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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trump's horrific threats against people in Iran continue. Trump's war on Iran is already a disaster -- illegal, immoral, and destructive. Congress shouldn't give him another dime to continue it, and must rein him in before he makes good on his threats to turn it into a genocide.

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It looks years for Dems to start using antiwar messages in their campaign ads after Iraq. It's taken months on Iran. Full story via @punchbowlnews.bsky.social here: punchbowl.news/article/defe...

Dem attacks mount. Josh Turek, the Democratic Senate nominee in Iowa, hammered his opponent Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) for opposing the resolution.

“While others said enough is enough, Ashley Hinson, Iowa’s least bipartisan member of Congress, voted to continue the war in Iran for a 7th time,” Turek said in a post on X.

Explicit mentions of Iran in campaign ads are increasing.

WinSenate, a Democratic group aligned with Senate Majority PAC, unveiled a $4.5 million ad campaign tying Michigan GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers to the Iran war in late August.

Will Lawrence, who’s hoping to flip the Michigan seat held by Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), said in his first general election ad that Barrett “spent billions for a war in Iran while our neighbors can’t afford their housing and healthcare.” (Barrett has supported several war powers resolutions to end operations in Iran.)

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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Democratic voters are overwhelmingly anti-war, yet foreign policy hawks remain massively overrepresented in leadership roles. It’s a problem we need to fix. My piece in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...

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The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party

It is damn time we all started acting like it.

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One of the more frustrating parts of politics is watching people argue that they have found the single cause of something against someone else who believes it is instead their single cause, when in reality we just live in a multi-causal world.

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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Opening ceremony of the Panamerican Congress, Palacio Legislativo de Uruguay, Montevideo. Over 150 legislators from 15 countries throughout the hemisphere have come together to confront the Donroe Doctrine. panamericancongress.org

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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Excited to announce this new project, a collaboration by over 30 progressive thinkers laying out a new vision for US foreign policy. Coming in November from @orbooks.bsky.social Available for pre-order now! orbooks.com/catalog/a-wo...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This September will mark a quarter-century since 9/11. Sept. 9 & 10 at Columbia, a symposium about the legacy of the "war on terror" for democratic freedom, and for the freedoms of speech and the press in particular. Info about speakers, venue, registration here. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-for...

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The Forever War and the First Amendment

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A couple of weeks away with family and friends. So good for the soul and much needed rest in this season of constant acceleration. Don’t forget to give yourself the gift of rest, friends. Onward

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/07/2026

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 24/07/2026

Bush declared major combat operations were over on May 1, 2003. By Trump's logic, he would remove all 4,500 who perished after "Mission Accomplished."

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If you're not reading @attackerman.bsky.social, you're doing it wrong. His latest is a much needed expose on Trump's massive increase in warmaking, only not in Iran, in Somalia. In the last six months Trump has launched more attacks on Somalia than Biden did in his entire presidency. Read more 👇

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"We Initiated, Basically, A New War" in Somalia (Director's Cut)

PLUS: American Prestige x FOREVER WARS on the war against the left—a left Rubio says belongs to Cuba, which he thinks will scare you

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

John Cornyn has told the WH he won't move forward the ambassadorial nominations of Trump allies Kari Lake (Jamaica?!) and Doug Mastriano (Slovakia) without a commitment to distribute PEPFAR funding, saying it's both the compassionate thing to do and in our self-interest to have friends in Africa.

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Exclusive: Cornyn threatens to sink Trump nominees over PEPFAR

The Texas Republican told Semafor he would not support action on two ambassadorial picks without movement on the AIDS-fighting program for Africa.

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Really fantastic interview out on @mayboeve.bsky.social's great podcast this week with @shaghdoosti.bsky.social on the Iran war, the antiwar movement, and where it all stands. One of the best reflections on power, politics, and where to find hope you'll hear. Highly recommend checking it out!

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New Episode: Movements Respond to the Iran War

Sara Haghdoosti, Moveon's Chief of Program, on common-sense, humane foreign policy

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Time and time and time again we have learned that the Trump administration has hid the true costs of its disastrous war with Iran. It is long past time for this illegal war to end and for a full, public accounting of its massive costs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

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Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War

Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Freedom Fuel stations were put together by a pair of serial grifters who stole $667,000 worth of gas from a distributor five years ago, a private credit sponsor, and an energy trader tied up in multiple Trump schemes and profiting heavily off the war in Iran. prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...

