Lisa Harris
@lisajharris.bsky.social
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‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Congratulations to the New York Times' Euphemism Desk for coming up with a new one. Instead of stating that Maria Bartiromo was letting her guests lie, NYT says she was "permitting her guest commentators to free-associate." 1/2🧵
September 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Congratulations to the New York Times' Euphemism Desk for coming up with a new one. Instead of stating that Maria Bartiromo was letting her guests lie, NYT says she was "permitting her guest commentators to free-associate." 1/2🧵
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As a former trade official, I feel comfortable in saying that there has never been a president who was more clueless about trade and how it works than Trump. Maybe no official in our history. (Except possibly Peter Navarro.)
It would be nice if someone could explain this community note to him. Having a president with a basic understanding of how trade works doesn’t seem like a ton to ask.
Meanwhile our farmers are getting crushed.
Meanwhile our farmers are getting crushed.
September 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
As a former trade official, I feel comfortable in saying that there has never been a president who was more clueless about trade and how it works than Trump. Maybe no official in our history. (Except possibly Peter Navarro.)
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New email to Director Bhattacharya to start Labor Day weekend regarding the secret transfer of appropriated funds to the Department of Defense.
September 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
New email to Director Bhattacharya to start Labor Day weekend regarding the secret transfer of appropriated funds to the Department of Defense.
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the CDC director needs to resign.
Escalating a political fight over two deaths in Pennsylvania, the CDC said on Friday that it did not have any records to indicate “measles is the underlying cause” of any deaths in the country this year.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles (Gift Article)
The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
the CDC director needs to resign.
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He's addressing infant mortality and postpartum by addressing the root causes of birth.
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction.
https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility
https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility
HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
www.notus.org
September 5, 2026 at 3:41 AM
He's addressing infant mortality and postpartum by addressing the root causes of birth.
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Today marks one year since the administration began its unauthorized and unconstitutional boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — killing over 200 people.
One thing is clear: this military campaign, which continues with the latest strikes just last week, remains illegal and ineffective.
One thing is clear: this military campaign, which continues with the latest strikes just last week, remains illegal and ineffective.
September 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Today marks one year since the administration began its unauthorized and unconstitutional boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — killing over 200 people.
One thing is clear: this military campaign, which continues with the latest strikes just last week, remains illegal and ineffective.
One thing is clear: this military campaign, which continues with the latest strikes just last week, remains illegal and ineffective.
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The Trump administration is building the case for cracking down on the left by commissioning a study that contradicts everything else we know about political violence in the US, which comes overwhelmingly from the right. Here's the real science: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
The Rise of Political Violence in the United States | Journal of Democracy
In a deeply polarized United States, ordinary people now consume and espouse once-radical ideas and are primed to commit violence.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
August 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The Trump administration is building the case for cracking down on the left by commissioning a study that contradicts everything else we know about political violence in the US, which comes overwhelmingly from the right. Here's the real science: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
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Speaking of women in physics: Dr. Melba Phillips. Phillips earned her PhD on nuclear physics with Oppenheimer in 1933 & became a professor at Brooklyn College in 1938. A unionist, in 1952 she was fired after taking the 5th at a McCarthyist committee. She didn‘t get a faculty job again until 1962. 🧪⚛️
Melba Phillips - Wikipedia
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August 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Speaking of women in physics: Dr. Melba Phillips. Phillips earned her PhD on nuclear physics with Oppenheimer in 1933 & became a professor at Brooklyn College in 1938. A unionist, in 1952 she was fired after taking the 5th at a McCarthyist committee. She didn‘t get a faculty job again until 1962. 🧪⚛️
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"From ‘Fortress North America’ to All-Out Trade War: How the U.S.-Canada Talks Collapsed"
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
"the United States maintained that it would retain all power to change tariff policy against Canada at any time, irrespective of the agreement"
Then what's the point?
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
"the United States maintained that it would retain all power to change tariff policy against Canada at any time, irrespective of the agreement"
Then what's the point?
