M🍁tthew H🏈y Br🦃wn
@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
Americas editor, Washington Post // Journalism instructor, Harvard Extension School // New Englander. Unregistered Ukrainian. Somewhat Canadian. Literally Irish
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BREAKING Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempting a military coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, is ordered today to begin his 27-year sentence
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Bolsonaro out of appeals; will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BREAKING Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempting a military coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, is ordered today to begin his 27-year sentence
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BREAKING Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempting a military coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, is ordered today to begin his 27-year sentence
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Bolsonaro out of appeals; will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BREAKING Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempting a military coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, is ordered today to begin his 27-year sentence
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Email this morning from our kids' doctors:
"Your pediatricians have an important message"
"Your pediatricians have an important message"
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Email this morning from our kids' doctors:
"Your pediatricians have an important message"
"Your pediatricians have an important message"
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A few headlines on an ordinary November Thursday
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A few headlines on an ordinary November Thursday
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas”: Coast Guard official, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisal (GIFT LINK)
EXCLUSIVE from @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE from @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas”: Coast Guard official, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisal (GIFT LINK)
EXCLUSIVE from @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE from @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social
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Coast Guard seizes record 24+ tons of cocaine, worth $362 million, without killing anyone
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November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Coast Guard seizes record 24+ tons of cocaine, worth $362 million, without killing anyone
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JOY IN HAITI over les Grenadiers' first World Cup berth since 1974 (Gift link)
ANN ALE GRENADYE!
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ANN ALE GRENADYE!
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Joy in Haiti over first World Cup berth since 1974
With their Port-au-Prince stadium under gang control, the Grenadiers are playing home games in Curaçao. Their French coach hasn’t visited Haiti since his appointment.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
JOY IN HAITI over les Grenadiers' first World Cup berth since 1974 (Gift link)
ANN ALE GRENADYE!
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ANN ALE GRENADYE!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
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He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
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He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
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RIP Jamal. You deserved better.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
RIP Jamal. You deserved better.
And then he threatened ABC's license because the network's chief White House correspondent, Mary Bruce, had asked about it.
He also called her question "insubordinate." The press is not subordinate to the crown prince or the president. There's a whole amendment on this
He also called her question "insubordinate." The press is not subordinate to the crown prince or the president. There's a whole amendment on this
"Donald Trump’s claims that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi directly contradict a CIA report concluding the crown prince approved it." — CPJ MENA's Regional Director Sara Qudah
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
And then he threatened ABC's license because the network's chief White House correspondent, Mary Bruce, had asked about it.
He also called her question "insubordinate." The press is not subordinate to the crown prince or the president. There's a whole amendment on this
He also called her question "insubordinate." The press is not subordinate to the crown prince or the president. There's a whole amendment on this
The Post is keeping an updating map and list of the Trump administration’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific (Gift link)
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Mapping U.S. strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific
An ongoing record of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since Sept. 2.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Post is keeping an updating map and list of the Trump administration’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific (Gift link)
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The CIA concluded MBS ordered the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden began his rehabilitation. Now he's getting a White House meeting with Trump @sgreports.bsky.social and @mbirnbaum.bsky.social report
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Saudi crown prince to meet Trump in White House, shedding pariah status
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The CIA concluded MBS ordered the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden began his rehabilitation. Now he's getting a White House meeting with Trump @sgreports.bsky.social and @mbirnbaum.bsky.social report
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"The atmosphere … is just toxic,” one senior Latin American official tells The Post's Karen DeYoung
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Trump’s escalating Venezuela rhetoric, military moves alarm region’s leaders
President Trump’s tough approach to Latin America has showered rewards on some leaders. For others, it’s an unwelcome return to the long history of U.S. intervention.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"The atmosphere … is just toxic,” one senior Latin American official tells The Post's Karen DeYoung
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Trump administration to add “violent Antifa groups” to State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list
Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
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Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
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Trump recasts foreign terror list to focus on ‘Antifa,’ cartels
The administration is making an unprecedented expansion, designating entities in Europe and Latin America not typically a focus of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump administration to add “violent Antifa groups” to State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list
Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
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Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
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Suspected gang members fired on U.S. Marines this week at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, officials said Saturday, in the most significant such incident this year. The Marines fired back; none were harmed @danlamothe.bsky.social reports
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U.S. Marines in Haiti exchange gunfire with suspected gang members
The incident comes after months of the U.S. Embassy in Haiti warning of violence in the nation’s streets.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Suspected gang members fired on U.S. Marines this week at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, officials said Saturday, in the most significant such incident this year. The Marines fired back; none were harmed @danlamothe.bsky.social reports
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Of the 400 or so Code Talkers, only two are alive today: Peter MacDonald and Thomas H. Begay. Both men sat down with the Chicago Tribune this summer to talk about their experiences during the war and their hopes for the El Pueblo Motor Inn.
In Arizona, a fading Route 66 motel hides a story of the Navajo Code Talkers
Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were recruited may not outlive them.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Of the 400 or so Code Talkers, only two are alive today: Peter MacDonald and Thomas H. Begay. Both men sat down with the Chicago Tribune this summer to talk about their experiences during the war and their hopes for the El Pueblo Motor Inn.
Venezuela is placing its entire arsenal on "full operational readiness” as a U.S. aircraft carrier approaches, its defense minister said Tuesday, a “massive deployment of ground, aerial, naval, riverine and missile forces” with "almost 200,000" troops
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U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela orders mobilization
Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said that Venezuela would put the entire country’s military arsenal at the ready, including militia and almost 200,000 soldiers.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Venezuela is placing its entire arsenal on "full operational readiness” as a U.S. aircraft carrier approaches, its defense minister said Tuesday, a “massive deployment of ground, aerial, naval, riverine and missile forces” with "almost 200,000" troops
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Fifty years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, laden with 26,000 tons of iron ore, sank in an unseasonably early storm on Lake Superior (Gitche Gumee, in Chippewa). All 29 men on board were lost. Two weeks later, Gordon Lightfoot read a Newsweek article about the disaster
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Fifty years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, laden with 26,000 tons of iron ore, sank in an unseasonably early storm on Lake Superior (Gitche Gumee, in Chippewa). All 29 men on board were lost. Two weeks later, Gordon Lightfoot read a Newsweek article about the disaster
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it was love at first sight
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
it was love at first sight
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Exclusive: An unregulated industry of consultants coach former service members to take advantage of the VA’s disability compensation system.
Many urge veterans to stretch the truth about their health and claim hard-to-disprove conditions.
Many urge veterans to stretch the truth about their health and claim hard-to-disprove conditions.
The unregulated industry that coaches veterans to pile on benefits
The number of vets receiving 100 percent disability ratings has surged in recent years. For-profit firms, influencers and the VA play a large role in the trend.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Exclusive: An unregulated industry of consultants coach former service members to take advantage of the VA’s disability compensation system.
Many urge veterans to stretch the truth about their health and claim hard-to-disprove conditions.
Many urge veterans to stretch the truth about their health and claim hard-to-disprove conditions.
Claudia Sheinbaum says she's pressing charges against the man who groped her this week outside Mexico's presidential palace.
“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
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“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum pressing charges in groping incident
Mexico’s first female president said she is pressing charges against her assailant, sending a message in a country where harassment of women is common.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Claudia Sheinbaum says she's pressing charges against the man who groped her this week outside Mexico's presidential palace.
“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
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“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
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