@andreaworden.bsky.social
Human rights activist/lawyer, #joyfulwarrior focused on China /Asia. Former CECC general counsel, Intl Campaign for Tibet, Asia Catalyst; ex-adjunct at AU WCL and JHU Krieger School. Writer. Translator. Still asking: #WhereIsPengShuai
Of course he was. So glad these bad*** journos are on it.
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
Any comment from FIFA on its Peace Prize winner bombing an Iranian soccer stadium?
The iconic Azadi sports complex in Tehran once hosted Frank Sinatra, held historic matches, and became symbolic of the women’s rights struggle after the “Blue Girl” snuck into a game.
The US Agency for Global Media, which is run by Kari Lake, has just failed an audit. The organization's finances are too chaotic even to assess.
www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-f...
Texas is close to not being a functioning democracy
It’s the hardest place to vote because Republicans have put impediments in place based on totally bogus vote fraud concerns - that they just make up
The courts have become complicit in this effort
What we’re seeing in Texas now is a disgrace
When was the last time a cabinet secretary was subpoenaed by a chamber controlled by the president’s party?
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to short-circuit state bar ethics investigations into department attorneys through a new and unexpected proposed rule. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
They're right! As soon as they're released, they're detained again. This is how it should be done. This response should be happening everywhere. Good on these judges! More of this please!
NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
A PSA from Thomas Massie:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
The logistics and freight company is the first major U.S. firm to sue for tariff refunds after the Supreme Court deemed Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ levies as unlawful.
FT exclusive: Tens of thousands of internal emails and documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files paint for the first time a vivid picture of how Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for the serial sexual abuser ft.trib.al/4obT91p
Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,
Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO
ALERT: National defense lawyers group launches interactive search tool and database to track Justice Dept failures and criminal case collapses
youtube.com/shorts/IF8at...
Tonight is a full boycott of the State of the Union. If there’s one thing Trump can’t stand, it’s low ratings 😉 MoveOn and MeidasTouch announced they’ll host a “People’s State of the Union” rally at 8:30 p.m. ET near the Capitol on the National Mall.
Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right.
Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on.
The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
From @theathletic.com: More than 200 athletes competed across 16 sports at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Norway dominated, breaking its own record with 18 gold medals and claiming the most medals overall.
Here are the full and final standings: www.nytimes.com/athletic/int...
Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved
Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
NEW: My final Olympic piece for CBC Olympics and CBC Sports.
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No matter what else exists around it, the athletes always save the Olympics:
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
People need to understand what’s happening in Washington state because it’s outrageous and barely being covered by the news media. But I think it matters, and I think you’ll agree.
The state is facing growing legal & public scrutiny over widespread sexual abuse of juveniles in state custody.
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Liu and her father, who had protested the Chinese government after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, were targeted in an alleged spying scheme months before Liu competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.
I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.
As I argue in a new piece in @foreignaffairs.com, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:
Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
Now just imagine if Obama or Biden did this
from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
France has confirmed that a special prosecutorial team will review the Epstein files.
More countries should be doing the same. 👏
Great take by Anne Applebaum on the Witkoff/Kushner negotiations with Russia and would a possible outcome could be.
Video: GPS on CNN
"We must do what they fear--tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most power weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it."
-- Alexei Navalny, who died #OTD 2024