@EverestToday Easy. Krakauer was already an accomplished, best-selling author with the release of 'Into the Wild' the year prior. People knew who he was. He had a level of recognition as a writer and author that Boukreev didn't have.
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The irony is that Jon Krakauer himself was a paying client and complicit in the very commercialization he criticized in Into Thin Air. So how did his book become the global bestseller, while The Climb, written by arguably the strongest high-altitude mountaineer of that era, Anatoli Boukreev remained far less celebrated?
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"The court ruled in March 2026 that Lake’s position at the agency was illegal as she was never confirmed by the Senate to take over the agency, even in an 'acting' or interim role."
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In @nytopinion
“Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals,” the editorial board writes. nyti.ms/4dyC9Cj
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Long queue of climbers was seen approaching Camp III on 18 May as teams prepared for their summit push around 20 May. 🏔️
With the weather window opening, many climbers are moving higher on the mountain, aiming to reach the summit in the coming days.
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@JunksRadio EB looks like a reverse mortgage salesman in that pic!
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“Today, as the Middle East is increasingly engulfed in an escalating regional war, millions of Iranian citizens find themselves navigating a profound, dangerous, and heavily censored information void.”
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@JunksRadio On Wednesday's show, Steve Sands said the winner of the PGA would shoot - 20. Dude's judgement was clearly blurred by his anticipation of Dewey Beach cocktails! Nobody's comin' close to - 20.
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“A Senate confirmation of Lake’s appointment would close the chapter on the Trump administration’s push to dismantle the Voice of America (VOA), an effort spearheaded by Lake.”
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The admin has tried to reduce VOA, which broadcast into China. But Congress pushed back, by appropriating "not less than $400 million for the Countering PRC Influence Fund and funds entities the administration has sought to defund, including the USAGM."
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"A federal judge ruled she was illegally appointed to that position, which pretty much voided all the changes she tried to make, including firing hundreds of journalists." By Poynter’s senior media writer Tom Jones.
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@aboehler @StateSPEHA @SebGorka Reza Valizadeh, our former @RFERL colleague, an American citizen, is still held prisoner in Iran. Seeing recent returnees this week made it even clearer: every American wrongfully detained deserves to come home. #FreeReza @freerezav
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“A federal judge ruled in March that Lake's actions as head of USAGM were invalid because she hadn't been confirmed by the Senate.”
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i’m gonna toss myself off the federal reserve
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Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
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“The drastic cuts to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) workforce had global repercussions, leading to the closure, suspension and downsizing of international broadcasters such as Voice of America,…”
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"During a chaotic tenure" as the leader of USAGM, "Lake tried to dismantle Voice of America, and to block funding for America’s other broadcasters,..." "By doing so, Lake ceded influence to Chinese and Russian state media all over the world..."
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Trump tapped Lake "to oversee the administration’s plan to gut the Voice of America. That plan didn’t go especially well, and as recently as March, a federal judge invalidated Lake’s VOA tenure and nullified the mass layoffs she ordered last year."
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"In a case brought by former Voice of America employees, the court ruled that they must be returned to their jobs and the information programs they conceived and administered must be restored." Opinion by Joseph Bosco via @thehill.
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