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Yusuf Sarfati

@yusufsarfati.bsky.social
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Professor of Comparative Politics, Illinois State University, autocratization, religion, social movements & mobilization. Turkey, Israel. Istanbulite, Normalite. Anti-fascist. He/him. Siyaset Bilimi. Akademisyen. İnsan. Baba.

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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 3h
Yet, grievances and societal discontent sparked by the scandal are an entirely different matter and more difficult to contain in the medium to long term.
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 3h
With the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality now “turning red,” Erdoğan has secured a strategic victory in his long-standing struggle against secular republicans. This apparent victory may offset the turmoil caused by the stock market scandal in the short term.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ezra Klein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?” James Talarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/10/2026
New York, it’s official. We’re extending our Open Play program to keep select fields lit at night for free pickup soccer this fall & next summer. Restarting tonight, you can play soccer from 10pm-2am at select parks in all 5 boroughs. Drop in or sign up online. Locations/details at nycopenplay.com
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Encouraging!
The NYT/Siena Senate polls in reliably Republican states:
Texas Talarico 51 Paxton 45
Alaska Pelota 50 Sullivan 43
Ohio Brown 49 Husted 46
Iowa Turek 47 Hinson 48
Kansas Hamilton 45 Marshall 45
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Encouraging!
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Encouraging!
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This should have its own name: Dictatorship promotion.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whether Netanyahu or the opposition forms the next government, one thing is clear: The upcoming Knesset will be more right-wing, and won't advance anything that dares to suggest diplomacy or agreements with the Palestinians. By @dahliasc.bsky.social Gift article www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Analysis • Forget Bibi. Brace for what Israel's next Knesset will look like
The Israeli parliament as a whole will set the bounds for laws, bills, and normative debates reflecting what Israel is. And when it comes to the elections for the Knesset, the polls are clearer, the p...
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This should have its own name: Dictatorship promotion.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whether Netanyahu or the opposition forms the next government, one thing is clear: The upcoming Knesset will be more right-wing, and won't advance anything that dares to suggest diplomacy or agreements with the Palestinians. By @dahliasc.bsky.social Gift article www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Analysis • Forget Bibi. Brace for what Israel's next Knesset will look like
The Israeli parliament as a whole will set the bounds for laws, bills, and normative debates reflecting what Israel is. And when it comes to the elections for the Knesset, the polls are clearer, the p...
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Encouraging!
The NYT/Siena Senate polls in reliably Republican states:
Texas Talarico 51 Paxton 45
Alaska Pelota 50 Sullivan 43
Ohio Brown 49 Husted 46
Iowa Turek 47 Hinson 48
Kansas Hamilton 45 Marshall 45
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The last Trump-Kushner-Witkoff “peace plan” for Russia-Ukraine had more on data center construction opportunities than on security guarantees that could make peace last. This time it’s an oil deal. The whole effort has been trying to sell out Ukraine for personal profit and neo-fascist solidarity.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Polls Show Advantage for Incumbent Parties in 4 Governor’s Races: Democrats hold wide leads in Maine and Pennsylvania, as does the incumbent Republican in New Hampshire, but Michigan appears closer, according to New York Times/Siena polls. More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260927
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Priceless!
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06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From Deniz Göktaş's spirited defense on charges of insulting Erdoğan during a comedy act: "The word 'dictator' is a political description not an insult... Another comedian could call him a 'democrat' and get more laughs."
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Karl Rove: “We didn’t labor in the wilderness to build a conservative party that was inclusive and welcoming … to see it taken over by a bunch of bigots." www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has revoked the aliyah approval issued by the Jewish Agency of two Jewish activists in their 20s –who have been active in recent years in protective presence in the Palestinian communities in West Bank to deter settler and military violence. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israel freezes aliyah for two Jews over activism protecting Palestinians
In both cases, the protective-presence activists, who did not know each other, had their passports photographed by a soldier or settler. These are the first known cases in which Israeli authorities ap...
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has revoked the aliyah approval issued by the Jewish Agency of two Jewish activists in their 20s –who have been active in recent years in protective presence in the Palestinian communities in West Bank to deter settler and military violence. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israel freezes aliyah for two Jews over activism protecting Palestinians
In both cases, the protective-presence activists, who did not know each other, had their passports photographed by a soldier or settler. These are the first known cases in which Israeli authorities ap...
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week, we were discussing with my students how strategic manipulation of elections is a new form of democratic backsliding compared to overt, election-day fraud. This disastrous ruling is an example of this. Another nail in the coffin of American democracy! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week, we were discussing with my students how strategic manipulation of elections is a new form of democratic backsliding compared to overt, election-day fraud. This disastrous ruling is an example of this. Another nail in the coffin of American democracy! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have an even-handed Supreme Court. Half the time it upholds the Constitution and the rule of law, half the time it doesn’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Federal Voter Identification Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Lior Sternfeld @liorsternfeld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I listened to a bunch of Yom Kippur sermons at the most mainstream Jewish synagogues. The recurring themes were "save Israel's democracy" and "Israel as a democracy." Those who were touched by this emotional plea should really tune in to the news from
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
President Herzog's current pardon of Elor Azaria is the latest evidence that Israeli society has long become not only inured but supportive of crimes against Palestinians. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Analysis • Herzog, Elor Azaria and NAZA: Today's Israel openly applauds war crimes
President Herzog's pardoning of Elor Azaria is hardly a surprise to anyone who has been watching the Israeli public's response to extrajudicial and vigilante killings of Palestinians, which continue t...
