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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Gift link - article by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on how Trump wants to get used to the militarization of American life:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...
Opinion | Trump Wants You to Get Used to This
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gift link - article by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on how Trump wants to get used to the militarization of American life:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...
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Yet another Trump shakedown www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
June 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yet another Trump shakedown www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"It’s time we talk about the problems created when people who believe they — a Christian white man with an addiction problem — are supreme, face the kind of public humiliation that destroys the core of their identity." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/15/t...
"The Answer Is Zero:" When Fragile White Supremacists Discover ... They Aren't - emptywheel
Because Pete Hegseth cannot admit who he is -- and more importantly, that he is not superior or even competent -- he is demanding that the men and women who serve under him be something they are not.
www.emptywheel.net
June 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"It’s time we talk about the problems created when people who believe they — a Christian white man with an addiction problem — are supreme, face the kind of public humiliation that destroys the core of their identity." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/15/t...
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I would love to see a 50-state campaign to pass free school lunch and anti-gun measures in tribute.
June 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I would love to see a 50-state campaign to pass free school lunch and anti-gun measures in tribute.
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Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
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“…A deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.”
- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532)
- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532)
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“…A deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.”
- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532)
- Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532)
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Should Taiwan rehearse how to resist occupation by China, striving to be ungovernable after a defeat? Several Taiwanese experts are sceptical https://econ.trib.al/mhlhUN3
Taiwan thinks the unthinkable: resisting China without America
Its plan was to hold off a Chinese attack until America turned up. What now?
econ.trib.al
June 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Should Taiwan rehearse how to resist occupation by China, striving to be ungovernable after a defeat? Several Taiwanese experts are sceptical https://econ.trib.al/mhlhUN3
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Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade
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I understand why Democrats are being restrained about this but the right's effort to lie about what happened here is incredibly disrespectful to the victims and requires vociferous pushback. The shooter appears to have been an anti-abortion zealot and a Trump voter. Don't let them avoid this.
June 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I understand why Democrats are being restrained about this but the right's effort to lie about what happened here is incredibly disrespectful to the victims and requires vociferous pushback. The shooter appears to have been an anti-abortion zealot and a Trump voter. Don't let them avoid this.
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Brennan is just wrong here. Lazy journalism based on assumptions, old data, and misinformation. Shows you how much damage certain high-profile pundits can do to the information environment.
It’s very easy to just look at all the data, like we do:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
It’s very easy to just look at all the data, like we do:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
June 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Brennan is just wrong here. Lazy journalism based on assumptions, old data, and misinformation. Shows you how much damage certain high-profile pundits can do to the information environment.
It’s very easy to just look at all the data, like we do:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
It’s very easy to just look at all the data, like we do:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
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Once again the correct response to this is to immediately push for a huge amnesty bill. If farm, hotel, and restaurant workers are so vital to the country that even donald trump can admit it, they should all be getting green cards now
NYT: New guidance yesterday from senior ICE official Tatum King to his underlings: "Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Once again the correct response to this is to immediately push for a huge amnesty bill. If farm, hotel, and restaurant workers are so vital to the country that even donald trump can admit it, they should all be getting green cards now
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"Harris is a warmonger!"
"Harris will start World War Three!"
"Harris will start World War Three!"
Lindsey Graham: "If diplomacy is not successful, and we are left with the option of force, I would urge President Trump to go all in, to make sure that when this operation is over, there's nothing left standing in Iran regarding their nuclear program."
June 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Harris is a warmonger!"
"Harris will start World War Three!"
"Harris will start World War Three!"
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Guessing they had an early press time yesterday.
(Was the headline changed in later editions? Ie, by which time they knew it was "millions"? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...)
(Was the headline changed in later editions? Ie, by which time they knew it was "millions"? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...)
June 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Guessing they had an early press time yesterday.
(Was the headline changed in later editions? Ie, by which time they knew it was "millions"? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...)
(Was the headline changed in later editions? Ie, by which time they knew it was "millions"? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...)
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spoken like a diehard White Sox fan
June 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
spoken like a diehard White Sox fan
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Yes, this is huge. There seems to be a 7-2 majority on the Court now unwilling to trust that the government will consistently follow through on its word and act in good faith.