August 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"From ‘Fortress North America’ to All-Out Trade War: How the U.S.-Canada Talks Collapsed"
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
"the United States maintained that it would retain all power to change tariff policy against Canada at any time, irrespective of the agreement"
Then what's the point?
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
"the United States maintained that it would retain all power to change tariff policy against Canada at any time, irrespective of the agreement"
Then what's the point?
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Venkata Vasamsetty is a special education teacher who entered the U.S. legally in 1999 and obtained her green card in 2013.
She is detained by ICE and faces deportation for "violating residency conditions" because she caught COVID during a trip to India and couldn't return within a six-month period
She is detained by ICE and faces deportation for "violating residency conditions" because she caught COVID during a trip to India and couldn't return within a six-month period
‘Nightmare doesn’t end’: Indian grandmother faces deportation despite green card
Venkata Vasamsetty’s case shows how immigrants with years of lawful status can become subject to detention and deportation.
www.ajc.com
August 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Venkata Vasamsetty is a special education teacher who entered the U.S. legally in 1999 and obtained her green card in 2013.
She is detained by ICE and faces deportation for "violating residency conditions" because she caught COVID during a trip to India and couldn't return within a six-month period
She is detained by ICE and faces deportation for "violating residency conditions" because she caught COVID during a trip to India and couldn't return within a six-month period
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The Substack Sensible Medicine commented on current events constantly when COVID raged and as MAHA loomed.
Today, it’s a dispatch from an alternative universe where MAHA doesn’t even exist.
I discuss the phenomenon of loud pandemic pundit who are suddenly silent about MAHA today.
My latest.
Today, it’s a dispatch from an alternative universe where MAHA doesn’t even exist.
I discuss the phenomenon of loud pandemic pundit who are suddenly silent about MAHA today.
My latest.
Why is Sensible Medicine Selectively Silent Regarding MAHA/MAGA? Unlike Science Based Medicine, They Have Paying Customers to Please.
There is a long list of prolific pandemic pundits who have become totally silent about the current events they enabled.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
August 21, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The Substack Sensible Medicine commented on current events constantly when COVID raged and as MAHA loomed.
Today, it’s a dispatch from an alternative universe where MAHA doesn’t even exist.
I discuss the phenomenon of loud pandemic pundit who are suddenly silent about MAHA today.
My latest.
Today, it’s a dispatch from an alternative universe where MAHA doesn’t even exist.
I discuss the phenomenon of loud pandemic pundit who are suddenly silent about MAHA today.
My latest.
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August 21, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Today is the last day to comment on the Strategic Plan of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC).
Comment by emailing [email protected] and commenting via email or with an attached Word document, not a PDF.
What’s in the plan?
1/6
Comment by emailing [email protected] and commenting via email or with an attached Word document, not a PDF.
What’s in the plan?
1/6
August 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Today is the last day to comment on the Strategic Plan of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC).
Comment by emailing [email protected] and commenting via email or with an attached Word document, not a PDF.
What’s in the plan?
1/6
Comment by emailing [email protected] and commenting via email or with an attached Word document, not a PDF.
What’s in the plan?
1/6
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So much for GOP claims that Democratic dominance was killing California’s economy.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/cali...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/cali...
California’s AI Dominance Fuels $366 Billion Venture Capital Bonanza
California-based companies have announced a record haul in startup funding, despite billionaire-tax fears.
www.wsj.com
August 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
So much for GOP claims that Democratic dominance was killing California’s economy.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/cali...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/cali...
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“If you cut in half the number of journalists reporting new information and double the number of people writing opinions about that information, you have created an information environment that is objectively less valuable for citizens.”
Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It
The consequences of privatizing public information.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
August 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
“If you cut in half the number of journalists reporting new information and double the number of people writing opinions about that information, you have created an information environment that is objectively less valuable for citizens.”
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Nach dem #Drohnen Vorfall am Leipziger #Flughafen, wie steht es um die #Drohnenabwehr?
#Leipzig #Drohne #Verteidigung #Karikatur #Cartoon
#Leipzig #Drohne #Verteidigung #Karikatur #Cartoon
August 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Nach dem #Drohnen Vorfall am Leipziger #Flughafen, wie steht es um die #Drohnenabwehr?
