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Bryan Denton

@bdentonphoto.bsky.social
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Current MSW candidate @fordham. Once upon a time award-winning photojournalist and photo editor for the @nytimes.

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Bryan Denton @bdentonphoto.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
George W. Bush: “I’m going to effect regime change in Iraq without much of a plan and we’ll figure out the details later” Trump: “Hold my Diet Coke”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/08/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “This is truly a war with no limits,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, “and soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.”
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Opinion | Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Commander. It Killed a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist.
The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/08/2025
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/04/2025
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. The friends he teamed up with this week? Russia, North Korea, Belarus, Syria and Sudan. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Ital...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Whose side was Trump's America on when it came to a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Russia, North Korea and Belarus. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
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U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
The United States voted against a resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy.
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 24/02/2025
Thread on the influence of Russian and Asadist disinformation on Syria over the past decade. bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2025
yesterday?
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NPR @npr.org · 21/02/2025
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.
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AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 21/02/2025
The Associated Press has asked a federal judge to restore its access to the White House press pool, saying in a lawsuit that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by limiting its reporters’ movements
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The AP Sues White House Officials in Bid to Get Back Into Oval Office
The suit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment and retaliating after AP refused to adopt “Gulf of America” terminology.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
You know it's getting bad when Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer are saying all the Nazi salutes at MAGA events has gotten a "little excessive" and to tone it down a notch. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Even neo-Nazis say it’s getting a ‘little excessive’ following Bannon’s CPAC salute
‘The Manson Family had a more coherent ideology than MAGA. And the liberal criticism that American ‘fascism’ is merely a personality cult around Trump seems justified,’ notorious white supremacist Ric...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
And there it is
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
In Trump’s telling, Ukraine, not Russia, is to blame for being invaded because it didn't surrender territory on the front end to Moscow. “You should have never started it,” Trump said, referring to Ukrainian leaders who, in fact, did not start it.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/02/2025
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
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Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
things are going great, just great
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Three suspected DOGE impersonators storm S.F. City Hall, demand documents
Sheriff's officials said the three men demanded that City Hall employees turn over digital information related to alleged wasteful government spending and fraud
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
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USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration
Trump’s team requested numerous high-level resignations from the State Department as the president-elect prepares to make a break with the Biden administration.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/01/2025
The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
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Bird flu almost killed this teen. It’s a cautionary tale for Trump officials.
The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Elon Musk secretly negotiated a prisoner swap directly with Iran and Italy that prevented a terrorism suspect indicted by DOJ, who allegedly participated in a drone attack on American servicemen, from being extradited to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...
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Musk Said to Have Intervened to Help Free Italian Jailed in Iran (Gift Article)
The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/01/2025
The Washington Post began trying out a new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” It comes amid turmoil in the newsroom.
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The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’
This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
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Bryan Denton @bdentonphoto.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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The Storm Inside
There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
"For journalists, including me, Spencer was a cherished source of wisdom and a reminder of how fun and freewheeling politics used to be," @ktumulty.bsky.social writes. Eternally grateful to Karen for letting me tag along on a visit to see Stu in Palm Desert. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Remembering Stu Spencer, the Reagan guru who tried to save the GOP
The California strategist who helped turn an actor into a political superstar is dead at 97.
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Peter Elkind @peterelkind.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Prospect Medical announced -- at 11:02 p.m. on Saturday -- that it's filed for bankruptcy. At @propublica, we've been writing since 2020 about how private equity and Prospect's founders sucked hundreds of millions out of the troubled hospital company. www.propublica.org/article/inve...
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Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances
Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners an...
