Jeffrey Zimmer
@abujabba.bsky.social
International affairs enthusiast focusing on democracy, human rights, and worker rights in the Near East region. Always on the lookout for more books to read. Cat dad.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Good morning. ☕️
ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.
Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.
“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.
Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.
“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Has Forced Out An Alarming Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Have An Exact Number
“The performance of our government across the board is being diminished,” warned Max Stier, CEO of Partnership for Public Service.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Good morning. ☕️
ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.
Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.
“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.
Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.
“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader."
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
A Federal Agent Shot at a Driver in D.C. An MPD Officer Was Told To Omit the Shooting from His Report.
An HSI agent fired three times into a vehicle police claimed was trying to flee. The charges were dismissed during a preliminary hearing.
washingtoncitypaper.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader."
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
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*NEWS*: Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone are joining Zeteo’s political team as new staff reporters, plus Peter Rothpletz will be helping me launch a progressive politics morning news letter. We’re also hiring a breaking news reporter.
Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo wants to take on Politico Playbook from the left
The publication is expanding its politics coverage to gear up for the midterm elections.
www.semafor.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
*NEWS*: Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone are joining Zeteo’s political team as new staff reporters, plus Peter Rothpletz will be helping me launch a progressive politics morning news letter. We’re also hiring a breaking news reporter.
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So just to keep track: Trump justified detaining students who protested & wrote op-eds because they're "flight risks." And then he lets a top Israeli official facing felony charges for child sex crimes just fly back to Israel. All while still refusing to release the Epstein files
August 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So just to keep track: Trump justified detaining students who protested & wrote op-eds because they're "flight risks." And then he lets a top Israeli official facing felony charges for child sex crimes just fly back to Israel. All while still refusing to release the Epstein files
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Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
August 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
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🇮🇱Israeli soldier: Maybe you think you are in Malmo; you are not in Malmo, my friend. Okey?
🇸🇪Young Man: You maybe think you are in Israel?
🇮🇱Israeli soldier: I am in Israel.
🇸🇪Young Man: You are in Palestine.
🇸🇪Young Man: You maybe think you are in Israel?
🇮🇱Israeli soldier: I am in Israel.
🇸🇪Young Man: You are in Palestine.
August 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🇮🇱Israeli soldier: Maybe you think you are in Malmo; you are not in Malmo, my friend. Okey?
🇸🇪Young Man: You maybe think you are in Israel?
🇮🇱Israeli soldier: I am in Israel.
🇸🇪Young Man: You are in Palestine.
🇸🇪Young Man: You maybe think you are in Israel?
🇮🇱Israeli soldier: I am in Israel.
🇸🇪Young Man: You are in Palestine.
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This is another flier that’s gone up at the State Department on this crazy day:
July 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is another flier that’s gone up at the State Department on this crazy day:
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BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
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🔥Respect to Jasmine Crockett, a true fighter & fierce voice for accountability. She’s raised millions, mobilized the base, and never shied away from confrontation.
But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
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June 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🔥Respect to Jasmine Crockett, a true fighter & fierce voice for accountability. She’s raised millions, mobilized the base, and never shied away from confrontation.
But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
June 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country
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Our country needs to be stopped
June 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Our country needs to be stopped
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Masked agents making warrantless arrests with a “do what you need to do” mandate.
"In Irvine, Calif., ICE agents drove a phalanx of military vehicles ... seeking a resident’s son who had allegedly posted fliers alerting neighbors to the presence of ICE agents"
www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
"In Irvine, Calif., ICE agents drove a phalanx of military vehicles ... seeking a resident’s son who had allegedly posted fliers alerting neighbors to the presence of ICE agents"
www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
June 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Masked agents making warrantless arrests with a “do what you need to do” mandate.
"In Irvine, Calif., ICE agents drove a phalanx of military vehicles ... seeking a resident’s son who had allegedly posted fliers alerting neighbors to the presence of ICE agents"
www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
"In Irvine, Calif., ICE agents drove a phalanx of military vehicles ... seeking a resident’s son who had allegedly posted fliers alerting neighbors to the presence of ICE agents"
www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
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A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace ‘unlawful.’ www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
DOGE Loses Battle to Take Over USIP—and Its $500 Million Headquarters
A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace “unlawful.”
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace ‘unlawful.’ www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
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My latest: Jasmine Crockett offers weak-kneed Democratic leaders a path forward
Crockett personifies the fight people want to see against Trump and MAGA Republicans
Crockett personifies the fight people want to see against Trump and MAGA Republicans
Jasmine Crockett offers weak-kneed Democratic leaders a path forward.
Crockett personifies the fight people want to see against Trump and MAGA Republicans.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My latest: Jasmine Crockett offers weak-kneed Democratic leaders a path forward
Crockett personifies the fight people want to see against Trump and MAGA Republicans
Crockett personifies the fight people want to see against Trump and MAGA Republicans
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at this point i've written so many emails to my congresspeople that i don't even know what they're responding to when i get a "thank you for sharing your concerns/i'm fighting for constituents" email
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
at this point i've written so many emails to my congresspeople that i don't even know what they're responding to when i get a "thank you for sharing your concerns/i'm fighting for constituents" email
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April 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
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Absolutely not an exaggeration. High crimes and misdemeanors committed and endorsed in the Oval Office on live television.
The president is conducting a press event with the primary purpose of flouting the decisions of the courts and the letter and spirit of U.S. law. It is a press event to celebrate the Constitutional crisis and serial violation of human rights he has set in motion.
COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
April 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Absolutely not an exaggeration. High crimes and misdemeanors committed and endorsed in the Oval Office on live television.
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I don't use "impeachment" lightly. Aside from Trump, Marco Rubio **PIPED UP** to endorse flouting a court order, and said the only person who can make foreign policy is the president, which is incorrect in more ways than he can count. High crimes, dereliction of duty, constitutionally illiterate.
Absolutely not an exaggeration. High crimes and misdemeanors committed and endorsed in the Oval Office on live television.
The president is conducting a press event with the primary purpose of flouting the decisions of the courts and the letter and spirit of U.S. law. It is a press event to celebrate the Constitutional crisis and serial violation of human rights he has set in motion.
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I don't use "impeachment" lightly. Aside from Trump, Marco Rubio **PIPED UP** to endorse flouting a court order, and said the only person who can make foreign policy is the president, which is incorrect in more ways than he can count. High crimes, dereliction of duty, constitutionally illiterate.
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This is coming for US citizens soon…if we don’t find a way to shut it all down.
Trump administration has ordered US diplomats to scour social media accounts of applicants for student visas and other types of visas. Rubio and other aides aim to bar people critical of the US or Israel from entering. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is coming for US citizens soon…if we don’t find a way to shut it all down.
Damn @booker.senate.gov. You’re making this Jersey native so damn proud.
April 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Damn @booker.senate.gov. You’re making this Jersey native so damn proud.
Thank you @booker.senate.gov for doing this. Hey @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social, more of this from Senate Dems please.
Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk.
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thank you @booker.senate.gov for doing this. Hey @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social, more of this from Senate Dems please.