Israel insists that reports of rape of imprisoned Palestinians are false. So why not allow unfettered visits by the Red Cross to show there is nothing to hide? Original post

Senator Lindsey Graham has died, age 71. He was smart, hard-working and sometimes very funny, but from my point of view he directed his immense talents largely in the wrong direction, starting with fervent backing of the Iraq war. Original post

Repost by @ScarboroughNow These settlers have terrorized Christian residents in the West Bank for years, with the government doing little to prot… Click to see original repost

When this happens to a member of the US Congress, you can imagine what happens to Palestinians. Repost of @RoKhanna: Original post

Trump is overplaying his hand, but the IRGC also has a long history of overplaying its hand, most notably during the Iran-Iraq war, dragging it out for six unnecessary years. What could go wrong? Original post

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Ukrainian attack drones struck another dozen Russian oil/fuel tankers off Crimea overnight. The Russian Navy has so far been incapable of stopping the attacks at sea, with nearly 40 vessels hit in the last 96 hours. Click to see original repost

.@SangerNYT on President Trump's Iran war path -- from proclaiming Middle East peace "for the first time in 3,000 years" to renewed air strikes: The mess is a reminder that the diplomatic toolbox (JCPOA!) is sometimes more effective than the military one. Original post

This seems a time when we need a dollop of hope about America and its future. Here's mine: Original post

Quiz question: In the year 1000, what was the leading city in the world (with a population of 1 million, compared to 15,000 then for London)? I answer the question in reflecting on America's prospects for the next 250 years. And here's my reason for hope: Original post

Repost by @ericnuttall The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now ~19MM barrels away from estimated minimum operating levels. There very soon will… Click to see original repost

Trump's Iran War seems be resuming. Aside from the air strikes, the US has revoked the lifting of oil sanctions on Iran. This is more than a blip but not clear (to me at least) if we're headed back to full war or some darker shade of the gray area inbetween. Repost of @JavierBlas: Original post

Repost by @HamidRezaAz By targeting a Saudi and a Qatari tanker in the Strait of Hormuz #Iran is trying to send a signal that neither the signing… Click to see original repost

I didn't know that I was interested in berry production. But this article about modern berries -- apparently a genetic triumph -- is very interesting: Original post

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Well, she looks pretty great to me @captmarkkelly 😘 Repost of @LauraLoomer: Click to see original repost

There's often a misperception that Ukraine is in our debt. In fact, as @yarotrof suggests, we owe Ukraine for its courage and success in degrading Russia's military and in sending a message worldwide that aggression may be more costly than it first appears. Repost of @yarotrof: Original post

Some 40% of college freshmen arrive on campus with high school A averages or higher -- and then often turn out to be unable to write or do algebra, a @nytopinion editorial notes. It adds that SAT's, while imperfect, do better at predicting success. Original post

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Pierwszy w historii przykład człowieka, który podczas popołudniowego spaceru strzelił gola na wagę awansu do ćwierćfinału Mistrzostw Świata Click to see original repost

Repost by @PhillipsPOBrien Last night Ukraine could not intercept a single Russian ballistic missile. The USA deliberately starving Ukraine of Pa… Click to see original repost

Repost by @UNLazzarini A doctor who saved lives in #Gaza is now fighting for his own. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya - detained without charges for over… Click to see original repost

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: The Omsk refinery accounted for one-eighth of Russia’s entire gasoline production before the Ukrainians hit most of the other big refineries. Click to see original repost

Interesting thread. Repost of @khodorkovsky_en: Original post

President Trump relaxes gun laws, allowing some people with mental illness who had been barred from possessing firearms to have them. Original post

This will appear to the world as favoritism and as FIFA bowing to political influence. If the U.S. wins, I fear that much of the world will see it as a win with an asterisk and as Trump’s America making its own rules even in the sports world. Repost of @kylegriffin1: Original post

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: This. Click to see original repost

In Ashland, Ore., for our annual pilgrimage with family and friends to the @osfashland theater festival. This year's tour de force is "Raisin in the Sun"--a brilliant production. Unforgettable. Also superb: Midsummer Night's Dream and Come from Away. Original post

Trump not only seeks vengeance against his enemies but also fleeces his own supporters. Original post

Repost by @farnazfassihi Exclusive: Inside the deep divisions tearing Iran's political circles as the state portrays unity at Ayatollah Khamenei'… Click to see original repost

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Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: The world's richest man has the blood of 100s of 1000s of the world's poorest people on his hands. And he took joy in doing so. It's obscene. Kudos to Nick Kristof for shining a bright light on this darkness! Click to see original repost

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: "just because we can’t save every child’s life doesn’t mean we should save none of them." This @NickKristof column on the harms caused by @elonmusk is so simple, so understated, yet so powerful Click to see original repost

Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: Original post

Good to see Grok siding with me over Elon Musk. Repost of @esjesjesj: Original post

Repost by @Care2much18 Quote: "This is how USAID spent your tax dollars" I think people have lost the will to try fact-check this guy due to the… Click to see original repost

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Trump earning over $1 billion last year from crypto ventures: “We are seeing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind.” Click to see original repost

As if Uganda did not have enough to worry about with the Ebola outbreak, and with major USAID cuts, now Marburg is also reported. Original post

With Oman and Iran joining forces in proposing a toll booth on the Strait of Hormuz, this may be difficult to avoid as a Trump legacy. Original post

The discussion about @elonmusk's comments on humanitarian aid has mostly focused on our values, which seems right. But note that USAID served our interests as well as our values, by protecting us from diseases like the Ebola outbreak now ravaging Congo. Repost of @Atul_Gawande: Original post

Awful stuff. Original post

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: #Ebola appears to have spread to a fourth province in DRC, Haut-Uélé, which is north of the outbreak epicenter in Ituri province & bordering on South Sudan & the Central African Republic. This is not what the world needs. Click to see original repost

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Iranian forces are attacking Bahrain in response to the overnight American airstrikes. Isa Air Base has reportedly been targeted. Click to see original repost

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Israelis See Their Friendship With the U.S. Slipping Away By @halbfinger via @NYTimes Click to see original repost

When plants receive better protection from the cold than humans....powerful piece by @rcallimachi Repost of @rcallimachi: Original post

It looks as if Trump's legacy isn't a free Iran but rather a tollbooth on the Strait of Hormuz operated by Iran and Oman. Repost of @WarMonitor3: Original post

Repost by @NickKristof RT by @NickKristof: Senior US official tells me US military has begun striking Iranian targets in response to Iranian breach of MOU and ceasefire and attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. MORE Repost of @Osint613: Click to see original repost

Only 40 percent of elementary school-age children in South Sudan are in school, and teachers haven't been paid in a year. But, heroically, they still show up each day to teach. Original post

One brave, cool-headed woman. But I'd prefer bear spray. Repost of @DailyLoud: Original post

Yup. Trump's legacy in the Gulf will not be a democratic, free Iran, but a Strait of Hormuz controlled by an Iran that is more hardline than ever. Repost of @citrinowicz: Original post

Congrats to @RBlumenstein and @dianakapp on their forthcoming book, The Last Free Women,” about the escape of several women from Afghanistan and their adjustment to new lives in America. What a journey! And a reminder of the cruelty still endured by women under the Taliban. Original post

Success in life, it seems, comes from tackling Hume and grappling with the categorical imperative. Original post

Fascinating to see young Chinese taking to the streets and risking arrest to stand up for animal rights: Original post