Danny Postel
@dannypostel.bsky.social
Politics Editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Danny Postel
@dannypostel.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Chicago Is Pushing Back Against Trump
The spectacular repression of ICE is leading ordinary residents of the Windy City to protest and activism
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My report from Chicago on the Trump administration's war on immigrants and how people are pushing back, protecting their neighbors through newly-formed community safety networks, spontaneously confronting ICE agents in the streets & more — at @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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🎧 A highly engaging and entertaining episode of @newlinesmag.bsky.social's podcast THE LEDE, on which my colleague @faisalalyafai.bsky.social interviews @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy, coiner of the felicitous term “enshittification,” about his new book on the subject.
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Why the Internet Got Bad, and How To Fix It | The Lede Season 8 Episode 10
YouTube video by New Lines Magazine
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November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🎧 A highly engaging and entertaining episode of @newlinesmag.bsky.social's podcast THE LEDE, on which my colleague @faisalalyafai.bsky.social interviews @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy, coiner of the felicitous term “enshittification,” about his new book on the subject.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXp...
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Readers of The New York Times found out that Putin’s wishlist is actually a “U.S. plan to end the war with Russia.” Most of their story is just official quotes. “That’s not reporting; it’s stenography.” From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/cZtBibx
Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times - The American Prospect
How could the Times so totally bungle the story of Russia’s latest peace plan and Trump’s capitulation?
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Readers of The New York Times found out that Putin’s wishlist is actually a “U.S. plan to end the war with Russia.” Most of their story is just official quotes. “That’s not reporting; it’s stenography.” From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/cZtBibx
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NEW: Homs, once the capital of Syria’s revolution, has become a violent landscape of sectarian killings, property seizures and impunity, part of an emerging political economy of predation and revenge, writes Kamal Shahin for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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In Homs, Revenge Is the Only Law Left Standing
A political economy built on predation and vendettas is taking root in post-Assad Syria
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November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NEW: Homs, once the capital of Syria’s revolution, has become a violent landscape of sectarian killings, property seizures and impunity, part of an emerging political economy of predation and revenge, writes Kamal Shahin for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...
What makes this review-essay by @monicamarks.bsky.social so illuminating — beyond her rich insights on Civil War, The Order, Eddington and One Battle After Another — is her reading of various left-wing and right-wing responses to these films, and what they reveal about our ideological condition ⤵️
NEW: Several recent movies depict an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence. @monicamarks.bsky.social reflects on what these films and the polarized responses to them reveal about the current crossroads of U.S. politics
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newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
America’s Unraveling on Screen
Recent movies depict a future where anti-politics has triumphed, defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence
newlinesmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What makes this review-essay by @monicamarks.bsky.social so illuminating — beyond her rich insights on Civil War, The Order, Eddington and One Battle After Another — is her reading of various left-wing and right-wing responses to these films, and what they reveal about our ideological condition ⤵️
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In Morocco in the 1930s, hundreds of women and girls were trapped by the French authorities inside the walls of Bousbir — Casablanca’s red-light district and a tourist destination for Europeans. @katyphipps.bsky.social uncovers their stories.
The Lost Daughters of Bousbir
Under French rule in the 1930s, hundreds of Moroccan girls and women were trapped in Casablanca’s red-light district
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November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In Morocco in the 1930s, hundreds of women and girls were trapped by the French authorities inside the walls of Bousbir — Casablanca’s red-light district and a tourist destination for Europeans. @katyphipps.bsky.social uncovers their stories.
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NEW: Syria is holding its first public trial since Assad’s fall, a live-broadcast reckoning over the coastal massacres in March that brought alleged perpetrators on both sides before the same judge. Anagha Nair reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sy...
Syria Begins Its Coastal Massacre Trial
In a moment long demanded by victims’ families, a live-broadcast reckoning has brought alleged perpetrators of violence on both sides of the uprising in March before the same judge
newlinesmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
NEW: Syria is holding its first public trial since Assad’s fall, a live-broadcast reckoning over the coastal massacres in March that brought alleged perpetrators on both sides before the same judge. Anagha Nair reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sy...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sy...
