Hala Arafa
@sinuhe1800.bsky.social
Retired: News Editor [Voice of America], Program Review Analyst [International Bureau of Broadcasting]
Trump declared his intention to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.
“This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Sec of Interior & I fix it.Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
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“This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Sec of Interior & I fix it.Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
newrepublic.com/post/203747/...
Trump Threatens to Destroy Another Priceless American Landmark
Donald Trump reveals that the Reflecting Pool is next on his renovation chopping block.
newrepublic.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trump declared his intention to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.
“This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Sec of Interior & I fix it.Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
newrepublic.com/post/203747/...
“This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Sec of Interior & I fix it.Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
newrepublic.com/post/203747/...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
Using taxpayers $$ to snap up owners shares in private companies--
We are moving into a communist society, destroying the private sector.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Using taxpayers $$ to snap up owners shares in private companies--
We are moving into a communist society, destroying the private sector.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
Using taxpayers $$ to snap up owners shares in private companies--
We are moving into a communist society, destroying the private sector.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Using taxpayers $$ to snap up owners shares in private companies--
We are moving into a communist society, destroying the private sector.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
A DHS spokesperson said Bruna Caroline Ferreira is a "criminal illegal alien from Brazil" who overstayed her tourist visa, which expired in June 1999.
Ferreira “has a previous arrest for battery” and is currently in removal proceedings, the spokesperson said."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Ferreira “has a previous arrest for battery” and is currently in removal proceedings, the spokesperson said."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Woman with family relations to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrested by ICE | CNN Politics
A woman with family relations to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is in ICE custody after being arrested earlier this month near Boston.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A DHS spokesperson said Bruna Caroline Ferreira is a "criminal illegal alien from Brazil" who overstayed her tourist visa, which expired in June 1999.
Ferreira “has a previous arrest for battery” and is currently in removal proceedings, the spokesperson said."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Ferreira “has a previous arrest for battery” and is currently in removal proceedings, the spokesperson said."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
THAT'S THE LAW "... A President may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress."
That's what Clinton did when he eliminated USIA. This is what George W. did after 9/11.
That's what Clinton did when he eliminated USIA. This is what George W. did after 9/11.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THAT'S THE LAW "... A President may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress."
That's what Clinton did when he eliminated USIA. This is what George W. did after 9/11.
That's what Clinton did when he eliminated USIA. This is what George W. did after 9/11.
Trump Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, is now claiming beef prices are high because immigrants are smuggling diseased cattle from South America across the border.
This is what happens when you run out of economic arguments, you just start inventing barnyard fanfiction.
This is what happens when you run out of economic arguments, you just start inventing barnyard fanfiction.
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, is now claiming beef prices are high because immigrants are smuggling diseased cattle from South America across the border.
This is what happens when you run out of economic arguments, you just start inventing barnyard fanfiction.
This is what happens when you run out of economic arguments, you just start inventing barnyard fanfiction.
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NYTimes says: "The cracks in the Trump's supporters coalition is getting bigger and bigger by the day."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
NYTimes says: "The cracks in the Trump's supporters coalition is getting bigger and bigger by the day."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Hungary has secured an agreement with Washington on a "financial shield" to protect its economy and public finances, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
Hungary has financial shield agreement with Washington, Orban says
Hungary has secured an agreement with Washington on a "financial shield" to protect its economy and public finances, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hungary has secured an agreement with Washington on a "financial shield" to protect its economy and public finances, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO MOSCOW
Trump transformed the USA into Russia, where people are standing in food lines, Trump extorting private companies to hand over shares to the Federal Government, & Congress & SCOTUS rubber-stamping Trump's edicts.
Trump transformed the USA into Russia, where people are standing in food lines, Trump extorting private companies to hand over shares to the Federal Government, & Congress & SCOTUS rubber-stamping Trump's edicts.
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO MOSCOW
Trump transformed the USA into Russia, where people are standing in food lines, Trump extorting private companies to hand over shares to the Federal Government, & Congress & SCOTUS rubber-stamping Trump's edicts.
