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The @reuters.com team working on Syria keeps churning out terrific coverage - including this exclusive on Assad regime efforts to conceal evidence of mass murder.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds
From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing
www.reuters.com
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sifill.bsky.social
I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Erich Fromm, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 4 more

briantylercohen.bsky.social
Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
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by Steven Heydemann

Who in their right mind would trust anything the Republicans say? Promises mean nothing.
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
"To try to win the support of Senate Democrats, Republicans have suggested they’d promise to *hold a vote* on extending the ACA subsidies after the government reopens, which is very different from actually extending them." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare
And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.
www.publicnotice.co

Reposted by Steven Heydemann

atrupar.com
"To try to win the support of Senate Democrats, Republicans have suggested they’d promise to *hold a vote* on extending the ACA subsidies after the government reopens, which is very different from actually extending them." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare
And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.
www.publicnotice.co
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by Steven Heydemann

thenewregion.com/posts/3312
SDF chief says understanding reached with Damascus on integration, decentralization
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi told SDF-affiliated media that the Kurdish-led forces will not withdraw from Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa.
thenewregion.com
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by Shibley Telhami — Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Shibley Telhami

stelhami.bsky.social
"What we really have is... a hostage release deal, a ceasefire with uncertain term - and a prayer. We don't have a peace deal."
My thoughts about Trump's Gaza deal, on @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...
A foreign policy expert talks about prospects for peace marked by the Gaza ceasefire
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland, about the U.S.-brokered peace deal between Hamas and Israel.
www.npr.org
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Anne Norton

thetnholler.bsky.social
Nice recap
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by Steven Heydemann

www.ynetnews.com/article/hjwl...
Inside Bashar Assad’s secret life in Russia — and exiled dictator’s new addiction
Former Syrian president is reportedly living in luxury exile in Moscow after fleeing a 2024 coup, where he and his family occupy 20 apartments in a high-rise, with Assad spending his days quietly — an...
www.ynetnews.com
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by Alan J. Dettlaff — Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Anna O. Law, Joseph Schafer , and 11 more

alandettlaff.com
Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
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by Steven Heydemann

Those cities in red states are out of control.
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by Steven Heydemann

Damn. If only those Mississippi national guard had stayed home and not been sent to do yard work in DC.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Six people dead with multiple injured in three shootings at Mississippi homecoming weekends
Four people were killed in an attack in Leland, while two were killed in Heidelberg, amid a third attack in Rolling Fork
www.theguardian.com
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foreignpolicy.com
The deportation of pro-democracy dissidents to their home countries is a major reversal of years of U.S. policymaking on a topic that had bipartisan support.
Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression
Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.
foreignpolicy.com
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by Steven Heydemann

Depressing to think that this is a thing.
biblioracle.bsky.social
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 5d
I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Dangers of using AI to Grade
Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains
substack.com
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by Steven Heydemann

The sheer gall of these guys is impressive. We're only rigging the maps cause that liberal Gavin Newsome isn't playing fair!

So confident in the stupidity of voters. If only that was wrong.

From Politico this morning.
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Robert C. Richards, Michael D. McDonald , and 3 more

marisakabas.bsky.social
New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Rosemary A. Joyce, American Library Association , and 13 more

zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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by Steven Heydemann

abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
King Mohammed VI set to speak as Gen Z protesters demand reforms in Morocco
Morocco’s elusive King Mohammed VI is inaugurating parliament in a speech with far higher stakes than his annual addresses as anti-government protests have swept the nation’s cities and questioned the...
abcnews.go.com
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by Steven Heydemann

www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
The Palestine Branch: A den of torture in Assad’s Syria
Branch 235, also known as the Palestine Branch, was one of the most notorious prisons run by the Syrian military intelligence services during the Assad era. Located on the outskirts of Damascus, its…
www.france24.com
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by Steven Heydemann

Decomposing. Complete collapse.
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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by Steven Heydemann

www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Rape and torture in Assad's prisons: Syrian women break their silence
During the brutal 13-year Syrian civil war, Bashar al-Assad's regime imprisoned women for their real or presumed links to the “terrorist” opposition. Many endured rape, sexual violence, and torture du...
www.france24.com

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atrupar.com
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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indivisible.org
Trump’s regime is trying to blackmail colleges and universities to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. We must demand that our universities commit to upholding freedom of speech and to providing an affordable, safe education for all. Take action to stop Trump’s “Loyalty Oath.” 👇
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
actionnetwork.org
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dana R. Fisher

atrupar.com
The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Blair Fix, Manisha Sinha

leahgreenberg.bsky.social
"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Christine Kooi

biblioracle.bsky.social
I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Dangers of using AI to Grade
Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains
substack.com
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