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NEW: A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods in Mauritius and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test, reports Lorraine Mallinder for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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How an Ecological Disaster in Mauritius Awakened a People
A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test
newlinesmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods in Mauritius and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test, reports Lorraine Mallinder for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
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Syria is holding its first public trial since Assad’s fall, a live-broadcast reckoning over the coastal massacres in March that brought alleged perpetrators on both sides before the same judge. Anagha Nair reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Syria Begins Its Coastal Massacre Trial
In a moment long demanded by victims’ families, a live-broadcast reckoning has brought alleged perpetrators of violence on both sides of the uprising in March before the same judge
newlinesmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Syria is holding its first public trial since Assad’s fall, a live-broadcast reckoning over the coastal massacres in March that brought alleged perpetrators on both sides before the same judge. Anagha Nair reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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My latest piece.
Films are increasingly depicting an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies & violence. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explored what these films & polarized responses to them reveal about current U.S. politics.
Feedback is appreciated!
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
Films are increasingly depicting an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies & violence. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explored what these films & polarized responses to them reveal about current U.S. politics.
Feedback is appreciated!
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My latest piece.
Films are increasingly depicting an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies & violence. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explored what these films & polarized responses to them reveal about current U.S. politics.
Feedback is appreciated!
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
Films are increasingly depicting an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies & violence. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explored what these films & polarized responses to them reveal about current U.S. politics.
Feedback is appreciated!
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
Sat. Dec. 6 at Nighthawk in Chicago, @newlinesmag.bsky.social + @borderlessmag.bsky.social will join forces on this panel discussion about telling the complex stories of immigrant communities while they're under assault.
Free & open to the public, but RSVP here:
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Free & open to the public, but RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/evolving-r...
Evolving Realities for Chicago’s Immigrant Communities
A conversation with journalists about the evolving realities for Chicago’s immigrant communities under the second Trump administration.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sat. Dec. 6 at Nighthawk in Chicago, @newlinesmag.bsky.social + @borderlessmag.bsky.social will join forces on this panel discussion about telling the complex stories of immigrant communities while they're under assault.
Free & open to the public, but RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/evolving-r...
Free & open to the public, but RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/evolving-r...
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This bodes well for the likelihood of mass violence in the future
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This bodes well for the likelihood of mass violence in the future
The films Civil War, The Order, Eddington & One Battle After Another both register and reflect back at us the miasma of our moment and force us to think about anti-politics versus politics, purism versus pluralism, and violence versus coalition building. A tour de force by @monicamarks.bsky.social ⬇️
NEW: Several recent movies depict an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence. @monicamarks.bsky.social reflects on what these films and the polarized responses to them reveal about the current crossroads of U.S. politics
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
America’s Unraveling on Screen
Recent movies depict a future where anti-politics has triumphed, defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence
newlinesmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The films Civil War, The Order, Eddington & One Battle After Another both register and reflect back at us the miasma of our moment and force us to think about anti-politics versus politics, purism versus pluralism, and violence versus coalition building. A tour de force by @monicamarks.bsky.social ⬇️
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Knee-buckling report from Justice Dept sources. "[T]wo pastors close to Trump have given their approval.... One of the attorneys said part of the operational plan involves undercover ICE and FBI agents attending and documenting church security plans."
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Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Knee-buckling report from Justice Dept sources. "[T]wo pastors close to Trump have given their approval.... One of the attorneys said part of the operational plan involves undercover ICE and FBI agents attending and documenting church security plans."
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
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1. 🧵On the podcast this week, @rayajalabi.ft.com and @qunfuz.bsky.social join @faisalalyafai.bsky.social to discuss visits to the White House by the leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia, and critical elections in Iraq.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1. 🧵On the podcast this week, @rayajalabi.ft.com and @qunfuz.bsky.social join @faisalalyafai.bsky.social to discuss visits to the White House by the leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia, and critical elections in Iraq.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
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NEW: Several recent movies depict an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence. @monicamarks.bsky.social reflects on what these films and the polarized responses to them reveal about the current crossroads of U.S. politics
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
America’s Unraveling on Screen
Recent movies depict a future where anti-politics has triumphed, defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence
newlinesmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NEW: Several recent movies depict an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence. @monicamarks.bsky.social reflects on what these films and the polarized responses to them reveal about the current crossroads of U.S. politics
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
Chicagoans: Wednesday at Nabala Cafe. My friend @sepehrvakil.bsky.social will be discussing his new co-authored book on a group of Iranian engineering students in the years leading up to the 1979 revolution, in conversation with actor & stand-up comedian Rami Abushhab. I'll be introducing the event.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Chicagoans: Wednesday at Nabala Cafe. My friend @sepehrvakil.bsky.social will be discussing his new co-authored book on a group of Iranian engineering students in the years leading up to the 1979 revolution, in conversation with actor & stand-up comedian Rami Abushhab. I'll be introducing the event.
