Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 18/07/20262011 in Libya is a great example of what the Times reporting obscures.Under Democratic leadership the US military was part of a broad coalition. The intervention was strictly limited, cost zero American lives, very little money (relatively) and contributed to the downfall of the Qaddafi regime. 010
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The NYTimes published two articles in the last week suggesting Trump's Iran War echoes military blunders by past U.S. presidents. In fact no Democratic president has started a war since Vietnam. For 60 years this has been a GOP pattern. There's a good story here. It needs full context to be factual. 3101
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026We live in a journalism culture where the most serious investigative work is increasingly defined by one outlet: the NY Times. Others get big stories, but the Times stands well apart. Question: Is this healthy? What would happen if the Times ownership began behaving more like WaPo, LATimes and CBS? 081
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The population of American kids and teenagers fell between 3 and 6 percent in just 5 years (2020 to 2025) in every region of the US except the South. The South eked out 1 percent growth. Elderly population surging everywhere. www.census.gov/newsroom/pre... 220
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Under Trump the US has hyper low birthrates AND hyper low immigration at the same time. This hasn't happened since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Also happening at a time when the population of young Americans was already plunging. My latest for NPR: www.npr.org/2026/06/27/n...npr.orgAs Supreme Court expands Trump's immigration power, experts warn of steeper U.S. population declineThe U.S. population was already aging and tilting toward decline. After the Supreme Court confirmed Trump's power to deport hundreds of thousands of foreign migrants, population decline could accelera... 02210
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I'm super comfortable with lots of reporting about the Mamdani wave of leftist politicians winning. But the stories should include some mention of policies actually being implemented that average Americans would consider edgy. Higher taxes for rich people and preK programs aren't communism... 1141
Reposted by Brian MannNPR @npr.org · 15/06/2026Luigi Mangione's legal team is back in court in New York City this week for a key pretrial hearing. He's accused of stalking and killing an insurance CEO. Donors have given $1.5 million to support his defense. n.pr/4vhNtKWn.prAs Luigi Mangione's lawyers head to court, support grows for the accused 'vigilante'Luigi Mangione's legal team is back in court in New York City this week for a key pretrial hearing. He's accused of stalking and killing an insurance CEO. Donors have given $1.5 million to support his defense. 2125956
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/06/15/n...npr.orgAs Luigi Mangione's lawyers head to court, support grows for the accused 'vigilante'Luigi Mangione's legal team is back in court in New York City this week for a key pretrial hearing. He's accused of stalking and killing an insurance CEO. Donors have given $1.5 million to support his... 121
Reposted by Brian MannDavid Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 13/06/2026NEWS: US Justice Dept OKs $111B Paramount/Warner Bros Discovery deal: "the transaction is not likely to to result in harm to competition or American consumer" would unite Paramount+, HBO, Paramount Pix, Warner Bros, CBS & CNN State AGs may sue My chat w Ailsa Chang Coming up on NPR 7.20p/4.20p 47428
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Zohran Mamdani has sometimes made an issue of political opponents mispronouncing his name. What's weird is how many of his allies (Gov Hochul, NYAG James...) do it. It's not that hard. MOM-donny is pretty close. So...what gives? 170
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026How often in my career as a journalist have I watched Democratic politicians claim they were fighting an existential campaign to save democracy and protect average Americans...only for it to turn out a significant amount of their energy was spent sexting or chasing women who were not their wives. 270
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Wow. This is a big swing. www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...nytimes.comNY Governor Hochul to lead push for NYC and Lake Placid to host the Winter Olympics 4223
Reposted by Brian MannNPR @npr.org · 14/05/2026Just in: State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.n.prNative kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are comingState officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. 48503272
Reposted by Brian MannNPR @npr.org · 15/05/2026State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. n.pr/4nrDVton.prNative kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are comingState officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. 39334159
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/05/14/n...npr.orgNative kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are comingState officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. 2103
