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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: CBP just seized an American attorney's phone as he returned from Palestine, despite it containing attorney-client privileged communications. …Here's some interesting context — this attorney is married to another lawyer who *just last month* filed an ethics complaint against this Florida judge:

Zeteo news story headline:

Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Says, 'To Be American Is to Be a Zionist'

Judge Roy Altman boasts about taking '10% of the entire federal judiciary in America" on trips to Israel, and promotes his genocide-denying book from his chambers.

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 9h

Working for an administration that is helping commit genocide is fundamentally disturbing. You feel you are contributing to it. I worked for another federal agency that had nothing to do with foreign policy and many of us felt it too. It’s not a feeling that goes away because the next one is worse.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

It is simple, but it is not easy. I talked to two former USAID experts about how humanitarian food aid typically works. What I thought was a standard part of my old job is now the centerpiece of an unfolding discourse by bad actors who lie and obfuscate in order to starve Gaza to death. Read here:

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Humanitarian Food Distribution: Simple but not Easy

I talked to two former USAID food assistance experts about food distribution

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the received wisdom of the dnc superfan is not nearly as unshakeable as they would have you believe. as a rule most don't believe in anything other than mirroring the establishment. move the establishment and they will play ball immediately

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ditto for aerial bombs. They were pulling vietnam-era M117 dumb bombs out of The Oldest Vault in NOVEMBER 2023 until Sleepy Joe spun up a few C-17 flights full of Mk 82s and Mk 84s per day to Nevatim. Aerial bombs are not expensive or sophisticated, but Israel can't make them at scale.

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A lot of capital L liberal Democratic genocide-denying racist Biden apologia on the timeline today

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vanagonfan 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇬🇱 @vanagonfan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"You don't understand, I need to give this murderer a gun otherwise he'd get creative with a knife and we don't want that."

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The sanctions regime imposed by the US is now explicitly aimed at hurting regular Iranian civilians to make them desperate enough to charge Basijis with machine guns and armored vehicles. It is a callous, cruel, and explicitly cynical program designed to kill Iranians who want freedom.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Worth noting, as Macklemore was banned by NFL owners in what will be dubbed "fighting antisemitism", that Kanye, who - sold merch with swastikas - said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler - tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people" is currently on a multi-city tour of NFL stadiums

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Justin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You learn about what makes us different, but also about what we have in common. You take this course so that you will never be able to do this to someone else." Those words have stayed with me ever since.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Israel is still killing children every day in Gaza. Five-year-old Wafaa was murdered today by an Israeli drone strike on her family’s car on the way back from her first day at school.

Beautiful little girl in a blue shirt doing a thumbs up sign

Drop Site
@DropSiteNews
X.com
• BREAKING: Five-year-old Wafaa
Yusuf Akilah went to school on Sunday.
It was her first day of the year. Israel killed her before she made it home.
An Israeli drone struck the vehicle carrying Wafaa and her father, Yusuf, near Hamid Junction in western Gaza City, killing them both without warning, witnesses told Drop Site.
In photographs, Wafaa smiles in her blue school uniform and gives a thumbs-up. At the site of the strike, her school books lay open atop the burned wreckage. Her small body lay face down in the street.

Footage captured by Drop Site contributor Abdel Qader Sabbah shows two men holding pieces of her hair.
"This is all that's left, world," one says.
"What truce are you talking about?"
"There has been no ceasefire," another says. "Every day there are massacres.
Every day there is killing. Every day children are dying."
"Enough of this abandonment."
* Abdel Qader Sabbah

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A few people got hung up on “pound of flesh here” and I wasn’t sure why. It’s a very common phrase and nothing in the dictionary definition ties it to any specific group of people as far as I can tell. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/p...

merriam-webster.com

Definition of POUND OF FLESH

a payment or penalty exacted to fulfill a deal or punishment… See the full definition

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Parastoo @parastoo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

درخواست کردم یادداشت‌های افسر مهاجرتی رو روی پرونده اقامت دائم بهم بدن. پرونده‌ام رفته به چک امنیتی پیشرفته. چرا؟ علتش اینه که در تهران روزنامه‌نگار بوده‌ام. نگاه دولت کانادا هم به روزنامه‌نگار همونه که دولت ایران. متأسفانه.

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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The strike happened at 21:30 local time. Within 30 mins, reports spread online. One came from Motahareh, a henna party guest. Her last photo before the blast showed them smoking shisha. She survived and documented the aftermath online.

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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Three other named victims are Mohammad Malahi, 16, whose body was so badly disfigured that they used the mobile phone found on his body to confirm it was him; Kolsoum Malahi Najandnia, 43; and Zarkhatoun Taheri, 50. The bride and groom survived the attack.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Current Trump strategy to help Iranians: -kill them in the South -deport them back to Iran if they flee here -prevent all opportunities for them to leave legally (TOEFL sanctions etc) -economic warfare making daily life impossible -whine about how theyre not rising up

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Iranian officials say a U.S. strike hit a wedding in Kuhestak, Sirik County, Hormozgan, killing two people and injuring 50. The death toll may rise due to the condition of some of the wounded.

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Thomas Harvey @tbh1910.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've represented Dylan for nearly 2 years in a series of increasingly ridiculous hearings aimed at suppressing pro-Palestine speech. Excited to file this case against UCLA and hope to create more space for people speaking out against genocide. Lawsuit here. adc.org/wp-content/u...

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Bored and exhausted by the endless diaspora responses and takes on the Guardian letter. Seems like a lot of words wasted on the point that no one outside Iran should ever criticize the Islamic Republic ever. Again, please cut off the diaspora from the internet.

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Jamal is attempting to support 12 people via online fundraising. No matter how small, every donation means something.

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

1/ This is what dehumanization looks like. Not seeing Palestinians as people with families, fears, and dreams — but as numbers and targets that can be killed. Once you convince yourself that an entire people are somehow less human, there is no limit to the violence you can justify against them.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I might be the only account from Gaza left here on Bluesky; I’m always trying to garner support without being a nuisance.

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Mother and her children killed today in southern Lebanon in an Israeli attack.

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Issa Amro @issa-amro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The occupation has succeeded in planting agents and creating a ‘deep state’ that has undermined the administrative authority and ruined most of our national institutions, placing the wrong people in the wrong positions. Reform has become virtually impossible without genuine, radical change. 5/5

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“Imagine that you are an independent woman wading through the waters of sexism and patriarchy every day, and then you are told that not only do your own ideas and academic achievements not matter, but you are somehow now responsible for decisions you never made…”

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“As Team Melli prepared for the World Cup, it found itself increasingly caught up in the political turmoil engulfing Iran. Earlier in the year, on January 8th and 9th, Iranians had engaged in unprecedented protests against the state. … The year was 1978.”

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We Just Wanted to Make Our People Happy: Iran's Team Melli at the World Cup

During the past two World Cup tournaments, the Iranian national team has faced a sustained campaign of delegitimization. This article traces how this campaign against Team Melli came to be, from its f...

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“[T]he war has allowed the Iranian government “to present itself as the defender of national sovereignty … and reduced the space for autonomous feminist politics.””

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

the sameer project have had to pause their lifesaving operations due to a lack of donations they are asking for anyone who can afford to set up a monthly donation - literally anything at all, i’ve just set one up for £2 - so they know how much money they can rely on chuffed.org/project/help...

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THE SAMEER PROJECT IS PAUSING OPERATIONS.
This is not a decision we've taken lightly. The need is still there, the funding is not. Donations have significantly decreased and we cannot afford our daily operations.

Swipe through to understand what this means for communities on the ground and what we're planning to do about it - with your support.
The Sameer Project x
Translating Falasteen
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WHAT THIS MEANS
Our kitchen closes: At least 3,000 meals a day, feeding up to 9,000 people, NOT being distributed.

Our water trucks stop: At least 350,000 liters of fresh water a day NOT being delivered.

Our medical clinics shut down: At least 400 patients NOT being treated.

Our bakery ceases: At lest 5,000 loaves of oread NOT being given out.

Our team pauses: At least 200 ground taff on break without a way to support their families.

