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Mariya Parodi

@mariyaparodi.bsky.social
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Comms for good professional (Current: Media advisor to CIVICUS & advisor to CSP. Past: Amnesty International, UNICEF, IRC, PEN America, StoryCorps). Lecturer at Schiller International University on peace & conflict. "Mama" to my 3-year-old.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 12/04/2026
"Europe has always chosen Hungary," said the head of the European Union. "Together, we are stronger​."
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'Hungary Has Chosen Europe' as Voters End 16 Years of Orbán's Far-Right Rule
"Europe has always chosen Hungary," said the head of the European Union. "Together, we are stronger."
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Magyar’s speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: “He’s basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired.”
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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Such joy to see the end of soft (& not) authoritarian in Hungary. Civil society is the hero here, persistent, brave, just not giving up. Tomorrow will reveal how much work lies ahead, how rotten the terrain is, & how much digging out is needed. But tonight … celebrate. www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...
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Hungary election: Viktor Orbán ousted after 16 years in power as opposition heads for landslide - follow live
The long-serving prime minister concedes defeat to Péter Magyar, who has promised closer EU ties and an anti-corruption drive.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
SUPPORTERS CHANTING "EUROPE, EUROPE" AS ELECTION VICTOR MAGYAR ADDRESSES THE CROWD
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Congratulations to the Hungarians who campaigned and turned out for this win. A shining moment for people power ✊.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Not The Onion. They're seriously planning to train future diplomats on Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations www.cbsnews.com/news/foreign...
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State Department overhauls Foreign Service Officer Test, introduces "America First" foreign policy lectures
The State Department announced Wednesday that it is modifying the Foreign Service Officer Test to reflect the foreign policy goals of the Trump administration.
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Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
God, great piece from @damemagazine.bsky.social about living with institutional failure. I'll freely admit I'm furious at times just thinking about the institutions that should have at least tried to do something and instead contented themselves with the sidelines or outright collaboration.
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The Emotional Toll of Living With Institutional Betrayal - Dame Magazine
What happens to us when institutions protect power instead of people? From Epstein to ICE, institutional betrayal is inflicting trauma and moral injury.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"Post journalists aren't required to take the severance offer, and they could lose the package if they don't act professionally during the process." EXCUSE ME?! www.businessinsider.com/read-washing...
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Here's the severance package The Washington Post is offering laid-off staffers
The Washington Post made sweeping cuts to its newsroom amid a restructuring. Here's the severance package it's offering some workers.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just rereading these graphs from @theatlantic.com’s June issue.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"Join the military or we'll deport your loved ones" is just beyond appalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
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U.S. Citizens Are Joining the Military to Protect Undocumented Parents
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Every day I'm stumped by how little emotional intelligence, emotional growth, and emotional regulation the men that control our world have.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Once again: a far-right president asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews, after he has repeatedly accused Jews of being “disloyal.” What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Peace, democracy, justice, rule of law, conservation of nature, the protection of oceans, the study of geography and history, criminal tribunals, gender equality and empowerment. These are just a few of the threats to Trump and his administration. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
1) This woman should be here. 2) ICE should not. 3) Abolish ICE.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ah yes, this is the peak Forever Wars Jon Stewart content I remember from my childhood. A whole new generaton now gets to witness this.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"The U.S. can be and has been, a multi-racial democracy, and we should continue striving to achieve that." 👏
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GaryThoren @garythoren.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Hey Queers & Weirdos; today should’ve been Matthew Shepard’s 49th birthday. He never got the chance to grow up, to grow wiser, to live the full queer life he deserved. As small-minded people still try to erase or harm us, we keep fighting. For him. For the entire LGBTQ+ family
A black-and-white portrait of Matthew Shepard, with his name and birth and death dates displayed prominently above.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
"Asked for comment about Trump’s insult, a White House official blamed Lucey." When they can't blame the victims, they've got nothing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump faces criticism for referring to female Bloomberg reporter as ‘piggy’
Critics accuse the US president of trying to ‘shut women journalists up’ with ‘demeaning language’
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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
For The Redoubt (@theredoubt.bsky.social), I wrote about Trump's killings in the Caribbean — his "kinetic strikes" — and the euphemisms we use to describe murder. www.theredoubt.net/how-we-talk-...
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How we talk about murder
Interrogating the euphemisms used to legitimize state killings.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This is fine 🙃 news.cgtn.com/news/2025-11...
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China urges U.S. to resume cooperation with human rights review: spokesperson
China urges the United States to resume its cooperation with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as soon as possible, accept all parties' review, and actively address its own human rights violations, ...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16/10/2025
Pentagon reporters could be seen leaving the sprawling U.S. military headquarters with boxes after at least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less coverage of the world's most powerful military.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"Opponents as well as supporters of this president would do well, again, to consider the Philippines. The same Rodrigo Duterte who enjoyed popular support as he waged war on his own country is today behind bars" 👏
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Anyone with a heart should be stopping in their tracks 💔
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
One less place to be able to place human rights and civil society stories. The media system ecosystem for human centerer stories is shrinking at the exact moment it needs to expand.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 03/10/2025
“Move Fast”: From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/jane…
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Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group, Committee for the First Amendment
The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2025
Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. wapo.st/4nxKYQw
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CNN @cnn.com · 01/10/2025
Eight decades after Hollywood legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda is bringing back the organization. cnn.it/3KsdDYR
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era
In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support
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Claudio Francavilla @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
ICC judges, the UN, Albanese, Palestinian NGOs, who's next? The #Trump administration has launched an assault on international justice - and those who claim to stand for it are missing in action, EU included Joint oped by @amnesty.org & @hrw.org: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"The US cannot continue to turn its back on victims while it embraces war criminals. Civil society has spoken clearly: stop enabling crimes, stop silencing dissent, stop treating accountability as optional.& Arrest Netanyahu this week so he can be tried for genocide" theglobepost.com/2025/09/30/n...
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UN Might Tolerate Netanyahu, and White House Might Welcome Him, But He’s Still Guilty of Genocide
Benjamin Netanyahu is committing crimes that amount to genocide in Gaza, yet he continues to act with impunity on the global stage due to US political support.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Tell me Trump is using the authoritarian playbook passed down from Putin and Orban, without telling me he's using the authoritarian playbook passed down from Putin and Orban. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
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Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 24/09/2025
Just gonna leave these here...
Your Unvaccinated Kid Is Like a Vaccinated Grandma
Parents should bet on vacations with their kids this summer.

