Sister Sue
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Trying to avoid X, but it's hard to do if your main interest is MENA issues.
"What is “news” under a president who doesn’t give a damn about anything other than amassing personal power and wealth"? @rbreich.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"What is “news” under a president who doesn’t give a damn about anything other than amassing personal power and wealth"? @rbreich.bsky.social
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It won't matter what journalists ask Speaker Johnson. He's a more heinous version of Sgt. Schultz.
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It won't matter what journalists ask Speaker Johnson. He's a more heinous version of Sgt. Schultz.
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
I'm not sure what I appreciate more from the latest [email protected]: #ressentiment definition or introduction to Mean Girls's Regina George. Either way, this one hits the mark perfectly.
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A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'm not sure what I appreciate more from the latest [email protected]: #ressentiment definition or introduction to Mean Girls's Regina George. Either way, this one hits the mark perfectly.
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After reading HCR's newsletter today, all I can think is the Roberts's SCOTUS has enabled everything that's happened since 1/20/2025. Trump knows he's above the law, no matter what our "leaders" repeatedly lament ineffectually. Ending with John Adams's stmt to Abigail is an appropriate ending.
October 20, 2025
Over the weekend, as millions of Americans attended “No Kings” protests, President Donald J.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After reading HCR's newsletter today, all I can think is the Roberts's SCOTUS has enabled everything that's happened since 1/20/2025. Trump knows he's above the law, no matter what our "leaders" repeatedly lament ineffectually. Ending with John Adams's stmt to Abigail is an appropriate ending.
I've subscribed to @morningbrew.extwitter.link for quite some time now. Today's newsletter is a good reflection of what I read daily. Subscribe for the entire newsletter!
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Not quite a billion facts about billionaires
Here are some numbers to make sense of the billionaire phenomenon.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I've subscribed to @morningbrew.extwitter.link for quite some time now. Today's newsletter is a good reflection of what I read daily. Subscribe for the entire newsletter!
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This forum is going to be doubly irate at the excellent interview on BBC Radio 4 Weekend today (unavailable so far to post) with Alaa Al-Rimawi. The before/after photos of this Palestinian journalist speak volumes.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This forum is going to be doubly irate at the excellent interview on BBC Radio 4 Weekend today (unavailable so far to post) with Alaa Al-Rimawi. The before/after photos of this Palestinian journalist speak volumes.
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Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
Look at what @ox.ac.uk chooses to exclude from its investment portfolio AND what it apparently willfully continues to profit from: "an illegal occupation that has been linked to egregious human rights abuses, including genocide". Why aren't Oxford's investments mission-aligned?
Oxford University invested in at least 49 firms linked to illegal Israeli activity
Campaigners say the holdings raise questions about how the rest of Oxford's vast wealth is invested, much of it hidden from public scrutiny
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October 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Look at what @ox.ac.uk chooses to exclude from its investment portfolio AND what it apparently willfully continues to profit from: "an illegal occupation that has been linked to egregious human rights abuses, including genocide". Why aren't Oxford's investments mission-aligned?
Nothing can rehabilitate Assad’s image, thanks to this deep dive into Butcher of Damascus's bureaucratic death machine. He murdered/disappeared >160,000 Syrians.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
How Assad's Syria moved the bodies of its victims
Former drivers say the operation was so massive that refrigerated ice cream, meat and produce trucks were confiscated to keep the killing machine moving
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October 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nothing can rehabilitate Assad’s image, thanks to this deep dive into Butcher of Damascus's bureaucratic death machine. He murdered/disappeared >160,000 Syrians.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
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ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
October 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
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@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
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The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
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@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
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This is nothing but Oslo #2: occupation dressed up in managerial language. Every inch of Palestine remains under Israeli military control: labels have changed, structure did not. Mohammed R. Mhawish calls for restoration of Gaza’s political life. Essential reading to understand the current moment.
Gaza’s Broken Politics
Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is nothing but Oslo #2: occupation dressed up in managerial language. Every inch of Palestine remains under Israeli military control: labels have changed, structure did not. Mohammed R. Mhawish calls for restoration of Gaza’s political life. Essential reading to understand the current moment.
"On its face, the very idea of a tiny Arab nation in the Persian Gulf having an an air force base in the United States seems absurd. Why is this happening?"
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Really? Qatar gets its own air force facility inside the United States? Why?
When Trump is fighting the "enemy within" America and kicking out anyone who can't prove they belong here?
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October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"On its face, the very idea of a tiny Arab nation in the Persian Gulf having an an air force base in the United States seems absurd. Why is this happening?"
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It happened in the UK in 2016 (#BREXIT), followed by what we experienced in 2020 . Now we're back to one following the other but in the reverse.
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How The UK Is Being MAGA-fied By the US
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October 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It happened in the UK in 2016 (#BREXIT), followed by what we experienced in 2020 . Now we're back to one following the other but in the reverse.
