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Views my own. Was inspired by the Consular Corps in Jakarta. Interest, world affairs.
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Jamal Greene
3 days ago
An astonishing account of recklessness and maladministration at the highest levels. (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Pasoâs Airspace
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/politics/el-paso-airspace-closure-faa-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.pBPA.T7iLpP6ncJBH&smid=bs-share
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Tim Weiner
6 days ago
The people united will never be defeated.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Presidentâs Border Czar Says Minnesota Enforcement Surge Is Ending
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/12/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.ALg5.fQIAmqHZD8Sg&smid=bs-share
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Great synopsis by
@tomambrose.bsky.social
for
@theguardian.com
Canadian exports safe for now
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Six Republicans join Democrats in vote to block Donald Trumpâs Canada tariffs - US politics live
President warned prior to the vote that any Republican who voted against tariffs would âsuffer the consequencesâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/12/trump-tariffs-canada-republicans-democrats-ice-bovino-pam-bondi-jeffrey-epstein-latest-news-updates
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Hamas will not do unilateral disarmament as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory & to kill Palestinian citizens. It's unrealistic & unreasonable to expect that, in view of the 3 year slaughter in Gaza. Paul R Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
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Phase farce: No way 'Board of Peace' replaces reality in Gaza
There is no ceasefire, no aid, no Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal or stabilization force. Just a lot of talk about Trump-run panels with little buy-in.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-of-peace/
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"What Hamas will not do is unilateral disarmament as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory and to kill... citizens. It is unrealistic & unreasonable to expect that" Former CIA chief of analysis at their CTC Paul Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
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Phase farce: No way 'Board of Peace' replaces reality in Gaza
There is no ceasefire, no aid, no Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal or stabilization force. Just a lot of talk about Trump-run panels with little buy-in.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-of-peace/
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Inkstick Media
about 1 month ago
From 9/11 to prisoner swaps, a new book takes on the complicated task of chronicling the CIA's 21st century history:
inkstickmedia.com/from-9-11-to...
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From 9/11 to Prisoner Swaps, a History of the 21st Century CIA
In his new book, Tim Weiner sets about on the difficult task of chronicling the 21st century history of the CIA.
https://inkstickmedia.com/from-9-11-to-prisoner-swaps-a-history-of-the-21st-century-cia/
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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What Netanyahu's Gov wants is not regime change in Iran but rather using Iran as an all-purpose adversary to blame for anything bad in the ME &to distract international attention away from what Israel itself is doing that destabilizes the region Paul Pillar Tabnak News
www.tabnak.ir/en/news/7066...
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Former CIA analyst says Netanyahu not after regime change in Iran
TABNAK, Dec. 26 - Former CIA intelligence analyst says that Israel's Netanyahu is not after regime change in Iran but will attack Iran under the excuse of Tehran's missile program.
https://www.tabnak.ir/en/news/7066/former-cia-analyst-says-netanyahu-not-after-regime-change-in-iran#:~:text=What%20Netanyahu%27s%20government,as%20an%20adversary
about 2 months ago
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This is a journalistâs book, and bears the marks of it. But no one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer
@johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
The Mission
@tim-weiner.bsky.social
BRILLIANT
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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The Mission by Tim Weiner review â unmasking the CIA
This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/10/the-mission-by-tim-weiner-review-unmasking-the-cia
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Tim Weiner
3 months ago
A six-year-old child wouldnât buy this.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank âMitchâ Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/survivors-of-boat-strike-were-actively-continuing-drug-mission-admiral-to-tell-lawmakers-b82f0ab3
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Tim Weiner
3 months ago
The crimes of Trump and his acolytes now include cold-blooded murder in the Caribbean and a plot for the ethnic cleansing of America. We are an autocracy lurching towards the death of our democracy.
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Tim Weiner
3 months ago
CIA cannot be a global intel service. It would need 10x the people, language skills, country knowledge it has. It relies on liaison with 60+ foreign services, some in nations decidedly not allies. And liasion with NATO nations is crumbling -- openly. It's all about trust. And trust has been broken.
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What the Lord Giveth The Lord the Lord Taketh Away. Just don't tell him about the Order Of The G****r(The thing that holds up stockings!) POTUS had his chance to behave following the initial invitation.
@milliecooke.bsky.social
writes for
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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Trump reportedly handed major political snub ahead of UK visit
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/trump-snub-uk-parliament-b2787511.html
7 months ago
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Gen Michael Hayden
8 months ago
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence
âSpeak plainly!â Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council meeting on the eve of his shambolic full-scale invasion o...
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trump-breaking-american-intelligence
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My uncorroborated hunch: The US and Iran have agreed on a communications off ramp.
@the-independent.com
has this report from
@samkiley.bsky.social
Rachel Clun and Alexander Butler. Where's the enriched uranium? Intel to EU suggest it was moved before strikes.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Trump-Iran latest: US Defense Secretary rages at coverage of bombing
Pete Hegseth said Iranâs nuclear facilities were destroyed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-israel-war-latest-news-khamenei-b2777453.html
8 months ago
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"We have entered a new rogue order. The rules-based order that underpins international relations..... has finally been blown away."
@the-independent.com
World Affairs Editor
@samkiley.bsky.social
reports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Why Trump and Israel have only encouraged Iran to go nuclear
The Israeli and US attacks on Iran have brought us into a dangerous new age in which the laws of the jungle are supreme, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes from Tel Aviv
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-nuclear-weapons-israel-trump-b2775795.html
8 months ago
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General Hayden's posts have given me hope (and kept me sane) for the last few years. Thank You.
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8 months ago
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The Israeli claim that its attack is âpre-emptiveâ is false. Paul R Pillar writes in Responsible Statecraft.
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Trump must condemn Israeli acts of illegal, naked aggression
Israel is the biggest destabilizing actor â and only real nuclear power â in the region. What happens now?
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-attacks-iran/
8 months ago
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Prof Pillar would be talking about Israel and Iran right now. Instead he writes about the dire threat to Democracy in the US of A. Historic times for all the wrong reasons.
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8 months ago
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Regrettably a Must Read from Paul R Pillar in The National Interest
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
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Can Anything Stop A Donald Trump Dictatorship?
The courts, Congress, and the military are unlikely to resist the Trump administrationâs tidal wave of illegality.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pillar/can-anything-stop-a-donald-trump-dictatorship
8 months ago
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My first read every morning in Australia. Congratulations to all. Andy Gregory reports from
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/media/i...
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The Independent named best digital publishing company of the year
The Independent was awarded top gong at the Digital Publishing Awards
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/independent-awards-digital-publishing-journalism-b2768682.html
8 months ago
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David G A Perry
9 months ago
Silence Is Complicity Straighten your spine Speak & live your truth
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David Neiwert
9 months ago
Real Trump Derangement Syndrome
#RTDS
is only the latest instance of how with the MAGA right, everything is projection, every accusation is a confession. We present the video evidence.
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Trump Derangement Syndrome is a real thing. But it's MAGA maniacs who are infected
Republicans want to pretend the national revulsion to Trump's authoritarianism is irrational, while their defense of the president is fraught with insane conspiracism and racial hatred.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidneiwert/p/trump-derangement-syndrome-is-a-real?r=37dbf&utm_medium=ios
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Editorial
@the-independent.com
"The Palestinians of Gaza.. face what the UN calls a âhunger crisisâ & âcritical famine riskâ. The Israeli government knows this...The whole world knows this. We see the TV images of emaciated infants... & yet nothing happens."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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The starvation of Gaza is a manmade catastrophe that shames us all
Editorial: It is in Israelâs interest to allow humanitarian aid to come into what the UN has called âthe hungriest place on Earthâ. The rest of the world must make Netanyahu see sense
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/gaza-aid-israel-attack-hamas-war-b2763624.html
9 months ago
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Catherine E. de Vries
9 months ago
My take on the broader implications of the outcome of Polish presidential elections published in the Guardian today. ps. this is not the title I chose⊠đđœ
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Polandâs presidential election result is a morale boost for Maga forces in Europe | Catherine De Vries
Karol Nawrockiâs win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk â and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrative, says policy expert Catherine De Vries
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/02/poland-presidential-election-result-maga-europe-karol-nawrocki-donald-tusk
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Ărkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. Heâs now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim
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Ărkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. Heâs now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim
As the anniversary of the 1989 massacre approaches, the Uyghur activist reflects on his lifelong dedication to the fight for democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/03/orkesh-dolet-tiananmen-square-china-uyghur-activist-36-years-in-exile?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1748877740
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TommyBoy
9 months ago
Playing to his base. The cruelty is the point. It always has been.
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Ron Filipkowski
9 months ago
When do we start winning?
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Classic projection! "A senior Washington figure, who has provided advice for the admin, claimed that the VP is âobsessed by the fall of Western civilisationâ â including his view that free speech is being eroded in Britain." Kate Devlin
@the-independent.com
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Trump reignites free speech row with Starmer over Lucy Connolly case
Feud with Labour leader escalates as US presidentâs state department examines 31-month jail sentence of wife of an ex-Conservative councillor sentenced for tweet on day of the Southport murders
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-starmer-lucy-connolly-free-speech-b2757856.html
9 months ago
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Charlie Angus
9 months ago
Only in America can a convicted felon threaten Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Oprah. I wonder if Qatar's newest employee ran this by the Royal family before shooting his mouth off.
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Sounds like the UK Conservatives have taken note of the Australian Liberal Party's implosion at the recent federal election - after they had sought election advice from a Trump poltical strategist. Archie Mitchell & David Maddox write
@the-independent.com
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Tories face wipeout as they drop to fourth place in major poll
A poll by YouGov has left Kemi Badenochâs party on just 16 per cent with the Lib Dems passing them on 17 per cent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservatives-yougov-poll-labour-lib-dem-reform-b2754230.html
9 months ago
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Whoa! "MPs..shouted "genocide" as the (UK) foreign sec said "It is extremism. It is dangerous. It is repellent. It is monstrous & I condemn it in the strongest possible terms."