Trump transformed the USA into Russia, where people are standing in food lines, Trump extorting private companies to hand over shares to the Federal Government, & Congress & SCOTUS rubber-stamping Trump's edicts.
With people standing in food lines, Trump extorting private companies to hand over shares to the Federal Government, Congress & SCOTUS rubber-stamping Trump's edicts, The United States is being transformed into Russia.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
With people standing in food lines, Trump extorting private companies to hand over shares to the Federal Government, Congress & SCOTUS rubber-stamping Trump's edicts, The United States is being transformed into Russia.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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Sid Davis, a White House correspondent who witnessed the swearing-in of LBJ as president aboard Air Force One after the 1963 assassination of JFK in Dallas, has died at the age of 97. I believed his final on-camera interview was the one I conducted for VOA. www.voanews.com/a/dateline-d...
Dateline Dallas: A Reporter Remembers Kennedy Assassination
This November 22 will mark 60 years since the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Among the journalists in the motorcade that day in Texas was Sid Davis, the White House correspondent for Westinghouse Radio. VOA’s Steve Herman sat down with Davis to discuss what he saw that day.
www.voanews.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sid Davis, a White House correspondent who witnessed the swearing-in of LBJ as president aboard Air Force One after the 1963 assassination of JFK in Dallas, has died at the age of 97. I believed his final on-camera interview was the one I conducted for VOA. www.voanews.com/a/dateline-d...
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“For years, conservatives loudly complained that government spending was opaque, that their hard-earned dollars were being secretly misused, and that the government definitely did not need all the money it was taking from them.
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank
He thinks our money is his.
www.publicnotice.co
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“For years, conservatives loudly complained that government spending was opaque, that their hard-earned dollars were being secretly misused, and that the government definitely did not need all the money it was taking from them.
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
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Trump Cancels Thanksgiving
He's lost the shutdown fight, but wants to starve kids anyway.
therickwilson.substack.com/p/trump-canc...
He's lost the shutdown fight, but wants to starve kids anyway.
therickwilson.substack.com/p/trump-canc...
Trump Cancels Thanksgiving
He's lost the shutdown fight, but wants to starve kids anyway.
therickwilson.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump Cancels Thanksgiving
He's lost the shutdown fight, but wants to starve kids anyway.
therickwilson.substack.com/p/trump-canc...
He's lost the shutdown fight, but wants to starve kids anyway.
therickwilson.substack.com/p/trump-canc...
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This statement about “young children” being something under 14 seems particularly detestable given Trump’s close personal relationship with Jeffery Epstein.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtu.be/BbiXMQwBEaA?...
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtu.be/BbiXMQwBEaA?...
Epstein Ballroom
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This statement about “young children” being something under 14 seems particularly detestable given Trump’s close personal relationship with Jeffery Epstein.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtu.be/BbiXMQwBEaA?...
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtu.be/BbiXMQwBEaA?...
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"...even as the government shutdown continued with no end in sight." truthout.org/articles/sen...
Senate Republicans Vote to Gut Arctic Protections
This comes after Trump’s Interior Department wrenched open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.
truthout.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"...even as the government shutdown continued with no end in sight." truthout.org/articles/sen...
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Also: Even in the context of 9/11 and with the imprimatur of the 2001 AUMF, lethal strikes were authorized only for “senior operational members” of al Qaeda and associated forces
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Also: Even in the context of 9/11 and with the imprimatur of the 2001 AUMF, lethal strikes were authorized only for “senior operational members” of al Qaeda and associated forces
The administration contends that injured laborers have more access to technology & more nonphysical job options than in the past.
The five states where the highest proportions of people rely on these benefits are WVA, Arkansas, KY, Mississippi & Alabama.
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
The five states where the highest proportions of people rely on these benefits are WVA, Arkansas, KY, Mississippi & Alabama.
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The administration contends that injured laborers have more access to technology & more nonphysical job options than in the past.
The five states where the highest proportions of people rely on these benefits are WVA, Arkansas, KY, Mississippi & Alabama.
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
The five states where the highest proportions of people rely on these benefits are WVA, Arkansas, KY, Mississippi & Alabama.
www.propublica.org/article/soci...