Steve Herman

Speaking out following a final visit to the headquarters of the silenced Voice of America. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/… #SaveVOA ift.tt/2cvMIxt

NPR's editor in chief and acting chief content officer Edith Chapin told colleagues this morning that she has decided to step down. npr.org/2025/07/22/nx-… ift.tt/R9aBINf

Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76. rollingstone.com/music/music-ne… ift.tt/wq3txkZ

“Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people,” says President Donald Trump, accusing two former presidents, Barack Obama (“leader of the gang”) and Joe Biden, as well as Hillary Clinton, of committing crimes, including treason, related to t… ift.tt/Gp2hVOT

House Republican leadership has decided the summer recess will begin tomorrow to prevent Democrats' demands for votes on calling for the release of files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. ift.tt/qla9tUM

Wired - Antisemitic posts among the main drivers of the most recent spike in false flag conspiracies on Twitter/X. wired.com/story/false-fl… ift.tt/G5NUX4i

Behind the White House Curtain featured in the Kent State University Press Fall/Winter 2025 catalog. kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/upl… ift.tt/tgTmF9K

"I deeply regret President Donald Trump's decision to once again withdraw the United State of America from UNESCO, a decision that will take effect at the end of December 2026.” - Director General Audrey Azoulay ift.tt/blfWzyM

Guardian - As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. theguardian.com/education/2025… ift.tt/HEo04b9

“At the direction of Attorney General Bondi, I have communicated with counsel for Ms. (Ghislane) Maxwell to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the (Justice) Department. I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the comin… ift.tt/w9lAdIa

Coca-Cola announces that it plans to launch an offering made with US cane sugar. This follows President Trump saying last week the company had ageeed to swap high fructose corn syrup for “real” cane sugar in Coke. investors.coca-colacompany.com/news-events/pr… ift.tt/vZfzJ5N

Wired - Survey data suggests that Tesla’s newest autonomous driving technology has freaked out some consumers. wired.com/story/tesla-ro… ift.tt/s5fGzpE

Google says Russian-linked campaigns represented the majority of the content it terminated in the second quarter of this year. blog.google/threat-analysi… ift.tt/gJnoBqK

MLK Jr.’s family calls for the FBI files released today to be "viewed within their full historical context." archives.gov/research/mlk ift.tt/i0ME98h

Politico - White House removing Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering the president’s weekend trip to Scotland. politico.com/news/2025/07/2… ift.tt/M7bXrmk

More than two dozen countries (but not the US), in a joint statement, call for the war in Gaza to end now. canada.ca/en/global-affa… ift.tt/160KJXs

Nearly 300 NASA scientists and current and former employees of the space agency have issued a declaration that warns budget cuts, grant cancellations and a “culture of organizational silence” could pose a risk to astronauts’ safety. … ift.tt/YKAONEl

Lawyers representing Mario Guevara, the CPJ, Free Press and the Georgia First Amendment Foundation are to hold a news conference tomorrow as they work for the release of the Atlanta-based journalist from ICE custody. cpj.org/2025/07/media-… ift.tt/1mHV2JD

France 24 - Elon Musk’s social media platform Twitter/X says it “has not acceded to the French authorities' demands” to access its recommendation algorithm and real-time data “as we have a legal right to do.” france24.com/en/france/2025… ift.tt/4MpbWO9

bdnews24 - A Bangladeshi military training jet has crashed on a private school’s campus in Dhaka. At least 19 people are dead and 50+ injured. bdnews24.com/bangladesh/ac7… ift.tt/gx95GeL

Haaretz - The Israeli air force has attacked Hodeida port in Yemen, which is controlled by the Houthis. haaretz.com/israel-news/20… ift.tt/9nsAdFH