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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/08/2026
Pakistan has begun a sweeping new crackdown on reporters that rights groups and local journalists say will close off one of the last remaining ways to get independent journalism about the country.
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Pakistan Starts Sweeping New Crackdown on Journalists
With a protest movement in Kashmir challenging its authority in the region, Pakistan restricts independent reporting by local and foreign media.
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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Did Netflix create Taiwan’s TV renaissance? I argue no. Long before streaming, Taiwan spent three decades building the institutions, talent, and creative ecology behind today’s acclaimed dramas. As PTS faces deep budget cuts, this history matters more than ever. newbloommag.net/2026/08/03/t...
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Before Netflix: The Hidden History of Taiwan’s Television Renaissance | New Bloom Magazine
Taiwanese television has entered a remarkable period of creative success. During the past decade, dramas such as The World Between Us (我們與惡的距離), Gold Leaf (茶金), Light the Night (華燈初上)…
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My man Kitsch Liao and others on China's Blockade potential youtu.be/hgYk2uxk1VU?...
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中國不開槍就能封鎖台灣?全台停電、經濟崩盤被迫投降?美日盟友會相救?|《當和平被摧毀:台海防衛戰略》EP3|The Day Peace Ended: China’s Blockade Strategy
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Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士) @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"The Chinese embassy in Canberra called the Safeguard Defenders report "pure fabrication", but declined to respond to the ABC's detailed questions." #BehindBars, SD's new report on prison conditions, now out. Find it on our website. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Ex-prisoners say Australia should do more for citizens detained overseas
Australians who have endured prolonged detention overseas call on the government to adopt a more strategic approach to cases involving citizens, especially those held by countries that practice…
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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · 10/07/2026
"Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China's Extraterritorial State Violence" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence | New Bloom Magazine
Political commentator and former journalist Akio Yaita was attacked earlier this week by a Chinese man. The attack occurred while Yaita was speaking at a conference organized by the Spring Rain…
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10/07/2026
Ships on Taiwan maritime blacklist also have North Korea smuggling ties ft.trib.al/rw84Ou1
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Ships on Taiwan maritime blacklist also have North Korea smuggling ties
FT investigation indicates criminal or smuggling networks may be mobilised against the country, not just state agencies
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/07/2026
A decade after historic ruling, Philippine fishermen say driven away from disputed shoal by China reut.rs/4gw1iAK
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A decade after historic ruling, Philippine fishermen say driven away from disputed shoal by China
The Philippines may have won a landmark victory against China's claims in the ​South China Sea 10 years ago, but today local fishermen have become too afraid to venture out to Scarborough Shoal and its prized ‌fishing waters for fear of harassment by Chinese vessels.
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diana chiawen lee @dianachiawenlee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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U.S. dismisses China's criticism of AIT director as 'baseless' - Focus Taiwan
The U.S. State Department on Thursday dismissed China's criticism of American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene as "baseless," saying he "fully represents the U.S. government's positio...
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
When the Assad regime crumbled and I went to Syria for the first time, I immediately noticed some Uyghur fighters among the rebels. I wanted to know more. www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g...
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The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.
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diana chiawen lee @dianachiawenlee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
WTF?!?!?! focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
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China's new 'ethnic unity' law raises legal risk concerns in Taiwan - Focus Taiwan
Taiwanese scholars and civic groups have raised concerns that extraterritorial provisions in China's new "ethnic unity" law, set to take effect on July 1, could expose Taiwanese people to legal and po...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
1/ What if you put all the ways that Jared Kushner is selling out America while lining his pockets into one place? In our new cover story, @cjcmichel.bsky.social did just that www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones, featuring a baby Jared Kushner swimming after a dollar with the headline Nevermind the Corruption: How nepo baby Jared Kushner is selling America out.
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"Trading Taiwan’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions, one that every American ally watching the summit, from Tokyo and Seoul to Warsaw and Tallin would remember for a generation" via Mark Montgomery www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
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Taiwan is a ‘model ally,’ not trade bait
Taiwan is everything Donald Trump says he wants in an ally. It is investing unprecedented sums in its own defense, including billions spent on American-made weapons. It manufactures the world’s most.....
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Doublethink Lab's report on how Beijing shapes narratives in Taiwan, available in English
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
On an all-new The Weekly Show @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, David Lapan and Thomas Brennan are here to make sense of the Pentagon’s push for tightening press restrictions and the backlash from journalists and media organizations.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/10/2025
They’ve never been arrested. Why does the FBI list thousands of service members as likely criminals? [via @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social]
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They’ve never been arrested. Why does the FBI list thousands of service members as likely criminals?
A Texas mom and National Guard member is suing the Army to clear her name—and upend the military justice system
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/10/2025
"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries."
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The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/10/2025
Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.
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A new James Baldwin biography explores how his lovers influenced his work
Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/10/2025
Trump’s chaos will punish students. It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer. It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/10/2025
NEW: So far, Trump has deployed the National Guard to at least five Democratic-led cities. While lawsuits swiftly followed, the courts will now decide whether to maintain traditional limits on military enforcement of federal law. Here’s where the legal battles stand👇 bit.ly/3KHchcR
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Where the Legal Fight Over Trump’s Military Deployments Stands
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Trump’s efforts to militarize ICE & send federalized Nat'l Guard troops onto American streets, firing government employees during the shutdown, it's all part of Project 2025, which he disavowed all knowledge of during the campaign because it was so unpopular. joycevance.substack.com/p/project-20...