One thing that stands out pretty clearly in the Supreme Court's order on Alien Enemies Act removals -- which held that the administration's limited notice to detainees " surely does not pass muster" -- is that the Court doesn't seem to be extending it any benefit of the doubt.
May 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Yes, this is huge. There seems to be a 7-2 majority on the Court now unwilling to trust that the government will consistently follow through on its word and act in good faith.
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Good illustration of GOP. They thought they had an agreement to take health care coverage from 10 million Americans. But hardliners killed the budget bill for now because they say that’s not nearly enough people www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios PM
www.axios.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Good illustration of GOP. They thought they had an agreement to take health care coverage from 10 million Americans. But hardliners killed the budget bill for now because they say that’s not nearly enough people www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Thank you, Trump voters.
May 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thank you, Trump voters.
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I hate to be That Guy, but no, this really isn't hypocrisy. If Posobiec held a universalist principle -- "one should not threaten the president" or "one should be able to threaten the president," either one -- then it would be hypocrisy. But he does not hold any such universalist principle.
May 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I hate to be That Guy, but no, this really isn't hypocrisy. If Posobiec held a universalist principle -- "one should not threaten the president" or "one should be able to threaten the president," either one -- then it would be hypocrisy. But he does not hold any such universalist principle.
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Watters: So my question to you is how big of a masterclass was this?
Jessica: While we were in the commercial break, Moodys downgraded our credit for the first time in the agency's history, so… masterclass
Jessica: While we were in the commercial break, Moodys downgraded our credit for the first time in the agency's history, so… masterclass
May 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Watters: So my question to you is how big of a masterclass was this?
Jessica: While we were in the commercial break, Moodys downgraded our credit for the first time in the agency's history, so… masterclass
Jessica: While we were in the commercial break, Moodys downgraded our credit for the first time in the agency's history, so… masterclass
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Jordan Klepper visits the hottest new spring break spot: a Trump Rally. Watch his new special, "MAGA: The Next Generation," Monday after The Daily Show on Comedy Central
May 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Jordan Klepper visits the hottest new spring break spot: a Trump Rally. Watch his new special, "MAGA: The Next Generation," Monday after The Daily Show on Comedy Central
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President Trump's mood about the Qatari jet scandal is darkening:
He snapped at a reporter who questioned him about it, and erupted on Truth Social. Now, The Atlantic reports Trump is privately telling his advisers it’s “humiliating” for a president to fly around in an outdated jet ...
He snapped at a reporter who questioned him about it, and erupted on Truth Social. Now, The Atlantic reports Trump is privately telling his advisers it’s “humiliating” for a president to fly around in an outdated jet ...
Trump Rages Over Qatar Jet Fiasco as GOP Angst Worsens: “Humiliating”
As Trump seethes over criticism of his acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar, a journalist who’s closely tracking GOP reactions explains why this is a growing problem for him—and what may come next.
newrepublic.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
President Trump's mood about the Qatari jet scandal is darkening:
He snapped at a reporter who questioned him about it, and erupted on Truth Social. Now, The Atlantic reports Trump is privately telling his advisers it’s “humiliating” for a president to fly around in an outdated jet ...
He snapped at a reporter who questioned him about it, and erupted on Truth Social. Now, The Atlantic reports Trump is privately telling his advisers it’s “humiliating” for a president to fly around in an outdated jet ...
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On points, this was an easy slam dunk. But good the three non-bonkers conservatives went with the clear reading.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On points, this was an easy slam dunk. But good the three non-bonkers conservatives went with the clear reading.
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This last IRS cut is the most galling. One estimate suggests that the deficit may grow by $500 billion due to the DOGE/Trump assault on the IRS. That’s $500 billion *in one year.*
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts
Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season
www.independent.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This last IRS cut is the most galling. One estimate suggests that the deficit may grow by $500 billion due to the DOGE/Trump assault on the IRS. That’s $500 billion *in one year.*
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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“.. In exchange .., the administration would potentially release to Libya billions of dollars of funds that the U.S. froze more than a decade ago ..”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat....
@nbcnews.com
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May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“.. In exchange .., the administration would potentially release to Libya billions of dollars of funds that the U.S. froze more than a decade ago ..”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat....
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat....