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Laura Kirkpatrick

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Journalist covering politics and international relations Devex, PassBlue, Observer & more @ESPN and @CondeNast Alum

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Fred Carver @arbeider4fred.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
One of the most interesting projects I've done in a long time, working with @benaldson.bsky.social on a deep dive into the history of UN selection processes for 1 for 8 Billion and @plataformacipo.bsky.social It's now out! 1for8billion.org/backroom-deals
Backroom deals report
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I'm kind of teasing my next article, but as impressive as Amb Rodriques-Birkett is, she's also the only candidate in the 50s who is running. The UN has never had a Gen X SG, maybe it's time.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Props to @unwomen.bsky.social What a great headline, so many things to like about it: "Why the Men’s World Cup 2026 is a gender equality opportunity" www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
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Why the Men’s World Cup 2026 is a gender equality opportunity | UN Women – Headquarters
As the Men’s World Cup 2026 is set to command more global attention than any other event, the game that moves the world remains unequal at its foundation. Every World Cup is a chance to change that.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A cool fact about Amb Zalabata according to Google - she is the first Indigenous person from the Americas to serve on the Security Council as she is an Arhuaco leader from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta as well as a defender of Human Rights, and strong proponent of WPS.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/athletic/vid...
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Are the Buffalo Sabres Canada’s team?
When national anthem singer Cami Clune’s microphone malfunctioned ahead of Bruins-Sabres Game 5, the Buffalo crowd stepped right in to save the day, singing “O Canada" along with Clune. Already the f...
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Buffalo Sabres fans recently went viral for singing the Canadian National Anthem a capella during a tech glitch. This is the 2nd time in the Boston Bruins series that the anthem has raised eyebrows, as the team has played both anthems since its inception. 1/2
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
One of the rare days where I looked at @NYTimes Spelling Bee and knew the pangram right away.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Today in Iran…
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Ex. of Sec Albright's "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other." Lauren Boebert going against agreed upon rules and posting a verboten picture of Hillary Clinton during Clinton's testimony, and then Nancy Mace calling Clinton unhinged for reacting to the violation.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Melania starts her SC meeting on Children, Technology and Education in Conflict. Oddly appropriate timing giving her husband just began a conflict on the ground in MENA that has crushed at least one school & closed others across the region.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The subconscious is a crazy thing. Words i just realized I’ve played on Crosswords this AM: pillage, gaslit, ransack.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
BREAKING: IRAN is closing the strait of Hormuz and is turning vessels around according to Reuters. This is threatening 20% of the world’s oil & LNG flow. So much for Affordability.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 28/02/2026
Two federal judges delivered major defeats to the Trump admin’s immigration policies on the same day.
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Donald Trump Suffers Double Legal Blow On ICE Actions In Hours
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Security Council will meet today at 4pm est on Iran attack
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
More sad and scary things happening in Afghanistan, @giwps.bsky.social on the latest from the Taliban: On January 7, 2026, the Taliban’s emir issued a two-point decree that "was not publicly announced, debated, or widely circulated by the authorities." giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/01/30/t...
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The Taliban’s New Criminal Regulation Legalizes Slavery, Violence, and Repression of Women - Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
On January 7, 2026, the Taliban’s emir issued a two-point decree formally endorsing a new Criminal Procedural Regulations for Courts (119 articles, 3 chapters, 10 sections) and announcing that it woul...
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Thank you Madam Speaker
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Trump just said, "in closing" about two minutes ago. more empty promises.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Watching on CSPAN and it appears that the broadcast of #Trump's #UNGA speech has been switched over to the Russian translator. Someone there has a great sense of humor.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Trump moves onto attacking Obama, after saying Europe is "destroying its heritage." (He's not even bothering to code anything at this point, just letting the crazy and racism hang all out. I guess that's honesty.)
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So Trump just said, "I'm here to tell the truth."
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Trump claims he has the highest poll numbers ever, The Hill: thehill.com/homenews/adm... USA Today: A majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance (www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...)
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
On one hand, #Trump brings Bravo level entertainment to #theUN, even if his makeup is shockingly more sedate than anyone in the Housewives franchise, yet he's repeatedly launched attacks on the UN, immigration, & leaders London's mayor to the Middle East
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#Trump announces the US will lead Intl effort to curb biological weapons, using AI.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Trump's #UNGA80 speech goes from garnering laughs over "who ever's operating the teleprompter is in big trouble" to immediately criticizing previous US leadership, saying it weakened the US with a litany of lies and manipulated data sets.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 10/09/2025
Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Wellcome Leap commit $100M to accelerate women’s health research and close long-overlooked gaps worldwide.
