Steven Heydemann

@stevenhyde.bsky.social

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Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 1d

Did an interview with @aljazeera.com on clashes in Aleppo.

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Syria updates: Aleppo sees relative calm, majority of SDF fighters disarmed

These were the developments on Saturday, January 10, 2026.

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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 1d

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the law. It’s clearly being abused by ICE goons.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the map after 24 hours of launch. Find your event or get one up here: www.mobilize.us/map/?tag_ids...

Maps of Ice Out for Good Events all over the USA

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

A deeply disturbing precedent, and far from unique. Assad’s crony networks are alive and well in the “new” Syria.

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Outrage Grows Over Hamsho Deal: Syrians See Settlement as Betrayal of Justice and Rights - The Syrian Observer

Yasser al-Shalati, director of investigative mechanisms at the Association of Free Syrian Lawyers, said the Hamsho deal falls under the Anti-Corruption Committee’s newly launched “voluntary disclosure...

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

😆😆😆. CNN fell for it!! How many times have we seen Reza trotted out as the ruler in waiting?!! Pathetic.

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Reza Pahlavi was only 16 years old when Iran’s 1979 revolution toppled his father’s 40-year rule. First in the line to inherit the oil-rich thousand-year-old empire, his wait may finally be coming to an end. https://cnn.it/453fs5Z

The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? | CNN

Reza Pahlavi was only 16 years old when Iran’s 1979 revolution toppled his father’s forty-year rule. The eldest son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he was the first in the line to inherit the oil-rich ...

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

Batshit crazy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

COLLINS: Minnesota officials say the FBI isn't sharing evidence with them. Do you believe the FBI should do that?

TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.

Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. Every defection by artists from Trump’s vanity project is a win for the real Kennedy Center, and one more nudge towards its future restoration.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

This is big.

Good for the National Opera.

Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3d

The storied Washington National Opera decides to leave the Kennedy Center where it has played since 1971, perhaps the most significant artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the facility in his image and attach his name to it. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...

Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

Minneapolis, you know what to do. Spray down sidewalks and give every resident yak tracks!! 😎

Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 3d

Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.

This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck. That asshole’s firearm is live! Deadly incompetence from these fucking goons.

Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 3d

Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.

This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? | CNN

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

Lots of useful insight in this piece, but its emphasis on the legacies of the PDRY’s Marxist ideology is overstated. Southern Yemen was not fertile soil for the cultivation of a socialist society. And separatist views do not reflect an interest in its revival.

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How the STC Tried to Rebuild the PDRY and Lost Its Air Cover

The quest for southern sovereignty in Yemen is not a modern anomaly but the resurgence of a distinct state identity that was never fully submerged by the tide of the 1990 unification. The Republic of ...

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John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 3d

You don’t even need the Tronoto Holocaust Museum to tell you that this is a neo-Nazi anthem. Just listen to it.

They might as well be goose-stepping.

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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 3d

“The relations between Hamas and Israel today are characterized by limited but persistent conflict, not progress toward peace,” writes Daniel Byman.

Gaza’s New Normal

Persistent limited conflict is more likely than peace.

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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 3d

ICE just launched a “wartime recruitment” campaign and seeks agents who want to “defend” their “culture.” There will be more Renee Goods.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

This is big.

Good for the National Opera.

Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3d

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 3d

Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.

This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 3d

I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 3d

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3d

In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.

Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 3d

Useful state of play on Gaza.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.