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World roundup: November 15-16 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Sudan, Chile, and elsewhere

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November 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM

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World roundup: November 14 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and elsewhere

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November 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM

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If you lived 100 years ago, who would you have been? What about 1,000 years ago, or 10,000? My new history show, Past Lives, is all about the experiences of regular folks. Watch the trailer now and subscribe to the feed - we launch December 3 with three episodes! www.instagram.com/reel/DRAY51b...

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November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM

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World roundup: November 13 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Libya, the Netherlands, and elsewhere

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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM

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World roundup: November 12 2025

Stories from Iraq, Cambodia, Russia, and elsewhere

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November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM

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World roundup: November 11 2025

Stories from Yemen, Sudan, Colombia, and elsewhere

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November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM

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CBS News: What's the Point of Standards? www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM

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World roundup: November 10 2025

Stories from Syria, Pakistan, Mali, and elsewhere

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November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM

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World roundup: November 8-9 2025

Stories from Iran, China, Nigeria, and elsewhere

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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM

Derek Davison

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What was the point of shutting down in the first place if all you're getting in return is the promise of a vote that might not ever happen and that you're probably (?) going to lose anyway?

November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM

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World roundup: November 7 2025

Stories from Pakistan, Sudan, Cuba, and elsewhere

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November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM

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Trump, Nigeria, and “Christian Genocide”
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Trump, Nigeria, and “Christian Genocide”

Donald Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria on dubious claims of a genocide against the country's Christian community. Here's why the Christian Right has woven this narrative.

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November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM

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World roundup: November 4 2025

Stories from North Korea, Nigeria, the Netherlands, and elsewhere

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November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM

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Spencer Ackerman

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If you want more of this, in conversational form, I spoke with my friends @dwdavison.bsky.social & Danny Bessner for a very Dead Cheney episode of @amprestigepod.bsky.social:

November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM

Derek Davison

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Is this an actual cause for you or is it more that Chuck Schumer will stop feeding you hot goss if you don't do this for him?

Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 13d

If polls hold, Spanberger is looking more likely to clear 50% in her more swingy state than Mamdani is in a city so Democratic that only 6 of 51 city council members are Republicans.

Dems nationally say that matters a lot for thinking what comes next. www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

Why Tuesday’s elections could give Democrats two paths to coming back from Trump | CNN Politics

Only a party going through the Democrats’ identity and existential crises could, nine months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, have Zohran Mamdani and Abigail Spanberger as its front-runners in t...

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November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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Spencer Ackerman

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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies

As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM

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bort

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dick cheney died this morning in times square during a taping of the today show where he was promoting his new movie, Doogal 2: Doogal’s Beach Vacation. the former vice president, in costume as Doogal Beach Cousin, appeared increasingly flustered by hecklers before suddenly taking his own life

November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Derek Davison

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is this an in kind donation or something, are you just in it for love of the game or what

Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 13d

Thread: Look I know it's easier cognitively to just have good guys and villains, but a lot of you folks are just not dealing in facts. Andrew Cuomo was a centrist, sure, and he fought a lot with Democrats. But he also pushed some of the most progressive state policies of his era. A partial list. 1/

November 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM

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World roundup: November 3 2025

Stories from Vietnam, Sudan, Czechia, and elsewhere

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November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM

Derek Davison

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What strikes me as unhealthy is treating these sites like they're the modern equivalent of the Athenian Agora or worrying about user behavior that "hurts the platform." They're apps, use them however you want. Or don't use them.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 14d

Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.

Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.