Reposted by Sinan YavaşCAIR @cairnational.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“They promised these files for four years.” On the new CAIR on AIR, Dr. Hatem Bazian breaks down political narratives, Islamophobia, “jihadism” and the forces shaping American politics. 🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/34O5MFwJB1c 011
Reposted by Sinan YavaşCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I’ve lived in D.C. for nearly 20 years, and I have never seen this kind of Lord of the Flies panic on the National Mall. (video credit: MikeCarterTV) 26050101046
Reposted by Sinan YavaşMichael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288239434
Reposted by Sinan YavaşZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel. Now she's a member of HTC. Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side. 197157882738
Reposted by Sinan YavaşBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...msnbc.comA deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr.CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically. 26198623671
Reposted by Sinan YavaşFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵 50477283807
Reposted by Sinan YavaşVidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Yes please. All of it. 👇🏾 (love the last line.) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThis Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics – we will give it to them | Jeremy CorbynMore than 500,000 people have signed up to our new party to help build a genuine alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn 031
Reposted by Sinan YavaşAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding. 1309561448438
Reposted by Sinan YavaşCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Way back in 2011, my then-colleague @mariancw.bsky.social wrote a primer for @propublica.org on the War Powers Act. Worth a read today: What Exactly Is the War Powers Act and Is Obama Really Violating It?propublica.orgWhat Exactly Is the War Powers Act and Is Obama Really Violating It?The Obama administration is certainly sidestepping the controversial law known as the War Powers Act, but in doing so he’s following a well-worn path. 04320
Reposted by Sinan YavaşRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 22/06/2025The US is arming a literal genocide, has blocked international action against that genocide, and has now started a war with a sovereign nation by bombing some power plants its own intelligence reports are simply power plants - all on behalf of the country committing genocide. 91561483
Reposted by Sinan YavaşAlly to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 22/06/2025🦋 Israel & US faced no imminent threat from Iran, the strikes were illegal & unnecessary Mark Warner (D-VA) vice-chair of US Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed they were briefed that US intelligence agencies saw no evidence of nuclear weapons BBC also reported there is no available evidence 🦋 1111762
Reposted by Sinan YavaşPalestine Day 🇵🇸 @palestineday.com · 31/05/2025newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...newlinesmag.comHow a Spyware App Compromised Assad’s ArmyAn investigation reveals how a cyberattack exploited soldiers' vulnerabilities and may have changed the course of the Syrian conflict 253
Reposted by Sinan YavaşProPublica @propublica.org · 30/05/2025IMPACT: Reporting by @ctmirror.org and ProPublica found that a Connecticut law allows towed cars to be sold in 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the nation. The Connecticut legislature just passed a bill that will make it easier for drivers to reclaim their vehicles.propublica.orgConnecticut Legislature Passes Bill Overhauling Century-Old Towing LawsThe reforms, which were proposed in response to an investigation by CT Mirror and ProPublica, make it harder to tow vehicles from private property and easier for drivers to retrieve them after a tow. 7568115
Reposted by Sinan YavaşNBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/05/2025Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement. 527330806742
Reposted by Sinan YavaşCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Prompted by reporting from @ctmirror.org and @propublica.org, the Connecticut Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed the most significant reform to the state’s towing policies in decades, a measure lawmakers said would help protect drivers from predatory towing.propublica.orgConnecticut Legislature Passes Bill Overhauling Century-Old Towing LawsThe reforms, which were proposed in response to an investigation by CT Mirror and ProPublica, make it harder to tow vehicles from private property and easier for drivers to retrieve them after a tow. 0465
Reposted by Sinan YavaşDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 27/05/2025Physician Dr. Alaa al-Najjar was working in the emergency room in Gaza when she was called to return home. An Israeli airstrike had destroyed her family’s house in Khan Younis, killing nine of al-Najjar’s ten children and severely wounding her only surviving child, Adam. 1514675
Reposted by Sinan YavaşAbsalom Pyrmontano @ida-doc.at · 22/05/2025Ist bekannt, wie viele der 50.000 bis 100.000 in Gaza ermordeten Palästinenser sich für Frieden im Nahen Osten engagiert haben? 011
Reposted by Sinan YavaşBlue Sedition Podcast @blue-sedition.com · 11/05/2025People who never read books now in charge of books. 607114042786
Sinan Yavaş @sinanyavas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Racial persecution? In 1913, South Africa passed the Natives Land Act, which forbid Black people from owning or leasing land in white areas. The act designated just 7 percent of farmland for Black people. 93 percent went to white people. 110
Sinan Yavaş @sinanyavas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Look who’s speaking about African “family values” 010