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The core inadequacy of the American journalistic narrative about Trump: News media produce separate, strong treatments of incompetence, ethical malfeasance, lies, attacks on democratic norms and policy blunders, while almost never giving audiences a factual account of how these stories fit together. 1183
Reposted by Brian MannNPR @npr.org · 02/05/2026U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is a model for wellness camps designed to ease the U.S. overdose crisis. Critics say the idea is dangerous.n.prRFK Jr. talked about 'reparenting' kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired himU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is a model for wellness camps designed to ease the U.S. overdose crisis. Critics say the idea is dangerous. 18034295
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026For solid factual reporting on this I would suggest this piece. It's centered in science, it doesn't falsely suggest that the millions of people in the US using medications to treat their addictions are unclean. /end www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...wpr.orgWisconsin's incarcerated have more access to medications that fight addiction, report findsMore prisons and jails in Wisconsin now provide access to medication for people with substance use disorders, according to a new report. 171
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026This kind of reporting has life or death importance- we have to get our facts straight. Studies show inmates released from prison who are addicted to opioids who don't have prescriptions to suboxone or methadone treatments *die* at devastating rates. 4/ 273
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Rather than point to those studies or interview those researchers, this journalist focuses on a suboxone critic with zero medical training who is running the kind of addiction program shown *by research* to have extremely poor results. 3/ 120
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026In fact numerous suboxone studies in prisons have shown *for decades* that suboxone is safe and highly effective. It promotes health outcomes and improves security in prisons. A simple Google search locates a long list of peer reviewed papers. This is accepted science. 2/ 210
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Thresd: This reporting suggests that by prescribing suboxone for prison inmates *already addicted to opioids* corrections officials are addicting them to a drug and performing an experiment on inmates. In fact... 1/ Ihttps://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-prisons-suboxone-use/cbsnews.comIs suboxone the answer? The $36M addiction treatment of choice in Pennsylvania prisons is raising questions.Pennsylvania prisons now give suboxone to thousands of inmates, with thousands more on the waiting list. 231
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Important reporting about NY's deeply troubled prison system. Will be interesting to see if this becomes an issue in Hochul’s bid for another term as governor. From @ncprnews.bsky.social www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...northcountrypublicradio.orgPrison guards and inmates say New York's correctional system is brokenBoth guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system. 132
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/04/29/n...npr.orgRFK Jr. talked about 'reparenting' kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired himU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is a model for wellness camps designed to ease the U.S. overdose crisis. Crit... 191
Reposted by Brian MannUCSF Industry Documents Library @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Join us on May 12 to hear @brianmannadk.bsky.social, @annezinkmd.bsky.social and @nabarund.bsky.social share insights on using data and telling stories to forefront the real people and lives affected by the opioid crisis. More symposium info here: oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-nationa...oida-resources.jhu.edu The Opioid Industry Documents Archive: National Symposium 2026 | OIDA Resources 001
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This is mostly for people who live in northern NY. Coming during my local public radio @ncprnews.bsky.social station's member drive, I want to point to this as the human storytelling that should earn your donation. Check it out and support. www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...northcountrypublicradio.orgNorth Country at Work: Meet the Lake George meter enforcer trying to be a "helpful busybody"Lake George is one of the North Country's busiest summer hotspots. It means tourism dollars that drive the economy, and lots of money from parking tickets. 151
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Will be interesting now to see if Stefanik weighs in. NY Republicans are backing Assemblyman Smullen, a retired Marine. Smullen says he'll stay on the ballot as a Conservative in November if he loses the GOP primary - which could make #ny21 even more viable for a Democratic run. 152
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026From @ncprnews.bsky.social - Trump weighs in on #ny21 Republican primary: www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...northcountrypublicradio.orgTrump endorses Anthony Constantino in race to represent NY21Trump wrote on Truth Social that, "Constantino has my Complete and Total Endorsement," to represent the North Country in Congress. 100