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The National Weather Service is now warning of another round of "particularly dangerous" fire weather in the Los Angeles area. Starting early Tuesday, wind gusts could reach up to 70 mph. "EXTREME RISK"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/01/2025
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
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What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Vid… @nytimes.com.web.brid.gy · 12/01/2025
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The Surprising Grief of Having Your Home Survive a Wildfire
For people whose homes are spared in a wildfire while their neighbors lose everything, the road ahead can be isolating, plagued by feelings of guilt and shame.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/01/2025
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
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New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/01/2025
“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” writes Timothy W. Ryback. Read about how Hitler overcame democracy in just 53 days:
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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/01/2025
Shawn Hubler, who covers California for The New York Times, details the personal, psychological toll of the wildfires. "Fires like the ones this week also take landscapes that, when they go, can take a piece of you with them." nyti.ms/3PvxOEp
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The Memories That Burn, Too
Shawn Hubler, who covers California from Sacramento, details the personal, psychological toll of the wildfires.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Read this www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
One neighborhood in Altadena, before and after.
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Bryan Denton @bdentonphoto.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Getty Villa Museum catching fire, LAFD says
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Nedal Al-Amari @nedalalamari.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Mohsena al-Maithawi has been appointed by the new Syrian government to be the governor of the majority-Druze As-Suwayda Province. Al-Maithawi, who is Druze, is the first female Syrian governor in history.
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Ko van Huissteden @kovanhuissteden.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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Erik Jonker (@ErikJonker@mastodon.social)
Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’ #russia #finland #estonia #geopolitics @geopolitics@a.gup.pe https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/Russia-linked...
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WHO @who.int · 27/12/2024
Global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – that is 6 lives every minute – since the founding of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, 50 years ago. bit.ly/4gpxQJK
Immunization is a game-changer! It ensures babies not only celebrate their first birthdays but also thrive into healthy adulthood.
In 2024:
- 17 countries introduced the malaria vaccine
- The WHO HPV vaccine single-dose schedule enabled more girls to be protected against cervical cancer
- A new meningitis vaccine offered a powerful shield against the five major strains of the meningococcal bacteria in a single shot
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Niko Jaakkola @nikoecon.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Russia behaving as Russia does.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Not great.
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CDC says H5N1 bird flu sample shows mutations that may help the virus bind to cells in the upper airways of people
The CDC said Thursday that the mutations, detected in a sample taken from a Louisiana patient, may help bind the virus to the upper airways in people.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
"Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack." by AFP's Layal Abou Rahal: www.yahoo.com/news/syrian-...
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Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony
Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a ...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Concerning
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 22/12/2024
@nytimes.com's Raja Abdulrahim and Ivor Prickett on the experience of life in Idlib under HTS: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/w...
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Cafes Can’t Play Music, but the Water Taps Work: Life Under Syria’s Rebels
The Islamists who now lead Syria have ruled the city of Idlib for years. Residents say they imposed some strict laws, but also heeded some complaints and improved public services.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 22/12/2024
Dare I say, wise words from Ahmad Al Shara'a in the presence of Walid Joumblat today: "If we want to think with the mindset of state-building and the construction of its institutions, the mentality of revenge and retribution should not be present because it is destructive."
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 21/12/2024
After US meeting with HTS leader today, Barbara Leaf said Ahmad al-Sharaa (AKA Jolani) had committed to not allowing terror groups to operate in Syria and threaten US or neighbouring countries. As a result, US won’t pursue $10 million “reward for justice” on al-Sharaa. www.axios.com/2024/12/20/u...
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U.S. diplomats meet Syrian opposition leader in Damascus
It was the first public meeting between U.S. diplomats and al-Sharaa, who led the Syrian revolution that toppled the Assad regime.
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Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
BIG: Senior US official Barbara Leaf is traveling to Damascus #Syria in next few days. Strong signal of early engagement by US in post-Assad Syria. @barakravid.bsky.social scoop: www.axios.com/2024/12/19/u...
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Scoop: Top State Dept. official to visit Syria in sign of U.S. reengagement
This is the first official visit to Syria in many years.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/12/2024
To fund a war with the U.S., the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Once victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.
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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule
Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Syria’s new Islamist government aims to rebuild the economy on free market principles, doing away with the legacy of Baathist state socialism. Timour Azhari, @reuters.com, Dec. 10: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive: Syria's new rulers back shift to free-market economy, business leader says
Syria's new government has told business leaders it will adopt a free-market model and integrate the country into the global economy in a major shift from decades of corrupt state control, the head of the biggest Syrian business lobby said on Tuesday.
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