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Frida Ghitis

@fridaghitis.bsky.social

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World affairs journalist. Frm CNN producer/correspondent. Sr columnist World Politics Review, on-air contrib CNN, CNNE, contrib columnist Washington Post. Worked in 70+ countries. (Threads @fridaghitis, LinkedIn, Instag) https://fridainsight.substack.com

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s a theory, credible and scary

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “If China were to move against Taiwan, it's likely China would force its junior partner in that relationship, being Russia, under Vladimir Putin, to move against NATO to keep us busy.”

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 2d

Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl: “He who has a why”—a purpose for living—“can bear any how.”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Existential Heroism of the Israeli Hostages

The release of the remaining October 7 captives shows that hope can survive even in the darkest hole.

www.yahoo.com

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 4d

Putin plays him like a balalaika

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump cites a murderous war criminal to attack the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision. Truly absurd and disturbing. And narcissism of a pathological degree.

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World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · 5d

More than three years after Russia launched its all-out invasion, Ukraine has become the world leader in drone warfare. As @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes, no other country has a comparable depth of experience in building, utilizing and defending against drones.

Ukraine Has Become Europe’s Drone Superpower

The Russia-Ukraine war has ushered in a new era of warfare, turning Kyiv into the Silicon Valley of drones.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 4d

He also “sparked debate” with another ridiculous antisemitic theory, claiming ashkenazi Jews were immune to Covid.

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 5d

It’s more likely they’d give the prize to someone fighting to protect US democracy against his head-on assault

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 6d

We’re in idiotic hands.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 7d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 8d

Monitor the big Substack accounts

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 9d

What is the worst thing the Trump administration is doing?

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 9d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

PEGGY NOONAN: “.. You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.”

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 11d

It's horrifying

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 11d

These are images from the worst times in the worst police states. If I saw it in a movie I would say the director went too far - not credible.

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 11d

What's the number 9 on the back of this ridiculous amulet?

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 11d

And now Hamas says it will release the hostages. Maybe the rumors are true

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 11d

Breaking: Hamas says it will release all the hostages.
In a statement posted online on Friday night, it said it would release the hostages “according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump’s proposal, and as the field conditions for the exchange are met"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Hostages in Gaza

www.nytimes.com

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 11d

Who said I'm optimistic?

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 12d

It would require his behavior to become much more outrageous (imagine that!) to get GOP in Congress to turn against him

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 12d

*at least not for now

Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 12d

Until not for now. But as his erratic behavior becomes harder to deny, JD Vance will see his opportunity

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World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · 12d

China has found in the Trump administration’s Latin America agenda a potential opening for further expanding its influence, stepping up its efforts to court regional governments, @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes.

Trump Is Turning Back the Clock on U.S. Policy in Latin America

Donald Trump’s personalist and ideological approach to U.S. policy in Latin America is a gift to China.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 13d

Two people were killed outside a synagogue in Manchester, in northwestern England, on Thursday morning in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the police said.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: 2 Killed in Car Ramming and Stabbing Outside U.K. Synagogue, Police Say

www.nytimes.com

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