Sister Sue
@onemoretime24.bsky.social
Trying to avoid X, but it's hard to do if your main interest is MENA issues.
In other words, the Trump puppeteers don't think Trump on the stump is working these days, since they're subbing Vance and Bessant for the dear leader? Won't that make one man pretty 😤?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Never going to be pitch perfect’: Trump loyalists see an imperfect messenger
Trump's Pennsylvania speech demonstrated that his return to the trail is a gamble: It’s just as likely to provide Democrats campaign fodder as it is to motivate his MAGA base heading into the midterm ...
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In other words, the Trump puppeteers don't think Trump on the stump is working these days, since they're subbing Vance and Bessant for the dear leader? Won't that make one man pretty 😤?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
What was an American plane doing flying out of an RAF base in Cyprus bound for Gaza? I'd like to see the #GazaFootage. Alex Morris and Phil Miller of @declassifieduk.org ask the right questions.
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
‘Release Gaza footage,’ British victim demands in new spy flight documentary
Father of former Royal Marine killed in Gaza says footage captured by opaque UK surveillance programme could clarify what happened to his son.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What was an American plane doing flying out of an RAF base in Cyprus bound for Gaza? I'd like to see the #GazaFootage. Alex Morris and Phil Miller of @declassifieduk.org ask the right questions.
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...
This is pretty cool: @mbarinews.bsky.social's
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
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Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
Fresh from the deep: Rarely encountered seven-arm octopus in Monterey Bay
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is pretty cool: @mbarinews.bsky.social's
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
Biodiversity and Bio-optics Team aboard the #RachelCarson vessel has observed a Haliphron Atlanticus, a 7 legged octopus, munching on a jellyfish. These creatures have only been seen 4 x in past 4 decades!
youtu.be/4_ltojepN-g?...
How far over did @politico.com and Dasha Burns need to bend in order to get this irrelevant sit-down with Trump?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Full transcript: POLITICO's interview with Donald Trump
The president sat for an in-depth interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns.
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
How far over did @politico.com and Dasha Burns need to bend in order to get this irrelevant sit-down with Trump?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
"Friends can do mergers; foes can’t. Indeed, the indifferent and uncommitted can’t either. You need to get right with the Trump family."
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Team Oligarch Suits Up to Torpedo Netflix/WBD Merger
Simply extraordinary stuff coming out this morning about the battle over what...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"Friends can do mergers; foes can’t. Indeed, the indifferent and uncommitted can’t either. You need to get right with the Trump family."
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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-...
Even #CHATGPT can't believe the reality of American life! Thanks Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes for your Dairy Queen/Orchestra Pit strategy that Steve Bannon uses to flood the zone with ever more extreme false versions of reality. Watch out @cnn.com!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
December 9, 2025
When G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Even #CHATGPT can't believe the reality of American life! Thanks Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes for your Dairy Queen/Orchestra Pit strategy that Steve Bannon uses to flood the zone with ever more extreme false versions of reality. Watch out @cnn.com!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9...
Of everything I'm reading today about Trump's new #NSS, what @rikefranke.bsky.social states in this thread stands out and frightens me the most.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Of everything I'm reading today about Trump's new #NSS, what @rikefranke.bsky.social states in this thread stands out and frightens me the most.
I'm with @radiofreetom.bsky.social and Leo Amery.
“Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.” That's not aimed at Neville Chamberlain, but at Hegseth.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.” That's not aimed at Neville Chamberlain, but at Hegseth.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'm with @radiofreetom.bsky.social and Leo Amery.
“Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.” That's not aimed at Neville Chamberlain, but at Hegseth.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.” That's not aimed at Neville Chamberlain, but at Hegseth.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
My new hero, who should receive significant recognition for his bold, truthful statements: Indiana state senator Greg Walker, a Republican who knows right from wrong and is speaking out.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
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November 29, 2025
In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 stri...
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November 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My new hero, who should receive significant recognition for his bold, truthful statements: Indiana state senator Greg Walker, a Republican who knows right from wrong and is speaking out.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
There are many words that spill from Trump's mouth these days. Terrorist is one. Then there are Communist, nasty, and even piggy. Did he strong-arm Starmer into declaring Palestine Action a terrorist organization? John McEvoy & Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org are following this court case.
Did Trump pressure Starmer to ban Palestine Action?
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There are many words that spill from Trump's mouth these days. Terrorist is one. Then there are Communist, nasty, and even piggy. Did he strong-arm Starmer into declaring Palestine Action a terrorist organization? John McEvoy & Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org are following this court case.
What a cozy relationship: British military officers training in 🇮🇱 after
@declassifieduk.org @john-mcevoy.bsky.social revealed earlier that Israeli soldiers have trained in 🇬🇧 over the past 2 years. Timing for all this collaboration is highly problematic.
@declassifieduk.org @john-mcevoy.bsky.social revealed earlier that Israeli soldiers have trained in 🇬🇧 over the past 2 years. Timing for all this collaboration is highly problematic.
👉NEW -- British military trained in Israel amid Gaza genocide
by John McEvoy
Exclusive: Armed forces personnel have ‘studied on educational staff courses’ since October 2023, Ministry of Defence discloses
by John McEvoy
Exclusive: Armed forces personnel have ‘studied on educational staff courses’ since October 2023, Ministry of Defence discloses
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What a cozy relationship: British military officers training in 🇮🇱 after
@declassifieduk.org @john-mcevoy.bsky.social revealed earlier that Israeli soldiers have trained in 🇬🇧 over the past 2 years. Timing for all this collaboration is highly problematic.
