Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
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Deputy Editor @newrepublic ✉️
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Karen Attiah
17 days ago
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
https://substack.com/@karenattiah/note/p-173531760?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2bz6j
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I'm speaking with some really smart folks for a @newrepublic panel later today on Trump's Immigration Report Card. Join us as at 4 pm ET as we discuss Trump's first six months, his attack on immigrants, and what this means for American democracy.
www.eventbrite.com/e/immigratio...
2 months ago
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American Immigration Council
3 months ago
The Trump administration has carried out the most destructive rewrite of immigration policy in modern U.S. history. Join us and
@newrepublic.com
on July 23 as we discuss how the administration is using mass deportation to attack democracy. Register here:
ow.ly/StaR50WqaEf
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I wrote about all the Iranian civil rights activists people are ignoring when they talk about bringing regime change to Iran through bombs:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
@newrepublic.com
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The Iranian Voices Missing From the “Regime Change” Debate
Pro-war voices who insist the Iranian people would welcome a war that would spell the end of the Islamic Republic are deliberately ignoring the desires of actual Iranians.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197073/iranian-voices-missing-regime-change-debate-iran-israel-trump-war
3 months ago
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Kaveh Akbar is a must-read on Iran, Israel, and the growing drumbeat to war:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
4 months ago
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Trump spent $2 million on a celebrity lawyer to investigate whether DEI is causing plane crashes—and naturally they found nothing
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes
The president may be disappointed by the findings.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/government-investigating-whether-dei-causes-plane-crashes/683038/
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I wrote about the contradictions in Trump's newest travel ban — and questions about why some countries were added to the list but others weren't
newrepublic.com/post/196161/...
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Trump Issues Sweeping Travel Ban Full of Contradictions
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of logic behind why some countries were added to the list.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196161/trump-travel-ban-list-contradictions
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The Associated Press
4 months ago
Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.
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Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from government
Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.
https://bit.ly/45tpb6i
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Trump just revoked the ability for international students to enroll at Harvard. That includes students studying there NOW. 27% of Harvard students are international students. This will hurt so many people—and destroy Harvard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html
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