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The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations - The American Prospect

How can Freedom Fuel afford to sell gas for $3.47 a gallon? That’s the wrong question to ask.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You know who didn't raise money last quarter? John Fetterman. 172K in, 270K out, barely over $2M on hand. Not exactly a stockpile if he plans to seek reelection in 2028. (His small-dollar base is gone: only $21,002.38 in unitemized $ . In the first 3 month of 2021, he raised $2.8M in unitemized.)

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FEC Disclosure Form 3 for Fetterman for PA

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

There are few more entrenched beliefs in DC's natsec elite than "escalating to deescalate." Trump may be a radical departure from many, many norms, but when it comes to trying to bomb his way to peace, he's decidedly conventional (and catastrophically wrong). via Axios: www.axios.com/2026/07/17/t...

The big picture: Among the options being considered are bombing Iranian infrastructure facilities like power plants, conducting more attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in order to bury Iran's enriched uranium even deeper, and bombing the Pickaxe Mountain underground site that is suspected to be a facility in the making.

Trump hasn't made a final decision yet, but he appears willing to escalate the war to cause enough damage that the Iranian regime will open the Strait of Hormuz and accept Trump's nuclear demands.
Trump could order an escalation in the coming days, U.S. and Israeli officials say.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"On Thursday last week, Secret Service agents groused among themselves as they prepared to deliver another perk to Vice President JD Vance’s family: join a military helicopter crew to fly his young son to his golf lesson." Marine Choppers to take the kid to a golf lesson

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 14/07/2026

Senate Democrats blocked an effort to begin debate on the annual defense policy bill, raising fresh doubts about whether Congress can quickly resolve fights over the Iran war and military spending.

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Senate Democrats Filibuster Defense Bill to Protest Iran War and Budget Hike

The failed vote leaves one of Congress’ most reliable annual bills stalled.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar urging colleagues to vote YES on Massie & Khanna's amendment cutting aid to Israel. "The American people are crying out for an end to US tax dollars subsidizing Israel's military." Comes as party leadership announces opposition to the amendment.

July 14, 2026
Dear Colleagues:
I am writing to explain why I will vote yes on Rep. Thomas Massie’s Amendment 8 to the
National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Appropriation Act.
I am proud that the Progressive Caucus has endorsed the Block the Bombs Act to cut off
weapons the Israeli military uses to kill civilians in Gaza, and I believe a yes vote is most
consistent with that position.
I understand many people have good faith concerns that this amendment would impact
non-military funding. I want to be clear about the facts here. This amendment would block $3.3
billion in offensive military aid and about $50 million in non-military funding. In other words,
98.5% of the funding is for the military. While I wish we could vote on an amendment targeted
just to military aid, and of course support humanitarian programs, we do not have that option.
The American people are crying out for an end to US tax dollars subsidizing Israel’s military. At
a time when millions are struggling to make ends meet, we are sending billions of dollars to a
military that has killed tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon,
destabilized the region, and helped lead us into war with Iran. Over the weekend, the Israeli
military detained a member of Congress attempting to conduct oversight in the West Bank. We
cannot continue to subsidize this.
I am aware House Democratic leadership has a different position on this amendment. I
appreciate that they have facilitated open conversations on this issue and avoided whipping a
no vote. I respect their leadership.
At its best, the Progressive Caucus’ role is to be an independent voice and lead on important
issues of peace and human rights. After the Israeli government has killed more than 70,000
people in Gaza and helped lead the United States into a destabilizing, deadly war with Iran, we
are called to act.
The Democratic Party needs a new approach to Israel and Palestine. When Democrats retake
the majority in…

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Wonder how much Jared’s firm and other Trump family members are gonna make in all this 🤔

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

One weird trick to end Trump's illegal war with Iran: A prohibition on funding any further hostilities. (It is what ended Nixon's bombing of Cambodia in 1973.) Guess who the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is: Susan Collins.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

Cecelia Humiston, 22, lives on Chapel Street. She was asleep with her two-year-old son when she woke up to the sounds of a commotion on surrounding streets.

