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Patrick deHahn

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Hello. International news editor and reporter for hire. Previously The National, Quartz, USA Today, CNN, elsewhere. 📍Brooklyn. He/him, deaf. Message Signal: pdeh.99 / @patrickdehahn on Twitter (RIP) ✌️ Remember we share the same moon.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · Jun 4

Let's connect if you know of any opportunities in journalism, communications, humanitarianism, or anything interesting in mission-oriented work. Say hi👋

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 8h

Not everything has to be rated omg

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 13h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 13h

Wet and winded-over in the nor'easter! (Covering my cochlear implant on my ear in the rain)

A photo of me in a blue rain jacket and khaki pants outside on an oceanfront beach with marshy grass and rocky waves in the background. I am covering my ears with my cochlear implant on to keep it dry. The photo is taken from a car.

Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 15h

Full climate document titled the Global Tipping Points report by the University of Exeter and international partners (PDF) global-tipping-points.org/download/1419/

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 15h

The planet has entered a "new reality" as it hits the first climate tipping point with coral reefs, a landmark report finds
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 15h

"National Guard troops sent to Illinois by president Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now, an appeals court ruled..." apnews.com/article/nati...

Court: National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now

National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now, an appeals ...

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21h

Gaza:

170,000 people need long term rehabilitation
38 hospitals destroyed or forced to close
1 in 4 children suffer from acute malnutrition
96% of households without enough water to meet basic needs
300,000 housing units reduced to rubble
835 schools/colleges have been destroyed

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21h

Hind Khoudary is asked, how are people in Gaza feeling today.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 1d

Israelis and Palestinians rejoice as people are freed from being unjustly held apnews.com/photo-galler...

Israelis and Palestinians rejoice as hostages are released and prisoners freed, in photos

Israelis celebrated the return of the last surviving hostages from Gaza — a defining exchange in the fragile ceasefire that has paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 1d

Living hostages and Palestinian detainees released as part of ceasefire in Gaza apnews.com/article/gaza...

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and scores of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have walked free as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely recommend the Al Jazeera and Reuters live blogs for the latest out of Gaza and Israel:

aje.io/b5n8jo

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

I'm currently away with family and not able to quickly get to developing news. Wishing everyone good health, safety, and wellness.

Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

I'm currently away with family and not able to quickly get to developing news. Wishing everyone good health, safety, and wellness.

Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Gaza Health Ministry ready for prisoner health checks aje.io/ac2qc0?updat...

Hamas accuses Israel of "manipulating" list of prisoners to be freed aje.io/ac2qc0?updat...

Israeli government approves changes to Palestinian prisoners to be released www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Catching up on news regarding the release of people held in Gaza and Israeli prisons:

Israel says release of captives in Gaza to begin early on Monday aje.io/ac2qc0?updat...

Hamas says it moved living Israeli captives to three handover locations aje.io/ac2qc0?updat...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Gaza journalist Maha Hussaini: “We have returned, like we’ll always do.”

A cat sits in a window. Beyond a completely destroyed city

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, Israel's defence minister has ordered its military to prepare a mission destroying Hamas tunnels.

"It is unclear how the IDF will demolish Hamas’s tunnels in areas of Gaza outside of the army’s control under the ceasefire deal."

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hails war’s "victories" and warns military campaign not over in Gaza www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Netanyahu hails war’s ‘victories,’ warns military campaign not over, urges unity

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

US president Donald Trump claims "the war is over, you understand that," when questioned about Gaza and Israel www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says ‘war is over’ in Gaza as Israel awaits release of hostages

US president says Middle East will ‘normalize’ before he boarded flight to Israel for world leaders’ peace summit

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of two years of Israel's onslaught apnews.com/article/gaza...

Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of 2 years of war

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Spokesperson for the Gaza Municipality:

Photos: عاصم النبيه Asem Alnabih via X (@AsemAlnabeh)

Good morning from Gaza.

Despite the massive destruction and a severe shortage of heavy machinery, Gaza Municipality has begun clearing and reopening the streets.

Gaza City,
October 2025.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

AP: What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid — and US president Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East apnews.com/article/isra...

What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid — and Trump's visit

Anticipation built across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday as the ceasefire held into a third day.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

Humanitarian aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken Gaza news.un.org/en/story/202...

Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave

As displaced Gazans jammed the main route leading north on Friday after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas reportedly came into effect, UN aid teams repeated their call to open all crossings ...

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 2d

"Dozens of aid trucks were seen entering Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing, as preparations were underway Sunday for a ramp-up of aid entering the war-battered Gaza Strip under a new ceasefire deal." www.euronews.com/2025/10/12/a...