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Paris Peace Forum @parispeaceforum.bsky.social · Jun 9

« Le Forum porte cette conviction qu’une paix à deux États reste possible malgré les obstacles sur le terrain et dans les cœurs. »

🖊️ Tribune de notre Directeur général @justinvaisse.bsky.social avant notre événement du 13 juin avec les sociétés civiles israélienne & palestinienne 👇

« La guerre n’est pas une fatalité » : Pourquoi nous organisons un rassemblement des sociétés civiles israélienne et palestinienne à Paris le 13 juin

Le Forum de Paris sur la Paix appelle la société civile à se mobiliser pour la solution à deux États, lors d’une conférence au Conseil économique social et environnemental, ce vendredi 13 juin.

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · May 30

Proud to be working with Israeli & Palestinian civil society orgs and coalitions committed to the two-state solution to bring together hundreds of influential voices in Paris in 2 weeks for this conference hosted by the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social at @lecese.fr parispeaceforum.org/press-releas...

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 18

Monterosso — the northernmost of the Cinque Terre

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 18

Cinque terre? In questa economia?

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 15

@therickwilson.bsky.social: “The latest scheme to emerge from this cesspool of corruption involves shipping American citizens off to El Salvador's notorious prisons, devoid of due process, hope of release, or basic human rights. In short, we’re next” www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-gul...

Trump's Gulag-Industrial Complex Spoiler Alert: You’re Next

Let’s be clear about what Trump is saying: he wants to send American citizens to a gulag in El Salvador, a prison from which there is no escape, no hope of release, and no due process.

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 4

I don’t know why I bother but embezzling 3 million euros from the European Parliament is not a “minor charge” and her appeal will be examined and ruled on before the next presidential election

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The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 3

Trump Informs Nation They Better Start Liking Those Little Canned Wieners

WASHINGTON—Saying that Americans should anticipate certain lifestyle changes as a result of his newly announced tariffs, President Donald Trump informed the nation Thursday that they better start liki...

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 3

"Une révolution techno-oligarchique promeut désormais une alliance revancharde et prédatrice entre la Russie de Poutine et les États-Unis de Trump. L’Europe ne doit pas les laisser faire." Beau papier de l'ami @aprokopiev.bsky.social dans la Revue Esprit esprit.presse.fr/article/alex...

Un axe Poutine- Trump ?

Le monde d’hier n’est plus. Une révolution techno-oligarchique promeut désormais une alliance revancharde et prédatrice entre la Russie de Poutine et les États-Unis de Trump. L’Europe ne doit pas les laisser faire. Depuis le début de l’année 2025, le monde assiste à un bouleversement majeur, sans doute le plus important du xxie siècle. « L’Occident uni », un concept déjà largement mis à mal, …

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 2

The “tariffs charged to the USA” column is obviously absolute nonsense — there is no world in which the EU charges a 39% tariff on US goods (though I know Trump doesn’t understand value added tax or get that it also applies to EU goods, it’s literally just a sales tax)

Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social · Apr 2

Trump's newly announced Tariffs

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 2

Oh, they’re throwing him under the bus QUICK

Politico @politico.com · Apr 2

Breaking: National security adviser Mike Waltz's team set up at least 20 Signal chats to discuss official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza and more, according to sources who've been personally added to the chats.

Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world

It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Politico @politico.com · Apr 2

One senior Trump official said Musk is likely to retain an informal role as an adviser and continue to be an occasional face around the White House grounds. Another cautioned that anyone who thinks he'll disappear entirely from Trump’s orbit is “fooling themselves.”

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Apr 2

Regardless of anything else about the Wisconsin race, it's just a relief to learn that money can't always buy elections

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 2

Crawford: I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Apr 2

Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hadn’t opened this app for a few days but logging on to say that this liberal’s heart was filled with joy this morning on waking to a win in Wisconsin. Always good to see oligarchy defeated.

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 27

If there are history books in 20-30 years, our kids will be asking how America could so fully espouse evil, support the aggressor and seek to pillage the victim

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · Mar 27

NEW: We obtained new US proposal. The Trump admin is pushing to gain sweeping control over all of Ukraine’s major minerals and energy assets, while offering Kyiv no security guarantees, in an aggressive expansion of previous demands. w/ @paolatamma.bsky.social
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US pushes for new and expansive deal to control Ukraine’s minerals and energy

Latest draft sent to Kyiv steps up demands and offers no security guarantees

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Focus 2030 @focus2030.org · Mar 26

#Thread 🚨#N4GParis: acteurs de la société civile & personnalités publiques appellent la communauté internationale à agir face à la malnutrition
👉50% des décès d’enfants de - de 5ans dans le 🌍 sont causés par la malnutrition ⬇️ focus2030.org/Sommet-Nutri...

Sommet Nutrition for Growth : acteurs de la société civile & personnalités publiques appellent la communauté internationale à agir face au fléau de la malnutrition

La prochaine édition du Sommet Nutrition for Growth, organisée par la France les 27 et 28 mars 2025 à Paris, constitue une occasion unique d’engager la communauté internationale dans une lutte plus ef...

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 26

Trump is poised to stop funding vaccines for developing countries. It’s a huge mistake for MAGA from an economic and security point of view. @paulnuki.bsky.social is spot on: @gavi.org does more than save the lives of children and cutting it will impoverish us all www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Gavi does more than save the lives of children – cutting it will impoverish us all

Trump is poised to stop funding vaccines for developing countries. It’s a huge mistake for MAGA from an economic and security point of view

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 26

We need French and German troops in Nuuk today.

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Mar 26

Seriously disturbing. “"We need Greenland for international safety and security. We need it. We have to have it," Trump told podcaster Vince Coglianese. "I hate to put it that way, but we're going to have to have it."” www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Trump reiterates US need to 'have' Greenland ahead of Vance visit

US President Donald Trump ramped up his claims to Greenland on Wednesday, saying ahead of a visit by Vice President JD Vance that the United States needed to take control of the Danish island for "int...

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 25

What’s clear is that whether the addition of Goldberg was intentional or not, everyone else in the chat was too stupid or naive to notice or do anything about it

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 25

Increasingly convinced that Waltz added Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat on purpose — whether it was to embarrass colleagues he disliked (Vance? Hegseth?) or to brag about how “tough” their rhetoric is towards Europe is another question that only he can answer

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Eric Bothorel @bothorel.bsky.social · Mar 24

Et le fantôme de l’année est ….. 🥁🥁🥁
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Un journaliste de « The Atlantic » a reçu par erreur des informations militaires confidentielles, confirme la Maison Blanche

Le rédacteur en chef du magazine « The Atlantic » a été inclus par erreur dans un groupe de discussion ultra-confidentiel de hauts responsables américains. Il a révélé avoir reçu le plan d’attaque dét...

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 24

As I posted on the other app: I don’t think I’ve read anything like Jeffrey Goldberg’s Atlantic piece. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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Evan O’Connell @evanoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 24

Elon Musk just posted this 👇 an hour ago. Happy Monday et bonne semaine.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Mar 23

Trump is already defying the courts.

He has no more right to defy a district court than the Supreme Court.

Essentially saying all lower court rulings are optional for Trump is legally incorrect and irresponsible.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 23

Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."

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