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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west; the Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital, largest city, and leading cultural center, while Alexandria is the second-largest city and an important hub of industry and tourism. With over 107 million inhabitants, Egypt is the third-most populous country in Africa and 15th-most populated in the world. .. more

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erinsnider.bsky.social
I"n a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision." Next route to challenge impoundment is for the head of the GAO to sue on Congress' behalf.
Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Aid, Appeals Court Rules
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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thehighsign.bsky.social
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
Quote from a story on changes at the U of Chicago that notes they are "pausing" doctoral eduction in Classics, Comp Lit, Germanic studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Romance languages and literatures, and South Asian Studies.
August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM

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bradheath.bsky.social
The Air Force and Navy are poised to cancel two nearly complete projects worth about $800 million because they want Salesforce and billionaire Peter Thiel's Palantir, to have a chance to win similar projects. The result could be a costly do-over.

www.reuters.com/world/us/how...
August 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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chenoweth.bsky.social
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has finalized our participation estimates for No Kings Day on 6/14. Here are five key takeaways🧵:
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history
The historic number of No Kings protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.
wagingnonviolence.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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freddydeknatel.bsky.social
This is how you write about the cranks and loyalists Trump taps for his admin. You would never see language like this in the NYT:

“Even economists on the political right doubt that a man they characterise as an inexperienced stooge of the president will fulfil that mission.” on.ft.com/4lteNQu
‘The world is not going to trust our data’: Donald Trump’s BLS pick sparks alarm
US president wants a loyalist to handle some of the global market’s most important data
on.ft.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM

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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
#ReleaseTheCuomoList
August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM

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chenoweth.bsky.social
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM

erinsnider.bsky.social
in addition to everything else, is that a little pocket watch peeking out of that vest?
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM

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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Let's focus on qualifications: Antoni finished grad school 5 years ago at Northern Illinois with no distinction. Dissertation: No focus on labor or data collection. Zero publications. One lifetime citation (by a former colleague).

This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.
justinwolfers.bsky.social Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 11
Trump's nominee for BLS commissioner, EJ Antoni, is disastrously terrible. He's a 1200%, 1300% maybe 1400% in-the-tank Trumper, with few credentials beyond a history of misrepresenting or misunderstanding economic statistics. He has shown no commitment to truth
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM

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bloomberg.com
Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Trump Names Heritage’s EJ Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.
bloom.bg
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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josephpolitano.bsky.social
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
a tweet from EJ Antoni that reads "Import prices just came in WAAAY below expectations: June was up just 0.1% M/M, -0.2% Y/Y, while May saw a huge downward revision from flat to -0.4% M/M; still waiting for tariffs to be passed on by foreign producers..." I replied "The import price index measure pre-tariff prices, the fact that pre-tariff prices are basically flat means Americans are paying the tariffs. Though I wouldn’t expect a Heritage foundation guy like yourself to be smart enough to understand basic stuff like that."
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM

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washingtonpost.com
President Trump once again catapulted crime in D.C. into the national conversation.

“It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World,” he said in a Truth Social post.

Local and federal data, though, paint a contrasting picture: wapo.st/3UnYDNd
August 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM

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kjephd.bsky.social
The groundwork of expectation alignment & normalization has already been done, is *currently being done* right this very minute, in this very clip, and on the streets of the nation's capital. A taboo broken in LA, now being repeated in DC, soon normalized & available for any American city...
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Reposted by Egypt, Cas Mudde, Kim L. Scheppele , and 12 more

atrupar.com
Trump mentions NYC, Baltimore, and Oakland, says "they're so far gone," and adds, "this will go further. We'll starting very strongly with DC."
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM

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espiers.bsky.social
The idea that anybody who’s Palestinian works for Hamas isn’t going to hold up well at The Hague. At this point Netanyahu’s legacy should be right down there with Pinochet and Pol Pot www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM

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joeberkowitz.bsky.social
This part, from NYT. Just inhuman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-journalists-killed.html Last month, the Committee to Protect Journalists said it was “gravely worried” about Mr. al-Sharif’s safety, accusing the Israeli military of targeting him with a “smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination.” The organization said that the Israeli military had “stepped up” its campaign to discredit Mr. al-Sharif “since the journalist cried on air while reporting on starvation in Gaza.”
August 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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ayoub.bsky.social
The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital

Absolute monsters

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel murders four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
www.aljazeera.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM

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wsj.com
Exclusive: The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including at least one longtime critic of the agency, according to a senior administration official.
Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency.
on.wsj.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM

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ckrafftc.bsky.social
Research Development Workshop by @arabpsn.bsky.social
Gender and Politics in MENA
Deadline for Application: September 20, 2025
www.arabpsn.org/events/rdw2025
Research Development Workshop Gender and Politics in MENA Deadline for Application: September 20, 2025 The Arab Political Science Network (APSN) announces a Call for Applications for the annual Research Development Workshop. This year the workshop is designed over 5 months to maximize engagement, mentorship, discussions, and feedback with the selected participants. This opportunity is aimed at both PhD and advanced MA students in / from an Arab country. The deadline to apply is 20 September 2025. The research mentorship program will support participants to build research capacity and foster a transnational scholarly community among graduate students from the region. The overarching theme of the workshop is Gender and Politics in the MENA region.
August 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM

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mclem.org
The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.

It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.

Likely to enter force within days.
August 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM

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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
With @timmiller.bsky.social - on Sudan, America and Polish wildflowers

www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-apple...
Anne Applebaum: What USAID's Absence Looks Like on the Ground
The United States, through USAID, not only supplied a big chunk of the world's humanitarian aid, it also provided almost all of the logistical support for other aid organizations to deliver relief as ...
www.thebulwark.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM

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motherjones.com
Aid groups say a “worst case for famine” is playing out in Gaza.

"The starvation, truly, is a hundred percent," says Dr. Tarek Loubani from Gaza, "I saw a little girl... she was sticks and bones and she was dead. And her father had brought her for resuscitation."
A doctor in Gaza describes the horror of starvation
"I remember the first time that I saw a little girl, she was eight months old, brought to me—she was sticks and bones and she was dead."
www.motherjones.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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atrupar.com
Trump: "This one chart really says it better than anything, if you look at this. This is great. But this chart is pretty amazing. Right here. All new numbers."
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM

erinsnider.bsky.social
have a small doodle and love him more than anything, but next dog will def be a poodle.
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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shashj.bsky.social
“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...
How much of Gaza is left standing?
Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction
www.economist.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM

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radiofreetom.bsky.social
This guy just said out loud that the whole point of what the Republicans are doing in Texas is to win Congress.
August 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM

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jamellebouie.net
popular anti-fascism as taxpayer revolt...might have some legs
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 4
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM

erinsnider.bsky.social
literally said just this yesterday afternoon after a break from a week hovering around 100F
August 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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pbsnews.org
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM