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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 1, 2025 @thestudyofwar.bsky.social Key Takeaways: ⤵️ www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
#Syria Ships First Oil Cargo in Years After Trump Ended Sanctions @bloomberg.com 👍 Syria exported 600,000 barrels of heavy crude in its first oil shipment in years, as the lifting of western sanctions brings relief to its war-ravaged economy.
CEASEFIRE? WHAT CEASEFIRE? 🤬 Israel Army Says Strikes Hezbollah Sites in South #Lebanon | The Defense Post Lebanon’s National News Agency reported intense strikes that caused fires and damage … Israel has kept up its strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite the truce …
I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED … 'Trump Economic Zone' for #Lebanon Calls for #Occupation, Forced #Displacement: Report @thecradlemedia.bsky.social 💩 The plan is said to involve a US ‘security presence’ in southern Lebanese villages, which will be emptied of residents as part of the initiative 🤬
‘Where were you on Oct. 7?’: Zamir said to upbraid Netanyahu, ministers at heated meeting https://www.timesofisrael.com/where-were-you-on-oct-7-zamir-said-to-upbraid-pm-and-ministers-at-heated-meeting/
At stormy cabinet meet, Netanyahu refuses IDF chief’s push for vote on hostage deal https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-stormy-cabinet-meet-netanyahu-refuses-idf-chiefs-push-for-vote-on-hostage-deal/
Gulf Bloc Calls for Immediate #Gaza #Ceasefire, Unrestricted #Aid Access - Anadolu Ajansı 👏 Ministerial council backs mediation efforts, urges recognition of Palestinian state ☑️
The #Starvation of #Gaza Is a Deliberate Policy | Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) ☑️ • Catastrophic food insecurity • A shadow war against UNRWA • Deadly humanitarian aid: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation • What now? 3/3
@haaretzcom.bsky.social #Gaza #devastation #starvation 👏 Democratic Senators Merkley and Van Hollen dismissed IDF briefings on Gaza aid as misleading, noting that 'the reality is different.' Their trip also focused on West Bank settler violence, meeting families of Palestinian-American victims 2/3
#Gaza Death Toll From Israeli War Passes 63,500 as 9 More Palestinians Die of Starvation - Anadolu Ajansı 🤬 • 127 children among victims of starvation in Gaza • At least 63,557 Palestinians have been killed • 98 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 404 people were injured 1/3
High Court unanimously urges government to revoke attorney general’s dismissal https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-unanimously-urges-government-to-revoke-attorney-generals-dismissal/
Israel Committing #Genocide in #Gaza, World's Leading Experts Say | BBC News ☑️ A resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) states that Israel's conduct meets the legal definition as laid out in the UN convention on genocide. ☑️
Stay away from closed source security solutions. A number of the most prominent have been compromised, some more than once.
I hope you changed your password. Even better, I hope you enabled two-factor authentication, increasingly essential. To get started with two-factor authentication, Ente Auth (FOSS) is a great choice.
JUST IN: Drew Ensign, on behalf of DOJ, reports that all of the migrant children have been returned to ORR custody.
"These children are going to be deplaned. They're going to be returned to [the Office of Refugee Resettlement] custody. And no attempts will be made to remove them from ORR custody and remove them to Guatemala, in light of my order, while these preliminary emergency proceedings are pending.”
White Collar Workers Are Chasing Fewer Jobs While Holding Out for Another Tech Boom @sfstandard.com San Francisco is the epicenter for #AI, but the nascent technology has yet to translate to more employment opportunities. 😬
S.F. Democratic Party: We Believe in Nothing @missionlocal.org The billionaire-backed coalition of ‘moderate’ politicians 💩running San Francisco’s Democratic Party is in tatters. And Joel Engardio is out in the cold.
