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UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 29d

shared this in a chat on X & I realized given the world Today I should share with everyone -
There are bad people and good people in every group. I teach my students - you can hate an individual, you can hate an organization or a movement but never hate an entire people

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 17h

agreed and now following you

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 17h

Very nice

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 17h

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 22h

Opinion | Former hostage Eli Sharabi: What captivity taught me about Hamas - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | What my captivity taught me about Hamas and its hateful ideology

My captors’ cruelty revealed an obsession with death. Lasting peace will demand more than diplomacy.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 23h

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power
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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

Recent rulings indicate that the high court is leaning toward expanding the type of presidential power that is more emblematic of dictatorship than democracy.

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Charmaine N. Willis @cnwillis.bsky.social · 1d

I reviewed a book! This is a great volume on Japanese activism/civil society that asks us to broaden our definitions and ideas about what these concepts refer to/look like in practice: pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews...

ALTERNATIVE POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: New Directions in Social Movements | Edited by David H. Slater and Patricia G. Steinhoff

book review of ALTERNATIVE POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: New Directions in Social Movements | Edited by David H. Slater and Patricia G. Steinhoff

pacificaffairs.ubc.ca

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 1d

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use a Federal Law to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops
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Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use a Federal Law to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..."

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 1d

good morning

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How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means
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How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means

As the battle for health care plays out in Washington, the shutdown itself could also make it harder for Americans to get the care they need.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

You as well!

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

HELLO!

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

Good Morning!

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

Bow to the Emperor’:We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

‘Bow to the Emperor’:We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

President Trump and the Supreme Court
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President Trump and the Supreme Court

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power

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Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 2d

The Los Angeles Police Department created a special unit to combat cargo theft. In 2024, it recovered $42.8 million worth of goods in the city of Los Angeles alone, according to LAPD Chief of Detectives Alan Hamilton. cbsn.ws/3IWwmew

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

News and interacting with people

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

Why?

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Hegseth, Trump as it returns for 51st season - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

SNL mocks Hegseth, Trump as it returns with 51st season premiere

Bad Bunny hosted the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live.” The sketch show lampooned Trump, introduced new cast members and Doja Cat was the musical guest.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court and President Trump head for a reckoning
After months of emergency rulings, the justices will be asked to render final verdicts on economic and immigration policies at the core of Trump’s presidency.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court will be forced to grapple with Trump in new term

After months of emergency rulings, the justices will be asked to render final verdicts on economic and immigration policies at the core of Trump’s presidency.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

They Have Waited Two Years for the Hostages. These Are Their Rituals. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | They Have Waited Two Years for the Hostages. These Are Their Rituals.