Shai Franklin
@shaifranklin.bsky.social
Humanitarian-for-hire | RoomRater: 9/10 | Per David Duke: “One of America's leading Zio-Supremacists” | Banned by Vladimir Putin | He/Him 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
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Shai Franklin
@shaifranklin.bsky.social
· Sep 25
The Blogs: After 30 Years, Bibi’s Path Is Dead End
From the blog of Shai Franklin at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
“Especially against the backdrop of increasingly gratuitous suffering in Gaza—by Palestinians and Israelis—the latest declarations…are a rebuke of the failed maximalist strategies of Hamas and…Netanyahu. They may also offer an escape hatch for Israel.” blogs.timesofisrael.com/after-30-yea... #UNGA80
How many DEA agents and informants risked or gave their lives, just so Trump could tear it all up…
Honduras Attorney General Johel Zelaya said that he had ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernández after Trump pardon
Honduras Attorney General Johel Zelaya has ordered authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
How many DEA agents and informants risked or gave their lives, just so Trump could tear it all up…
For those insisting Ukraine is waging war against Christians…
‼️ Zelenskyy discusses war, POWs and abducted Ukrainian children with Pope Leo XIV
Zelenskyy discusses war, POWs and abducted Ukrainian children with Pope Leo XIV
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is visiting Rome on Tuesday 9 December, discussed Russia's war, prisoners of war and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during his meeting...
www.pravda.com.ua
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
For those insisting Ukraine is waging war against Christians…
Oligarchy… or worse.
WOW: “During a visit to Washington in recent days, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner he’d make sweeping changes to CNN" Ellison oligarch promises to make CNN into another version of Fox News. We live in an oligarchy thanks to corrupt SCOTUS
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Oligarchy… or worse.
But Russian hackers?? Hire them.
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
But Russian hackers?? Hire them.
If a couple of those “originalist” judges could just Google “stare decisis”… yeah, that would be great.
The US Supreme Court signaled it’s poised to give the president control over potentially dozens of traditionally independent federal agencies as the court’s dominant conservative wing cast doubt on a 90-year-old precedent
Supreme Court Signals It Backs Trump on Firing Agency Heads
The US Supreme Court signaled it’s poised to give the president control over potentially dozens of traditionally independent federal agencies as the court’s dominant conservative wing cast doubt on a 90-year-old precedent.
bloom.bg
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If a couple of those “originalist” judges could just Google “stare decisis”… yeah, that would be great.
It’s bad for her gene pool.
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
Sydney Sweeney Says She Is ‘Against Hate’
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
www.thecut.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It’s bad for her gene pool.
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
As if HIV doesn’t cause AIDS… God help us.
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As if HIV doesn’t cause AIDS… God help us.
Unlike the other rebellious Republicans mentioned here, who are doubling down as longtime and sincere MAGA purists, Rep. Stefanik is merely recalibrating strategically so she can run against Gov. Hochul as “anti-establishment” but without antagonizing Trump.
Elise Stefanik is Johnson’s latest challenge as he struggles to keep control of the House
Elise Stefanik is Johnson’s latest challenge as he struggles to keep control of the House
The New York Republican took remarkable public shots at the speaker Tuesday.
dlvr.it
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Unlike the other rebellious Republicans mentioned here, who are doubling down as longtime and sincere MAGA purists, Rep. Stefanik is merely recalibrating strategically so she can run against Gov. Hochul as “anti-establishment” but without antagonizing Trump.
Rep. Bacon must be one of those RINOs, right?
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Rep. Bacon must be one of those RINOs, right?
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Trump’s fans are furious that the DOJ’s apparent screw-up may have cost the president his revenge. trib.al/8Q5T1yV
MAGA Demands Bondi’s Head After Failed Comey Indictment
Donald Trump’s supporters are out for blood after the case against former FBI Director James Comey fell apart.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump’s fans are furious that the DOJ’s apparent screw-up may have cost the president his revenge. trib.al/8Q5T1yV
Lack of impulse control is not a sign of strength.