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The number of new international students in the U.S. has dropped by 17 percent. wapo.st/3M6uNvC
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The number of new international students in the U.S. has dropped by 17 percent. wapo.st/3M6uNvC
"[T]heir efforts — community patrols, rapid responders, school escorts, vendor buyouts, honking horns and blowing whistles — are a uniquely Chicago response that other cities President Donald Trump has targeted for federal intervention want to model." ⬇️
“Wearing an orange whistle around his neck, the activist broadcasts his plans on Facebook” (AP). #smle2026
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Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"[T]heir efforts — community patrols, rapid responders, school escorts, vendor buyouts, honking horns and blowing whistles — are a uniquely Chicago response that other cities President Donald Trump has targeted for federal intervention want to model." ⬇️
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From the people of Chicago: defiance and mass resistance. Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal government. The [ciity] has tapped established activists and everyday residents from wealthy suburbs to working class neighborhoods.
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From the people of Chicago: defiance and mass resistance. Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal government. The [ciity] has tapped established activists and everyday residents from wealthy suburbs to working class neighborhoods.
"The union has organized 650 stores, but the company operates 10,000 stores in the U.S., so striking baristas are asking everyone to shun all Starbucks stores, whether union or not, for the duration of the strike, and tell the company why."
@labornotes.bsky.social
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@labornotes.bsky.social
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No Contract Means No Coffee as Starbucks Baristas Walk Out
Chanting “What’s outrageous? Starbucks wages! What’s appalling? Starbucks stalling! What’s disgusting? Union busting!”, Starbucks workers at stores across the country walked out Thursday. They are on ...
labornotes.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"The union has organized 650 stores, but the company operates 10,000 stores in the U.S., so striking baristas are asking everyone to shun all Starbucks stores, whether union or not, for the duration of the strike, and tell the company why."
@labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/11/no-c...
@labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/11/no-c...
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NEW EPISODE: What if the entire government shutdown was actually about concealing the Epstein Files? It raises the question: In what other ways have these Files been driving the president’s actions? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVJ2...
Does Trump’s Epstein PANIC Explain the Historic Shutdown?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW EPISODE: What if the entire government shutdown was actually about concealing the Epstein Files? It raises the question: In what other ways have these Files been driving the president’s actions? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVJ2...
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Across the fields and ruins of Idlib, Paloma de Dinechin reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on a farmers’ initiative taking root, as traditional seeds are revived by communities “determined to replant life where war had erased it.”
Replanting Syria’s Lost Heritage
In the fields of Idlib, farmers are making life bloom again with local seeds that either survived the war or were preserved in Lebanon
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Across the fields and ruins of Idlib, Paloma de Dinechin reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on a farmers’ initiative taking root, as traditional seeds are revived by communities “determined to replant life where war had erased it.”
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“Zorin loses track of his lies … and the lies of his government, because he’s indifferent to both in pursuit of his own delusions of grandeur.”
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Zorin loses track of his lies … and the lies of his government, because he’s indifferent to both in pursuit of his own delusions of grandeur.”
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
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“From the Kurdish perspective, Damascus has exhausted the ‘unify by force’ approach. A window for dialogue with the Kurds still exists, but it is rapidly shrinking.”
Hussain Jummo writes on the future of Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/kur...
Hussain Jummo writes on the future of Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/kur...
Kurds Could Hold Syria Together or Pull It Apart
The country’s choice is between a single identity defined from the capital or a national pact that makes room for many
newlinesmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“From the Kurdish perspective, Damascus has exhausted the ‘unify by force’ approach. A window for dialogue with the Kurds still exists, but it is rapidly shrinking.”
Hussain Jummo writes on the future of Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/kur...
Hussain Jummo writes on the future of Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/kur...
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After the ceasefire, Gaza is divided into two sectors, with the Israeli army in charge of one and an international force poised to control the other. As Israelis turn inward, @origoldberg.bsky.social describes the territory’s emerging future.
The Shape of Gaza’s Future
As an international force is poised to enter the territory in the wake of the ceasefire, Israelis are turning their attention to domestic concerns
newlinesmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
After the ceasefire, Gaza is divided into two sectors, with the Israeli army in charge of one and an international force poised to control the other. As Israelis turn inward, @origoldberg.bsky.social describes the territory’s emerging future.