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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

What an odd set of options offered in the CBS News Poll. DEI but nothing about democracy or rule of law.👀

M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 13h

Simple truth about masculinity:
The conceptualizations of masculinity that males adopt don't work out all that well for them if they don't work well in the eyes of women — especially (but not exclusively!) those to whom they are attracted.

M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 14h

"The world doesn’t have to condone entrenched military rule in Sudan. The African Union..freezes a state’s membership [after] a..coup or military takeover.

Sudan’s civilian leaders may not have guns or hold territory but they have something much more powerful:
the support of the Sudanese people"
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 14h

"This approach might be borne out of expediency, but it has also put dictators and unelected rulers on the same footing as leaders chosen by their citizens."
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 14h

"The international community has often defaulted to a blunt principle:
Recognize whoever is in charge

This unwritten rule, known as the doctrine of effective control, means that legitimacy is granted to those who successfully control a country’s land and population, no matter how they got there"
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 14h

"Unlike in other civil wars, these two groups are primarily fighting to entrench their own financial & political interests, not those of any civilian bloc.

If the U.S. [et al] are serious about achieving lasting peace in Sudan, they must empower [its] civilian representatives, not its warlords."
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 14h

"[T]he Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces are locked in a stalemate that has triggered what experts consider one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters..."
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Opinion | Sudan Is What Happens When You Recognize a Junta

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 1d

"An executive order he signed in February says,...

'No employee of the executive branch acting in their official capacity may advance an interpretation of the law as the position of the United States that contravenes the President or the Attorney General’s opinion on a matter of law.'"
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 1d

"[H]e has claimed, without legal justification, that he has the right to order the military to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs on boats off the coast of South America."
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump is in the process of building his own paramilitary force.

He has deployed National Guard troops to cities over the objections of local officials.

He is invoking wartime powers to deport people without due process, even suggesting that American citizens may be sent to foreign prisons."
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

“A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots,” Peter Wehner argues: https://theatln.tc/HCsgbCVd

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This is an unprecedented historical moment that demands an unprecedented public response.

I’m incredibly thankful for the solidarity shown by elected officials, public figures, constituents, and others over the past few days.

Collection of headlines after the Federal Indictment

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 1d

#MultipleFronts in the fight against a growing lawless authoritarianism

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"

taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes

“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

Bureaucratic impediments to service, I surmise, is a foremost technique the administration is relying on to achieve many of its cost reduction goals - to the pain and financial detriment of many, especially the most vulnerable.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

"What your government is willing to do to others
it will do to you."
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) is a former journalist running for Congress in IL-09 who is crystal clear about her humanitarian moral values.

I donated to her campaign.
You can too: katforillinois.com
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Kat for Congress | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois' Ninth District

Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois' Ninth District because Democrats need to do more to stop Trump and fight for working people.

katforillinois.com

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

"[Meanwhile] ICE has been enacting a terror campaign in Chicago...

[That includes] crimes against humanity [within ICE facilities]
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I respect the International Criminal Court."
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

"War crimes are bad.
Also, anyone who commits war crimes should be held accountable.
That goes for Hamas.
That goes for Netanyahu
and anyone that's following his orders to commit war crimes."
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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

[As a Palestinian-American], "Jewish people have been our greatest ally in fighting for equal rights."
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“What If We Didn’t Suck?”

Kat Abughazaleh on standing up to authoritarianism

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 2d

Among Dems who say they're frustrated with the Democratic Party - "What are you most frustrated by?"

Not fighting Trump hard enough: 41%
Lack of good leadership: 13%
Lack of cohesive agenda/message: 10%
Out of touch: 8%
Ineffective when in power: 7%
Lack of unity: 5%

Pew Research / Sept 28, 2025

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jarlathflynn.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social · 2d

A #Bikebus attracts families that normally drive to #school. Today 60 kids in Edinburgh cycled to school in the 6 bike buses that ran across #edinburgh. That's 40 less cars polluting the city. It's an easy, safe, healthy and fun way to reducing congestion Let's roll it out to all school

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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 3d

This is very true. If/when The Felon croaks, evil Criminal Johnson & the rest of the crew will continue the destruction. They're a disease that must be 100% eradicated.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

I hand the award for bravery to the boy who chose not to hide behind a mask.

The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 3d

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M. Haytham Matthews @haythamm.bsky.social · 2d

"The average, across all the cohorts, from the research data:
1 in every 15.4 [uranium] miners died from lung cancer, nearly 100 times the risk to the general public."

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and Labour’s nuclear plans threaten the lives of the people of the Orkney Islands talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/31/l...

Let’s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and Labour’s nuclear plans threaten the lives of the people of the Orkney Islands

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Frances McKie for alerting us to this again, as she did in March 2025. In Investing.com, two days ago, the above graph and: When the U.S. government announced…

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