Amanda Becker
@amandabecker.bsky.social
Journalist, The 19th. Author, YOU MUST STAND UP https://a.co/d/9HS7ife Nieman Nation. West Virginia evangelist. Committed cat lady. OH-IN-NY-CA-DC-WV/OH w/ a year in MA. abecker @ 19thnews.org https://signal.me/#eu/TDWZNUaLcAcViX9p9xtLbZ6HaLscAgQ1si8
I’m reading a book that’s clearly based on the JonBenet Ramsey case so I read up on the case since it’s been decades, and this alleged snack of pineapple and milk is highly suspicious because the pineapple would curdle the milk within minutes???
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m reading a book that’s clearly based on the JonBenet Ramsey case so I read up on the case since it’s been decades, and this alleged snack of pineapple and milk is highly suspicious because the pineapple would curdle the milk within minutes???
Already have a pot of turkey & noodles made on a thus far productive, shopping-free Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Already have a pot of turkey & noodles made on a thus far productive, shopping-free Black Friday.
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"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
I think we’ve established the parties in question have a command of the English language that is … lacking.
worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I think we’ve established the parties in question have a command of the English language that is … lacking.
Damn Pluribus is great.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Damn Pluribus is great.
He shut down all House business for more than a month.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
He shut down all House business for more than a month.
If I get one more ZZ/ZZ “think” piece in my inbox I’m unsubscribing from your newsletter.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If I get one more ZZ/ZZ “think” piece in my inbox I’m unsubscribing from your newsletter.
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Trump administration again seeks to end Haitian protected status reut.rs/4iqC1qL
Trump administration again seeks to end Haitian protected status
The Trump administration is again seeking to end humanitarian protection for Haitians in the U.S., saying their legal status will end on February 3, a government notice published on Wednesday said, a move that comes despite spiraling violence in Haiti that has displaced more than 1 million people.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump administration again seeks to end Haitian protected status reut.rs/4iqC1qL
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
I stopped at the grocery midday today - mistake, even with it pouring - and my normal container of kefir was $7.99! Is there a special kefir tariff or something? That is near double what it should be!
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I stopped at the grocery midday today - mistake, even with it pouring - and my normal container of kefir was $7.99! Is there a special kefir tariff or something? That is near double what it should be!
lmaooooo
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
lmaooooo
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a 'turn-and-burn' bus from Ohio to DC and back to protest the president 19thnews.org/2025/11/ohio... via @19thnews.org
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a bus to protest the president
Days after President Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of fellow women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip to Washington to fight for regime change.
19thnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a 'turn-and-burn' bus from Ohio to DC and back to protest the president 19thnews.org/2025/11/ohio... via @19thnews.org
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
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November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
On a food motivation scale of 1-10 I'd put my cat Georgie at about 13.6.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
On a food motivation scale of 1-10 I'd put my cat Georgie at about 13.6.
Apparently this might be a fake tweet - thank god?
Misogyny has jumped the shark.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Apparently this might be a fake tweet - thank god?
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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Ohio lawmakers have brought back up a bill to add party labels to candidates in local school board elections with a new amendment that would also eliminate all elected seats on the State Board of Education, making the entire body governor-appointed ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/24/o...
Ohio bill would add political parties to school board races, reduce State Board of Education seats • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio legislature brought back up a bill that would add party names to local school board elections, and added an amendment that would eliminate elected seats on the State Board of Education,…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Ohio lawmakers have brought back up a bill to add party labels to candidates in local school board elections with a new amendment that would also eliminate all elected seats on the State Board of Education, making the entire body governor-appointed ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/24/o...
GOP Sen. Susan Collins, up for reelection next year, backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
GOP Sen. Susan Collins, up for reelection next year, backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
While #ThisTown consumed by journalist-journalist-politician-politician sex scandal w/ journalists trying to capitalize on the sordid details, everyday Americans pulling out all the stops in what they see as an existential fight for democracy — & nearly no coverage 19thnews.org/2025/11/ohio...
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a bus to protest the president
Days after President Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of fellow women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip to Washington to fight for regime change.
19thnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
While #ThisTown consumed by journalist-journalist-politician-politician sex scandal w/ journalists trying to capitalize on the sordid details, everyday Americans pulling out all the stops in what they see as an existential fight for democracy — & nearly no coverage 19thnews.org/2025/11/ohio...
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It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.”
Push Back Against Trump’s Press Abuse
It’s long past time for the Fourth Estate to challenge the president’s unhinged hostility and unbridled misogyny.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.”