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"A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare."
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CONGRATULATIONS PETE 🎉🎉🎉
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
CONGRATULATIONS PETE 🎉🎉🎉
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“My biggest fault? I’d say it’s that I work too hard and care too much” ass lede
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“My biggest fault? I’d say it’s that I work too hard and care too much” ass lede
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of course bari’s promoting the guy who disrespected ta-nehisi coates on air because he told the truth about israel
Scoop: Tony Dokoupil will be the next anchor of the "CBS Evening News." Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4oMkPgS
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
of course bari’s promoting the guy who disrespected ta-nehisi coates on air because he told the truth about israel
My baba is the most incoherent sectarian of all time
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
My baba is the most incoherent sectarian of all time
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This was great. Obviously fishing with dynamite but every paragraph ends with an irony bomb and it’s all very enjoyable.
For the record: IMO lounges are crazy overrated and generally not worth a huge credit card fee or long wait in line for.
For the record: IMO lounges are crazy overrated and generally not worth a huge credit card fee or long wait in line for.
The Airport-Lounge Wars
When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?
www.newyorker.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This was great. Obviously fishing with dynamite but every paragraph ends with an irony bomb and it’s all very enjoyable.
For the record: IMO lounges are crazy overrated and generally not worth a huge credit card fee or long wait in line for.
For the record: IMO lounges are crazy overrated and generally not worth a huge credit card fee or long wait in line for.
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well, it's true: today in NJ-11, SEIU's NJ state council has endorsed progressive favorite Analilia Mejia, a former organizer and strategist for both the state council itself and 32BJ, one of the twin powerhouse tristate-area SEIU locals (1199 being the other)
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
well, it's true: today in NJ-11, SEIU's NJ state council has endorsed progressive favorite Analilia Mejia, a former organizer and strategist for both the state council itself and 32BJ, one of the twin powerhouse tristate-area SEIU locals (1199 being the other)
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We need another $20,000 to hit our next crucial milestone of making it one-third of the way to our goal. We are not The Atlantic or the NYT. We will not ever promote open race "science" guys like Richard Hanania, or abandon trans people. Please help us compete those who would gofund.me/bb5e8eaed
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We need another $20,000 to hit our next crucial milestone of making it one-third of the way to our goal. We are not The Atlantic or the NYT. We will not ever promote open race "science" guys like Richard Hanania, or abandon trans people. Please help us compete those who would gofund.me/bb5e8eaed
I like this ad campaign that doesn't actually tell you anything
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I like this ad campaign that doesn't actually tell you anything
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A subtle thing that would make a lot more possible would even be "just" a municipal free payment processor for media outlets. The 2.9% plus 30 cents of something like stripe adds up to a lot across all these different outlets.
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A subtle thing that would make a lot more possible would even be "just" a municipal free payment processor for media outlets. The 2.9% plus 30 cents of something like stripe adds up to a lot across all these different outlets.
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As a purveyor of one of those outlets, absolutely. I think ultimately we are gonna need public resources devoted to supporting new media ecosystems.
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
As a purveyor of one of those outlets, absolutely. I think ultimately we are gonna need public resources devoted to supporting new media ecosystems.
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there is no path forward without denazification of the United States government
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
there is no path forward without denazification of the United States government
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Based based based based based
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Based based based based based
2028 is going to be so interesting
GOV. @gavinnewsom tells @jdcocchiarella he’s saying no to AIPAC money: “I don’t take tobacco money, oil money, and I’ve never taken AIPAC money. There are certain absolutes that are the lines that have been drawn for decades for me.”
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
2028 is going to be so interesting
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They will attempt ideological commissars in urban schools and I cannot wait for the unbridled fury it will unleash
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
They will attempt ideological commissars in urban schools and I cannot wait for the unbridled fury it will unleash
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They're making Turning Point USA the hitler youth wing, great
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They're making Turning Point USA the hitler youth wing, great
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Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
Emissary of Night is writing about US-Palestinian relations and public opinion
I analyze and write about US Palestinian relations, among other things
buymeacoffee.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
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Work today was writing about the Texas Permian Red Beds, which meant writing 2100 words about the 19th century age of independent collectors, and — who else? — Edward Drinker Cope. (And thus, inevitably, his feud with O.C Marsh.)
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Work today was writing about the Texas Permian Red Beds, which meant writing 2100 words about the 19th century age of independent collectors, and — who else? — Edward Drinker Cope. (And thus, inevitably, his feud with O.C Marsh.)
Something a lot of people miss is that in many ways the pre Oct 2023 status quo rested upon the idea that the Palestinian question didn't need solving. Pretty much everyone thought Oslo had permanently rendered the Palestinians docile and that there no longer was a need for a political resolution.
Well the fence is illusory and will never work, that's why expulsionism is more popular than ever.
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Something a lot of people miss is that in many ways the pre Oct 2023 status quo rested upon the idea that the Palestinian question didn't need solving. Pretty much everyone thought Oslo had permanently rendered the Palestinians docile and that there no longer was a need for a political resolution.
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everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
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bolsonaro loves the hospital
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
bolsonaro loves the hospital
Interesting discussion going on on Twitter between Shadi Hamid and Matthew Petti, the latter being of course more correct than the former. In particular this struck me:
(link to broader convo in next post)
(link to broader convo in next post)
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Interesting discussion going on on Twitter between Shadi Hamid and Matthew Petti, the latter being of course more correct than the former. In particular this struck me:
(link to broader convo in next post)
(link to broader convo in next post)
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I only mention it like 3 times a day but there hasn’t been a more radicalizing experience in my life than to be told by white men in the DVM that I was hysterical for stating this summer’s occupations and immigration operations were an distinct escalation requiring an organized national response.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I only mention it like 3 times a day but there hasn’t been a more radicalizing experience in my life than to be told by white men in the DVM that I was hysterical for stating this summer’s occupations and immigration operations were an distinct escalation requiring an organized national response.
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My Fellow Leftists are arguing about religion again
It's a remarkable how many discussions of Islam, economics, and communism just completely ignore that these conversations were had about 50 years ago in Iran before the revolution, and during it. There were communists marching next to Islamists (and also communist Islamist ibdividuals)
This is the kind of thing you say if literally no one you’re around will tell you you’re being a numpty
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My Fellow Leftists are arguing about religion again
Usually don't read War On The Rocks but this is an excellent summary of the new dynamics underpinning the Saudi relationship to America, and how Arab geopolitics in relation to the US are no longer are conditioned upon Israeli approval.
The U.S.-Saudi Reconfiguration Is Real and It No Longer Depends on Israel
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent White House visit has crystallized a fundamental shift in U.S.-Saudi relations: Washington no longer has
warontherocks.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Usually don't read War On The Rocks but this is an excellent summary of the new dynamics underpinning the Saudi relationship to America, and how Arab geopolitics in relation to the US are no longer are conditioned upon Israeli approval.
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Gillibrand is really knocking it out of the park with her candidates this cycle. Stevens, mills, and Crockett, wew.
this must be how the 7 smart republicans felt seeing Kari lake win the AZ senate primary
this must be how the 7 smart republicans felt seeing Kari lake win the AZ senate primary
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gillibrand is really knocking it out of the park with her candidates this cycle. Stevens, mills, and Crockett, wew.
this must be how the 7 smart republicans felt seeing Kari lake win the AZ senate primary
this must be how the 7 smart republicans felt seeing Kari lake win the AZ senate primary