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Melinda French Gates Backs $100 Million Bet On Women’s Health Breakthroughs
Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Wellcome Leap commit $100M to accelerate women’s health research and close long-overlooked gaps worldwide.
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Human Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 28/08/2025
The US is refusing to participate in its own UN Human Rights Council #UPR review for the first time—joining rights-abusing governments in dodging accountability. This weakens US credibility & undermines global human rights. We call on the admin to reverse course: humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
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Human Rights First Decries U.S. Boycott of UN Universal Periodic Review for Further Damaging U.S. Credibility and International Human Rights Norms - Human Rights First
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First today condemned the U.S. government’s unprecedented decision to not participate in its own Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights ...
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Wow, Bolton's house raided by FBI. #PettyIsTheNewBlack www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/fbi-action...
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FBI action at John Bolton’s House—Live
A recording from Benjamin Wittes's live video
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Yep. (Caught pre-cancerous, but ) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...
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Are Marathons and Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
This wasn’t just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, “In honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”
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Eyal Press @epress.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Wrote about Columbia’s embrace of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which is likely to chill campus speech, violate academic freedom and make Jewish students less safe. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing
By adopting an overly broad and controversial definition of antisemitism, the university is putting both academic freedom and its Jewish students at risk.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Macron's eye roll looked like if he did that any harder, it would have hurt. #UkraineSummit
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Why is the fact that Carter Hart is wearing a burgundy suit so important to the #CBC team? #HockeyTrial
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is really a fascinating breakdown of the testimony.
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hockey Canada trial: Justice Maria Carroccia has said that she does not find the evidence from victim EM "credible or reliable" and that the Crown did not meet the onus for any of the counts before her. She hasn't delivered a verdict yet, but this is the language she has started with.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The US, under Trump, is withdrawing from UNESCO - again.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22/07/2025
Russian-sponsored propaganda engines went into overdrive in the weeks leading up to the European Parliament’s no-confidence vote against Ursula von der Leyen, a confidential study seen by POLITICO shows.
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How von der Leyen’s no-confidence vote fueled Russian propaganda
A confidential study found that a known Russian disinformation network had ramped up its posts by 60 percent while pushing the narrative that the European Commission president was “toxic.&#82…
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/07/2025
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/07/2025
Russia is increasingly using chemical weapons in Ukraine in an effort to subdue the country by causing as much pain and suffering as possible, Europe’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said today.
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Russia’s increasing use of chemical weapons in Ukraine ‘unbearable,’ says top EU diplomat
Moscow is using banned chemical weapons to inflict as “much pain and suffering” as possible to force Ukraine to surrender, Kaja Kallas said.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Odd to hear GOP Senators talk about Iran being in violation of JCPOA, when it was during the 1st Trump admin, they basically celebrated the US withdrawal from it.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Waltz on #Syria, right now "it's a moment of opportunity."
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Shaheen to Waltz, back to China & need to be at the table: Do you agree if confirmed, ensure US will counter PRC growing influence at UN? Waltz: 2018 Trump led pivot away from terrorism to prioritizing threat of global influence of China,
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
In first softball q about UN reform, Risch equates UN personnel as being on the US tax payers money and slams Gutteres as well as the UNSC as not being able to pass resolutions, w no mention on all the recent US vetoes.
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Waltz's statement echoes Trump FP 6 points Return to charter, and mandate re peacekeeping ("not mission building." Countering China & favorable status the UN gives is (talks about China pushing personnel onto programs. Ironic given that US has significant amount of program leads)
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Waltz leads his statement with acknowledging his wife, Julia Nesheiwat, who is a veteran and diplomat as well. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_N....
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Julia Nesheiwat - Wikipedia
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Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Shaheen's intro carefully lays out issues with Trump FP in #Waltz hearing - deprioritizing diplomacy will lead to greater conflict, w/ increased likelihood of US military deployment & greater international importance of China. She pointed out that Waltz served on the China committee in Congress.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
AP: “.. Waltz .. has spent the last few months on the White House payroll despite being removed as national security adviser .. earning an annual salary of $195,200 ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/walt...
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Mike Waltz to face grilling over Signal chat at Senate hearing for UN role
Mike Waltz will face questioning from lawmakers for the first time since he was ousted as national security adviser.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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