By Emily Oster
A child and parent on a carousel.
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March 18, 2021Schools Aren’t Super-Spreaders
Fears from the summer appear to have been overblown.

By Emily Oster
A child leaving a school bus.
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October 9, 2020Schools are not spreading covid-19. This new data makes the case.

Parents and students opposed to school closings protest in New York on Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Opinion by Emily Oster
November 20, 2020
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 23/08/2025
The house is on fire, and Democratic leadership is debating what color to paint the kitchen. Either grab a hose or get out of the way because if we lose this fight, there won't be a democracy left to save.
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The House Is on Fire and Democrats Are Debating Paint Colors | Opinion
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“One of the greatest threats to peace and multilateralism today is the United States President. While President Trump touts his peacemaking abilities, the U.S. is enabling a genocide by Israel, warmongering by Russia, and a breakdown in global stability”. More: civicus.org/index.php/me...
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As Trump Addresses UN, CIVICUS Warns: US Undermining Peace and Human Rights
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“The response to the latest attempt to force a terror state upon us in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait for it” —Netanyahu.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Shana Tova to all who celebrate. I’m grateful to have made this with my little one today, my entire world, and watched her small hands move in awe. My heart was heavy thinking of all the parents losing their entire worlds, looking at their small hands, no longer moving.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Something about this UNGA is so gut-wrenching. Last week, the UN Commission released a finding of genocide by Israel, yet Netanyahu is scheduled to address the UNGA Friday. How can anyone watch his address without picturing the horrors he's inflicted on children for 2 years, with no end in sight?
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A stark reality on the UN’s 80th anniversary: the UN will do less than it has done before, at a time when the problems are bigger than they’ve been in decades. lens.civicus.org/un-at-80-a-s...
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UN at 80: a struggle for renewal in a time of crises
The annual high-level week of the United Nations (UN) takes place from 22 September with a packed agenda. Civil society hopes for progress on the recognition of Palestinian statehood at one of the wee...
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Devex @devex.com · 20/09/2025
As UNICEF faces steep funding cuts, at least six sex ed guides flagged by US conservative group C-Fam were removed from its website. Staff say the move could set a troubling precedent.
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UNICEF scrubs sex ed pages targeted by US conservative group
UNICEF scrubs sex ed pages targeted by US conservative group
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...
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RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids
The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
It’s almost like they’ve never been on the receiving end of an interrogation by people who hold all the power and have 0 accountability
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
“indiscriminate” is a helluva way to say discriminatory
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Esther S. Yoo @estheryoo.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
IME: You're a young Latina woman with lawful status at home with young kids. You hear ICE agents, having just arrested your neighbor with a warrant, demand to enter your home. You ask to see a warrant. They say this is not how things work and kick down your door. Kids start crying, your dog barking.
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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
SCOTUS allowing ICE to racially profile will embolden Trump to use ICE & military against his political opponents, potentially demanding citizenship checks at polls & intimidating Dem voters in 2026. Already seeing such tactics with occupation of LA, DC & Chicago www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This level of absolute pettiness www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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US denies visas for Palestinian officials before UN assembly
State Dept cites Palestinian appeals to ICC and ICJ over Israeli abuses in occupied territory in justifying move.
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“That instinct — to protect the Democratic Party over the people it claims to champion — turned the border loose on innocent people” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
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Opinion | The Border Is Invading America
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Mariya Parodi @mariyaparodi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"History will forever record this moment of global shame. It will archive the images of skeletal children alongside those from past episodes where the world did nothing. One can only hope that the world will act now to salvage at least a measure of humanity" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...
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Starvation in Gaza and Our Global Shame
Binaifer Nowrojee sees ample evidence that the country is committing the most serious of crimes in Gaza.
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