Sam Ratner
@samratner.bsky.social
Policy director at Win Without War, working to enact a more just and progressive US foreign policy. Formerly @ACLEDINFO and @ZitamarNews. He/him. Views my own.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
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NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Dumbest man alive finds new grift.
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Dumbest man alive finds new grift.
The administration wants you to think that the 287(g) program is inevitable. In fact, it's the opposite. 287(g) agreements are vulnerable in so many places, and there's tons of great political hay to be made in killing them.
And here is the link to that piece about the City Council briefing on the 287(g) program.
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
ICE Came to Dallas City Hall. It Did Not Go Well for ICE.
Mayor Eric Johnson’s insistence that the City Council discuss whether the police should be involved in a controversial federal immigration program may have had an unintended consequence: a fractious b...
www.dmagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The administration wants you to think that the 287(g) program is inevitable. In fact, it's the opposite. 287(g) agreements are vulnerable in so many places, and there's tons of great political hay to be made in killing them.
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The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
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This is the best chart ever lol
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the best chart ever lol
Y’all, you’ll *never guess* what Jason Bordoff and Megan O’Sullivan think is going to happen with oil demand.
From the latest big Foreign Affairs energy piece, by Jason Bordoff & Megan O'Sullivan.
They're comparing one scenario published in 2024 with a completely different type of scenario (to be) published in 2025 - to say oil demand will rise and therefore problems of supply crunch/concentration loom.
They're comparing one scenario published in 2024 with a completely different type of scenario (to be) published in 2025 - to say oil demand will rise and therefore problems of supply crunch/concentration loom.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Y’all, you’ll *never guess* what Jason Bordoff and Megan O’Sullivan think is going to happen with oil demand.
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~70 people have now been killed by the US in waters around South America without proof of criminality, an imminent threat, due process or a strategy beyond bombing or a bigger war.
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
~70 people have now been killed by the US in waters around South America without proof of criminality, an imminent threat, due process or a strategy beyond bombing or a bigger war.
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
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Heritage Foundation’s endorsement of Haman may be inconsistent with stated agenda of Project Esther.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Heritage Foundation’s endorsement of Haman may be inconsistent with stated agenda of Project Esther.
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Wrong—the Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act both have provisions which enable the Presidency to withhold aid under specific conditions— and these provisions override individual MOUs that are held between the USG and a foreign country because they are actually-existing binding law.
No President can issue an embargo against Israel, because of US laws requiring that the US support Israel.
That was my whole point. Nothing in the relationship with Israel can change until those laws do.
That was my whole point. Nothing in the relationship with Israel can change until those laws do.
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wrong—the Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act both have provisions which enable the Presidency to withhold aid under specific conditions— and these provisions override individual MOUs that are held between the USG and a foreign country because they are actually-existing binding law.
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Send your friends who feel all hopeful tonight the link to @ruwaromman.bsky.social's campaign for Georgia governor. Let's get some of this New York energy down South
www.ruwaforgeorgia.com
www.ruwaforgeorgia.com
Ruwa Romman for Governor of Georgia
Ruwa Romman is a Georgia State Representative who is running for Governor because we deserve a state that we can afford, and where we belong regardless of our income. Born in Jordan and the granddaugh...
www.ruwaforgeorgia.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Send your friends who feel all hopeful tonight the link to @ruwaromman.bsky.social's campaign for Georgia governor. Let's get some of this New York energy down South
www.ruwaforgeorgia.com
www.ruwaforgeorgia.com
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mine eyes? seeing the glory.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
mine eyes? seeing the glory.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively
Tremendous lineup for this.
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📅 Wednesday, November 5, 2025
⏰ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
🎧 English with Spanish translation
🔗 Register now: wola.org/events/uncha...
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tremendous lineup for this.
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Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
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Seems likely the result of the IDF’s Military Advocate General leaking the detainee rape video in an apparent effort to defend her office from allegations that it looked the other way at IDF Gaza war crimes will be…the dismissal of the only serious war crimes charges her office actually pursued
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Seems likely the result of the IDF’s Military Advocate General leaking the detainee rape video in an apparent effort to defend her office from allegations that it looked the other way at IDF Gaza war crimes will be…the dismissal of the only serious war crimes charges her office actually pursued
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Guam was left out of the expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - but its fight for justice isn't over. www.postguam.com/news/local/l...
Lawmakers unite behind nuclear fallout task force, may march on Washington
Sen. Telo Taitague co-sponsored a resolution this week to form a Pacific-Wide task force on nuclear fallout impact, signaling a shift in strategy after Guam's latest exclusion from federal radiation
www.postguam.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Guam was left out of the expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - but its fight for justice isn't over. www.postguam.com/news/local/l...
This sucks so bad. Lex has done incredible, incredible work, and their voice is so needed in the public sphere in this moment.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This sucks so bad. Lex has done incredible, incredible work, and their voice is so needed in the public sphere in this moment.
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There have to be consequences if we’re ever to come back.
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There have to be consequences if we’re ever to come back.
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Wow... It's not just online. It's also offline. "Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to ‘break the law’ in Caribbean strikes" taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-gro...
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Wow... It's not just online. It's also offline. "Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to ‘break the law’ in Caribbean strikes" taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-gro...
The UAE, taking in billions in US weapons and then turning around and arming the genocidal RSF: We’d never get away with this if America still existed in the world!
In Sudan, @anneapplebaum reports, the post-American world has already arrived. A brutal civil war has left a vacuum—and no international organizations, no diplomats, and certainly no Americans are coming to fill it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth
Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The UAE, taking in billions in US weapons and then turning around and arming the genocidal RSF: We’d never get away with this if America still existed in the world!