No transport. No medication. No baby formula. Everything people in Gaza rely on to survive is provided by aid organizations, and one by one they are having to reduce or pause our operations - because of funding.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It's interesting how a war that Israel started with Israeli bombs killing Iranian leadership, full Israeli involvement through April, and all based on an Israeli plan to finish an Israeli war started in 2025, has become an entirely American war with Israel somehow out of the public discussion

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026

Many DOGE kids were monsters. The most chilling DOGE story I've heard was the anonymous testimony of NIH officials who begged the DOGE children who were dismantling their work to spare some long-running cancer research projects whose great promise would be vaporized if they were interrupted. 27/

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A “serious” long-form piece about Paul Weiss under Brad Karp’s leadership losing its way. The primary injustice chronicled is the firm’s mistreatment of a trans partner, who also walked away with $3+ million in severance. Unmentioned: Karp’s campaign against pro-Palestine law students.

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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

What’s with the translate to Hebrew option

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 01/08/2026

Hi! This weekend we have an easy goal to help a teenager in Gaza continue to survive the bullet in her brain. 0/200 by Monday. And hit "monthly" to sponsor their rent fund! We’re so close to their rent amount entirely covered by sponsors. tiny.cc/HelpRetaj

A banner with a stripey textured effect, with a collage of three photos of a Palestinian family: two group photos outside of the family looking really happy, and a selfie of Seraj in front of rubble, with some tape with the text "they need us more than ever." Title: Help a family of 7 survive!. Text: Seraj is a college kid responsible for his family of 7, including his baby sister and his injured sister, Retaj. This fund ensures they stay housed every month, plus cover emergency expenses. Click “monthly” to sustain this lifeline! tiny.cc/serajrent

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

it's so fucked up in so many ways including the many times where it's like "haw haw you will be so miserable being deported to this hellhole full of mud people" and then the people there actually show them humanity and compassion not possessed by us americans

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/08/2026

The U.S. struck a family home on Iran’s Qeshm Island overnight on Thursday with a large-scale bomb, according to an analysis of videos, photos and satellite imagery by weapons experts and The New York Times. Iranian officials said the strike killed a boy and his parents.

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Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“A former U.S. military official told CBS that the value of hitting energy infrastructure would be to impact the Iranian military's ability to provide services and effectively govern.” Yeah, that doesn’t meet the test for being a lawful military objective.

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

THE LORAX: i am the lorax, i speak for the trees BLUESKY REPLY GUY: twenty million animals died last year and you dont speak for them??

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Our jurisprudence is such that litigants can sue and recover from Palestinians in U.S. courts for loss of life and property, but Palestinians cannot sue in U.S. courts for the same.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"We've been displaced from place to place. Now we have nowhere left to go." - Mother in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The continuation of the genocide in Gaza does not manifest in the almost-daily killing of civilians, which while horrible is not evidence for genocide. Rather, it is Israel's refusal to allow the recovery of the most basic conditions of life, which shows the attempt to destroy an entire society. 1/

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is the first post in our new testimonial series, where USAID employees and families share what actually happened to them, in their own words. Not policy. Not legal filings. Just the truth of what this did to real people. usaidemployeesupportfund.substack.com/p/i-took-an-...

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I Took an Oath to This Country. It Gave Me PTSD

A USAID employee's diagnosis, a year of survivor's guilt, and one question for every American in a MAGA hat

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This seems right as a matter of law and politics. If there is a will to power, legal ways can be found.

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rainy jorbo ☔️ @bookenj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

if you know the names of pilots, air crew, or ground grew that were involved in this, or any illegal rendition operation, get in touch. nobody who participated in this should be allowed to keep flying, and i am eager to start a public blacklist

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Thanks to whoever reposted this. Children of Persia is a great organization with a U.S. gov sanctions-exempt license. Very trustworthy org that works in many places including impoverished areas in Iran’s south, the target of current U.S. strikes. Fisherman & villagers are who the U.S. is striking.

July calendar photo from Children of Persia, showing children likely in Iran’s south

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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Uncle in Iran says the country’s south is being destroyed. Trump is following through on his “bridge and power plant day” threats but it’s simply not registering here the way that it should.

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Chambers is an interesting character to say the least and I’m surprised I hadn’t heard of him before. Wonder what “evidence” they have.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

the uncomfortable fact of the matter is that this thing exists because Congress created it. It would be better not to leave loaded weapons lying around.

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