Italian Dockworkers Threaten Israel Cargo Ban If Gaza Flotilla Blocked @politico.eu “If we lose contact with our boats … even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe,” dockworker says. 😬
Ukrainian police say Russia linked to murder of former parliament speaker
Doctors Find Drug That Is Better Than #Aspirin at Preventing Heart Attacks @theguardian.com 😮 A new study, presented at the world’s largest #heart conference, has found that #clopidogrel, a commonly prescribed blood thinner, is more effective – and with no extra risk.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 31, 2025 @thestudyofwar.bsky.social Key Takeaways: ⤵️ www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
"And no attempts will be made to remove them from ORR custody"
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity. Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Warns US Disarmament Plan Threatens Ceasefire - Shafaq News #Hezbollah #Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, leader of the Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement, warned on Sunday that a US-backed proposal on Hezbollah’s disarmament risks undermining the #ceasefire … 2/2
Israeli Airstrikes Target Southern #Lebanon in Another Breach of #Ceasefire - Anadolu Ajansı 🤬 Israeli army carried out airstrikes on Kafr Tibnit outskirts, Upper Nabatieh, according Lebanese media 1/2
#Ceasefire Deal Not on Agenda as Israel’s Security Cabinet Discusses Looming #Gaza City Offensive @cnn.com 🤬 www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/w... 4/4
#Ceasefire Deal Not on Agenda as Israel’s Security Cabinet Discusses Looming #Gaza City Offensive @cnn.com 🤬 "Netanyahu is considering measures ranging from full annexation of the West Bank, to partial annexation of selected settlements, to sanctioning the Palestinian Authority …" 3/4
#Israel Continues To Reject #Gaza Peace Deal, Intensifies Strikes @newarab.com.web.brid.gy 🤬 Israel refuses partial Gaza deal, escalates strikes on Gaza City amid warnings of mass destruction and growing pressure from hostage families. 2/4
Israeli Students Block Main Highway in Tel Aviv To Demand #Gaza #Hostage Deal - Anadolu Ajansı 👏 Students burn school desks on eve of school year in Israel 1/4
1 More Palestinian #Journalist Killed in Israeli Strike on #Gaza - Anadolu Ajansı 🤬 Islam Abed of Al-Quds Today TV becomes latest victim in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli genocide, bringing death toll among media workers to 247
Seven More Palestinians Starved To Death by Israel in Gaza, Bringing Total To 229 @newarab.com.web.brid.gy 🤬 Gaza's health ministry said at least 61 people have died of #starvation in #Gaza since the IPC's announcement on famine in Gaza earlier this month.
@aljazeera.com #Gaza #GazaCity 🤬 • nonstop heavy artillery targeting Zeitoun area & Jabalia, where we are seeing systematic demolition of homes. • hardly any fighting going on, but heavy artillery & bulldozers are moving from one street to the other, destroying all of these residential clusters.
#Gaza: More than 63,450 killed since start of Israel's war on Gaza | Middle East Eye 🤬 • 88 Palestinians killed and 421 wounded across the blockaded Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours • death toll since Israel began its war in October 2023 has risen to 63,459, with more than 160,256 people injured
#Pope Leo Calls for Immediate #Ceasefire in #Ukraine - Anadolu Ajansı 👏 'Voice of weapons must fall silent, and the voice of fraternity and justice must prevail,' says Pope Leo XIV
Extraordinary rendition. www.aclu.org/issues/natio...
JUST IN: Judge Sooknanan ordered the government to file a status report by 4 pm to address whether the children have been deplaned. DOJ blew the deadline. Now she orders them to show cause why they didn’t file the report in time — and sets new 6:30 pm deadline.
I respectfully disagree with updates #1 snd #2. That's false hope, and "hope is not a strategy."
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
This judge understands the regime
"These children are going to be deplaned. They're going to be returned to [the Office of Refugee Resettlement] custody. And no attempts will be made to remove them from ORR custody and remove them to Guatemala, in light of my order, while these preliminary emergency proceedings are pending.”
If you prefer to read this thread on our site, here’s the link: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
While I am sympathetic to the need for UN reform, I am first and foremost a pragmatist, and even if I agreed with everything in that petition, it's virtue signaling that's unlikely to result in change. It's why I support Guterres.
