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Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP. https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
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Exactly. The entire justification for the ban, that countries need to improve some undefined “procedures,” is total bullshit. The US sets entry requirements and US consular officers vet applicants for visas.

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Entryway of the New York Public Library.

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These people are fucking idiots. The idea that anyone actually believes the bullshit Trump spews. Never fails to amaze me.

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Should have been $23m.

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What a totally unhinged president sounds like. Fucking insane. apnews.com/article/trum...

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When you are a country of 10 million and define your survival and security not as mutual deterrence but as military domination over a region of more than half a billion, your challenges are unending. 1/2

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#Breaking: On June 17, the bodies of 59 killed Palestinians and over 200 wounded were brought to Nasser hospital. People were injured while they tried to receive flour rations in Khan Younis, southern #Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health.

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President Miller has so decreed.

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With even less news coming out of Gaza due to an internet blackout & crowding out effects due to Israel's attack on Iran, it's essential to keep asking where things are, especially amid claims that aid is getting in via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Reporting confirms analysts' worst fears.

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"The incident was the latest in nearly daily mass deaths of Palestinians who were seeking aid in past weeks, including near sites operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation."

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And Trump apparently has declined to sign on to a G7 statement calling for deescalation.

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Trump trying to create panic in a city of 9,000,000 people is wild. It would create traffic jams for days, prevent first responders from getting to injuries, and make residents sitting ducks.

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Quick take reflections on Israel-Iran from colleagues at @brookings.edu including a short bit from me. www.brookings.edu/articles/isr...

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BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Syria's transitional justice gamble. www.syriaintransition.com/thetransitio...

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This cannot stand. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Yes. Syria’s new government seems to view accountability and transitional justice as a potential threat, not a means for social repair.

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#Syria: a Regime's doctor who worked in Homs & Damascus Mil. Hospitals in 2011-12 was sentenced to life prison in Germany. He was convicted of war crimes, incl. torture-murder of prisoners. He fled to Germany where he worked for 10 years as surgeon. He did things like nazis: forced castrations.

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Millions showed up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

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This Army birthday I’m thinking of Medal of Honor recipient Pvt Henry Johnson of the 369th NY National Guard (known as the Harlem Hellfighters). The 369th served more days in the WWI trenches than an other US unit, took more casualties also. DOD just stripped Johnson’s name off Ft. Polk.

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Two Democratic (DFL) Minnesota lawmakers and spouses shot by man impersonating police officer. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...

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Vastly underreported by major media outlets.

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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

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A friend just texted me from LA that this was happening at the park she was at

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Thanks to you all we are now a global event! Thanks again to 50501International and our fellow Americans abroad! 👏👏🙌🙌🪧✌️☮️🌎We are everywhere! Nokings.org ⬅️ events near you ‼️👀🌐💙 #NoKingsDay #NoTyrants #the50501movement #kickouttheclowns #50501Activists #UnitedWeStand #wearetheflood #GoodTrouble

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Trump Talks Big on Global Diplomacy, but His Goals Are in Tatters www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

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“It’s very hard for non-Israelis to understand,” said Eran Etzion, a former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council... “But you need to think about Israel now – about Netanyahu and Netanyahu’s regime – like you think about Putin and Putin’s regime.”

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Happening soon in Dupont Circle at 6 pm. Join us.

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👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.

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Right. He’s playing 4 dimension chess. 🙄

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Looking forward to this panel on Syria hosted by the great people at the Arab Reform Initiative. www.arab-reform.net/event/politi...

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The new government in Syria is focused on crimes of the Assad regime, not of opposition groups, ISIS, or HTS itself. Not good enough. And it is treating known war criminals with leniency in the name of stability. syrianobserver.com/syrian-actor...

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During my recent visit to Damascus I met with the minister of information, who is moving quickly to restructure the propaganda machine of the Assad regime and reduce the role of the state in control of the media. It's an uphill battle. syrianobserver.com/society/syri...

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Few issues are as explosive in post-Assad Syria as the fate of regime forces and officials implicated in criminal acts who have been "reconciled" by the new government. syrianobserver.com/syrian-actor...

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So who was it that cancelled the nuclear deal with Iran?

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She is saying, in effect: "We are going to liberate the city from its democratically elected leadership using the military"

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