Michael Robinson Chávez

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

Some good news.

A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.' With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.

With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’

Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats.

One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”

🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacation—only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters.

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!

DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

Back on the road. Another long haul, this time to Kerala, India to teach a workshop for the Ross School. Looking forward to seeing a part of the subcontinent that I have never visited before.

Because of DOGE, countless Americans are going to die.

Thanks! I will check it out. Deet is lethal stuff.

The packing never gets any more enjoyable. Hitting the road again. This time to Nigeria, 🇳🇬, Africa’s most populous nation. It will be my first time there. Looking forward to the energy, Afrobeats rhythms and experiences, if not the searing heat at this time of year!

Pete Hegseth is pictured sitting in front of a microphone in a blue suit and red tie. Headline reads: "Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was 'Abusive' to Second Wife. Photo credit: Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times.

Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law made a sworn statement to senators that the secretary of defense nominee was abusive toward his second wife. nyti.ms/4hol9z8

Garth Hudson, Multifaceted Musician With the Band, Dies at 87 He was the last surviving original member of one of the most influential groups of the 1960s and ’70s, with its blend of rock, r&b and country.

Breaking News: Garth Hudson, the last surviving original member of the Band, died in Woodstock, New York, at 87. The Band was one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and ’70s.

Of, For, and By the Billionaires Musk and Silicon Valley moguls gain unprecedented power

Jen Rubin on the new Gilded Age via The Contrarian:

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Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’ In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.

President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.

Lovely Sunday morning outside Valencia at the blessing of the animals.

Washington Post Employees Plead With Jeff Bezos to Meet (Gift Article) In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.

Unrest at the @washingtonpost.com as ~400 staffers write to Bezos asking for a meeting (free article) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/b...

THE NATIONAL: Five journalists killed in Gaza as Israel 'targets marked press bus' www.thenational.scot/news/2481848... @scotnational.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism

A Photographic Life-345: 'Is Saul Leiter the GOAT of Photography? and Home Based Exhibitions' In episode 345 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr.Grant Scott After fift

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Axios AM

Brutal if true

Axios reports top picks for editor are shunning WaPo, finding Will Lewis’ vision for paper lacking

Acting executive editor Matt Murray has to be odds on favorite at this point

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In October, I spent three weeks in Ukraine for @npr.org reporting stories throughout the country. One of those was on the Russian offensive on Ukraine’s coal region.

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If you ask me, this would have been a much better choice for Time’s Person of the Year.

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

Spain Flooding: Why Did It Take So Long to Warn Residents? Torrential rains in Valencia, in eastern Spain, caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. The deluge started inland. It took the authorities hours to warn those downstream.

Torrential rains in Valencia caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. Among residents, anger is seething as they ask whether such a calamity had to be so deadly and why they were not alerted in time.

An incredible story from @npr about the man who secretly photographed the Nazis in occupied France.

www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...

The #MeToo Cabinet Trump’s choice to begin a new administration with this particular slate of picks represents a remarkable commitment to moral ugliness.

“For one Cabinet nominee to be accused of sexual impropriety may be regarded as misfortune. For two Cabinet nominees to be thus accused looks like carelessness,” Quinta Jurecic writes. “For four—well, that moves beyond carelessness into outright malice”:

It’s been over 3 weeks since the disastrous floods in Valencia. Volunteers are still helping out and the regional and federal government response is still lacking. The outpouring of support from locals has been inspiring.

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: Israel-Hamas War Live Updates The International Criminal Court rejected Israel’s challenges to its jurisdiction, and also issued a warrant for a top Hamas official. Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes in Gaza.

Breaking News: The ICC issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former Israeli defense minister for war crimes in Gaza. It also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief.

Follow live updates.

Spectacular sunrise this morning over the Mediterranean. Valencia, Spain.

@photospice.bsky.social

Trump Defies the #MeToo Movement With Cabinet Picks Facing Accusations Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse last year, appears determined to force a fight over the role of such allegations in society.

News Analysis: Donald Trump will be the first court-adjudicated sexual abuser to become president. But if he gets the team of his choice, he will not be the only one in the room whose conduct has been called into question.