: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan https://t.co/W3UhBerdH0

[Liz Landers @ElizLanders]

Top White House official @StephenM reacted to the Supreme Court decision today regarding temporary protected immigration status for Syrians and Haitians, saying, “It’d be crazy for us to say that Haitians shouldn’t live in Haiti, it’s their country." More:

[Senator Thom Tillis @SenThomTillis]

General Chris Donahue has spent his career leading from the front, earning the respect of Soldiers, Allies, and senior leaders across the Joint Force. Secretary Hegseth’s decision to force him out says far more about Hegseth than it does about General Donahue.

This is yet another unforced error from a Secretary leading the Pentagon with bro-culture bravado rather than restraint, humility and careful stewardship of the finest fighting force in the world.

Strong leaders are not threatened by accomplished commanders. Weak ones are. His paranoid micromanagement of senior military leaders and promotion lists is pure insecurity dressed up as reform. He is more interested in purging people he perceives as insufficiently loyal than empowering proven patriots who can actually lead.

This is not reinvigorating the warrior ethos. This is not a leader prioritizing merit. It’s sophomoric. It’s unserious. And it’s bringing great harm to our Department of Defense. Our military deserves steady, serious civilian leadership. Right now, it’s getting the opposite.
https://t.co/iybWH5jMpW

[Travis @tcd004]

President Trump awarded Dr. Fauci a medal for his work on operation Warp Speed, which saved countless lives globally.

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth.

https://t.co/3YJSstB7d4

[PBS News @NewsHour]

New concerns are emerging about President Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants after a report found that nearly 100 of them have been arrested, charged or convicted of additional crimes since the attack in 2021.

It comes as continuing efforts by Trump and his allies to recast the events of that day have reignited debate over accountability and the rule of law.

@ElizLanders has more.

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

Via @GregJaffe me, scores fall ill at Air Force base after Hegseth makes the flu vaccine optional https://t.co/cDpq3EEi95

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I would like to appeal once again for reflection on the consequences of war and for their prevention through wise and responsible decision making, for this is not the result of an inevitable fate, but of free choices and, therefore, of morally accountable actions.

[William Brangham @WmBrangham]

“The government has so far spent roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to terminate their offshore wind leases.”

Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

https://t.co/b7DFF32Ncf via @NYTimes

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Iowa has the second-highest cancer incidence in the country and is one of only three states where rates are rising. https://t.co/kCxUfTMEYu

[Liz Landers @ElizLanders]

A US official confirms to PBS News that the president signed a physical copy of the memorandum of understanding with Iran while at the palace of Versailles this evening.

[Liz Landers @ElizLanders]

I was on a briefing call with a senior US official who read the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. Here is the text:
https://t.co/5Y8JA2dzpL

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

“The real cost is not to the United States, it’s to the Iranian people. Because Trump said, ‘Help is on the way.” And help was not on the way. And now this deal will enshrine the Iranian regime, for a generation, with American support and cooperation, and send a message to people all over the world who are brave enough to stand up to their dictators and despots, that when America says help is on the way, that doesn’t mean anything.”

“And that’s the real cost of this. It’s that we’ve promised the Iranian people that we care about their lives, and now we are throwing them to the wolves. No matter what happens with the $300 billion or the Strait of Hormuz, those people will have to wait another several years before they get another chance at dignity. And it’s partially our fault, for raising their hopes and then squashing them unceremoniously because Trump just changed his mind and doesn’t care anymore.”