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Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, recounts a harrowing story of cruelty, survival, U.S. diplomatic pressure and, finally, release from the grip of a group backed by Iran.
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‘Strung Up and Tortured’: Hostage Recounts 2 ½ Years of Captivity
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, recounts a harrowing story of cruelty, survival, U.S. diplomatic pressure and, finally, release from the grip of a group backed by Iran.
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
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Het politieke midden (GLPvdA, D66, CDA, VVD) moet nu samenwerken en verregaande maatregelen nemen tegen de online verspreiding van fascisme en de invloed van algoritmes. Het is de laatste kans de hondsdolheid te beteugelen.
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Het politieke midden (GLPvdA, D66, CDA, VVD) moet nu samenwerken en verregaande maatregelen nemen tegen de online verspreiding van fascisme en de invloed van algoritmes. Het is de laatste kans de hondsdolheid te beteugelen.
If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can. - Ezra Klein www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can. - Ezra Klein www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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September 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can. - Ezra Klein www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can. - Ezra Klein www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Elizabeth Tsurkov, for me, is an example of a rare Jewish Israeli who decided to embrace the Middle East as her home, immersed itself in Arabic language and culture, struggled and put herself at risk for justice and liberty for people in Palestine, Syria and Iraq. She's a model of how things can be.
Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released after being kidnapped by Kata’ib Hezbollah and spending more than two years in captivity.
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Israeli-Russian graduate student freed after 903 days in Hezbollah captivity
Elizabeth Tsurkov, who entered Iraq to do research for Princeton, had gone missing in Iraq in early 2023
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September 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Elizabeth Tsurkov, for me, is an example of a rare Jewish Israeli who decided to embrace the Middle East as her home, immersed itself in Arabic language and culture, struggled and put herself at risk for justice and liberty for people in Palestine, Syria and Iraq. She's a model of how things can be.
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After more than two years in captivity, I am deeply grateful that Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released and will finally be reunited with her family and loved ones. Thankful for all who partnered in advocating for her release and for all who tirelessly worked to ensure her safe return.
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
After more than two years in captivity, I am deeply grateful that Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released and will finally be reunited with her family and loved ones. Thankful for all who partnered in advocating for her release and for all who tirelessly worked to ensure her safe return.
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De politieke correctheid mbt PVV-stemmers is niet te doen. Ze zijn niet ‘ontevreden’, ze zijn racistisch, egoïstisch, stompzinnig, hufterig, verwend, immoreel en dikwijls gewoon slecht. Dat blijkt alleen al uit het feit dat ze ondanks de totale mislukking van Wilders gewoon wéér op hem gaan stemmen.
Waarom, waarom moet ik tegenwoordig in elke actualiteitenrubriek horen dat de 'kiezer' op Wilders stemt omdat ze ontevreden zijn? Waarom wordt mijn ontevredenheid niet vertollkt? Ik zie dat Wilders, Yesilgöz van der Plas allemaal liegen dat ze barsten. En ik vind dit niet als enige.
August 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
De politieke correctheid mbt PVV-stemmers is niet te doen. Ze zijn niet ‘ontevreden’, ze zijn racistisch, egoïstisch, stompzinnig, hufterig, verwend, immoreel en dikwijls gewoon slecht. Dat blijkt alleen al uit het feit dat ze ondanks de totale mislukking van Wilders gewoon wéér op hem gaan stemmen.
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📉Under Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán's illiberal governments, Slovakia and Hungary rank among the EU’s worst for people unable to afford proper meals. In Hungary, the share of those who can’t afford meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every 2nd day rose from 14.7% (2023) to 15.5% (2024). (Eurostat)
August 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📉Under Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán's illiberal governments, Slovakia and Hungary rank among the EU’s worst for people unable to afford proper meals. In Hungary, the share of those who can’t afford meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every 2nd day rose from 14.7% (2023) to 15.5% (2024). (Eurostat)
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Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass.
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
August 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass.
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
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Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez is a Colombian immigrant and TikTok influencer known for documenting and exposing ICE raids and immigration enforcement. Her arrest sparked outrage, highlighting ICE’s harsh tactics and the urgent need for justice and compassion for immigrants.
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez is a Colombian immigrant and TikTok influencer known for documenting and exposing ICE raids and immigration enforcement. Her arrest sparked outrage, highlighting ICE’s harsh tactics and the urgent need for justice and compassion for immigrants.