@milliecooke.bsky.social
Archie Mitchell & David Maddow in
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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UK hits Israel with further sanctions and suspends trade talks over Gaza violence
David Lammy described the situation in Gaza as âmonstrousâ but was urged by MPs from across the Commons to go further and suspend arms sales to Israel
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-israel-sanctions-gaza-palestine-b2754507.html
9 months ago
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"Most talk on economic matters in Greenland focuses on minerals, echoing what Trump has talked about concerning Ukraine." Paul R Pillar for Responsible Statecraft
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Why spying on Greenland isn't the problem
It's all the other coercive ways Trump is pursuing our strategic interests there
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-greenland-2671938452/
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Hoodlum đșđž
9 months ago
They received presidential pardons for this âmessageâ and it wasnât seashells on a beach.
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I respect this: "The Ben & Jerryâs duo have also been outspoken over several years on the Israel-Palestine issue. They describe themselves as âproud Jewsâ & supporters of.. Israel, but have also been sharply critical of Israeli government policies
@theguardian.com
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Ben & Jerryâs co-founder arrested for Gaza protest at US Senate hearing
Ben Cohen and others interrupted RFK Jr at hearing to protest Israelâs Gaza blockade and Medicaid cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/ben-jerrys-co-founder-arrested-protesting-gaza-blockade-senate-hearing
9 months ago
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Please read this đ
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10 months ago
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Hoodlum đșđž
10 months ago
âDo you swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?â âI donât know.â
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"Trumpâs regressive populism â cruel, bigoted, tyrannical â must be met by a bold progressive populism that strengthens democracy and shares the wealth." This from former US secretary of labor
@rbreich.bsky.social
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@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We canât just be against Trump. Itâs time for a bold, progressive populism | Robert Reich
A populist â anti-establishment â revolution was inevitable. But it didnât have to be a tyrannical one
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/07/democrats-progressive-populism-trump
10 months ago
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Van Badham
10 months ago
Canada, weâre with you! TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA!
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Aaron Rupar
10 months ago
Trump's new Meet the Press interview was just the latest illustration that dude's brain is gone
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Trump's brain is gone
It really should be a bigger story.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cognitive-state
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Story unfolding as US Iran nuclear talks continue and are said to be gathering momentum. Too early to speculate. Reporting for The
@theguardian.com
is Beiruit based
@willchristou.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Huge explosion in Iranian port wounds at least 516 people
Cause of blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas unknown but one report says containers exploded
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/26/huge-explosion-in-iranian-port-wounds-at-least-people
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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"Francis's final resting place will be the basilica of St Mary Major.. In Ancient Rome, the Esquiline was used for the burial of slaves, the poor & those condemned to death.. He prayed there before..(& after).. each overseas trip".
@the-independent.com
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Pope Francis live: 400,000 bid farewell to pontiff after Zelensky hails Trump meeting
The late pontiffâs coffin has been transported from St Peterâs Square to the Basilica of St Mary Major, where it will now be laid to rest
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-funeral-vatican-rome-trump-live-latest-news-b2739997.html
10 months ago
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Great piece by
@mbazzi.bsky.social
- although I thought Secretary James Mattis had supported keeping the JCPOA in place.
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10 months ago
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"The indulgence of the Kremlin by America is as incomprehensible as it is obscene, and the world knows it." Editorial from
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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If the EU coalition is truly willing, Ukraine has a chance of defying the odds
Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, ad hoc leaders of this ad hoc alliance, must inspire their allies as Volodymyr Zelensky has. Ukraineâs success â and survival â depends on it
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/ukraine-war-territory-crimea-putin-trump-b2738844.html
10 months ago
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Gen Michael Hayden
10 months ago
The hashtag âTrump chickened outâ went viral on Chinaâs internet, with more than 150 million views on the social media platform Weibo.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
10 months ago
30 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. is again at high risk for domestic extremismâyet anti-extremism efforts in the military have been gutted. âYou can draw a straight line from the Civil War all the way up to Jan. 6âŠwe donât seem to have learned any lessons.â
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Oklahoma City bombing put a spotlight on domestic extremism. What's being done today?
30 years after a vet bombed Oklahoma City, military service remains the 'single strongest predictor' of involvement in violent extremism, experts say.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/04/19/oklahoma-city-bombing-anniversary-military-extremism/82990825007/
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One of His Holiness The Pope's most consequential and symbolic meetings recounted here by Eldar Mamedov in Responsible Staecraft. A uniting of two truly Holy Men inded who appeared to be brothers as soon as thet met.
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Pope Francis' legacy of inter-faith diplomacy
After similar outreach to Sunnis, the pontiff's 2021 meeting with Shia's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani transcended boundaries and fostered co-existence
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/pope-francis-death/
10 months ago
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