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Neil Abrams
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Corruption, democracy, rule of law, Eastern Europe, Ukraine. Words in WaPo, Slate, Foreign Policy. PhD, political science. He/him. Subscribe at https://www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
Recent weeks have seen an upsurge in atrocity denial absolving Israel for its famine in Gaza. In my latest, I show that Israel is, in fact, deliberately starving Gaza’s Palestinians. I do it using Israel’s own data and the statements of its leaders, officials, and soldiers. 🧵
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 30
He said, "How'd you like to waste some time?"
I said, “uhh, no thanks,” I think I’ll dox you online

Sorry, I’ll stop.
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 30
Uhh, “trusting the experts” is rather famously *not* a feature of religion and totalitarianism…

…which might give RFK Jr. pause if he had any self-awareness.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Aug 29
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 30
(Sorry, that’s the beginning of Prince’s Darling Nikki if it were about the cop)
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 30
I met a cop, Fearomega
I guess you could say he was a sex fiend
Found him at a protest rally
His personal life is quite humiliating
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 30
Read this whole thread. A cop threatens Amanda, who then proceeds to unmask his socials, revealing him to be a sex fiend with a kink for cuck.

Who the hell uses social media for porn anyway?
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Aug 29
Found the cop who found me.
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · Aug 30
🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.

The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Aug 30
👇🎯 University presidents, take note & start getting in front of microphones, en masse, now:
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Aug 30
“Texas Democrats lost. But they drew attention to Republicans’ efforts to put their thumb on the scale, and demonstrated a valuable tactic for galvanizing their beleaguered party.

They lost, but they lost loudly. Losing loudly has been a crucial feature of successful political movements.” Gift:
Opinion | Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Worked
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Aug 20
It’s that time again
PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social I am a *lawyer who practices federal law.* Several times a week I see a headline that makes me think "there's no way the President can do that, right?" and I look into it and it turns out that maybe he can because Congress ceded some of its power in the What's the Worst That Could Happen Act of 1983 May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 20
Ya might want to, I don't know, CHECK WITH SOME ACTUAL EXPERTS before writing some stupid-ass atrocity denial like this.
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 20
Here's NPR's follow-up: www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...
Photos of a starving baby in Gaza shocked the world. Here's how he's doing now
Images showing baby Mohammad Al-Motawaq captured world attention last month. In Israel, they were used to support claims that mass hunger in Gaza does not exist.
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 20
This is so, so stupid. Yeah, they did follow up on it. Turns out that kids with preexisitng conditions are more vulnerable to starvation, and that this kid, in particular, actually was suffering from starvation. (link in next skeet)
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Olivia Reingold @olivia-reingold.bsky.social · Aug 1
NPR still hasn't corrected their sloppy journalism.

Don't forget this when your station's next pledge drive rolls around. They will ask you for money.

Don't give them a cent.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · Aug 20
I emailed Olivia yesterday and editor Peter Savodnik today to point out a couple of glaring errors in this piece about famine classification. No response from either of them.
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Olivia Reingold @olivia-reingold.bsky.social · Aug 18
Wow! A lot of feedback here—thank you for engaging with our work at @thefp.com and for reading about this important issue.

Full story: www.thefp.com/p/they-becam...
They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.
A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments.
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
If we really are committed to the value of universal human dignity which underpins those agreements, then we cannot blind ourselves to human suffering or the criminals responsible for it. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
The core foundations of international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and the UN Genocide Convention, were adopted in response to the Holocaust. But here we are, 75 years later, as Israel trashes those agreements in the name of the Jews. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
There is a reason why collective punishment is banned under international law. Inflicting harm on children and the elderly for other people’s misdeeds is reprehensible no matter which side is doing it. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
Yes, Hamas has also committed atrocities—above all, its massacre of innocents on October 7th and its mistreatment of the hostages it continues to detain. Evil as they are, however, Hamas’s crimes do not grant Israel a free pass to commit its own. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
All of these claims are demonstrably false. Even if you doubt the statements of the UN, aid organizations, and rights experts—and there is no reason to doubt them—look closely and you'll find that Israel admits what it is doing. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
The whitewashing bears striking resemblance to the sort that tries to absolve Russia of its own crimes. There is no starvation, we are told. If there is, it's the doing of Hamas and the UN, not Israel. And if it is Israel, it's not part of a deliberate plan. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
Over the past few years, I have spent a lot of time countering pro-Kremlin atrocity denial that blames Ukraine for Russia’s crimes. Nowadays, one sees the same sort of propaganda aiming to exonerate Israel over its forced starvation of Gaza. www.readthedetox.com/p/the-fix-is...
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 19
Recent weeks have seen an upsurge in atrocity denial absolving Israel for its famine in Gaza. In my latest, I show that Israel is, in fact, deliberately starving Gaza’s Palestinians. I do it using Israel’s own data and the statements of its leaders, officials, and soldiers. 🧵
The Fix: Israel Admits What It Is Doing
Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians. Its leaders, officials, and soldiers acknowledge it.
www.readthedetox.com
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 10
“Ignoring polls and being coarse pushed swing to Republicans, giving them a trifecta. But if Dems too ignore polls and be coarse it will push swing voters away.”

Pretty sharp.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · Aug 10
This piece makes it extremely clear what Democratic leadership and their consultants are telling everyone in private.

“…her rhetoric could alienate the more moderate voters the party needs to win…
Democratic leadership had instructed members to focus on Medicaid cuts and tax breaks [for the rich].”
Perhaps inadvertently, Crockett seemed to be acknowledging something I heard from others in my reporting: that the forthrightness her supporters love might undermine her relationships within the party. Some of Crockett’s fellow Democrats worry that her rhetoric could alienate the more moderate voters the party needs to win back. In the same week that Democratic leadership had instructed members to focus on Medicaid cuts and tax breaks for billionaires, Crockett referred to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as “Governor Hot Wheels.” (Crockett claimed that she was referring to Abbott’s busing of migrants.) In an interview with Vanity Fair after the 2024 election, Crockett said that Hispanic Trump supporters had “almost like a slave
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 10
“Believe polls as if they’re divine revelation except when they violate my personal priors.”
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · Aug 10
The centrist consultant quoted in the article is specifically rebutting this assertion. He says “voters say they want fight, but they don’t want fight they really want deliverism.”

No. But you can see why that’s appealing to those who want the status quo.
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Nancy Ann ❌👑 @nancyannn.bsky.social · Aug 10
It’s clear to me that the current polling that indicates very low approval numbers for Dems is the result of them NOT fighting.
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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Aug 10
Read this whole thread about trad wives shiving each other on Twitter.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · Aug 6
responding to “you suck black dick and have aids” with “I don’t have aids” is incredible. “you got fingered in a hotel lobby at a TPUSA event” is incredible. “you’re a disgusting feminist whore with a jezebel spirit who uses filters in all of her videos” is one of the best lines I’ve ever heard
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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · Aug 10
If that will be the outcome it's just because the western democracies want it that way. So far nobody has made any real effort to resist Russia. They all plan for having Russia around, they all fear that Russia would lose because they lack the imagination to deal with that.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Aug 10
🗣️ Reporter: Do you believe 🇺🇦Ukraine should sign a deal that includes giving up any part of their territory?

🇺🇸 Senator Graham: I want to be honest with you. Ukraine is not going to evict every Russian. And Russia is not going to Kyiv. There will be some land swaps at the end.
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