#Leipzig #Drohne #Verteidigung #Karikatur #Cartoon
#Leipzig #Drohne #Verteidigung #Karikatur #Cartoon
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Here's the order in which Judge Edelman "dismissed" the case against Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, although parties will continue litigating whether he should dismiss it with or without prejudice. Briefing continues till ~ 8/25.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
ORDER OF DISMISSAL 080601
www.documentcloud.org
August 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Here's the order in which Judge Edelman "dismissed" the case against Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, although parties will continue litigating whether he should dismiss it with or without prejudice. Briefing continues till ~ 8/25.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Yup. Also, Bhattacharya censored a CDC study because it showed that Covid vaccination works (this goes against MAHA ideology) & ended research that does not fit with Trump's anti-DEI ideology & put an NIH staffer on leave because she criticized the harms of his reforms. He hates freedom of speech!
This is jaw-dropping from the administration that ordered mandatory hantavirus quarantine against CDC's advice and blocked Americans from returning home because of the Ebola outbreak
Let’s unpack this post by NIH and CDC Director and self-made victim Jay Bhattacharya.
1. This was not misreporting. This is what RFK Jr. said in his interview.
2. Free speech was not “suspended”. If it had been no one would know who Bhattacharya is.
1. This was not misreporting. This is what RFK Jr. said in his interview.
2. Free speech was not “suspended”. If it had been no one would know who Bhattacharya is.
August 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Yup. Also, Bhattacharya censored a CDC study because it showed that Covid vaccination works (this goes against MAHA ideology) & ended research that does not fit with Trump's anti-DEI ideology & put an NIH staffer on leave because she criticized the harms of his reforms. He hates freedom of speech!
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Heartbreaking and inexcusable.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Heartbreaking and inexcusable.
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NY Times was really good about pointing out Hunter Biden's corruption, but rarely frames what Trump is doing as corrupt. They are really fixated on his emotions. Or they present it without comment, presented as "Democrats say..."
Hunter Biden story from 10/8/25. Trump story from 7/29/26
Hunter Biden story from 10/8/25. Trump story from 7/29/26
August 2, 2026 at 11:35 AM
NY Times was really good about pointing out Hunter Biden's corruption, but rarely frames what Trump is doing as corrupt. They are really fixated on his emotions. Or they present it without comment, presented as "Democrats say..."
Hunter Biden story from 10/8/25. Trump story from 7/29/26
Hunter Biden story from 10/8/25. Trump story from 7/29/26
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This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
Another example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trump’s Wrath
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
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Mass flash flood covered the entirety of Lewis County, WV & parts of neighboring Upshur County.💔
NO national media.🤷♀️
Trump administration has not been here.
Community members are on their own for recovery.😔
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NO national media.🤷♀️
Trump administration has not been here.
Community members are on their own for recovery.😔
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@thegodshow.com
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August 1, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Mass flash flood covered the entirety of Lewis County, WV & parts of neighboring Upshur County.💔
NO national media.🤷♀️
Trump administration has not been here.
Community members are on their own for recovery.😔
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@thegodshow.com
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NO national media.🤷♀️
Trump administration has not been here.
Community members are on their own for recovery.😔
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@thegodshow.com
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Trump's misguided conduct has unleashed the most serious round of nuclear proliferation in fifty years, and this fact passed unremarked upon in US media... which really prefers not to go there.
July 25, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Trump's misguided conduct has unleashed the most serious round of nuclear proliferation in fifty years, and this fact passed unremarked upon in US media... which really prefers not to go there.
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It is really not surprising at all to me to see the same people who were complaining about cancel culture and intellectual freedom now argue for eliminating things they disagree with or don’t like. The whole cancel culture thing was an exercise in DARVO
I haven't read this yet but come on with that headline. The study of sociology. The study, of soci-ology.
July 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM
It is really not surprising at all to me to see the same people who were complaining about cancel culture and intellectual freedom now argue for eliminating things they disagree with or don’t like. The whole cancel culture thing was an exercise in DARVO