Who said anything about "running as Republican Lite on Israel?" I'm distinguishing between virtue and virtue signaling. The former is what matters, or to put it another way, "actions speak louder than words." What is the Difference Between Virtue and Virtue Signaling? - Ethics Sage
Although the midterms may provide some relief, that may all be true, but there is no better alternative.
Public Trust in Government: 1958-2024 | Pew Research Center www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
With respect, that kind of virtue signaling would be meaningless, and would hand a potent weapon to the GOP. What works is quiet presidential leverage, e.g. responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/05/24/r...
Britain needs a wealth tax on property on.ft.com/4mLbuFO | opinion
At an emergency meeting of the UN security council on Friday, the US warned Russia to move toward some sort of peace settlement and meet with Ukraine or face possible sanctions. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
At an emergency meeting of the UN security council on Friday, the US warned Russia to move toward some sort of peace settlement and meet with Ukraine or face possible sanctions. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
If Putin doesn't commit by Monday to meet Zelensky, "it means that once again President Putin played President Trump," French President Emmanuel Macron said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday. www.reuters.com/world/macron...
Russia rejects Western security guarantee proposals days before Ukraine finalizes framework with allies Moscow says guarantees “must take into account Russia's security interests” and current proposals are “one-sided” euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/29/r...
#Zelensky: Russia Cannot Occupy Ukraine, But Borders Can’t Be Restored by Force @kyivpost.com Security pillars: 1. Maintaining a large Ukrainian army 2. Agreements with NATO partners at the leader level 3. Sanctions against Russia and the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s postwar recovery
This is a fantasy about as realistic as building colonies on the moon. But the grim underlying reality is ethnic cleansing. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
With respect, it doesn't work that way. Perplexity: "In short, the combination of youthful openness, active social environments, institutional support, and issue relevance makes young people and college students especially likely to spark disruptive political change."
Rest assured. The seeds of Trump’s destruction have already been sown. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-263
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2025 @thestudyofwar.bsky.social Key Takeaways: ⤵️ www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
A number of Arab states are prepared to normalize relations with Israel given an acceptable Palestinian peace agreement. The stumbling block is the creation of an independent Palestinian state, so it would likely take a multi-step process.
Unfortunately, I don't think UN peacekeepers are a good option given their limitations. I lean toward a multinational Arab force with sufficient firepower to stop the Israelis mowing the grass.
A meaningless DNC resolution to stop aid to Israel would not only be ineffective but a disaster for Democrats, like "defund the police." On the other hand, presidential leverage could have a real effect.
A meaningless DNC resolution to stop aid to Israel would not only be ineffective but a disaster for Democrats, like "defund the police." On the other hand, presidential leverage could have a real effect.
I block incivility.
I block incivility.
I block incivility.
With respect, you are trapped in your own contradiction. 🤭 You can't have it both ways. 🙄
1. Genetic fallacy. It can sometimes help to increase funding on non-police interventions, but not at the expense of the police. San Francisco, for example, is a poster child for wasteful non-police spending and insufficient police. 2. Israel can get munitions from other sources, including itself.
I block incivility.
With respect, that makes no sense.
On the contrary: 1. Studies show that more police on the beat deters crime. 2. No, an arms embargo won't work, because Netanyahu is personally driving the conflict.
CHENEY SHOWED THEM THE WAY: Dick Cheney Defends America's Use of Torture, Again, in New Book @theguardian.com Exceptional, released on Tuesday, includes Cheney’s latest rebuttals of charges he damaged the US by sanctioning torture after the 9/11 attacks
Perplexity: "Trump's emergency tariffs have been criticized because the law enables indefinite executive action without a clear time limit, creating market uncertainty and potential for abuse." www.perplexity.ai/search/trump...
Perplexity: "Trump's emergency tariffs have been criticized because the law enables indefinite executive action without a clear time limit, creating market uncertainty and potential for abuse." www.perplexity.ai/search/trump...
