Baby Zohran Mamdani with my brother-in-law, Feizel Mamdoo, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Congratulations Mr Mayor!
Sarah Baxter
@sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social
Director, Marie Colvin Center, Stony Brook University, columnist at the i paper, ex-dep ed Sunday Times, IPSO member
Can't win with Trump or without him. The Republicans' dilemma @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/repu...
The Republicans can't win with Trump - or without him
His power may already be waning
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U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...
U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials
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The Marie Colvin Center is hosting Robin Barnwell, 2025 Scripps Howard Fund award winning director of A Year of War, Israelis and Palestinians, at the Wang Center, 1pm, Wed October 8, @stonybrooku.bsky.social . All welcome.
Opinion | The message is clear: anybody who crosses the President does so at their peril 🖋️ @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social ➡️ Read more: trib.al/P0EPsND
Putin denies justice for Marie Colvin by harbouring Assad www.thetimes.com/article/2471...
Putin denies justice for Marie Colvin by harbouring Assad
French authorities have issued arrest warrants for the former Syrian president, his brother and henchmen over the killing of the Sunday Times journalist in 2012
thetimes.com
Only 25 people can solve Syria’s darkest puzzle. They’re dentists - sobering story about the disappeared by @christinalamb.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/99ad...
Only 25 people can solve Syria’s darkest puzzle. They’re dentists
Tens of thousands of people were tortured and murdered by the Assad regime. Now an unlikely alliance has begun the monumental task of identifying them
thetimes.com
Coy flirting, fraternal greetings and nothing to show for it. Now it's over to Zelensky when Putin could stop the war tomorrow inews.co.uk/opinion/admi...
Plenty of admiration and no deal in sight - Trump's summit was a failure
A red carpet reception and a ride in Trump's car - that's about as much we got from the supposedly blockbuster summit
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An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...
cpj.org
JD Vance has finally made it to South Park as Trump's mini-sidekick in ...here's my column on why he's stuck in the role of puppet in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/jd-v...
JD Vance has a choice: be Trump’s puppet president or become irrelevant
It is greatly in the President's interest to line up an eager and compliant heir
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A Kamala comeback? It's the same-old, same-old from the Democrats. My column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/pers...
The person most excited for a Kamala Harris comeback? Donald Trump
It's the same-old same old from the Democrats
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Syria returns to bloodshed: ‘I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’. A devastating report by @christinalamb.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/eb67...
Syria returns to bloodshed: ‘I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’
Members of the Druze minority are telling of executions, allegedly by gunmen from government forces, after clashes between opposing groups
thetimes.com
"The American media might have cowed to Trump over Epstein - but the British won't," writes @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social Read more: https://trib.al/qYAmiXk
How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims - superb investigation by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims
A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar al-Assad.
nytimes.com
Play nice: then bully. Trump maps out the long game with Iran. My column on the Israeli attacks. inews.co.uk/opinion/play...
Play nice, then bully: Trump maps out the long game with Iran
The US President is positioning himself as the only man who can broker peace, once the bombing stops
inews.co.uk
Goodbye for now to a very special group of communication and journalism students. I’ll be seeing some if you in Sweden! @stonybrooku.bsky.social
A round of applause for these talented journalism masters students 👏👏👏👏@stonybrooku.bsky.social
Delighted to see @lauracummingart.bsky.social and Robert Harris puffed on the front page. The picture is a work of art in itself…
Michael Savage@michaelsavage.bsky.social · last yr.The first Observer overseen by Tortoise Media - and what a picture they got to kick it off.
Opinion | Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church Trumpworld thinks it is time to Make the Vatican Great Again 🖋 @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social
Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church
US President will be at the Vatican for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, reflecting the growing importance of the Catholic vote to Maga
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Could he fumble the ball? JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence inews.co.uk/opinion/jd-v...
JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence
The President loves to divide and conquer
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When trust is lost, it's hard to recover. This is Trump's Joe Biden moment - my column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
This is Trump's Joe Biden hour: his credibility is collapsing
It's remarkable how fast presidents can squander their political capital
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Trump is Teflon but his officiaks arent. Signalgate isnt over yet inews.co.uk/opinion/hell...
He’ll never admit it – but Trump is embarrassed by the Signal leak
The gaffe is eating away at his credibility
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Gutless and clueless, the Democrats are paralysed by Trump - out now in @theipaper inews.co.uk/opinion/gutl...
Gutless and clueless, the Democrats are paralysed by Trump
The official opposition is AWOL
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In memory of Marie Colvin. She was killed on this day, Feb 22, 2012, in Homs, Syria. I wish she could report today on the liberation of Syria from Bashar al-Assad. We support her legacy at mariecolvincenter.org. We miss you Marie
Opinion | Trump's popularity is already cratering - bigly If the economy doesn't pick up, Trump will be Biden Mark Two faster than he thinks 🖋️ @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
Trump's popularity is already cratering - bigly
If the economy doesn't pick up, Trump will be Biden Mark Two faster than he thinks
inews.co.uk
This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.more and more stories like this www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...