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Erin Overbey

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Writer, Archivist, Editor Archive Editor, The New Yorker Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC

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I'm supposed to get married this year but look around. How can I bring a wife into this world

08.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 2825 πŸ” 212 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 8

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 11786 πŸ” 3127 πŸ’¬ 407 πŸ“Œ 153

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

08.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 16304 πŸ” 5511 πŸ’¬ 538 πŸ“Œ 220
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The oil depots in Sohanak, northeast of Tehran, Iran, are severely struck. Videos are showing massive fires all over the place.

07.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 545 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 27
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West of Tehran in Karaj, Iran, the oil storages are burning, as well.

07.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Trump multiple times just today has said the country is at war. War can only be declared by Congress, and Iran posed no imminent threat. What Trump is doing there is a textbook illegal war and impeachable offense β€” if we still had a Congress.

07.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 9912 πŸ” 2529 πŸ’¬ 296 πŸ“Œ 90
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 7894 πŸ” 5217 πŸ’¬ 532 πŸ“Œ 1380
It was. And a cynical, calculated and shameful one at that. 

Hearing this from a news outlet that called the famine in Gaza a hoax is just too much. For one allegation, no actual evidence or even victims is required. For the other, even as we can see it with our own eyes, and hear it from doctors and aid workers and parents, we’re told it isn’t actually happening. The public is no longer falling for this stuff.

It was. And a cynical, calculated and shameful one at that. Hearing this from a news outlet that called the famine in Gaza a hoax is just too much. For one allegation, no actual evidence or even victims is required. For the other, even as we can see it with our own eyes, and hear it from doctors and aid workers and parents, we’re told it isn’t actually happening. The public is no longer falling for this stuff.

Olivia Reingold
@Olivia_Reingold
Guys that post was just the tip of the iceberg,

I found 70+ radical anti-Israel posts liked by Rama Duwaji, wife of Zohran Mamdani. One calls October 7 a "mass rape hoax."

Olivia Reingold @Olivia_Reingold Guys that post was just the tip of the iceberg, I found 70+ radical anti-Israel posts liked by Rama Duwaji, wife of Zohran Mamdani. One calls October 7 a "mass rape hoax."

It was. And a cynical, calculated & shameful one at that.

Hearing this from a news outlet that called the famine in Gaza a hoax is just too much. For one allegation, no actual evidence or even victims is required. For the other, even as we can see it w/ our own eyes, & hear it from doctors & aid...

07.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

how pathetic & sad do you have to be to find exhilaration in going through ppl’s old social media likes & RTs, trying so desperately to dunk on them & find a *gotcha*? rama duwaji has every right to her own thoughts & opinions. leave this woman alone,ffs

07.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just had someone try the β€œyou should be nicer to me because I follow you” response and I really think if you say that to a woman online, you are admitting you have dehumanised her enough to feel entitled to her kindness no matter how you behave with her.

07.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

It's always a mistake to underestimate me.

07.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
The times of Israel: β€œNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was asked during a press conference about a report revealing that his wife had liked social media posts celebrating Hamas's October 7 attack”

The times of Israel: β€œNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was asked during a press conference about a report revealing that his wife had liked social media posts celebrating Hamas's October 7 attack”

β€œyeah I’m a journalist, I put together this really important report about what instagram posts the mayor’s wife liked three years ago”

07.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The No World Order Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.

"An unelected son-in-law carrying out the will of an autocrat is typical in a kleptocracy. The unusual part is that Kushner is not working for the country for which his father-in-law is president."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...

06.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 11
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The No World Order Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.

"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle."

On who's really in charge:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...

06.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 508 πŸ” 259 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 66

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

06.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 5787 πŸ” 1507 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 48
05.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
The New Yorker
Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S.
now

The New Yorker Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S. now

I don’t think the incompetence actually is going to be what Kristi Noem is remembered for.

It will be the killings, the lawlessness, and the grift, if I had to guess.

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 3068 πŸ” 481 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 46
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Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word

06.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 8796 πŸ” 1854 πŸ’¬ 311 πŸ“Œ 182
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> @benstiller.redhour.com

06.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 11132 πŸ” 2304 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 81

thomas keller *chefs jacket* math:

no money to spend on affordable housing for his employeesβ€”but all the money in the world to spend on $500-$1000 tasting menus featuring β€œegg custard” & β€œbread & butterβ€πŸ˜’

06.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 13469 πŸ” 2903 πŸ’¬ 323 πŸ“Œ 183

Markwayne Mullin is awful and corrupt for many reasons.

Not having a college degree is not one of them.

I know plenty of people W/O degrees who have more moral backbone, smarts, common sense, and compassion than at least half of Congress. Mullin isn't one, but not bc he did not graduate college.

06.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 490 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 17
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You know you’re at a Black funeral when:

06.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 1354 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 81
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So road trips are out
And like, buying stuff

06.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 2321 πŸ” 461 πŸ’¬ 171 πŸ“Œ 55

I’m a little confused because the economists on my timeline are like β€œoh yeah we’re facing a generational energy crisis because Trump is a madman who started a war he can’t control” while the politicians are like β€œit’s important to make clear we support the troops until it all blows over next week”

06.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 1234 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 12

So the fact that we bombed a girls elementary school, while likely using AI for targeting, is going to be a major headline story dominating American news coverage when exactly?

06.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 4134 πŸ” 1235 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 36
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Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

06.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 12839 πŸ” 2855 πŸ’¬ 748 πŸ“Œ 182

finally watched Casablanca. wild in this day and age for something to actually live up to the hype

06.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 5829 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 309 πŸ“Œ 104
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Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.

06.03.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 4652 πŸ” 1862 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 124
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

04.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 4246 πŸ” 1473 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 48