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Trump is Getting Desperate - Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Trump is Getting Desperate
We're in an extremely dangerous moment
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August 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Trump is Getting Desperate - Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Meanwhile in Russia: state media outlet RIA Novosti:
July 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Meanwhile in Russia: state media outlet RIA Novosti:
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Hahaha. BBB wordt het Pieterburen voor teleurgestelde partijhoppers. www.telegraaf.nl/politiek/nsc...
NSC-pensioenkanon Agnes Joseph gaat per direct naar BBB en neemt zetel mee: ’Ik voelde me niet voldoende gesteund’
Kamerlid Agnes Joseph maakt een opvallende en gevoelige overstap. Ze verruilt NSC per direct voor BBB en rooft haar zetel mee. Bij de verkiezingen van 29 oktober staat ze op plek 8 van de concept-kandidatenlijst. „Ik voelde me niet voldoende gesupport bij NSC.”
www.telegraaf.nl
July 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hahaha. BBB wordt het Pieterburen voor teleurgestelde partijhoppers. www.telegraaf.nl/politiek/nsc...
Fossil Fool - by Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Fossil Fool
How Europe took Trump for a ride
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July 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fossil Fool - by Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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NEW: A former U.S. Green Beret who worked with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has come forward with horrific testimony: U.S.-backed aid sites in Gaza are “engineered death traps” where starving Palestinians are being shot at by American mercenaries and Israeli forces.
July 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
NEW: A former U.S. Green Beret who worked with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has come forward with horrific testimony: U.S.-backed aid sites in Gaza are “engineered death traps” where starving Palestinians are being shot at by American mercenaries and Israeli forces.
I Coulda Made a Better Deal by Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
I Coulda Made a Better Deal
What, exactly, did Trump get from Europe?
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July 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I Coulda Made a Better Deal by Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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It would be very on brand if UK Conservatives and Right-wing factions in the CDU/CSU in Germany decide to fully emulate MAGA Trumpism just when Trump wanders into so many self-inflicted disasters that the wider US Right sees a decline in popularity
July 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It would be very on brand if UK Conservatives and Right-wing factions in the CDU/CSU in Germany decide to fully emulate MAGA Trumpism just when Trump wanders into so many self-inflicted disasters that the wider US Right sees a decline in popularity
Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club
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Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club
The gripes of this bigwig of the tech right don’t stand up to scrutiny.
www.thebulwark.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club
www.thebulwark.com/p/marc-andre...
www.thebulwark.com/p/marc-andre...
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READ: Palestinians screamed for months: Israel is turning U.S.-run “aid” sites into killing fields.
No one listened—until Israeli soldiers admitted they were ordered to shoot civilians. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/pale...
No one listened—until Israeli soldiers admitted they were ordered to shoot civilians. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/pale...
Palestinian testimonies of deliberate Israeli killings at U.S.-run ‘aid’ sites were ignored until the perpetrators admitted to it
Palestinians have delivered testimony after testimony about the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run “death traps” masquerading as aid sites. But no one listened until Haaretz published direct testimony from…
mondoweiss.net
July 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
READ: Palestinians screamed for months: Israel is turning U.S.-run “aid” sites into killing fields.
No one listened—until Israeli soldiers admitted they were ordered to shoot civilians. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/pale...
No one listened—until Israeli soldiers admitted they were ordered to shoot civilians. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/pale...
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Voici le lien pour ceux qui veulent lire l'article de Robert-Henri Berger:
July 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Voici le lien pour ceux qui veulent lire l'article de Robert-Henri Berger:
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In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Few answers have emerged, and the U.S. has not claimed responsibility. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.
They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them.
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July 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Few answers have emerged, and the U.S. has not claimed responsibility. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.
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Loyalty purges are the opposite of doing justice
Pam Bondi just fired more than 20 Justice Dept. employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases and Trump's handling of classified documents.
The firings are part of a massive purge aimed at clearing DOJ of attorneys and staff who took part in Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump. www.axios.com/2025/07/12/p...
The firings are part of a massive purge aimed at clearing DOJ of attorneys and staff who took part in Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump. www.axios.com/2025/07/12/p...
Bondi fires 20 DOJ employees from Jan. 6, Trump documents cases
It's part of a massive purge of staffers who took part in the prosecution of Trump for Jan. 6 and possessing classified documents unlawfully.
www.axios.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Loyalty purges are the opposite of doing justice
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
July 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"