Reposted by Sinan YavaşDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 30/04/2025BREAKING: Palestinian activist and Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi walks out of ICE detention after a Vermont judge ordered his release. "I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," he said. 471963576
Reposted by Sinan YavaşWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/04/2025This. Never forget Trump and MAGA are weak and fickle. 34869147
Reposted by Sinan YavaşSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 18/04/2025The blue star cluster shining in the center of the Tarantula Nebula—seen in this #NASAWebb image, was born within the ribbons of silk-like dust that surround it. In time, all of this dust will either be blown away by or absorbed into new stars and planets: bit.ly/4bI5Tv5 🔭 🧪 4630102
Reposted by Sinan YavaşJasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025i need some space… and maybe you do too 11874871032
Reposted by Sinan YavaşPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 18/04/2025[guy who smashed a window at the capitol] “he made a mistake and was doing what he thought was right, let’s pardon him and give him back the fine he paid” [guy who stood outside home depot] “why would we bother with a hearing before sending him to the el salvador terror prison” 443551836
Reposted by Sinan Yavaşcasielee.bsky.social @casielee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025They want to establish now that once sent to a foreign prison, the US can't get you back. That way, when they start sending U.S. citizens there, they will have set the precedent of "too bad, nothing we can do about it." If they bring one back, they can bring them all back. And they don't want that. 426830
Reposted by Sinan YavaşRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with. 1302311547394
Reposted by Sinan YavaşVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 14/04/2025Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent U.S. resident living in White River Junction, was arrested Monday when he arrived for a citizenship interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Colchester, according to court filings.vermontpublic.orgUpper Valley resident detained at citizenship interview in ColchesterFriends of White River Junction resident Mohsen Mahdawi say he was called in for a citizenship interview Monday and left in handcuffs. 31715327
Reposted by Sinan YavaşManda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Now show me how the big kitties reactedmedia.tenor.coma leopard is laying on its back behind a fenceALT: a leopard is laying on its back behind a fence 128622
Reposted by Sinan YavaşLincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 15/04/2025Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!” 1209361439292
Reposted by Sinan YavaşNBC News @nbcnews.com · 15/04/2025A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal." 135782313074
Reposted by Sinan YavaşAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much." 10545416513093
Reposted by Sinan YavaşChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear. 14194372713734
Reposted by Sinan YavaşMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release." 450123143102
Reposted by Sinan YavaşLisa Desjardins @lisad.bsky.social · 05/04/2025BREAKING - U.S. team in quake zone told they are fired, per source. The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar. 10630691011
Reposted by Sinan YavaşMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Dear journalists: stop giving this administration the benefit of the doubt. Stop using old editorial standards and practices and norms. Assume that everything they say from the get-go is a lie because it always, always, is. 21685581893
Reposted by Sinan YavaşNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Tufts grad student abducted by ICE for anti-genocide protest was recently blacklisted by Canary Mission. 14478114
Reposted by Sinan YavaşUniversal Hub @universalhub.com · 26/03/2025ICE disappears a Tufts grad student in #SomervilleMA www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-dis... #Massachusetts 24031
Reposted by Sinan YavaşThe Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 26/03/2025Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said.bostonglobe.comFederal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston GlobeIn an email Tuesday night, Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said the school received reports that the student was taken into custody outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville. 85942
Reposted by Sinan YavaşMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025A longer version of the Tufts announcement about the abduction of an international graduate student by federal authorities, circulating on Twitter and Reddit. 10840341723
Reposted by Sinan YavaşCharles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Trump admin. has detained and revoked the visa of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk. Last year, she coauthored a piece arguing for “the equal dignity and humanity of all people,” including Palestinians. www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...tuftsdaily.comOp-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts DailyThe independent student newspaper of Tufts University 27819362
Reposted by Sinan Yavaşprofchander @profchander.bsky.social · 26/03/2025columbia, brown, georgetown, cornell and now tufts — they’re taking our students, our colleagues, our kin www.boston25news.com/news/local/int…boston25news.comInternational student at Tufts University reportedly taken into federal custody – Boston 25 NewsTufts said they were told the student’s visa had been terminated. 8238122
Reposted by Sinan Yavaşjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/03/2025it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other 1520422878487
