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Shulamit Lahat
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Freelance Writer/ Journalist; Political Analyst; International Conflict Resolution; Peace Activist Einstein: "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · Aug 22
It's overly optimistic to expect Democracy to survive another year - considering the onslaught on all of its guardrails and the havoc already wreaked in 7 months; planning to sabotage the election itself. This is not just ONE iceberg we're facing - it's calving new icebergs all around us - daily
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 1d
"On Oct. 12, 2007, former VP Al Gore and a UN Panel on Climate Change are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for increasing public knowledge about man-made climate change"
18 years later Trump is dismantling the EPA and its regulatory arms; calling Climate Change a "hoax"!
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 1d
"Trump Envoy Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were received warmly in Israel, while the mere mention of Netanyahu led to resounding boos. But they and Trump know that it were the protesters in the streets who gave the final push that brought the hostages back"
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
At Hostage Square, Witkoff and Kushner gave Israelis what their own leaders won't: Empathy
Representing Donald Trump at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square on Saturday Evening, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Were Received With a Warm Embrace, While the Mere Mention of Net...
www.haaretz.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 2d
"While Trump Admin. confronts universities over DEI, some women’s colleges are reasserting their core values in defiance — especially those that have healthy endowments. Mt. Holyoke Pres.Danielle Holley" 'DEI is not just in our DNA, it is specifically who we are"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/m...
Women’s colleges reaffirm their support of trans women in face of Trump’s DEI attacks - The Boston Globe
With the White House confronting universities over DEI policies, some women’s colleges are using the moment to reassert their core values.
www.bostonglobe.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 2d
Diane Keaton leaves a rich, remarkable legacy.

Thank you, Diane!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
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You Don't Own Me - Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn & Diane Keaton
YouTube video by decay21450
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 2d
"Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders.
Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies"

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 2d
"Norway Braces for Trump Reaction to Nobel Peace Prize Snub. The committee resisted pressure from Trump about his getting the prize and Trump isn’t shy about his grudges.
Norway has become increasingly worried about the diplomatic and economic fallout from a snub."

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Norway Braces for Trump Reaction to Nobel Peace Prize Snub
Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado is this year’s recipient
www.bloomberg.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 3d
"Curious Reindeer and Hungry Polar Bears: Warming Is Upending an Arctic Island
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 3d
"For 2 millennia mathematicians have wondered if prime numbers are truly random, or if some unknown pattern underlies their ordering. Recently number theorists have proposed several surprising conjectures on prime patterns"

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Fractal Chaos Discovered in Prime Numbers
Mathematicians have found a new way to predict how prime numbers behave
www.scientificamerican.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 3d
"Math’s Most Tangled Mysteries Start With a String
Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Can You Solve Math’s Knottiest Puzzles?
Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way
www.scientificamerican.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 3d
This is the epitome of poetic Justice! A woman defending Democracy in her country is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while a would-be tyrant who is hell-bent on destroying Democracy in his own country and who was desperately craving that prize goes empty-handed. The attempt with Netanyahu didn't work
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 3d
This is the epitome of poetic Justice! A woman defending Democracy in her country is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while a would-be tyrant who is hell-bent on destroying Democracy in his own country and who was desperately craving that prize goes empty-handed.
The attempt with Netanyahu didn't work
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 3d
This is the epitome of poetic Justice! A woman defending Democracy in her country is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while a would-be tyrant who is hell-bent on destroying Democracy in his own country and who was desperately craving that prize goes empty-handed.
The attempt with Netanyahu didn't work
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 4d
"María Corina Machado Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee praised the opposition politician for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela”
Message to Trump: Would-be tyrants don't get awards. Netanyahu will be on his own
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 4d
"The Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela"
Poetic Justice! Clear message to a would-be tyrant who is determined to destroy those rights.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...
www.nobelprize.org
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 4d
"Israel and Hamas Agree to ‘First Phase’ of a Peace Deal"
Emphasis on 'First Phase'. The next 'phase' may or may not materialize or may take considerably longer than anticipated. We are dealing here with one of Machiavelli's star pupils, with a 30-year record of deception.
time.com/7324580/gaza...
Israel and Hamas Agree to ‘First Phase’ of Peace Deal
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of Donald Trump's peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.
time.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 4d
"A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine Protects People against Severe Disease and death in all age groups; Even with Prior Immunity."

