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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 3h

As a Jew who works on stuff like human rights and international law, it is such a breath of fresh air to have one candidate willing to find a first principles, human rights-based answer on Israel and repeat it endlessly for a very, very long year, trusting that many Jews understand and agree

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 12h

The views of the average pro-Palestinian student broadly match what the academic literature says, what international courts say, what the relavant UN officials & orgs say and what the relevant NGOs say. It is views of Clinton and her peers in Western capitals which are largely divorced from reality.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20h

What Hillary is saying here is a conspiracy theory and not even a tame, silly one, but a whopper. A more balefully consequential and widespread one than e.g. Trump complaining that the media lied about his crowds being big.

Hillary Clinton on the generational shift on Israel inside the Democrats.
"We have done a miserable job teaching young people history.
"And, you know, those of us who have lived through it, I went to Israel for the first time in 1980, so a long time ago, and I've been back many times. And obviously, you know, with my husband, deeply involved in all kinds of activities to support Israel and to try to be as helpful as possible. But it was astonishing to me because I had so many conversations, and frankly, they often started as confrontations with students, not just at Columbia, but elsewhere.
"Where were they getting their information?
They were getting it from social media. They were getting it most particularly from TikTok, which is governed by an algorithm until at least up till now, still largely manipulated by the Chinese Communist Party.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21h

"every time you hear a piece of good news about the explosive growth of clean energy, it’s worth remembering that the benchmark in question likely could have been met in 2005, rather than 2025, if not for Big Oil’s climate deception"

@aaronregunberg.bsky.social banger in @newrepublic.com -->>>>>

Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution

In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China is instead the world’s superpower in renewables.

newrepublic.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 20h

Neo-conservativism presaged Trumpian neo-fascism in several respects. It saw violence as a positive policy option not a defensive last resort. It held laws, norms and the lives of non-white people in total contempt. And many, many centrists either cringed in deference to it or actively collaborated.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h

Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84

* VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush * Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11 The former White House chief of staff, congressman, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84. A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

I think it's so awesome that print and digital media is ran by evil people

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

The US-sponsored framework of "ceasefire" agreements with Israel is predicated upon one theme: the Arabs cease, and Israel still fires.

Sooner or later, this investment in being Israel's lawyer and arms dealer will become verboten in the domestic sense, and what will Israel do if Arabs respond?

Despite a ceasefire, Israel has demolished villages in southern Lebanon

Along Lebanon's border, Israel has continued demolitions and attacks despite a ceasefire in the country's war with Hezbollah last year.

www.npr.org

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 1d

There is a beautiful memoir by a young Australian woman Fiona Murphy called The Shape of Sound that I can highly recommend reading. Not because it will change any of what you’re experiencing, just because it deals with the complex emotions around progressive deafness & might resonate x

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so sorry it was such a bloody epic ordeal to even get to this stage 😬

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 2d

@4boat.bsky.social thanks so much for the repost ❤️🙏🏻

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 2d

D’you remember Beatrice read from it at Eugenie’s wedding 😭😭😭

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 3d

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 3d

Saw my first one of the season today too!

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

I would humbly put forward that it is not a coincidence that the best US politicians on Palestine are also the best US politicians on Sudan

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

To give some credit there is a growing chorus of dissent on this issue in Congress, lead by Van Hollen, Sara Jacobs, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar among others.

Van Hollen, Jacobs Reintroduce Bill to Prohibit U.S. Arms Sales to UAE Until They Cease Support of RSF in Sudan | U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.-51),...

www.vanhollen.senate.gov

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 4d

I’m in total agreement. For the average white person to put their bodies on the line to push back against American fascism takes a substantial escalation in the political climate, particularly if they are not immediately the targets of the fash.

Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4d

I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.

Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 4d

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

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Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4d

I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.

Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 4d

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d

you know what I was just saying about how only white men are permitted to embody the American Working Class

Geoff Bowser @geoffbowser.bsky.social · 10d

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 4d

Begging people to understand how big of a deal a net 40-point shift against Israel among your base within two years is for the Democratic Party

Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 4d

Only about one-third of likely Georgia Democratic primary voters believe supporting Israel is in the U.S. national interest. It’s the latest sign of a widening internal rift more than two years after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. #gapol

www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia Democrats are shifting their stance on Israel, poll finds

One-third of likely Democratic primary voters say supporting Israel is in the U.S. national interest. That's down from 54% two years ago.

www.ajc.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Thread of required reading

James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 4d

If you want to understand what the actual revolutionaries in Sudan think about this, we have been covering this @merip.bsky.social for over a year and a half.

www.merip.org/2025/10/the-...

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Arno Rosenfeld @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social · 4d

The standard pro-Israel complaint was previously directed toward protesters as “what about Sudan” — now it seems to be “OK now you’re talking about Sudan but picking the wrong side”

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Jewish Insider is now running a "what about" piece against those who are critical of the US-backed UAE's relationship to the Sudanese RSF.

Anti-Israel activists, lawmakers ignore Muslim Brotherhood, Iran links to Sudan’s SAF

As they denounce the UAE’s alleged backing of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, far-left lawmakers have passed over the Muslim Brotherhood affiliations and foreign backing of the rival Sudanese Armed Forc...

jewishinsider.com

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 4d

Western governments preferred to break the world, destroy every institution that uplifted human rights in some capacity, just so they didnt have to extend those human rights to us. Think about that.

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 6d

Can’t speak to the accuracy of everything in this. I’m not an insider - have just taken my own kid out to Cambridge for lessons - but I’m glad to see this Tasmanian private pilot touch on what the loss of Par Av Flight training means for the state 😔 #politas

landingareas.com.au/pft?fbclid=I...

End of an era: the closure of Par Avion Flight Training | Flying journeys

landingareas.com.au

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

An interesting analysis which makes the case that Hamas is prepared to engage in a Northern-Ireland style decommissioning process of its offensive arsenal if Europe and the Arab mediators are willing to exert the necessary pressure to ensure the political components are dealt with accordingly.

Diplomacy next: The internal politics of Hamas and the power of European engagement

Europeans have the potential to tip the scales in the coming diplomatic negotiations over Gaza, but they must move rapidly…

ecfr.eu

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 6d

Israel has bombed Gaza again. 104 Palestinians are dead.

Critical aid being let into Gaza remains far below agreed levels.

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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 7d

I’m so over the endless bullshit in Tassie politics: it’s just relentless.

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