Betsy Reed
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Editor @GuardianUS past @theintercept @thenation
New York
Joined November 2008
My essay this morning in The Guardian's fabulous "long read" on impressions from a recent visit to Israel https://t.co/qsGUoI8KgQ
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The long read: This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream...
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This story was more than a year in the making. Now @guardian and @972mag can draw back the curtain on Israel’s secret war against the ICC, waged everywhere from Kinshasa to New York. Part 1 here, part 2 out this afternoon:
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Mossad director Yossi Cohen personally involved in secret plot to pressure Fatou Bensouda to drop Palestine investigation, sources say
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Today we're exposing Israel's secret intelligence "war" on the ICC. First story, reported by the brilliant @harryfoxdavies for the Guardian, reveals Mossad executed a plot to threaten the court's top prosecutor. Second part this afternoon, in a joint +972 Magazine and Guardian
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Revealed: Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women
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A total of 16 women have accused Copperfield of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior spanning decades. More than half said they were teenagers at the time. Copperfield’s lawyers say the...
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NEW: Meet the Hos. James, a 5th circuit judge, ruled to limit access to mifepristone. His attorney wife has worked w/ the group that brought the suit. The Hos are just one of the power couples in the conservative movement. https://t.co/vc16UesfaQ
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Judge James Ho ruled to restrict mifepristone. His wife Allyson is linked to the anti-abortion group that brought the case
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Meanwhile, people continue to die in fires caused by batteries, including Fazil Khan. Workers don't have the options they need to store & charge them. NYC has let a vast new service/transit economy grow with very little planning. https://t.co/Hx5jJkOvgL
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Federal legislation that would create battery safety standards has bipartisan support but has yet to come up for a vote in either the House or Senate.
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new: plastic producers have known for 30+ yrs that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. but they promoted it anyway, a new @climatecosts analysis shows. the report is full of new docs & evidence. https://t.co/XDBBVZAcWB
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Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds
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James Hansen, who alerted the world to the climate crisis in the 1980s, says the key 1.5C global heating threshold will “passed for all practical purposes” in 2024. “We are now in the process of moving into the 1.5C world,” he told the Guardian. https://t.co/yrffMO5cFO (1/2)
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James Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s
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i'm *so* excited to be joining the excellent team of journalists at @GuardianUS and doing more of the important work i love
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Guardian US has appointed Lauren N. Williams as its new deputy editor for race and equity
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Spent the last two years on this project to it means a lot to me: The Guardian has looked into its history and has discovered an uncomfortable truth: but it reveals a story of Britain's history being embedded with slavery https://t.co/gN5vK0L0wO
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Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper’s origins
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Climate Emergency Fund, backed by oil heiress Aileen Getty, to fund a new wave of attention-grabbing stunts following the Van Gogh/tomato soup protest
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Climate Emergency Fund lauds National Portrait Gallery stunt and pledges to keep fighting against ‘mass delusion of normalcy’
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Big scoop from @kenklippenstein: Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages after oversight officials requested them
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A letter to the Jan. 6 committee says the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials requested the Secret Service’s electronic communications.
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I am so going to miss @theintercept. Beloved colleagues. So many great stories. The best of times. I will read and root for you forever.
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Personal news! I'll be editor of @GuardianUS starting in September. Thrilled to be joining such a vibrant, acclaimed, kickass news org. Can't wait to work on their indispensable journalism at this perilous and fascinating moment.
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