Walker Bragman

NEW from Important Context: Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S. www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...

In all the talk about Charlie Kirk, there’s not been nearly enough discussion about murders and suicides of LGBTQIA+ people—especially youth. Kirk and his allies targeted that community, stoking hate, misunderstanding, and radicalization.

Trump is posthumously awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Vance flew his casket on Air Force 2. A memorial is happening at The Kennedy Center. State Dept and Pentagon are taking steps to prevent criticism of Kirk. This is NOT normal treatment for an extremist. It’s a message.

Saving the world with woo woo www.importantcontext.news/exxon-heires...

When wellness invades the environmental movement.

NEW: October 17 marks a global event called “Origin,” focused on Earth regeneration. Rather than a movement to directly influence climate policy or polluting companies, Origin promises change through synchronized prayer and body movement. Behind it? A fossil fuel heiress and an anti-vaccine doctor

A confirmed lab leak that we’re all hearing about. As opposed to the secret COVID conspiracy that there’s no evidence for but every major media outlet nonetheless gave credence to under pressure from the right and hallucinating op-ed columnists.

Election is today.

NEW: The Trump administration is trying to elect its ally in Brazil. Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in an attempted coup. Brazilians head to the polls tomorrow. www.importantcontext.news/the-u-s-camp...

I’ve been kinda disappointed with the stuff my favorite bands have been putting out lately. Not that it’s bad. It’s just that in the age of Trump, I kinda hoped folks would have more to say. That’s why I’m really liking the two released songs from the new Spanish Love Songs album.

Working for Robert Kennedy Jr. and this Trump administration as a political appointee should be an automatic blackball from academia and mainstream medical orgs.

The collapse of our institutions in the face of fascism is really something to behold. Here, the American College of Surgeons, the largest professional organization for surgeons in the country, platformed Trump’s ousted FDA chief Marty Makary, letting him riff about the challenges facing healthcare

“I ❤️ billionaires,” Rufo told me when I reached out for this story.