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026 Stefanik's appearance on Tapper's CNN show State of the Union is worth a watch. She makes a strong case for her pivotal role pushing for changes in the university/higher education system. The most fascinating part is their exchange over Trump, Iran and Israel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK82...youtube.comElise Stefanik Joins CNN's State of the Union with Jake TapperYouTube video by Elise Stefanik Official 460
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Politico reporting about #ny21 being viewed as in play by Democrats... www.politico.com/news/2026/04...politico.comNew York Democrats are looking beyond the battleground districtsA spate of Democratic overperformances across the country have some eyeing deep-red seats in the Empire State. 060
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026National Democrats' first true test during Trump 2.0 isn't the midterms in November. It's the primary in California in June. If in 2026 Democratic leaders can be outmaneuvered by Trump and the GOP...IN CALIFORNIA... 041
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Went to a celebration of young people last night who've created something new and cool. They reminded me how powerful it is right now to be *doing* good things. Creating, partnering, collaborating. Voicing opinions is...fine. But if you're feeling heavy go find and help people doing positive things. 0204
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I'm heading to Spain so my Tree House in the Adirondacks is open for AirBnB stays (gorgeous pre-mosquito spring season) from 4/24 - 5/3. Hiking, biking, paddling, 7 acres of woods to explore, an EV charger. 😊 www.airbnb.com/rooms/812331...airbnb.comHome in Westport · ★4.88 · 3 bedrooms · 4 beds · 3 private bathsThe Tree House 172
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New cultural manifesto. I will no longer consume *any* cultural products (movies, books, whatever) predicated on the end of the world. If you can't tell a cool powerful meaningful story without first destroying civilization and committing imaginary genocide, I'm not interested. It's gross and lazy. 070
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Vance attempting to advise the Pope on Catholic theology just seven years after Vance became a Roman Catholic is so 2026. 1193
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n...npr.orgExploring the green side of Rio de Janeiro: a vast urban rain forestRio de Janeiro in Brazil is home to the world's largest urban rain forest. Woven among the city's bustling neighborhoods are soaring tree canopies, waterfalls, and miles of hiking trails. 0238
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/04/14/n...npr.orgHistoric decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supplyDrug overdose deaths are plummeting in the U.S. in ways never seen before. Experts worry new, toxic "synthetic" street drugs could derail the recovery. 1145
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Quote from a conservative Catholic writer points to how troubled some Christians on the right are by Trump. “Not saying Trump is the Antichrist,” Dreher told The Wall Street Journal. “But he’s radiating the spirit of Antichrist, no question.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comHow an Image Depicting Trump as Christ Sparked a Backlash on the Religious RightThe president’s social-media posts triggered strong pushback from the religious right, and it could be a liability for Republicans in the midterms. 050
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Feels like NY state prisons could grow into a major issue for Kathy Hochul as she seeks re-election. @ncprnews.bsky.social doing great on-going reporting on soaring costs, role of Nat Guard, and big safety concerns. www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...northcountrypublicradio.orgPolice investigate inmate deaths at 3 North Country prisons in one weekPolice are investigating homicides at three North Country prisons in Malone, Ogdensburg, and Gouverneur. 010
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Meanwhile in Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/w...nytimes.comCarney Seals a Majority and Remakes Canada’s Liberal Party 0140
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A quick break from work today. Man I love living here. 0371
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Trump says he posted this image of him as Jesus because he thought it portrayed him as a doctor. Factually he's neither Jesus nor a doctor. 3121
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Complex times... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u... 1100
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Incredibly cool from @ncprnews.bsky.social and @davidncpr.bsky.social www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...northcountrypublicradio.orgMeet the NASA Artemis engineer who's from St. Lawrence CountyJamie Szafran, a software engineer and architect on NASA’s Artemis missions, went to Edwards-Knox High School and graduated from SUNY Potsdam. 030
Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I grew up in Evangelical and later Episcopalian churches. Factually, in the Bible centered churches of my childhood this image Trump posted of himself as a supernatural figure with divine powers would have been disqualifying. 0151