Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former DOD Climate Advisor. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy.
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At a time when some are questioning why we should care about this problem, I recently gave a talk for TEDx for why climate change is a national security concern. youtube.com/watch?v=S8neK0G0…
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Lewin's government legacy will be measured in people needlessly starved, left unvaccinated, infected with HIV, deprived of post-rape care, or dead from cholera - because of his arrogance and recklessness.
Here are a few of their graves that I visited in Sudan last week.
Jeremy Lewin, a top Rubio adviser for Venezuela and Cuba, is leaving the State Department ahead of the midterms
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Add responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands if not millions to your resume for destroying US foreign assistance and global health programs.
After nearly two years, I am leaving the @StateDept to return to the private sector. It has been the privilege of a lifetime to work for @POTUS Trump and @SecRubio, and I’m eternally grateful for their trust in me to execute their foreign policy vision. President Trump has put decades of post-Cold War malaise behind us—permanently transforming U.S. foreign policy to put Americans first, keep them safe, and drive peace and shared prosperity in key regions. I look forward to supporting the Administration as a private citizen.
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At FAM University in São Paulo voting stopped at 5 and they shut the gate. Minutes later it reopened. "Due to public transport shut downs in poor neighborhoods across Brazil the voter deadline is extended until 7," I was told. Minutes later they shut the gate again.+
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🇧🇷 Urnas fechadas não podem ser reabertas, relatam advogados eleitorais que consultamos nos últimos minutos. Como serão computados esses votos? Em novas urnas? Em cédula?
Decisão do ministro Cristiano Zanin não informa como ficarão esses votos que foram dados entre 17h e 19h. Algumas urnas já tinham sido fechadas e os dados estavam sendo enviados para o TSE.
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Reports on Brazilian TV of terrible chaos. Polling stations that had already closed their doors, reopening. Poll clerks completely confused. What a nightmare. Hard to say what the consequences might be, tonight and in the weeks and months ahead.
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🚨Breaking: Supreme Court Minister Zanin has extended voting in entire country by two hours until 7pm, as a result of the deliberate sabotage of public transport provision by Bolsonaro allies. 🚨
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What a mess. Polling has supposedly closed in Brazil - and no word from Brazil's electoral authorities about whether voting hours will be extended because of apparent sabotage of public transport in at least 10 states
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🚨Lula campaign has requested that Electoral Court extend voting hours in Salvador and São Paulo due to the intentional limitation of public transport by Bolsonarista local authorities. Other cities may follow.🚨
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Separately, it's reported São Paulo is operating just 60% of its required bus fleet during Brazil's presidential runoff, despite a court order mandating full weekday service.
Cuts are hitting lower-income neighbourhoods hardest, disrupting voters from reaching polling stations.
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O Procon-BA encontrou 252 ônibus aptos a operar, mas parados em três garagens em Salvador (BA), neste domingo (25), dia do segundo turno das eleições, de acordo com o secretário de Justiça e Direitos Humanos do Estado da Bahia, Felipe Freitas. A empresa foi autuada pelo órgão, que recebeu denúncias de eleitores sobre o bloqueio da saída de veículos pela prefeitura. A fiscalização ocorre em meio a acusações de falta de ônibus na capital baiana. Como mostrou a coluna, o PT pediu a prisão do prefeito de Salvador, Bruno Reis (União Brasil).
📲Leia mais na #Folha: mla.bs/04ef3dca38
📷 Reprodução
📝 Karina Matias, Diego Alejandro e Jullia Gouveia
#PraTodosVerem: Ônibus parados em Salvador no dia da eleição
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Amid claims of a deliberate pro-Bolsonaro attempt to suppress the vote in numerous parts of Brazil by sabotaging public transport, Lula warns of "abominable ... banditry" and urges people to keep trying to vote. Calls for voting to be extended by 2 hours until 7pm.
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Widespread voter suppression is reportedly being carried out by local government officials aligned with Flávio Bolsonaro. They're breaking the law by keeping public buses in the garages to prevent poor and working classes Brazilians from voting. This is very serious.
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It’s been clear for a long time that Bolsonarism still has a hold in Brazil even with elder Bolsonaro imprisoned.
Important warning from @jamesnorth7:
On October 25, Brazilians will vote in the second round of their presidential elections. The matter might not be all that suspenseful. The far right-wing candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, is widely favored to defeat the incumbent, President Lula da Silva, especially after Bolsonaro’s unexpectedly strong showing in the first round, which found both him and the members of his far-right movement broadly in the ascendance. His victory will be a catastrophe for many reasons, but there’s one looming disaster that will extend far beyond Brazil’s borders: The fate of the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest, hangs in the balance.
#Brazil: Once you have seen the awful consequences of rainforest destruction, you will never forget it. And the Brazilian far-right plans to start burning again. My article @newrepublic. @Revkin @amazonwatch @apagliar newrepublic.com/article/2162…
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Probably Sunday's best moment in Texas politics: @CurrentRevolt loses it over how shoddy the work was by the MAGA influencers trying to convince you that Rep Talarico was in a mental hospital: "This story sucks, man...this is shit work, bro... I'm actually upset"
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Adm. McRaven: public execution “shameless and ignoble.”
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Gift link to WSJ story on Paxton which is a new scandal plus a good overview of all the other corruption scandals as a recap. wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-…
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WSJ surfaces video of Ken Paxton in Dubai w girlfriend as well as 2 men indicted on embezzlement of Loretto Hospital in Chicago.
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Worth correcting the record on 4 misconceptions in this article:
- BAAJA creates MORE exemptions for clean energy than fossil and the certainty provisions WOULD NOT lock in fossil or allow offshore wind style buy-outs. 🧵 (1/12)
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My latest: I spoke at length to @JaredHuffman about the case against the bipartisan permitting deal for @heatmap_news
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SCOOP: @nytimes reviewed time-stamped security camera images showing @jamestalarico was, in fact, at his home in Austin on Oct. 1-8.
Gift link ➡️ #TXSEN
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