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Rory Stewart Debunks Trump's Gaza Plan
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics
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October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
After reading @joycewhitevance.bsky.social's excellent synopsis of Judge William G. Young's First Amendment decision that ends with Trump's edicts at Quantico, I think it's now time for the top military brass to stand up and be half as courageous as the judge.
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The First Amendment (And A Court) Punch Back
Tonight, we have a post that is longer than usual.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
After reading @joycewhitevance.bsky.social's excellent synopsis of Judge William G. Young's First Amendment decision that ends with Trump's edicts at Quantico, I think it's now time for the top military brass to stand up and be half as courageous as the judge.
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Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed
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Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed
Dr. Thaer Ahmad gives an emotional statement at a high-level UN event about Israel's war on children in Gaza.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed
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I like Alastair's idea: give the #NobelPeacePrize to #USAID! Then, invite Trump to go to Oslo to accept it.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I like Alastair's idea: give the #NobelPeacePrize to #USAID! Then, invite Trump to go to Oslo to accept it.
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Given Labour's ongoing scandals, I agree with @richardburgon.bsky.social.
As Trump demolishes freedom of speech, setting examples globally, it's important to "uphold the right of journalists to do their job – scrutinising governments and holding power to account."
As Trump demolishes freedom of speech, setting examples globally, it's important to "uphold the right of journalists to do their job – scrutinising governments and holding power to account."
Labour bars journalists from party conference
Keir Starmer’s Labour party has refused to grant Declassified access to its annual conference, prompting condemnation from press freedom groups.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Given Labour's ongoing scandals, I agree with @richardburgon.bsky.social.
As Trump demolishes freedom of speech, setting examples globally, it's important to "uphold the right of journalists to do their job – scrutinising governments and holding power to account."
As Trump demolishes freedom of speech, setting examples globally, it's important to "uphold the right of journalists to do their job – scrutinising governments and holding power to account."
Sadly Hannah Arendt's phrase lives on: the banality of evil.
“Just kill ’em … involuntary lethal injection.” On Sept. 10, 2025, Fox’s Brian Kilmeade uttered those words about mentally ill homeless people, revealing Fox’s ethic of cruelty without euphemism.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sadly Hannah Arendt's phrase lives on: the banality of evil.
About one Hirst by another Hearst: "Journalism is known as the first draft of history for a reason, and it is rare that its instant judgements stand the test of time. But Hirst’s words do read as true and as accurate today as they did when they were written."
"The Guardian’s loss was MEE’s gain."
"The Guardian’s loss was MEE’s gain."
David Hearst on David Hirst: A dissenting voice whose words ring as true as ever
My celebrated namesake at the Guardian was a formidable and fearless figure in the Middle Eastern media landscape for decades
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September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
About one Hirst by another Hearst: "Journalism is known as the first draft of history for a reason, and it is rare that its instant judgements stand the test of time. But Hirst’s words do read as true and as accurate today as they did when they were written."
"The Guardian’s loss was MEE’s gain."
"The Guardian’s loss was MEE’s gain."
After Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes, an indictment of the CIA, here's another good book about the bumbling, nefarious agency, this time documenting how the CIA undermined African independence. I look forward to reading Susan Williams's White Malice.
64 years ago this month, the UN secretary general died in a plane crash.
Who killed him?
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Who killed him?
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Did Britain help murder an African leader and U.N. secretary general?
A new book on the CIA in Africa throws further light on the UK’s covert role in the 1961 killing of Congo’s Patrice Lumumba.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
After Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes, an indictment of the CIA, here's another good book about the bumbling, nefarious agency, this time documenting how the CIA undermined African independence. I look forward to reading Susan Williams's White Malice.
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Don't think I've ever felt this embarrassed to be an American. There's shame and anger too. But mostly embarrassment. We're the laughingstock of the developed world. And we should be.
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Don't think I've ever felt this embarrassed to be an American. There's shame and anger too. But mostly embarrassment. We're the laughingstock of the developed world. And we should be.
Good point, @declassifieduk.org. The only problem there is much of the world seems to be mimicking the malignant narcissism of one very powerful man. So, anything goes these days.
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper wants to position the UK at the UN as opposing Israel's attacks on Gaza while announcing no change to UK military, arms, intelligence and trade support for Israel.
Does the Foreign office expect the world not to notice?
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Does the Foreign office expect the world not to notice?
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After two years of bloodshed, I believe the world is united in wanting this awful war to end: UK Statement at the UN Security Council
Statement by The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, at the UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Good point, @declassifieduk.org. The only problem there is much of the world seems to be mimicking the malignant narcissism of one very powerful man. So, anything goes these days.
A "senior foreign diplomat posted at the U.N. texts me,” @ishaantharoor.bsky.social wrote, 'This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?'”
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September 23, 2025
In New York City this morning, the United Nations opened its General Assembly, marking the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations itself.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A "senior foreign diplomat posted at the U.N. texts me,” @ishaantharoor.bsky.social wrote, 'This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?'”
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