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh my god the bigger Truth Nuke is Generic Ballot in Texas is 49-46 D+3
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This entire debacle is a stark reminder that opting out of taking political stands is, in and of itself, a political stand: a politics of self-interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and Why Politics Is So Hard for Celebrities
Celebrities use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There will effectively be no TV coverage of Trump's UN visit or other presidential events, though I imagine smaller networks may take the White House's own feed. This is a very big deal and one only possible because of solidarity from the whole pool. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue over White House bans
President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days, calling them “fake news.”
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A meaningful Yom Kippur and an easy fast to all who are observing May this year bring spiritual renewal to us as individuals and to our world
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This entire debacle is a stark reminder that opting out of taking political stands is, in and of itself, a political stand: a politics of self-interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and Why Politics Is So Hard for Celebrities
Celebrities use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tinpot dictator wants sycophants not reporters.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're officially entering the Fuhrerbunker phase of the Trump presidency
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You can't fool people all the time!
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This should be quite unpopular among the American electorate www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This should be quite unpopular among the American electorate www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Vaccines are amazing.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nothing to see here! Just, the president of the United States celebrating the victory of a neo-Nazi party in Germany.
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Janet Johnson @jjohnsonlaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Celebrating the election of neo Nazis in Germany is quite a choice.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nothing to see here! Just, the president of the United States celebrating the victory of a neo-Nazi party in Germany.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The U.K. announced significant trade restrictions on settlements in the occupied West Bank and accused extremist settlers of perpetrating “ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” as it acted with Canada and France to toughen policies toward the Israeli government. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank, Accuses Settlers of Ethnic Cleansing
The U.K. said Israel had “turned a blind eye” to violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers, as it and other countries announced a ban on trade with illegal settlements.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The U.K. announced significant trade restrictions on settlements in the occupied West Bank and accused extremist settlers of perpetrating “ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” as it acted with Canada and France to toughen policies toward the Israeli government. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank, Accuses Settlers of Ethnic Cleansing
The U.K. said Israel had “turned a blind eye” to violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers, as it and other countries announced a ban on trade with illegal settlements.
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A new far-right Israeli party which declares that there will never be a Palestinian state & the only solution to Gaza is Palestinian “emigration,” has an Arab-Israeli singer on its list, who intends “to be the first Arab in the Israeli security cabinet." www.timesofisrael.com/winter-launc...
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Winter launches new nationalist ‘People of Israel’ party; PM warns it will split vote on right
Controversial former general says that Israel will no longer accept the politicians who were in charge on October 7; unveils diverse party including Arab-Israeli influencer Yosef Haddad
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A new far-right Israeli party which declares that there will never be a Palestinian state & the only solution to Gaza is Palestinian “emigration,” has an Arab-Israeli singer on its list, who intends “to be the first Arab in the Israeli security cabinet." www.timesofisrael.com/winter-launc...
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Winter launches new nationalist ‘People of Israel’ party; PM warns it will split vote on right
Controversial former general says that Israel will no longer accept the politicians who were in charge on October 7; unveils diverse party including Arab-Israeli influencer Yosef Haddad
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A key idea in my Modern Middle East class is that Islam and Islamism are mostly overstated in popular discussions of the region and authoritarianism mostly understated.
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Ümit Kıvanç @umitk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ne kadar utanç verici. Ne kadar basiretsizce. Ne kadar berbat...
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BIG — Officially, Syria has been removed from the list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism.”
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Published 5 months ago. Was true then, is true now.
A cartoon published in 26 March 2026 depicts Trump in various comical poses. He says: "Totally obliterated" "No Churchill" "You got 48 Hours or Else" "I won" "Totally Toast"  "The greatest victory" "Iranian people are smart people" "cowards" "I'm winding down" "Bombs for Fun"
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Published 5 months ago. Was true then, is true now.
A cartoon published in 26 March 2026 depicts Trump in various comical poses. He says: "Totally obliterated" "No Churchill" "You got 48 Hours or Else" "I won" "Totally Toast"  "The greatest victory" "Iranian people are smart people" "cowards" "I'm winding down" "Bombs for Fun"
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Hediye Levent @hediyelevent.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Çözüm süreci, Kürtler ve Mekke Antlaşması! Akademisyen Yektan Türkyılmaz ve Gazeteci Sarkis Kassargian @sarkiska.bsky.social ile konuştuk. Abone olmayı unutmayın! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wFM...
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Çözüm süreci, Kürtler ve Mekke Antlaşması! Yektan Türkyılmaz ve Sarkis Kassargian ile konuşuyoruz
YouTube video by Hediye Levent
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