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Elizabeth Becker

@ehbecker.bsky.social

Was a daily journalism for decades mostly at The New York Times and Washington Post. I write books about Cambodia and the Vietnam War - and the pleasure and perils of the tourism industry. Enthusiastic grandmother.

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A Milan, des centaines de personnes manifestent contre la venue d’agents américains de l’ICE aux Jeux olympiques La police de l’immigration américaine a confirmé que certains de ses membres participeraient à l’organisation de la sécurité de la délégation des athlètes américains.

A Milan, des centaines de personnes manifestent contre la venue d’agents américains de l’ICE aux Jeux olympiques

31.01.2026 19:33 — 👍 199    🔁 71    💬 6    📌 8
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THE NEW FAITH BRIGADES An historic banding together of leaders of all faiths against Trump’s attacks on immigrants and democracy.

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31.01.2026 20:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

30.01.2026 16:44 — 👍 24776    🔁 7994    💬 443    📌 304
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It boils down to this: They want the founding without the violence that made it possible.

23.01.2026 05:54 — 👍 5376    🔁 2519    💬 794    📌 392
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Hahaha. Canada, we love you. Honestly, not being invited is a badge of honor. Wear it proudly.

23.01.2026 03:06 — 👍 19129    🔁 3247    💬 1768    📌 514
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This is the kind of letter you get from the most mentally ill person in your Florida HOA, but instead it’s an official communique from the President of the United States to the Norwegian PM.

19.01.2026 12:35 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.

Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.

Source: dr.dk

17.01.2026 11:54 — 👍 24163    🔁 6006    💬 534    📌 362
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Demonizing specifically white women who act in solidarity with racial minorities isn’t new. Here’s a southern political cartoon depicting Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1853. Surrounded by devils, she‘s holding a book titled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Subtitle: “I Love the Blacks.”

16.01.2026 16:23 — 👍 1430    🔁 373    💬 12    📌 19
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Let's all call our Senators
202 224-3121
Stop FUNDS FOR DHS

VOTE to SAVE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES

16.01.2026 14:44 — 👍 141    🔁 100    💬 14    📌 5
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Stop Ice Protest - DC - unusually impressive lineup of five Democratic Senators full of rage joining activists who have been on the frontlines for months

14.01.2026 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My guess is the questions were about this: bsky.app/profile/reic...

14.01.2026 14:30 — 👍 314    🔁 105    💬 2    📌 0

We are now 26 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

14.01.2026 13:14 — 👍 2056    🔁 758    💬 79    📌 32
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"Tell Congress: ICE Out For Good" Rally & Vigil at CBP · Mobilize ### Join Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, Public Citizen, ACLU, Movimiento Migrante DC, Free DC, and more in Washington, D.C. to tell Congress: take action now to get ICE Out for Good. On Wednesday...

www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

13.01.2026 11:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All

By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

09.01.2026 12:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

06.01.2026 16:37 — 👍 34478    🔁 11305    💬 1227    📌 505
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Piracy. 🏴‍☠️ — And by “to benefit the people” he means himself and his friends.

07.01.2026 00:45 — 👍 3772    🔁 1324    💬 296    📌 76

Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.

06.01.2026 04:56 — 👍 7907    🔁 2103    💬 668    📌 257
6 January 2026
Joint Statement on Greenland
Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland.
Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security.
NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO.
Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them.
The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951.
Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

6 January 2026 Joint Statement on Greenland Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland. Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security. NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO. Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them. The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951. Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:

"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."

06.01.2026 15:05 — 👍 17600    🔁 6324    💬 883    📌 405
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03.01.2026 16:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"

21.12.2025 00:41 — 👍 18814    🔁 3497    💬 311    📌 168
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Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.

An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social

20.12.2025 19:01 — 👍 14188    🔁 4027    💬 293    📌 141
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:

He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.

C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

18.12.2025 21:59 — 👍 25889    🔁 8057    💬 1178    📌 403
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.

10.12.2025 15:30 — 👍 13626    🔁 4443    💬 416    📌 255
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Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

08.12.2025 21:40 — 👍 20079    🔁 10707    💬 802    📌 1037
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In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections...

#AccountabilityIsComing

01.12.2025 20:20 — 👍 18054    🔁 5578    💬 1154    📌 465
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The Republican chairs of both the House and Senate Armed Services committees signed a letter yesterday stating that they requested specific info many weeks ago on these strikes and the WH & Pentagon have refused to provide it. If the story is fake news, then turn everything over.

01.12.2025 00:22 — 👍 2717    🔁 838    💬 163    📌 32
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This has got to be one of Gavin Newsom's best...

01.12.2025 00:07 — 👍 4887    🔁 1144    💬 128    📌 88

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

30.11.2025 17:30 — 👍 20337    🔁 7507    💬 714    📌 328
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.

23.11.2025 20:28 — 👍 9971    🔁 4263    💬 729    📌 385

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