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Joanne Cummings

@joannehc.bsky.social
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Foreign policy and diplomacy, Middle East, Baylor University. UnHatched.

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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 16h
Note that the malicious spoof of NAZA has been streamed for free earlier than the legit NAZA, deliberately creating confusion. Do not be taken in.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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René Hà @reneshaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
if political comms analysis didn't have enough headaches with search engines and platform algorithms, then throwing in a chatbot to this conundrum is going to create a new level of hysteria.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Somehow I knew they’d try to link Iran to 9/11 (no, they condemned it) - just they falsely claimed a 9/11 link to Iraq (also no).
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In a major Texas Senate race endorsement, Hall of Fame former Texas Ranger David Maxwell spoke out against Ken Paxton. After blowing the whistle on Paxton's corruption in 2020 and being fired, Maxwell is endorsing James Talarico for US Senate. "Texans deserve a Senator who serves the people."
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Every single damn day men kill their family members, including an incident just last week where a man in MT killed 8 members of his family — 4 of them children. But you barely heard a peep about it in the national conversation. Men killing their families is so common there’s a name for it… 1/
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I don’t want to hear another criticism of withdrawal coming from folks who accept these atrocities Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
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Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy This will not help.
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In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy
The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026
REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
DeSantis Administration Misspent $10 Million, Grand Jury Says www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
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DeSantis Administration Misspent $10 Million, Grand Jury Says
A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife received the money from a state Medicaid settlement and diverted it to political committees supporting a cause favored by the governor.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Always remember who cared for Americans.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
HUGE crowd in the Rio Grande Valley for James Talarico 🔥 Something is happening in Texas.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Think about this. Wanting to cause pain without leaving marks is what abusers and torturers do.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pakistan says Israel's refusal to withdraw forces from Gaza 'serious setback' to peace plan - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Pakistan says Israel's refusal to withdraw forces from Gaza 'serious setback' to peace plan
<article data-history-node-id="445921" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-says-israels-refusal-withdraw-forces-gaza-serious-setback-peace" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-says-israels-refusal-withdraw-forces-gaza-serious-setback-peace" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Pakistan says Israel's refusal to withdraw forces from Gaza 'serious setback' to peace plan</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Pakistan has expressed its rejection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.</p> <p>Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi&nbsp;said that a Palestinian state stands in "accordance with international law and UN resolutions", and added that its statehood had "an established international legality".</p> <p>Andrabi argued that Israeli rejections cannot alter&nbsp;the legal and diplomatic reality of the issue, saying: "Remark to the contrary to this established international legality means nothing,"&nbsp;</p> <p>With regards to Netanyahu's remarks about his refusal to&nbsp;withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza,&nbsp;Andrabi told reporters in Islamabad that this would constitute "serious setback to the decision taken at the Board of Peace, because the disarmament of Hamas and the evacuation of Gaza by Israeli troops were twin commitments".</p> <p>"We hope that Israel will abide by its commitments," he added.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When you lose Mike Hickabee …. Huckabee Calls Jewish Settlers Besieging Palestinian Family 'Israeli Terrorists' - Israel Security www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Live updates • Huckabee calls Jewish settlers besieging Palestinian family 'Israeli terrorists'
U.S. ambassador says 'Israeli terrorists' besieging Palestinian family in West Bank's Qusra. Report: U.S. intelligence doubted Israeli warning of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump in Turkey. Iran reje...
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
That won’t stop climate change, you know.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Remedial math, then “statistics for non-math majors,” might help these ridiculous policy decisions.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s a consistent pattern- if you can convince people that their pain comes from “over there,” you can pick their pockets while they are distracted. Add to that Divide and Conquer, and you explain much of current American angst.