@declassifieduk.org @john-mcevoy.bsky.social revealed earlier that Israeli soldiers have trained in 🇬🇧 over the past 2 years. Timing for all this collaboration is highly problematic.
After listening to former ambassador to 🇺🇦 Wm Taylor on BBC Today, I find this analysis by @timothysnyder.bsky.social even more helpful. "...crime for Russians without punishment, and punishment for others without crime."
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Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
After listening to former ambassador to 🇺🇦 Wm Taylor on BBC Today, I find this analysis by @timothysnyder.bsky.social even more helpful. "...crime for Russians without punishment, and punishment for others without crime."
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
"What is “news” under a president who doesn’t give a damn about anything other than amassing personal power and wealth"? @rbreich.bsky.social
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robertreich.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"What is “news” under a president who doesn’t give a damn about anything other than amassing personal power and wealth"? @rbreich.bsky.social
robertreich.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
robertreich.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
It won't matter what journalists ask Speaker Johnson. He's a more heinous version of Sgt. Schultz.
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It won't matter what journalists ask Speaker Johnson. He's a more heinous version of Sgt. Schultz.
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
"I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!"
I'm not sure what I appreciate more from the latest [email protected]: #ressentiment definition or introduction to Mean Girls's Regina George. Either way, this one hits the mark perfectly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'm not sure what I appreciate more from the latest [email protected]: #ressentiment definition or introduction to Mean Girls's Regina George. Either way, this one hits the mark perfectly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
After reading HCR's newsletter today, all I can think is the Roberts's SCOTUS has enabled everything that's happened since 1/20/2025. Trump knows he's above the law, no matter what our "leaders" repeatedly lament ineffectually. Ending with John Adams's stmt to Abigail is an appropriate ending.
October 20, 2025
Over the weekend, as millions of Americans attended “No Kings” protests, President Donald J.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After reading HCR's newsletter today, all I can think is the Roberts's SCOTUS has enabled everything that's happened since 1/20/2025. Trump knows he's above the law, no matter what our "leaders" repeatedly lament ineffectually. Ending with John Adams's stmt to Abigail is an appropriate ending.
I've subscribed to @morningbrew.extwitter.link for quite some time now. Today's newsletter is a good reflection of what I read daily. Subscribe for the entire newsletter!
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Not quite a billion facts about billionaires
Here are some numbers to make sense of the billionaire phenomenon.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I've subscribed to @morningbrew.extwitter.link for quite some time now. Today's newsletter is a good reflection of what I read daily. Subscribe for the entire newsletter!
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This forum is going to be doubly irate at the excellent interview on BBC Radio 4 Weekend today (unavailable so far to post) with Alaa Al-Rimawi. The before/after photos of this Palestinian journalist speak volumes.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/bbc-criticis...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/bbc-criticis...
October 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This forum is going to be doubly irate at the excellent interview on BBC Radio 4 Weekend today (unavailable so far to post) with Alaa Al-Rimawi. The before/after photos of this Palestinian journalist speak volumes.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/bbc-criticis...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/bbc-criticis...
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Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
Look at what @ox.ac.uk chooses to exclude from its investment portfolio AND what it apparently willfully continues to profit from: "an illegal occupation that has been linked to egregious human rights abuses, including genocide". Why aren't Oxford's investments mission-aligned?
Oxford University invested in at least 49 firms linked to illegal Israeli activity
Campaigners say the holdings raise questions about how the rest of Oxford's vast wealth is invested, much of it hidden from public scrutiny
www.middleeasteye.net
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Look at what @ox.ac.uk chooses to exclude from its investment portfolio AND what it apparently willfully continues to profit from: "an illegal occupation that has been linked to egregious human rights abuses, including genocide". Why aren't Oxford's investments mission-aligned?
Nothing can rehabilitate Assad’s image, thanks to this deep dive into Butcher of Damascus's bureaucratic death machine. He murdered/disappeared >160,000 Syrians.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
How Assad's Syria moved the bodies of its victims
Former drivers say the operation was so massive that refrigerated ice cream, meat and produce trucks were confiscated to keep the killing machine moving
www.middleeasteye.net
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nothing can rehabilitate Assad’s image, thanks to this deep dive into Butcher of Damascus's bureaucratic death machine. He murdered/disappeared >160,000 Syrians.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
Good and appropriate swan song for Dania Akkad @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social and her team: Tammam Simouah and Heba Nasser.
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ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
October 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
@nancyyousef.bsky.social on her historic last day at the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
This is nothing but Oslo #2: occupation dressed up in managerial language. Every inch of Palestine remains under Israeli military control: labels have changed, structure did not. Mohammed R. Mhawish calls for restoration of Gaza’s political life. Essential reading to understand the current moment.
Gaza’s Broken Politics
Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.
www.newyorker.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is nothing but Oslo #2: occupation dressed up in managerial language. Every inch of Palestine remains under Israeli military control: labels have changed, structure did not. Mohammed R. Mhawish calls for restoration of Gaza’s political life. Essential reading to understand the current moment.