Please read the latest by @premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social, who show the extreme double standard being exhibited by all of the outspoken critics of Nick Kristof's deeply sourced report on Israeli abuses of Palestinian prisoners. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

'Piracy': Israel Kidnaps Nearly 200 Peace Activists Aboard Flotilla 600 Miles Away From Gaza Zeteo contributor Alex Colston is among those Israel abducted, as activists accuse Greece of complicity after Israeli forces intercepted 22 boats in international waters. Read: zeteo.com/p/gaza-floti...

Israel just abducted activists, journalists & humanitarians from the Global Sumud Flotilla — including our contributor Alex Colston. Zeteo demands that Israel immediately release those kidnapped & calls on the UN, the US & governments across Europe to take urgent action & hold Israel accountable.

BREAKING: The US Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling paves the way for Republicans to redraw congressional maps, potentially greenlighting racial discrimination & weakening the political power of Black & brown communities in the US. zeteo.com/p/supreme-co...

New from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-insu...

I was quoted in this @zeteo.com article by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and Hasan Piker. If you, like me, love seeing my name in the press again since I "retired" from arts journalism in 2023, now's as good a time as any to subscribe to this essential news source. 😉

Large crowds turned out for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan rallies despite attacks from right-wing media over his connection to streamer Hasan Piker. Zeteo’s @minnahfarshad.bsky.social Arshad was there to see it all. Read: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...

BREAKING: Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday for, among other things, failing to put his enemies in jail. She tried & even helped cover up the Epstein scandal, but it wasn’t enough for Trump. Read @swin24.bsky.social & @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's latest: zeteo.com/p/trump-fire...

NBC: Under intl law, hitting civilian infrastructure is prohibited. Why is POTUS threatening war crimes? LEAVITT: POTUS has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime their best move is to make a deal or else N: Which objectives would destroying a desalination plant help? LEAVITT: Haley, go ahead

BREAKING: Israel Approves Extreme Death Penalty Law Targeting Only Palestinians Monday’s vote in the Knesset to impose a one-sided death penalty bill on Palestinians will further cement Israel’s system of apartheid, reports @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read more here: zeteo.com/p/israel-app...

Israel plans to occupy nearly 10% of Southern Lebanon in an effort to take over the region, a part of Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ plan writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Thousands of Lebanese residents who fled north of the river won't be allowed to return to their homes: zeteo.com/p/israel-pla...

"Sending ICE to airports will, of course, put more Americans and immigrants at risk of violent encounters." Read @minnahfarshad.bsky.social’s latest piece on Trump deploying ICE agents to airports to “help” TSA workers he refused to pay. Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...

.@minnahfarshad.bsky.social on what the press missed in the early days of the Iran war: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

📻 Tune into this week’s show, featuring: @minnahfarshad.bsky.social, @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social, Samantha Gross @brookings.edu, and Erik Slavin @starsandstripes.bsky.social. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

"Donald Trump is burning through US taxpayer dollars to fund his illegal war abroad after he slashed funding for American public services in every zip code." Read @minnahfarshad.bsky.social’s analysis on how the $65 billion cost of Trump’s war on Iran could instead fund critical needs.

How the Media Manufactures Consent for War Zeteo reviews the New York Times’s early and awful coverage of Trump’s illegal war against Iran. Read 'First Draft' by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/how-media-...

Tired: Waiting for special election results. Wired: Waiting for 2026 primary results.

Every. Single. Country. interc.pt/4rsgJMl

Polymarket has created a market that would monetize a nuclear attack amid increasing concerns that bets are happening among government insiders who can make military decisions. What stage of the apocalypse is this? polymarket.com/event/nuclea...

The Justice Department has withheld thousands of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, according to a review by WSJ. on.wsj.com/4crnNVt

We ranked responses from Democrats likely to run for president in 2028 to Trump’s illegal and dangerous war in the Middle East and ranked them. Here is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...

A new poll shows the UK’s Green Party overtaking Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, a major shift in British politics just days after the Greens secured a historic win. Read the latest from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/uk-green-p...

UK Green Party Surges Ahead of Starmer’s Labour in a New Poll The YouGov poll reflects a seismic shift happening in UK politics after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last week, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/uk-green-p...