When she went to investigate, she saw what appeared to be a person lying on the ground on Pool Street.

She remembers hearing an older woman with a distressed family, yelling, “You took her dad, you took her dad!”

“They were with a little girl, she couldn't have been older than three,” Humiston said. “She was still in her Bluey pajamas.”

Humiston described law enforcement as “rude,” and said they barricaded family’s car from leaving. Another yelled at the little girl, who was trying to smell flowers.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11/09/2025

Steinbeck, East of Eden

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Not sure I can count the ways in which this is unconstitutional, not least that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." Minimum, I'd be asking for the required regular "account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money."

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Per today's NYT, Marco Rubio in fact remains Viceroy of Venezuela, and "now effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government, according to interviews with more than a dozen officials." (He is no longer the Acting Archivist.)

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How Marco Rubio is Running Venezuela From Afar

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in th...

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

On Tuesday, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. Today, the government is pressuring the only three eyewitnesses to sign self-deportation orders. I spent 15 years as a public defender. If anyone else did this, we'd call it witness tampering. youtube.com/shorts/-1mtg...

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ICE Killed a Houston Father. Now It's Pressuring the Witnesses to Leave the Country

YouTube video by Eliza Orlins

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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.

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Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Rahm Emanuel’s speech in Tel Aviv marked a long overdue break from the failed “no daylight” approach to Israel, but still trafficked in the same anti-Palestinian tropes that have been used to justify it. My piece in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...

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Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a “No Daylight” Approach

Though the speech broke from a failed approach toward Israel, it was still based on flawed and tendentious attitudes and history.

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Honest question, is there a definitive tracker of how many people have been killed in the US by Trump’s troop and Paramilitary domestic deployments?

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I think about this every day.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BREAKING: MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapses.

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We have quite simply never seen corruption as massive and utterly out in the open by a US President and his family. There is no precedent for this level of public theft and self enrichment.

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Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.

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Inkstick Media @inkstickmedia.com · 29/06/2026

"Yes, the US possesses the world’s most powerful and sophisticated military, but administration officials severely underestimated the possibility that Iran would respond to force by closing the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic."

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Trump's Disastrous War on Iran Was Not Worth It

Trump's disastrous war on Iran was not worth it, and Americans and Iranians alike are paying the price of it.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Last night, to salve Trump’s wounded ego, Senate Republicans attempted to “reverse” Tuesday’s historic war powers vote to end the Iran war with a maneuver that has all the legal authority of “I take backsies”. Worth a quick explanation 🧵

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

“The old politics that got us into this crisis is not the politics that’s going to get us out of this crisis.” - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #truth

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our statement on today's historic vote to end Donald Trump's disastrous war on Iran:

Congress Votes: Trump’s Iran War Must End Now

Washington – In response to the Senate’s passage of House Concurrent Resolution 86, a War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran, Win Without War Government Relations Director Eric Eikenberry released the following statement:

“Today, Congress decided: President Trump’s war on Iran must end immediately. With today's historic Senate vote, Congress has for the first time passed a bicameral, concurrent resolution exercising its inherent Article I authority to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities.

“Lawmakers who voted in favor of this resolution were merely enacting the will of their constituents. Large majorities across the country have long agreed that this war should never have started, and that it must be brought to an end now. The message is clear: Trump has lost the confidence of the country and the Congress, and his reckless warmaking must be reined in.

“As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire takes shape and Trump’s overdue turn to diplomacy provides people in Iran and across the Middle East some relief, the president’s outrageous threats to return to fighting only underscore the urgent need for congressional action.

“Having ordered Trump to end the war, Congress must now press the point home. No one who voted for this resolution should vote to authorize one more dime for this war. Instead, they should repeat the message today’s vote sends to the White House: end this war, or Congress will end it for you.”

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 18/06/2026

The war with Iran has been one of the worst foreign policy disasters in our nation's history.

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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“This outcome, after months of destruction and global economic disruption, is the greatest foreign policy failure of both of Trump’s terms.” With a ceasefire in place, the foreign policy establishment is beginning to weigh in on Trump’s war with Iran and the verdict is damning.

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The Long Shadow of the Iran War

Trump’s most consequential foreign policy mistake.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Things usually go well after surrender treaties signed at Versailles

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