Rory Laverty

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

To be clear, the U.S. is leveling punishing tariffs on its allies while discussing easing sanctions on Russia.

Actual question, after watching Oval Office spectacle w one president standing up for his country, and a prez and VP pandering for Putin:

I don't recall ever being more ashamed, as an American, of a president's public behavior. (Many have erred in private)

What has been more shameful than this?

Axios Hill Leaders

Republicans forced to answer for the fact that their leader isn't simply soft on Russia but affirmatively on the side of Russia agst not only Ukraine but America's historic treaty allies. The shame will take generations to undo. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Trump signs executive order aimed at South Africa, White House official says U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at South Africa, a White House official said on Friday, saying the order will address human rights issues in the African nation.

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa; U.S. officials will take steps to prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program for Afrikaners in South Africa | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It? I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....

There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...

State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs Efforts to clear unexploded munitions in places like Iraq and Southeast Asia will stop for at least three months, according to a surprise announcement.

these savage ghouls

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...

Social media owners should be held responsible for 'poisoning society' and eroding democracy with their algorithms, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the World Economic Forum in Davos reut.rs/3C8jgY

If you’re new here, welcome. The premise of Bluesky is cooler than you probably realize. The concept of open-source social media prevents it from being taken over by billionaire Nazis. Users can build interoperable apps (an Instagram alternative is on the way). You have one account for all versions.

Deep in east Russia, a stone tablet with Chinese characters was discovered.

Russia and China, now close allies, used to war over land, incl. Vladivostok, a city in Russia which was Chinese land until the 1800s.

China’s claim over Taiwan raises an issue — what about Vladivostok?

Please allow me to introduce my pride and Joy, Delivery Man, coming May 13 from Regnery Books.
Mysterious-looking, isn’t it? With good reason, because this story will surprise and haunt you.

Now available for preorder: a.co/d/g7wn3k0

Elegant woman seated with a book in her lap gazing at the viewer.

Formerly enslaved, Anna Julia Cooper earned an MA in math in 1887 & a PhD. Educator, leader, democracy activist, her 1892 book championed women's rights. “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”

South Korean authorities have left on their way to make a Yoon arrest attempt, reports Yonhap. I'm outside Yoon's residence now. Over 50 police buses. And maybe 200-300 protesters, at least in the area where I am at, though we are all being kept far away from the main entrance.

Timeline of martial law fallout 🕕:

Dec. 3: Yoon declares martial law
Dec. 4: Yoon lifts martial law after parliament vote
Dec. 9: Yoon banned from leaving the country
Dec. 14: Yoon impeached by parliament & suspended
Dec. 31: Court issues arrest for Yoon

All in a month!

Making Sense of South Korea’s Senseless Martial Law Declaration - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

In this short reflection article for the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, I focus on the impact of the New Right and election conspiracies among the Korean far right on Yoon's decision to declare martial law. 1/

apjjf.org/2024/12/engel

Look at what was taken in “sweeps” of homeless encampments.

projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election (Gift Article) A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)

I keep coming back to this, I think

Here's the list of pitchers who were best in WAR across a full 10 year span since 1950

It's .. not great that Félix did absolutely nothing after. But best in the bigs! For an entire decade! That isnt nothing.

--> www.mlb.com/news/the-hal...

Kind of a bug feature

Orel Hershiser, 1983 Albuquerque Dukes.

#Dodgers #Baseball

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[단독] 노상원 ‘사조직’이 정보사 장악…부대 책임자 출입도 막아 노상원 전 정보사령관이 주도해 만든 계엄사령부 비공식 조직 ‘정보사령부 수사2단’은 육군사관학교 출신 전현직 영관급(대·중·소령) 이상 장교들이 군의 공식 지휘체계를 무시하고 조직한 12·3 내란의 핵심 기구였던 것으로 확인됐다. 정보사 안팎의 공고한 ‘육사 카르텔’이

This Hankyoreh report details a secret organization within the Defense Intelligence Command made up exclusively of Korean Military Academy graduates who planned martial law activities and overrode non-member commanding officers to implement martial law. 1/

www.hani.co.kr//arti/politi...

Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Has a History of Suing Perceived Adversaries Kash Patel has taken his perceived adversaries to court for years. Now that he’s President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the FBI, critics are concerned he’ll use the bureau’s vast resources for ...

New: Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, has taken his perceived adversaries to court for years. Most cases were dismissed or withdrawn. We dug into the records as his past promises to “come after” the media and root out the “deep state” face fresh scrutiny www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate.

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said this is the problem with “an oligarchy a handful of wealthy people run everything and everyone is supposed to live in fear of them; and their wealth becomes an instrument of coercive power over everything.”
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Last-minute gifting? Several of my colleagues and friends have published some amazing books in 2023 and 2024. 🧵

Good morning from Seoul. South Korean lawmakers will try again today to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. The hearing is expected to begin at 4pm (in about 7 hours). There will be more large protests.