Sisters, we have more power than you realize! We hold a majority of the population. We have many allies in the world. We need to take off the gloves and play dirty. FIGHT, VOTE, SPEAK UP, SUPPORT OTHERS, AND TAKE BACK OUR WORLD!
Victor Asal
@victorasal.bsky.social
UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
Check it out! How #trains can transform #PersianGulf #politics and #global #security @umassboston.bsky.social @conresglobal.bsky.social @mccormackgradatumb.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-trains-c...
How trains can transform Persian Gulf politics and global security
Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.
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Trump and Pete Hegseth turned military medical records into a removal tool against trans troops whose performance had already proved they could serve. Read the full report ↓
Trans Troops Followed the Pentagon’s Medical Rules—Then Those Records Were Used to Force Them Out
Trump and Pete Hegseth turned military medical records into grounds for separation, pushing experienced trans troops into closed proceedings.
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TW ⚠️ Prosecutors say a Manhattan therapist rape a 17-year-old trans boy during a private session. The case exposes the power a clinician holds over a minor patient—and the safeguards that failed to keep that child safe. Read the full report ↓
A Trans Teen Sought Therapy—His Therapist Is Accused of Raping Him
Prosecutors say the alleged assault happened during a session in a Midtown Manhattan office, raising urgent questions about therapeutic power, supervision and the protection of trans minors in care.
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Kash Patel ended David Maltinsky’s 16-year FBI career over a Pride flag that Maltinsky’s lawsuit says officials had already found permissible. Now he is seeking the internal record behind the reversal. Read the full report ↓
Kash Patel Fired a Gay FBI Employee Over a Pride Flag His Lawsuit Says the FBI Had Allowed
After more than 16 years of FBI service, David Maltinsky is asking a federal judge to uncover how a Pride display described as permissible became grounds for ending his career.
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Excavations Uncover Altar of Vilnius' Great Synagogue, Destroyed in Holocaust www.haaretz.com/archaeology/...
'This was once the heart of Jewish life' • Excavations uncover altar of Vilnius' Great Synagogue, destroyed in Holocaust
Archaeologists uncovered parts of the prayer hall, the women's atrium, colorful floors and plaques with names of congregation members, providing a 'moving, almost personal familiarity with the people ...
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How Netanyahu Convinced Trump's Board of Peace to Rewrite Its Gaza Deal With Hamas www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Analysis • How Netanyahu convinced Trump's Board of Peace to rewrite its deal with Hamas
Despite agreeing to halt most strikes, Israel's refusal to withdraw IDF forces from Gaza casts doubt on the cease-fire – another questionable achievement of Trumpist diplomacy
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The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids. The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/m...
The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids.
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.
nytimes.com
Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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It also flattens the stalemate. Ukraine accepted losing a footing on the front lines to take the fight to the strategic/economic levels in Russia with its strike campaign. Russia has used a civilian bombing campaign since late 2022 to make up for its complete lack of competence in the ground war.
Deadly Missile Attack on Kyiv Exploits Ukraine’s Depleted Air Defenses www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...
Russia’s Deadly Missile Attack on Kyiv Exploits Ukraine’s Depleted Air Defenses
At least 17 people were killed, officials said, as the country runs desperately low on interceptor missiles that could fend off Russian bombardments.
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How did we end up with a cult of Sgt. Schulz copycats led by a Hitler Wannabe?.
Agenda? He is like a short order cook moving from over easy to scrambled. From pancakes to waffles, sweating profusely and swearing. A billionaire gives him money, he makes the order his priority. There's a line of them at the door, waiting to give him orders.
Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · yesterdayHow the War in Iran Is Complicating Trump’s Agenda at Home www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
When you realize there are still people running organizations/businesses who are completely unplugged from society. "I'm sorry, lady. Our drivers are big, wild, hungry lions and you got in the vehicle smothered in lard and dressed in bacon. It's not the driver's fault."
Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · yesterdayUber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
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How the War in Iran Is Complicating Trump’s Agenda at Home www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
How the War in Iran Is Complicating Trump’s Agenda at Home
As President Trump heads to the West Coast to talk to Americans about the economy, the war in Iran is driving up costs and polls show the already unpopular conflict is losing support.
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@teresa555.bsky.social Monday can be beautiful ✌️🫂🌺🌸🌺✌️ Peace Teres’! The first white bloom from the offshoot (this year) pretty cool ! Hope you’re well Fla. sister
Americans say “yes” to climate migrants - until specifics hit. This article by Per Adman, @nazita.bsky.social and Deborah Seligsohn uses conjoint data to reveal how origin, education, and welfare fears drive acceptance gaps beyond abstract compassion. doi.org/10.1017/S104... @pspolisci.bsky.social
American Attitudes Toward Climate Migrants: Findings from a Conjoint Experiment | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
American Attitudes Toward Climate Migrants: Findings from a Conjoint Experiment - Volume 57 Issue 4
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Today we filed a brief on behalf of the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, Leader Schumer, and Leader Jeffries in the Supreme Court. We are supporting the stay entered by the lower court against Trump's second anti-voting Executive Order. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...
The CLARITY Act would open workers’ pensions and retirement accounts to volatile cryptocurrency. If those risky bets don’t pay off, it's working people and retirees who will pay the price. The Senate must stand with working people and reject this bill.
Great memes VC, thank you & good morning. Enjoy your day to the max! ☮️🫶🐸
Revolving door at 10 Downing St. is weakening the special relationship between UK and US @us.theconversation.com Garret Martin theconversation.com/revolving-do...
Revolving door at 10 Downing St. is weakening the special relationship between UK and US
The days of long-established relationships between the UK prime minister and the US president are long gone.
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New Round of Trump Threats and Pullbacks Raises Uncertainty in Mideast www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
New Round of Trump Threats and Pullbacks Raises Uncertainty in Mideast
Analysts and lawmakers are trying to divine whether Mr. Trump’s latest announcement means negotiations with Iran will truly get underway Monday or if the president is just working through unappealing ...
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Oil/Gas industry funding climate research at prestigious U.S. universities for over 30 years. misperception that climate change could be solved w/o dramatically curtailing fossil fuels — a notion that has delayed emissions cuts by decades. propub.li/4pSv8St projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu...
Carbon Captured
How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself
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