“#Netanyahu didn’t get anything he wanted from #Trump” @alonpinkas.bsky.social fascinating insights talking with @allisonksommer.bsky.social of @haaretzcom.bsky.social #podcast

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough. The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023. No acting FAA head has been appointed.

Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.

This is literally how fascism works.

🥇 to @nellscovell.bsky.social

Elon Musk mimicked a salute associated with a man who carried out one of the worst genocides in world history. Here’s why I will probably give him an award later this year anyway. by Jonathan Greenblatt

The first lawsuits have just been filed against the Trump Admin for Elon Musk’s DOGE committee for violating government transparency laws. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Right now the three women are being moved by Hamas from their hiding places to where they will be handed to the Red Cross. Other released hostages have said this is the most terrifying part of the process - when they are the most exposed and vulnerable.

Trump gets in bed with the Chinese owners, and suddenly Tik Tok isn’t “evil CCP compromised” anymore. These people believe in nothing. What Trump decides today is what they believe in today. Which changes tomorrow if Trump makes a deal with someone else to enrich himself.

Haaretz( @haaretzcom.bsky.social )Podcast w/ Allison Kaplan( @allisonksommer.bsky.social )Sommer "How we got to October 7: Amir Tibon on Netanyahu, Gaza, and the day that shattered Israel" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Israelis have lost faith in their institutions. So who do they really trust? | Haaretz Today | @allisonksommer.bsky.social

The (deep) state vs. Benjamin Netanyahu: Inside the courtroom during the PM's testimony www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

What's in the "top secret" notes that are being passed to Netanyahu in the courtroom? | Haaretz Today | @allisonksommer.bsky.social

On the Haaretz Podcast, I spoke to Hassan Hassan @hhassan.bsky.social and to Haaretz military analyst Amos Harel about what has happened - and what happens next in Syria www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Most heartbreaking quote on the latest episode of Haaretz Podcast comes from Syrian-born journalist @hhassan.bsky.social, who discussed the fall of the Assad regime with host @allisonksommer.bsky.social. "It really takes a rich imagination to imagine something worse than Assad," he said

On the Haaretz Podcast, I spoke to Hassan Hassan @hhassan.bsky.social and to Haaretz military analyst Amos Harel about what has happened - and what happens next in Syria www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The State of Israel against Netanyahu: Join our live coverage from the Tel Aviv District Court as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testifies for the first time, four years into his corruption trial tinyurl.com/mttsfduk

He has gotten multiple cabinet and Knesset members to write letters to the teachers on his behalf asking for an extension. It sounds like a joke, but I'm serious. All of these letters explain how busy he is running a war and all that.

Proud to have brought together @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @yofi-tirosh.bsky.social for this important conversation on the threats to women's rights in the US and Israel as we face an era of Trump/Netanyahu 2.0 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Sounds like an excellent idea ... in any state or country

What happens when women take our seats at the table: an all female expert conversation and a glimmer of hope for how women have always labored for progress together. Amazing listen from @haaretzcom.bsky.social podcast @allisonksommer.bsky.social @dahlialithwick.bsky.social @yofi-tirosh.bsky.social

Sharing following the news that federal courts are upholding bans on out of state travel.

I think you could argue a bunch of different takes on the Hunter Biden pardon, clearly! People have! But it seems *INSANE* to have dozens of stories and a fucking live blog on this given everything else that's so much more consequential happening right now.

How it started. How it’s going. Surprise!

The eradication of disease through vaccination is likely the greatest achievement of mankind. Please remember that when the barrage of bullshit begins.

hate to start off Monday by complaining about a NYT headline, but boy does their prissy house style render it incapable of describing reality

Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.

Even a few years ago, folks acted like Twitter just WAS the public square. Not anymore. So is the lesson here "popular power can take down even the most entrenched monopoly"? Or is it "even the largest ship can sink if its drunken captain insists on repeatedly ramming it into an iceberg"?

Jane Fonda is now on Bluesky! 👇

My new Haaretz Podcast is a bit meta - explaining the government’s attack on … Haaretz! (And the rest of the free and critical press in Israel)

תודה לכל עוקביי ועובותיי החדשים.ות. וולקאם! בזה אני מתעסקת בימים אלה, ובכלל. קראו את הפרשנות המשפטית שלי בכתבה www.israelhayom.co.il/news/politic... @israelhayom.bsky.social

Happy Thanksgiving from the President-elect.

Dry brining the turkey for Shabbatsgiving …

She can form a support group with Ayelet Shaked …

Really interesting survey findings

A reminder: Tulsi will serve on the cabinet of The President of the United States of America, not President Vladimir Putin. It can be very confusing.

Israeli government orders officials to boycott left-leaning paper Haaretz

This person is Trump’s pick for surgeon general. Her medical education is via the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Maarten. She is a Fox News personality and also hawks a line of vitamins called “B+C BOOST”

really dark times on X

No error is more common than assuming the winner of an election has a mandate to do *whatever* they want. Holding Trump accountable for his dangerous, unpopular policies and attacks on our freedom will be critical. Accountability work has led to chaos around his cabinet picks. Let's keep it up.

Musk isn’t just amplifying far-right propaganda — he’s using his financial power to support Trump’s extreme agenda and shield him from accountability. With $300 billion in net worth (up $50B since Trump’s win), Musk has vast leverage over politicians.

Musk's Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink rely on huge government contracts. Remember how he paid swing state voters $1 million each to support Trump? That was just a tiny investment. His influence in a Trump admin. is what he paid for, and it's paving the way for corruption.

Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."

UMass/Amherst (left) and Wesleyan University are both warning their international students to be on American soil before noon on Jan 20 -- Inauguration Day.

🧵1/2 The opportunist resolution to boycott Haaretz, which passed in today's government meeting without legal review, is another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle Israeli democracy www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

🧵2/2 Like Putin, Erdoğan, and Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader. Subscribe here 🔽🔽🔽 bit.ly/49lXFYJ

Israel’s government, which still describes itself as democratic, has passed a resolution sanctioning the Haaretz newspaper over its publisher’s comments at the paper’s conference in London last month