“President Donald Trump unilaterally declared war on Iran… thrusting the United States into a needless, illegal conflict” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and Team Zeteo report on the developing U.S.–Israel attack on Iran, questioning its legality and how the strikes could destabilize the region.

"The Supreme Court blocked the ‘emergency’ tariffs Trump had imposed, breaking with its track record of greenlighting his overreaching claims to power." @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social report on the 6-3 Supreme Court decision restraining Trump’s unilateral tariff authority.

BREAKING: 5 Countries Pledge Troops for US-Led Force in Gaza The announcement came as world leaders convened in Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s militarized plan for Palestine. Read more from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-gaza...

"The extreme heat produced by the bombs, combined with intense pressure & oxidation, vaporizes tissue." @minnahfarshad.bsky.social explains how the Trump & Biden administrations armed Israel w/ bombs that reportedly instantly killed & vaporized thousands of Palestinians: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...

Israel ‘Evaporated’ Over 2,800 Palestinians With US-Made Bombs: Report The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...

“Donald Trump’s evisceration of humanitarian funding has exacerbated the hunger crisis.” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social reports on the ongoing hunger crisis in Sudan, and how the US is making it worse. Read here: zeteo.com/p/famine-sud...

A displaced Palestinian father in besieged Gaza painted a sun on his tent window to bring some comfort and normalcy to his children amid Israel's ongoing war.

“The bill would effectively expand the scope of crimes that could be punishable by death & eliminate judicial safeguards.” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social explains how an Israeli bill imposing a one-sided death penalty targeting Palestinians is a violation of international law: zeteo.com/p/entrenchin...

New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Famine Conditions Spread in Sudan Amid World’s Worst Hunger Crisis "Famine conditions have spread to two more areas in Sudan’s North Darfur region, the UN-backed global hunger monitor warned Thursday," writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/famine-sud...

New: Susan Collins raised more from AIPAC donors last year than small donors. We asked her campaign about it. They hung up. Last year, we asked if she knew how many Americans the Israeli military had killed. She replied: “I am pro-Israel.” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social

"UN experts say the bill, which would impose a mandatory death penalty for Palestinians convicted of certain crimes, would be a clear violation of international law." Read the latest from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social on Israel's death penalty bill: zeteo.com/p/entrenchin...

Susan Collins Is Getting More Money From AIPAC Than Small Donors As Graham Platner outraises Republican Susan Collins, the pro-Israel lobby collected nearly 20% of her donations for her, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

Susan Collins raised more money from AIPAC donors last year than small donors. When we asked her campaign spokesperson about it, he hung up. New w/ @minnahfarshad.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

Cannot see the end of it.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Been in Minneapolis the past week ish. Here are some photos I took while I was here.

“This is an attempt to try and utilize the power that we do have to let Trump and the feds know that there’s widespread antagonism to his racist campaign of terror." Minnesotans are putting ICE on notice today in a statewide economic blackout: zeteo.com/p/minnesota-...

“It is a bribe to accept death.” The Trump administration stranded Afghan allies in Qatar and is now paying them to return to Afghanistan, where they face brutal retribution from the Taliban. @minnahfarshad.bsky.social reports. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...

Trump Admin Tries to ‘Bribe’ Afghan Allies to ‘Accept Death’ in Afghanistan US officials are paying Afghan allies in Qatar to return to Afghanistan, where they face brutal retribution from the Taliban, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...

An anti-war protester was arrested on camera this weekend by local Michigan police after she criticized Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela. @minnahfarshad.bsky.social reports on the arrest of Jessica Plichta, a 22-year-old preschool teacher. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-prot...

"[Trump's] damaging actions could have a longtime US ally treating its neighbor to the south like it’s a totalitarian dictatorship." @minnahfarshad.bsky.social on the move by some Canadian parliament members to prohibit arms sales to ICE. Read the full piece: zeteo.com/p/trump-cana...

Could Canada Block Arms Sales to the Trump Administration? Canadian lawmakers are questioning whether ICE can be trusted with Canadian military-grade vehicles, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-cana...

“Myanmar is ranked second for conflict intensity after Palestine by the global conflict monitor ACLED.” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social breaks down the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 4,000 nationals from Myanmar. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-noem...

I sat down with Abdul El-Sayed to talk about his progressive agenda and plan to win the competitive Dem primary in Michigan. Here’s an in-depth look at the high stakes race for @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/20/a...