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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’ll just keep saying it: wars almost always last longer than the ppl who start them think they will, cost more than those ppl estimate, and achieve less than the initiators were originally aiming for. You might have to fight a war, but it’s generally not a good idea to start one.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Odd, that stupid Donald Trump is in a snit with Canada over air quality when he has dismantled the EPA, promoted burning coal, and pulled out of climate change accords, guaranteeing air quality issues *worldwide* for not just this summer, but maybe FOREVER. What a colossal Idiot.
bbc.com
Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke in US cities
Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Principles and morality matter.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17/07/2026
This is election interference.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yep
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
James Talarico: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. He wasn't their intended target. But he looked like their intended target. Lorenzo was a child of God, endowed with infinite worth. His life was invaluable. His death was senseless. Our neighbor, our fellow Texan, deserves justice.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Trump corruption is mind boggling.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Saying honest things about people who died is not "speaking ill of the dead," it's speaking truth of the ill.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Imagine denying children free school lunches while expecting them to read about Jesus, who fed the hungry with loaves of bread and fish.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.
Chuck Schumer: "The founding fathers called America God's noble experiment. I believe in all three words to this day: we are one nation under God, we have clung to noble ideals for longer than any other nation, and we are an experiment always changing, trying to make ourselves better.
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
There’s no difference between men marching in white masks and men marching in white hoods. None.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The same man who will pardon you if you ransack the Capitol and smear your feces on its wall will throw you in jail if you wiggle your fingers in the water of the Reflecting Pool.
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Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nothing says “dying civilization” like gladiator fights at the capitol for the emperor’s amusement.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026
“Women are just too emotional to be president.” 🙄
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Sometimes I think putting an angry, defensive, unqualified white man in charge of limiting the armed forces to people like himself was not, actually, the best idea for our country
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Why would you have a “press office” that journalists can’t visit? It’s almost like you don’t want to answer questions. “Pentagon bans journalists from press office, designating it a classified space”
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This - and the responses! Golden.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Listening to VADM Mark Fox (ret) say that Iran “doesn’t think the way we do” and is “irrational” - which is an odd confession that the US administration didn’t do its analysis well. Understand assumptions and actions are rational. We just haven’t bothered, and we’ve been caught flat footed.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Glorious Leader
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How Trump’s Cabinet Speaks to Him: Praise, Accolades and Lots of Criticizing Opponents (Gift Article)
The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how President Trump’s administration speaks to him. Many pack their speaking time with praise and flattery.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/05/2026
Trump: “only complete and total surrender” Iran: “nah” Trump: “Ok then no nukes ever! We want the nuclear dust!” Iran: “we’re keeping it” Trump: “ok!!!! We have a deal” Foxnews crowd:
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Plug Shoebody Bop Ritual
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
www.linkedin.com/posts/music-...
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#music #palestine #bethlehem #education #hope | Bright Stars of Bethlehem, NFP
Music continues to rise from Bethlehem. At Dar al-Kalima University, a new graduating class of Bachelor of Music students recently shared their final performances, seminars, and original musical proj...
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Explain to me how killing women is the moral option.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Jessica: The weird stuff about the cognitive test and how he's acing things that they give to people that have had traumatic brain injuries—saying no one knows there's a B in the word dumb. We all know there's a B in the word dumb
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Who do you want to be? Not “what.” A Cattle Ranch Is Doing What the Ivy League Can’t
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Opinion | A Cattle Ranch Is Doing What the Ivy League Can’t
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Amazingly, arguments for stripping truckers of licenses purely on the basis of nationality doesn’t make sense! Turns out, American trucking companies have been known to take shortcuts that increase fatalities and injuries.
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A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that kille...
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
ICE creates unendurable conditions, blames the individuals it mistreats.
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
And this is why scientists matter, folks!
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Joanne Cummings @joannehc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/o...
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Opinion | Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/05/2026
Even once the Strait of Hormuz reopens, long weeks will pass before a tanker’s oil reaches any consumers. And the month-long journey cannot be meaningfully sped up.
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The Long Journey From the Strait of Hormuz to the Gas Tank
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened today, oil would still take more than a month to reach consumers. The economic shock from the Iran war could take far longer to ease.
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