This Russia sell out, the Venezuela build up, all feels so incredibly desperate and reckless. The work of a weak man, not a strong one.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner to meet Ukrainian team on Sunday, - Reuters
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Lack of impulse control is not a sign of strength.
He’s been pushing for this anyway… but he can blame it all on the one Afghan.
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. https://to.pbs.org/3KpA3Kx
Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the U.S. from poorer countries
President Donald Trump’s threat to stop immigration would be a serious blow to a nation that has long defined itself as welcoming immigrants.
www.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
He’s been pushing for this anyway… but he can blame it all on the one Afghan.
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Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
As long as they refer to Ukrainian government as “the Kiev regime”, there won’t be any signed agreement.
‼️Russia is not ready to sign any peace agreements.
Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.
Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As long as they refer to Ukrainian government as “the Kiev regime”, there won’t be any signed agreement.
Prediction: Where Democrats do mid-decade redistricting, they’ll attract more voters; where Republicans do it, they’ll alienate voters.
Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Prediction: Where Democrats do mid-decade redistricting, they’ll attract more voters; where Republicans do it, they’ll alienate voters.
Because sure… #MAGA
“A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two leader at the Centers for Disease Control.”
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Because sure… #MAGA
Good. Now they should both sue for attorneys’ fees.
Judge dismissed separate criminal charges against Comey and James, saying their prosecutor’s appointment was invalid — a major defeat for the president’s effort to make the criminal justice system do as he pleases. @alanfeuer.bsky.social Devlin Barrett www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey and James, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Good. Now they should both sue for attorneys’ fees.
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The crazy thing is Republican members of Congress gave away their power and now they’re mad that they gave away their power. Like Trump didn’t do this to you, you did it to yourselves
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The crazy thing is Republican members of Congress gave away their power and now they’re mad that they gave away their power. Like Trump didn’t do this to you, you did it to yourselves
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Again, the existential question hanging over the AI boom — which makes the biggest deal out of generative AI instead of, say, medical uses — has been: why are we pouring so much money into this?
Musk’s answer here seems to be, at least partially, something like “to degrade your friends at parties.”
Musk’s answer here seems to be, at least partially, something like “to degrade your friends at parties.”
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Again, the existential question hanging over the AI boom — which makes the biggest deal out of generative AI instead of, say, medical uses — has been: why are we pouring so much money into this?
Musk’s answer here seems to be, at least partially, something like “to degrade your friends at parties.”
Musk’s answer here seems to be, at least partially, something like “to degrade your friends at parties.”
We are descending into civil war, in which the insurrectionists already control the federal government.
Homeland Security is calling U.S. cities “sanctuary sewers.” The Trump regime wants Americans to hate other Americans. It’s deeply unpatriotic and must be stopped.
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We are descending into civil war, in which the insurrectionists already control the federal government.
State’s new antisemitism envoy will have his work cut out for him… if he’s even willing.
The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
State’s new antisemitism envoy will have his work cut out for him… if he’s even willing.
Of all the Cabinet members, Lutnick’s unrestrained and unashamed fawning most closely fits the role of court jester.
Lutnick on the tariffs case before SCOTUS: "You're gonna watch the Supreme Court back this president because this president has proven that he can protect America. We're gonna win this case. You heard it from me."
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Of all the Cabinet members, Lutnick’s unrestrained and unashamed fawning most closely fits the role of court jester.
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#USA: Today, @apnews.com's appeal against its ban from the White House is being heard in court. RSF joined @knightcolumbia.org in filing an amicus brief supporting the news agency because its ejection is a dangerous and unconstitutional threat to press freedom. knightcolumbia.org/documents/ae...
Knight Institute's Amicus Brief (in support of Plaintiff)
knightcolumbia.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#USA: Today, @apnews.com's appeal against its ban from the White House is being heard in court. RSF joined @knightcolumbia.org in filing an amicus brief supporting the news agency because its ejection is a dangerous and unconstitutional threat to press freedom. knightcolumbia.org/documents/ae...
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Any updates on how it all went down, dear?
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Any updates on how it all went down, dear?