This is SCIENCE - a source RFK Jr fiercely rejects - especially if it recommends vaccinations.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 4d
"Itzik Horn, father of a hostage still in Gaza: 'Until I See Eitan and the Other Hostages Back Home, I Won't Believe a Thing. I knew we had a heartless government that didn't have a gram of sentiment'."

This man KNOWS Netanyahu.

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'Until I see Eitan and the other hostages back home, I won't believe a thing'
Itzik Horn, the Father of Israeli Hostage Eitan and Former Hostage Iair, Has Made Sure Not to Ask Iair Questions About His Sons' Time in Hamas' Tunnels. Now the Family Is Praying That Eitan Is Among t...
www.haaretz.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 5d
"Trump calls for jailing of Chicago Mayor Johnson and Illinois Gov. Pritzker as national guard arrives in the city - accused both of failing to protect ICE officers as troops deploy to Chicago"
Prelude to declaring martial law.
Lawsuit against Trump Admin. pending
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city
President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to Chicago
www.theguardian.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
That's par for the course; Trump and cohorts are deliberately misrepresenting not only facts but reality and even history itself; see their attempts to create a revisionist form of history by erasing all documentation and mention of achievements by minorities from books, museums or national parks.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
This federal judge appointed by President Trump found his claims of “chaos“ in Portland, Oregon “untethered to the facts.“
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
That's par for the course; Trump and cohorts are deliberately misrepresenting not only facts but reality and even history itself; see their attempts to create a revisionist form of history by erasing all documentation and mention of achievements by minorities from books, museums or national parks.
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
Judge Immergut is using the wrong tense in explaining her ruling; it should be: 'This WAS a nation of Constitutional Law" the present tense of that assertion has been erased, violated and desecrated. It will take a supreme effort - on multiple fronts - to revive and reinstate it.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that . . risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.” — Trump-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut (Oct. 4, 2025).
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
Judge Immergut is using the wrong tense in explaining her ruling; it should be: 'This WAS a nation of Constitutional Law" the present tense of that assertion has been erased, violated and desecrated. It will take a supreme effort - on multiple fronts - to revive and reinstate it.
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
‘Push Back Against Tyranny’: Chicago and Illinois Fight Trump’s Intensifying Crackdown"

Every Governor, State AG and Judge - along with the public - needs to challenge those "deployments" and the methods applied during those 'raids'."
time.com/7323667/chic...
Chicago Establishing 'ICE-Free Zones' Amid Trump Crackdown
Federal operations in the city are intensifying. So is the pushback from officials and residents.
time.com
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
"During Hispanic Heritage month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we celebrate the many contributions made to the history and culture of the U.S. by the Hispanic community"

The current climate of division and denial of minority achievements makes it vital to emphasize inclusion.
latino.si.edu/learn/teachi...
Hispanic Heritage Month | National Museum of the American Latino
Hispanic Heritage Month is a month-long celebration of Hispanic and Latino history and culture. Learn why we celebrate and how you can too!
latino.si.edu
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Shulamit Lahat @shulamitlahat.bsky.social · 7d
"Chaos as French PM Resigns Less Than a Month After Being Appointed. In a national address Monday Lecornu, the 7th PM to serve under the 8-year presidency of Macron, outlined the difficulties he faced in bringing the French govt. to an agreement on a national budget"
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Chaos as French Prime Minister Resigns Just Weeks Into Role
Sébastien Lecornu's resignation comes less than 24 hours after he unveiled his cabinet picks.
time.com