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Project 2025: Taking on the Constitution
Another Saturday night in America.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 05/10/2025
Saturday Night Live: Cold open skewers Trump, Pete Hegseth and FCC late-night crackdown before Bad Bunny kicks off 51st season
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Bad Bunny to kick off SNL 51st season: Live updates
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2025
The U.S. military’s openness to the press was never a favor to journalists, but an obligation to a country that asks its sons and daughters to volunteer for service. The Defense Department's new policy puts that in jeopardy, Nancy A. Youssef writes.
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The Pentagon’s New ‘Don’t Ask, We’ll Tell’ Policy
Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit scrutiny from the press.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 05/10/2025
‘Daddy’s watching!’ SNL is back with a bang as Trump sketch rips president over wars, late-night and Epstein
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SNL back with a bang as Trump sketch rips president over wars, late-night and Epstein
‘I’m just keeping an eye on SNL, making sure they don’t do anything too mean about me,’ James Austin Johnson, playing Trump, quipped during the cold open
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 05/10/2025
The superstar trolled the conservative news network with some clever editing courtesy of "Saturday Night Live."
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Bad Bunny Ribs Fox News Over Super Bowl Outrage During 'SNL'
The superstar trolled the conservative news network with some clever editing courtesy of "Saturday Night Live."
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Massive Russian missile and drone attack on #Ukraine last night. Russia used different types of cruise missiles, Kinzhal missiles and drones on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian objects. Western regions of Ukraine were under the most intense attack. ◾️Lviv and Lviv region: massive attack.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Zaporizhzhia 💔 1 person killed, 10 more injured by the Russian attack on the city last night.
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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · 01/10/2025
"Educators Demonstrate Ahead of Teachers' Day About Labor Conditions" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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Educators Demonstrate Ahead of Teachers’ Day About Labor Conditions | New Bloom Magazine
Union groups representing educators demonstrated on September 28th outside of the Ministry of Education, marking Teachers’ Day, which is commemorated that day…
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
5 things Trump did this week: 1. Called the Epstein files a distraction 2. Continued to call the Epstein files a “hoax” 3. Gave immunity to child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell 4. Fled to Scotland for a golf vacation 5. Threatened to arrest Obama, Kamala, and Beyoncé
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
"If we lose, we reflect and recalibrate. If we win, we prepare for the next challenge. Civil movements will never cease in #Taiwan. It is my honor to be Taiwanese, however tiring it may be. Let me be reincarnated as a #Taiwanese in the next life." — Pro-democracy activist Lee Ming-che #李明哲
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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
"We can be disappointed, but never defeated. We can shed tears, but never surrender. The Constitutional Court is paralyzed [by the KMT], and the Executive branch is countered by a Parliament w/o checks and balances. Only the people can monitor the lawmakers." — Taipei councillor Miao Poya #苗博雅
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · 18/05/2025
"The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets | New Bloom Magazine
Employees at iconic Taiwanese diners work long hours for low pay. Major diner chains are run by large and powerful conglomerates with close ties to the government…
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 03/05/2025
It’s clear the Trump White House aspires to take down anyone who moves against them. Yet the young and vulnerable are risking their futures. Why aren’t their elders?
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The Politics of Courage
It’s clear the Trump White House aspires to take down anyone who moves against them. Yet the young and vulnerable are risking their futures. Why aren’t their elders?
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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · 03/05/2025
"Appeasement in the Name of Anti-War is Rising: How Can We Build Solidarity Based on Resistance?" by Lorraine Pan
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Appeasement in the Name of Anti-War is Rising: How Can We Build Solidarity Based on Resistance? | New Bloom Magazine
Writer Lung Ying-Tai has emphasized that for Taiwan, “there can be no democracy without first ensuring peace.” In recent years, Lung has consistently identified herself as “anti-war…
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Klaus Bardenhagen @taiwanreporter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
"Most of the speakers were opposition lawmakers, and yet none of them have been poisoned, disappeared, arrested or removed from office. Celebrity influencers also spoke to hundreds of thousands, criticizing the DPP for not allowing them to criticize the DPP." laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/05/kmt-...
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KMT holds massive rally, insists the DPP stifles dissent
Travel, books, politics, history and opinionating on life in Taiwan.
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Chhiū-ông-kong 樹王公 @shuwanggong.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Michael Turton says one of the greatest threats to Taiwan's security in time of war is the vulnerability of its electrical grid. He says nuclear power would be a liability and that we need to cram Taiwan with renewable energy systems with abundant overcapacity. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Getting to grips with Taiwan’s grid - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/04/2025
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/04/2025
Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT Because the erosion of democracy happens gradually, the opposition has ample opportunities to fight back. In the United States, opposition groups are not without resources.
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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 01/04/2025
China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a ‘parasite’ – Reuters: ‘China detests Lai as a "separatist," and in a video accompanying the Eastern Theatre Command's announcement of the drills depicted him as cartoon bug held by a pair of chopsticks above a burning Taiwan’
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Chinese military says it is conducting exercises around Taiwan
China's military on Tuesday announced it was conducting joint army, naval and rocket force exercises around Taiwan in a statement on the Eastern Theater Command's official WeChat social media account.
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Axios @axios.com · 31/03/2025
The U.S. is freezing research funding, canceling projects, firing thousands of federal scientists and creating an atmosphere of uncertainty that scientists warn could slam the brakes on progress.
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American progress in peril
As the U.S.'s global lead is contested and competition for the world's top talent gets stiffer, the Trump administration is disrupting the system that has propelled the country.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
NONE of this is normal
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