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Journalism professor, former mid East correspondent for NPR, Substack author

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ACCOUNTABILITY ON TRIAL IN A LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURT. THE HIGHEST-RANKING SYRIAN OFFICIAL IS TRIED ON TORTURE CHARGES. The first week of testimony wraps up on Friday. A U.S. jury hears gruesome testimony of alleged torture in a Damascus prison.

ACCOUNTABILITY ON TRIAL IN A LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURT. THE HIGHEST-RANKING SYRIAN OFFICIAL IS TRIED ON TORTURE CHARGES.
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06.03.2026 05:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Syria's TV dramas are testing Ramadan series' boundaries after Assad's fall Syria's well-known TV dramas are returning to Ramadan screens as the industry tries to rebuild after years of war and the fall of the Assad dynasty.

apnews.com/article/syri... TV dramas are testing Ramadan series' boundaries after Assad's fall

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THE TRUE AND TRAGIC STORY OF LOVE AND DEATH IN MARIUPOL IN 2022 The extraordinary story behind Mariupolis 2, the final film by Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius and his partner, Ukrainian acto THE TRUE AND TRAGIC STORY OF LOVE AND DEATH IN MARIUPOL IN 2022

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20 DAYS IN DAMASCUS. PART 2 THE CHANGES My first trip back to Damascus since 2011 – hope and anxiety about the future in equal measure.

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It’s a Landmark Trial on the Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War. It’s Also Not What You Think. In Germany five men will stand trial. Millions of victims, past and future, are watching.

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19.11.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE GAZA CEASEFIRE SURPRISE: HAMAS ACCEPTED TRUMP’S 21 POINT PLAN. NOW, THE BALL IS IN ISRAEL’S COURT. Trump: "The Hamas response was an unqualified yes. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.”

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05.10.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Are Americans Allowed To Say? Since the September 11th assassination of Charles Kirk a climate of retribution and related fear has gripped the Nation and stifled free speech

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THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT IS IMPLEMENTING A PLAN TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE GAZA OF PALESTINIANS. AMERICA IS COMPLICIT. An eye-opening report from two Democratic senators who say Israel has a systematic plan to destroy Gaza and ethnically cleanse Palestinians. They call for the world to stop it.

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12.09.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War. | On the Media | WNYC Studios President Trump is preparing to send the National Guard to cities across the country. On this week’s On the Media, what the press is missing about the president’s so-called β€œcrackdown...

We’re baaaack! With an all-new show this week πŸ“»πŸ“»πŸ“» Check it out: @jamisonfoser.bsky.social on manufacturing consent for Trumps red city takeover, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social on the MAGA weirdos and NPR-legend @debamos.bsky.social went to Ukraine! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

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Greenland: Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged influence operation The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.

The Trump administration is running Russian-style active measures…in Greenland www.bbc.com/news/article...

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How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

It is both uplifting and depressing that a feature on what to do when ICE arrives in your neighborhood appears in TEEN VOGUE. www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

24.08.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Another data point to consider if you’re if the rather silly opinion that the U.S. wants Ukraine to win the war but lacks the capacity to make that happen

24.08.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

they are murdering the people who tell the truth.

11.08.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 2924 πŸ” 805 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 6

Jesus fuckin Christ

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Photo of a young, handsome smiling man with dark hair wearing a PRESS vest

Photo of a young, handsome smiling man with dark hair wearing a PRESS vest

Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAISharifo
β€’ Translated by Grok 
Relentless bombardment...
For two hours, the Israeli aggression has intensified on Gaza City.
[video of an missile exploding in the darkness]

Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAISharifo β€’ Translated by Grok Relentless bombardment... For two hours, the Israeli aggression has intensified on Gaza City. [video of an missile exploding in the darkness]

@AnasAlSharifo
A To Whom It May Concern, The occupation is now openly threatening a full-scale invasion of Gaza.
For 22 months, the city has been bleeding under relentless
bombardment from land, sea, and air.
Tens of thousands have been killed, and hundreds of thousands wounded.
If this madness does not end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people's voices silenced, their faces erased β€” and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.
Please share this message and tag everyone who has the power to help end this massacre. Silence is complicity.

@AnasAlSharifo A To Whom It May Concern, The occupation is now openly threatening a full-scale invasion of Gaza. For 22 months, the city has been bleeding under relentless bombardment from land, sea, and air. Tens of thousands have been killed, and hundreds of thousands wounded. If this madness does not end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people's voices silenced, their faces erased β€” and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop. Please share this message and tag everyone who has the power to help end this massacre. Silence is complicity.

⚠️ Israel killed prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza.

A tent housing journalists outside of Al-Shifa Hospital was targeted.

He was reporting until the moment of his death.

The final words of one of his last messages were a plea to people to speak out:

β€œSilence is complicity.”

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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

No words

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

11.08.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shutter after Trump funding cuts | CNN Business The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations after nearly 60 years.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/m...

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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

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Pregnant mom refused medical treatment by Tennessee doctors-how Virginia is helping pregnant women
Pregnant mom refused medical treatment by Tennessee doctors-how Virginia is helping pregnant women YouTube video by Casey

A doctor in Tennessee refused to treat a pregnant woman because she was unmarried. The woman had to travel to Virginia for treatment.

Va is a refuge state for many southern women so we NEED Democrats to win down the ticket in November.

Learn more here πŸ‘‡

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22.07.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 493 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 14

Dear God.

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CBS Canceling β€˜Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b... β€˜Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Is Being Canceled by CBS - The New York Times

18.07.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also found this very interesting. I mean all OTMs are interesting, but…

14.07.2025 01:31 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone shocked by the national yawn in the face of open torture camps on US soil, needs to grapple with the fact that this is what we’ve ordered soldiers to do abroad, or funded other govs to do, or have allowed to happen β€œover there” and it became normalized and now it’s just coming home.

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Landmark ruling finds Russia shot down MH17 with 38 Australians on board Europe’s top human rights court finds Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russia in July 2014

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

10.07.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump appears on Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs at least seven timesβ€”but did you know Epstein also flew on Trump’s plane?

β€œThey did board with a young woman of indeterminate age. I wouldn’t be able to tell if she was 15 or 20. She was quite dressed up and quite made up, so it was hard to tell"

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Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized pause on weapon shipments to Ukraine, sources say | CNN Politics Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting off...

SecDef Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/p...

09.07.2025 00:32 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Official Suggests Replacing Deported Farm Workers with Medicaid Enrollees There are several layers to my conclusion that today’s remarks from President...

Trump Official Suggests Replacing Deported Farm Workers with Medicaid Enrollees talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

08.07.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 36

Excellent analysis from Jonathan here.

09.07.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building
a wall of separation between Church and State”

Thomas Jefferson

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