BeckyIB

Blacklisted for journalism

“I don’t understand why building owners want to drive out long time family owned businesses by increasing the rent to the point it is insane.... That’s the thing that really hurts me that it has so much history behind it, that all these corporate people don’t care nothing.”

As a Gen Xer, I can tell you boomers and even my own generation comparing their 20s to today’s 20-30 year-olds needs to stop. I paid $600 for a West Hollywood apartment at 23. Today it’s $3500. Burgers weren’t $20, they were $6 to $8 in a nice restaurant. Life is not comparable. It’s a completely different world now.

NEW: 4 former chemical lobbyists control America’s pesticide regulations, letting pesticide companies pump the country full of toxins. For every 1 meeting with an environmental group, the EPA met 25x with corporate interests. We revealed the corporate lobby poisoning America:

@Dthunderchicken @NBCNews Yeah? Sorry for you. That’s not been my experience or the experience of the college students I’ve counseled.

@BeckyIB @NBCNews LOL The US student loan program was not good. It was better when it was private.

The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

@NBCNews Why are you just now reporting this on nightly news? It’s been going on for days. It almost seems like you report on concerns that mostly affect the upper middle class — long airport waits, higher gas prices. I’m struggling to pay for groceries.

The rain-drenched Hawaiian Islands are brace for another deluge, less than a week after a record-breaking storm buckled roadways and collapsed buildings. nbcnews.com/weather/storms…

@NBCNews Trump hates those who stand up to his chaotic, vindictive policies.

The Justice Dept. files a new lawsuit against Harvard University, alleging its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

@NBCNews Their ratings are plummeting under Weiss. Wonder if the entire point was to destroy one of our three television network news?

CBS News says it is shutting down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of layoffs, blaming a shift in radio station programming strategies and challenging economic times. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

@NBCNews “But” Y’all need to work on your phrasing. There aren’t two sides. There’s truth and reality standing up to Trump lies.

For the first time since the U.S. launched a war on Iran three weeks ago, top intelligence officials spoke publicly about the conflict. But their testimony before Congress contradicted President Trump’s statements. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

@NBCNews I would rather my tax dollars go to them in a huge win than to deadly kid-killing munitions used in Iran.

Two former FBI special agents who say they played minimal roles in the investigation that led to criminal charges against President Trump have file a lawsuit against FBI Director Kash Patel and AG Pam Bondi, alleging their “unlawful” firings violate the U.S. Constitution. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

@NBCNews Ukraine, functioning as the last bulwark against dictators on the European continent. F Orbán. F Putin.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán raises the prospect of further actions his government could take against Ukraine to force the resumption of Russian oil deliveries, a day after he blocked a 90-billion euro ($104-billion) E.U. loan to Ukraine. nbcnews.com/world/hungary/…

Trump’s push to have donors fund his $400 million White House ballroom might cost him the whole project trib.al/u2PnO6u

Just a reminder that you are doing your best, and that’s more than enough. It’s okay to take it one day at a time.

As a Professor in the Study of Religion at the University of Oslo, I have the formal opportunity to nominate candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. I have therefore just nominated the People of Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the 2026 Nobel Peace Price for their valiant defence of peace in Europe against Russian aggression, which seems not limited to Ukraine. Through their immense sacrifice, the People of Ukraine and their President have kept the rest of Europe safe from Russian totalitarianism and imperialism. They are the true and most noble defenders of European liberty, democracy and peace. The formal nomination text is as follows: Through their defence of their own democracy against Russian aggression, the People of Ukraine since 2014 and President Zelenskyy 2019, have helped preserve peace for Europe. As pointed out by various leading politicians, foreign policy experts, and intelligence reports from various states, the Russian territorial ambitions are not limited to Ukraine but extend to other areas previously under Russian control. The official justifications behind the Russian invasion – the alleged right to reclaim land that at one point has been Russian, the claim to allegedly protect Russophone population, and the refusal to accept the legitimacy of a democratically elected government – are just as applicable for Russia’s relations with numerous other countries. The defence of the Ukrainian people against the unilateral Russian invasion of 2014 onwards and particularly after the full-scale invasion of 2022, and of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his entire term, seems, consequently, to have helped preserve peace for other European democracies in the most direct way reflecting the values promoted by the Nobel Peace Prize. In agreement with numerous former Prizes, the achievement of the People of Ukraine and President Zelenskyy is also one of preserving and promoting democracy, as their struggle is one against the totalitarianism and various severe human rights abuses Russia systematically imposes on any territory they illegally occupy The resistance of Ukraine represents, moreover, a decisive defence of the international rules-based order, as it is firmly rooted in the principles of the UN Charter, notably the right of a people to defend itself against aggression. President Zelenskyy and the People of Ukrainian have consistently called for a just and lasting peace based on sovereignty and human rights, and have shown remarkable restraint in the face of systematic attacks on civilians. Author: Professor Dag Øistein Endsjø

@capitolhunters The New York Times, earner of more Pulitzer Prizes than any other organization in history, uses video to confirm what every eyewitness has been saying since last week: Agent Jonathan Ross was never hit by Renée Nicole Good’s vehicle.

@jkr_on_the_web Renee Good was murdered. ICE is a domestic terrorist federal agency.

“Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The New York Times provide a frame-by-frame look at what led to Renee Good being shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. Watch our visual investigation.” nyti.ms/3Nh4CmV

@KenRoth Murdered her. Deliberately.

This superb video analysis by the New York Times shows that the ICE agent who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis was not hit by her car. He had stepped away after approaching her car and killed her needlessly. trib.al/qLlGDuY

We wrote about Renee Good's killing for French weekly @franctireurmag, edited by @CarolineFourest. The world is shocked by the slaughter of this unarmed mother slandered when her body was not even cold. Watch how many MAGA types defame a dead woman because she had a wife.