Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie
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Debunker, journalist, shitposter, Tlönista. Former fun girl turned weird plant, book, cat, dragon lady. Chaotic good lovable rogue, generally friendly, mostly harmless. 
Profile photo shows me, a smiling white woman with long light brown hair and brown eyes, sitting on a couch, surrounded by plants, with a grey and white cat on my lap with an absurd expression on his face. Header photo is an image of a sunset. (Both taken by me.)
Websitehttps://www.truthorfiction.com/how-to-fight-disinformation-part-iv-signaling-and-dog-whistling/
Brooke BinkowskiApr 15
Garrett M. GraffApr 15
How does the US spend $800 billion a year on defense and yet after just six weeks of war with Iran, we're running out of missiles and munitions? For my latest @[email protected] piece, I dove into the dysfunction of the US defense budget: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

How Much Has the War in Iran D...
How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply?

Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only made matters worse. Garrett M. Graff writes.

The New Yorker
Brooke BinkowskiJan 11
Hi friend! Nice to see you here!
Show threadBrooke BinkowskiJan 11
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Show threadBrooke BinkowskiOct 16, 2025
@smellsofbikes You got it.
Brooke BinkowskiOct 16, 2025
James GleickOct 16, 2025

This is important, no matter how much you thought you already knew. Our lawless secret police (there's a German word for it: Gestapo) is seizing, jailing, tasing, and beating American citizens.

https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

ProPublica
Brooke BinkowskiOct 14, 2025
memeorandumOct 14, 2025

'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p88#a251014p88

Brooke BinkowskiOct 14, 2025
Helen BranswellOct 14, 2025
This is not how science is supposed to work: @statnews's Lizzy Lawrence interviews #FDA staffers on how the agency is being asked to investigate issues of interest to Health Secretary Kennedy. “It’s like the tail wagging the dog.... Go find data to support this." https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/fda-under-trump-rfk-jr-staff-describe-political-pressure/
Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

STAT
Brooke BinkowskiOct 13, 2025
World News BotOct 13, 2025
'Your appointment's rescheduled': Shutdown cancels US citizenship ceremonies https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgywnjkrlqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
'Your appointment's rescheduled': Shutdown cancels US citizenship ceremonies

When I went this weekend to take the oath to become an American citizen, I enountered disorder, and disappointment.

Show threadBrooke BinkowskiOct 13, 2025
@unsafelyhotboots @Viss wonderful news!
Brooke BinkowskiOct 13, 2025
TouaregtweetOct 13, 2025

"Today the president is taking credit for a cease-fire in Gaza. But who, in America, was first in calling for that exact thing?

Students on campuses.

And what happened to them? They were banned from their own public spaces, all over the country."

https://snyder.substack.com/p/gaza-and-protest #Gaza #StudentProtest

Gaza and Protest

Why freedom of speech matters

Thinking about...