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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 2h

Trump deserves no credit for this ceasefire - even in a backhanded way. He could have stopped the war this entire past year. If you have to thank someone - and there is little to be thankful for given the ruins of Gaza - please thank the global protest movement.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 4h

Thousands of people disappeared, ethnic pogroms in multiple cities, entire national security apparatus has been turned inside out, illegal murder campaign in the Caribbean, higher edu & science gutted, and the economy wobbling as trade has been devastated for a decade, but cracks are finally showing

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 13h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 8h

For context, several thousand US military personnel have rotated through Israel during this genocide. Whether THAAD battery personnel or working on the JLOTS (the "pier") or helping build out Israeli Air Force bases, our boys have been involved in the day to day operation of the genocide machine

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

“The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza…”

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and privat...

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has accused Turkey of violating international laws and destabilizing the Western Balkans by supplying weapons to Kosovo.

Serbian president slams Turkey over arms sales to Kosovo

Turkey was among the first countries to recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.

www.politico.eu

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 6h

What do you mean "possible rise," dude is at the top of the pack. He is the literal pope

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

The plan is modified on the margins but yes there are a lot of people who are unaware that the core elements are from way back in July 2024

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

I doubt Barghouti is on it though, conflicting reports

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Israeli media has been very quiet about the names of prisoners to be released even though allegedly the lists were agreed upon earlier today

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

Got that he was a bigot and got that he got shot over it. All you need to know.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

I know an immigrant to the US who is (genuinely) illiterate and can only speak Spanish and a little bit of English and he apparently garnered a far more useful understanding of the Charlie Kirk shooting simply by watching Spanish language news on YouTube TV

En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 5h

These days on YouTube alone people can watch live news for free in English TV 24/7 not only from Al Jazeera but France 24, DW (Germany), Euronews, the CBC (Canada), ABC Australia, CNA Singapore, and more! (Plus in other languages!)

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 5h

These days on YouTube alone people can watch live news for free in English TV 24/7 not only from Al Jazeera but France 24, DW (Germany), Euronews, the CBC (Canada), ABC Australia, CNA Singapore, and more! (Plus in other languages!)

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Banger tbh

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 6h

Such irony in the fact that even if you only read Israeli news you’d be better informed on what’s happening in Palestine than someone who only reads US news

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

Yeah if you read Ynet or Israel Hayom or so on and so forth you do actually gleam something from it

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The average American television program segment on MENA is actually extremely painful and without substance.

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If you watch BBC, Al Jazeera, an Israeli channel that isn't just 100% Hitlerite Central (c14), and read FT you're like immediately more intelligent. Straight up.

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I know it's sort of a cold take but your perspective on US foreign policy dramatically improves once you consistently read or watch non US media

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

People are frankly just coping at this point because Biden had a series of self imposed constraints which were motivated by ideology. It sucks but it's true. Maybe the next one won't do that. Who knows!

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It is basically just America where it is still controversial to say stuff like this

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He's saying stuff that everyone on Israel Channel 12 has been saying for months lol

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I don't think you were doing anything the sort and don't really get why people were reacting harshly to you lol

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 6h

It was a glaring departure even in the moment. Right or wrong, the story of Biden's political career was generally to place himself in the center of wherever the party was moving ideologically. But on I/P, his own worldview was so rigid that he stubbornly stayed the course as the party moved away

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 6h

We talk a lot about AIPAC and “the Israel lobby” but when it came to Israel, Biden had a genuine ideological commitment to the “hug Bibi” strategy even as others in his party didn’t like it.

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 8h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 6h

We talk a lot about AIPAC and “the Israel lobby” but when it came to Israel, Biden had a genuine ideological commitment to the “hug Bibi” strategy even as others in his party didn’t like it.

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 8h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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