With respect, calling for an arms embargo would have been as foolish and counterproductive as "defund the police." bsky.app/profile/jnav... 2/2
With respect, calling for an arms embargo would have been as foolish and counterproductive as "defund the police." bsky.app/profile/jnav... 1/2
#Syria Accuses #Israel of Fresh Incursion in Quneitra, Days After Deadly Strikes - Dailynewsegypt 🤬 Israeli army entered a village in southern Syria’s Quneitra province on Friday night and searched a number of homes before withdrawing the latest in a series of escalations in the region.
Palestinian factions hand over weapons from Beirut camps https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-factions-hand-over-weapons-from-beirut-camps/
Global Sumud Flotilla To Begin Sailing From Spain To #Gaza on Sunday To Challenge Israeli #Blockade - Anadolu Ajansı 👏 International Committee to Break the Siege describes flotilla as worldwide protest against 'siege & genocide' in Gaza accusing international institutions of 'failure & complicity' 👏
1. Much more than just "politically" expedient IF followed through. 2. I have no confidence in the Do Nothing Democrats.
@pbs.org The decision was likely to bring more condemnation of Israel’s government as frustration grows in the country and abroad over dire conditions for both Palestinians and remaining hostages in Gaza after nearly 23 months of war. ☑️
‘Unacceptable’: #Spain Condemns US #Visa Ban on Palestinian Officials - Anadolu Ajansı 👏 ‘It's the time for action, action to stop the war, action to break the blockade of famine from Israel to Gaza,’ says Spanish foreign minister 👏 2/2
#EU Urges US To Reconsider UN Summit #Visa Ban for Palestinian Officials - Anadolu Ajansı EU divided on next steps on Israel sanctions but united in urging US to reverse Palestinian visa ban 1/2
#Gaza Death Toll Nears 63,400 as 10 More Palestinians Die of Starvation @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social 🤬 • At least 63,371 Palestinians have been killed • Famine-linked death toll since October 2023 to 332 people, including 124 children • 66 bodies were brought to hospitals • 345 people were injured
#China Warns #Philippines of 'Price To Pay for Trampling Red Line' Over #Taiwan - Anadolu Ajansı Beijing's reaction follows reports of Taiwan's top diplomat visiting Southeast Asian nation
1. The media source has no bearing on the content. Genetic fallacy. 2. The poll is rated mostly factual and right-center, not right wing. 3. That you didn't counter with contrary data is telling.
Our predictive inflation index has fallen from 3.0% last month to 2.6%. This decline suggests that monetary loosening has at least become much more justifiable than it was in July
FACT CHECK: ‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms @theguardian.com
1. US has the leverage IF it chooses to use it. 2. See #1. 3. Israel has no say over US policy. 4. See #1. 5. See #3. 6. I do understand the foolishness of "defund the police."
No, just the opposite, and the US public would not stand for an arms embargo in any event. ⤵️
Pundits in Europe and the U.S. are weighing what form security guarantees might take. But the entire discussion is permeated with a palpable sense of unreality, writes Christian Caryl.
No, it's not what you said, either time, as my source makes clear.
FACT CHECK: ‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms @theguardian.com
FACT CHECK: • The measure was blocked by party leaders who instead backed a rival resolution by DNC Chair Ken Martin, which called for a ceasefire in Gaza, increased humanitarian aid and a two-state solution • Martin ultimately withdrew his resolution amid outrage from rank-and-file members
“It does not matter if you’re a citizen, here on a green card, or visiting Las Vegas for the weekend — you shouldn’t have to fear retaliation because the government doesn’t like what you have to say.”
Supreme Court Will Likely Reverse Tariff Ruling Because of Unwillingness To Second-Guess the President | Perplexity bsky.app/profile/jnav...
SURRENDER SCHUMER? Don't hold your breath. bsky.app/profile/jnav...
Good that arms ban was voted down, because it's the same brain-dead politics as "defund the police." Instead: 1. Immediate and permanent ceasefire 2. Flooding #Gaza with aid 3. Recognition of a Palestinian state 4. Ending Israeli West Bank settlements 5. Support for ICC and ICJ
“As we approach 2026, it’s not going to go away, the more we delay having a hard conversation like this one.”
