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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12d

Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson says we put up “poorly designed graphics” …

Reader, we used the Pentagon’s own graphic design.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

We will not forget their failure to uphold U.S. laws, we will not forget the ways they let discriminatory discourse fester, and we will not forget the thousands of people that died because of their cowardice.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

Any Biden official that believes that many of us will trade potential future access for silence are deeply mistaken.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

If former Biden officials believe that their past positions give them enough power to skirt accountability, they are mistaken. The national security space has changed and is changing.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

As Jon and Phil say, Democrats should clarify where they stand. Among other things, they should clarify that former senior officials who authored the Biden admin’s failure on Gaza and failed to uphold U.S. laws should have no place in future Democratic admins.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

So it’s hardly surprising that in their sudden embrace of common sense, they take no accountability for their actions. The situation in Gaza – and for activists at home – has worsened under Trump, but Team Biden paved the way.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

Their colleagues persistently accused ceasefire activists of aiding Hamas and, when they were told repeatedly by activists that such messaging was both wrong and dangerous, the wild accusations only continued.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

U.S. law is clear: it is illegal to ship arms to a government that restricts U.S. humanitarian aid deliveries. Instead of enforcing that law, they worked to obfuscate facts at the cost of thousands of lives in Gaza while undermining the rule of law at home.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

These men held some of the highest positions in national security under Biden. When members of Congress began to question Biden’s obsession with giving PM Netanyahu any bomb, shell, or UN veto he asked for, their team was on the phone whipping against Congressional oversight.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

Though nice to see Jon Finer and Philip Gordon catch up to bare minimum of where activists and the public have been for nearly two years on restricting US arms to the Israeli government, their article erases their own role in abetting the Netanyahu government’s genocide.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28d

Agreed.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 28d

Violence is never the answer. It is never acceptable. Never.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28d

Breaking news: Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot at a Utah Valley University event.

A suspect is in custody, according to parents whose children received an email from the university.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

7/7 This isn’t just about this strike - it’s about accountability everywhere. We need answers. And we need to draw a line on the limits of presidential power - both abroad and at home.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

6/7 And what about the implications at home? If this authoritarian government thinks it can carry out this level of violence abroad with impunity, what stops similar tactics being used domestically?

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

5/7 Administration officials say they have more strikes planned. Are they planning on carrying out a whole secret military campaign? Could we be on the path to the destructive regime change war in Venezuela that so many in the Trump administration have long desired?

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

4/7 Since when is it acceptable for the U.S. government to use lethal force with zero due process? This sets a dangerous precedent.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

3/7 We also don’t know what legal authority the administration used to justify the strike. Senior officials have basically said, “the president decided the people on the boat were narco-terrorists and that’s enough.” Are they saying the president can kill anyone he decides is a terrorist?

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

2/7 The Trump admin claims the people they killed were drug smugglers – as if that would make their execution legal or acceptable – but we don’t have evidence of their identities. As far as the U.S. public knows, our government killed random people on a boat for no discernible reason.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 29d

1/7 Last week, the U.S. killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbean without presenting a shred of evidence on who they were, what threat they posed, or how summarily executing them could possibly be anything other than a crime. The Trump admin owes the public a lot of answers.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · Jun 17

The human costs of Netanyahu’s war with Iran are already mounting. Over 200 people in Iran and over 20 in Israel have been killed already. 🧵

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · Jun 17

We need to work for offramps, and we need a ceasefire immediately. People in Iran and Israel deserve so much more than governments who consistently put their own interests over their people’s lives.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · Jun 17

There are 90 million people in Iran. A full-scale war there would create a displacement crisis of massive proportions and with regionwide – and even global – effects.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · Jun 17

If this war continues, the humanitarian situation in Iran could turn dire. The Israeli government already issued an evacuation warning for neighborhoods in Tehran - even though roads are packed with cars and folks are stranded. Many including the elderly or sick have no way of leaving.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · Jun 17

Over the next few weeks - we’re likely to see strikes on oil fields and key energy infrastructure, leaving millions without power.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · Jun 17

Meanwhile, the Israeli government, with implicit American backing, is already expanding the scope of its strikes. We’ve seen Netanyahu’s playbook in Gaza - we should expect more of the same.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · Jun 17

Already, Israeli bombs that some believe are “liberating” civilians in Iran have killed them instead. Their stories are heartbreaking – a poet, an athlete, young people killed in an unnecessary war in which they had no say. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/... .

The young Iranian poet who lost her life in an Israeli strike

Parnia Abbasi, 23, was described by friends as funny and full of life. She and her family were among the first people killed in Israel’s attack on Iran.

www.washingtonpost.com

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