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Max Rodenbeck

@maxji.bsky.social

Israel/Palestine Program Director for the International Crisis Group and in earlier avatars Germany, South Asia and Middle East bureau chief for The Economist

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Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2y ago

White House threatens to VETO the new Grassley/Cantwell bill to require Congress’s approval to impose tariffs. This affirms that it will effectively require two-thirds of the House and Senate to limit (or undo) President Trump’s moves on tariffs.

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Lisa Desjardins@lisad.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING - 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.

Peterson Institute for International Economics@piie.com · 2y ago

The new tariffs do not mirror tariffs developing countries impose on the US, nor account for different economic conditions & fiscal realities shaping tariff regimes in poorer countries—& ignore basic realities of institutional capacity, resource endowment, & geography. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:

Trump's April 2 tariff spree could cripple developing economies

President Donald Trump presented his new tariffs on April 2 as a pragmatic, "reciprocal" trade policy intended to balance trade between the US and its trading partners. But the tariffs on imports from...

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Frederick Deknatel@freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 2y ago

"There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on liberal law firms... What is shocking is the ease with which his attack has so far succeeded... This is a tale not so much of capitulation to an authoritarian leader as of collusion with him." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Adam Shatz | Submission

There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...

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Max Rodenbeck@maxji.bsky.social · 2y ago

This film has not won an Oscar x.com/BtSIsrael/st...

Breaking the Silence on X: "Friday morning, a mob of settlers descends on the small village of Jinba in Masafer Yatta, injuring 5 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy and a 64-year-old man. The IDF quickly responded - arresting over 20 Palestinians. From there, it got worse 🧵 https://t.co/rrHUa8WKgk" / X

Friday morning, a mob of settlers descends on the small village of Jinba in Masafer Yatta, injuring 5 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy and a 64-year-old man. The IDF quickly responded - arresting over 20 Palestinians. From there, it got worse 🧵 https://t.co/rrHUa8WKgk

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Danny Postel@dannypostel.bsky.social · 2y ago

There's a tendency to conflate the "America First" and realist foreign policy outlooks, which are distinct — actually incompatible in key ways. This has led to a lot of confusion about what Trump and Vance are up to. Here's my attempt to pierce the ideological fog. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

The ‘America First’ Masquerade

Though packaged as a kind of foreign policy realism, the doctrine guiding the Trump administration is riddled with contradictions

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Michael Wong@miquai.bsky.social · 2y ago

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our latest work on Gaza was produced in collaboration with multiple organisations, including ARIJ, Forbidden Stories, ZDF, and Zeit. Here's a thread of their articles based on the investigation.

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 2y ago

Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...

Joris Luyendijk@jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2y ago

For the first time in history we can no longer trust our eyes. Our eyes! Imagine the conspiracy theories you can now 'back up' with images. It is becoming increasingly hard to see how democracy and the Rechtsstaat can survive this, in the long term.

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today, OpenAI released its new image generation tool. Following X/Musk, it has much less political limits than previously. So, to test it out, here is an AI image of Ursula von der Leyen winning in Poker against Trump

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, was ruled unconstitutional in 1996 — by Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump’s sister.

Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister

Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.

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