Farah Pandith
@farahpandith.bsky.social
Former: served at NSC, State, USAID Current: Council on Foreign Relations Book: How We Win
Also: Muhammad Ali Global Peace Laureate
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Also: Muhammad Ali Global Peace Laureate
Posts mine/RT not endorsement
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October 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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#FletcherAlum @farahpandith.bsky.social reflects on her career, pioneering roles in the U.S. government, which countered violent extremism abroad. @cfr.org
www.cfr.org/article/how-...
www.cfr.org/article/how-...
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Farah Pandith
Farah Pandith has spearheaded efforts to counter violent extremism in both Republican and Democratic administrations. CFR sat down with her to understand where such efforts stand today and what it’s …
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September 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#FletcherAlum @farahpandith.bsky.social reflects on her career, pioneering roles in the U.S. government, which countered violent extremism abroad. @cfr.org
www.cfr.org/article/how-...
www.cfr.org/article/how-...
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The war now has no military logic. Many Israelis agree that a ceasefire is needed. Although only 21% of them believe in a two-state solution, over 70% want the hostages to be released and the war to be over
The continuation of the war in Gaza disgraces Israel
Enough
econ.st
July 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The war now has no military logic. Many Israelis agree that a ceasefire is needed. Although only 21% of them believe in a two-state solution, over 70% want the hostages to be released and the war to be over
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America will pay the price most of all
MAGA’s assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm
America will pay the price most of all
econ.st
July 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
America will pay the price most of all
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US designates Pakistani group's offshoot as 'terrorist' over Kashmir attack reut.rs/4nTLeKj
US designates Pakistani group's offshoot as 'terrorist' over Kashmir attack
The U.S. government designated The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the Pakistani extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a "foreign terrorist organization" over the April 22 Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
US designates Pakistani group's offshoot as 'terrorist' over Kashmir attack reut.rs/4nTLeKj
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The State Department's dismantling of its cyber diplomacy bureau and firings of more than a dozen people will set back efforts to combat foreign hackers and promote U.S. security interests, experts told me.
My Cybersecurity Dive story with new details: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-d...
My Cybersecurity Dive story with new details: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-d...
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The State Department's dismantling of its cyber diplomacy bureau and firings of more than a dozen people will set back efforts to combat foreign hackers and promote U.S. security interests, experts told me.
My Cybersecurity Dive story with new details: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-d...
My Cybersecurity Dive story with new details: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-d...
Follow the rainbow and what do you see? It ends at US Department of State.
It is a sign.
June 18, 2025
It is a sign.
June 18, 2025
June 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Follow the rainbow and what do you see? It ends at US Department of State.
It is a sign.
June 18, 2025
It is a sign.
June 18, 2025
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In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.
When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants
In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.
nyer.cm
June 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.
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Some personal news: I’m humbled and honored to be named an @everytown.bsky.social Survivor Fellow for 2025. Over the next year, I’ll be sharing my story: how gun violence intruded on my life, my battle against PTSD, and how I’m fighting back against the bloody epidemic in our communities. 🟠
May 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some personal news: I’m humbled and honored to be named an @everytown.bsky.social Survivor Fellow for 2025. Over the next year, I’ll be sharing my story: how gun violence intruded on my life, my battle against PTSD, and how I’m fighting back against the bloody epidemic in our communities. 🟠
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Around the world and across extremist ideologies, terrorists are getting younger. In what is now one of the defining trends in extremism, plots often involve teens and even preteens who have been radicalized almost entirely online. @farahpandith.bsky.social @usnews.com www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Around the world and across extremist ideologies, terrorists are getting younger. In what is now one of the defining trends in extremism, plots often involve teens and even preteens who have been radicalized almost entirely online. @farahpandith.bsky.social @usnews.com www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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World Economic Forum chases Christine Lagarde as its next leader, Bloomberg reports reut.rs/4kl8VIL
World Economic Forum chases Christine Lagarde as its next leader, Bloomberg reports
The World Economic Forum still sees European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde as the top candidate to replace its founder Klaus Schwab as the WEF leader, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
World Economic Forum chases Christine Lagarde as its next leader, Bloomberg reports reut.rs/4kl8VIL
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A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.
Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.
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Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
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The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
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Pence on RFK Jr: “I do have concerns that we have a secretary at HHS who has a lifetime career of undermining public confidence in vaccines. We should have the opposite.”
May 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Pence on RFK Jr: “I do have concerns that we have a secretary at HHS who has a lifetime career of undermining public confidence in vaccines. We should have the opposite.”
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One question I posed in my dissertation is whether extremists ever "win" -- eliminating the out-group and thus ending the campaign of hostile action.
History tells us extremists don't stop with their original out-group but instead keep expanding the circle of victims to define new out-groups.
History tells us extremists don't stop with their original out-group but instead keep expanding the circle of victims to define new out-groups.
May 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One question I posed in my dissertation is whether extremists ever "win" -- eliminating the out-group and thus ending the campaign of hostile action.
History tells us extremists don't stop with their original out-group but instead keep expanding the circle of victims to define new out-groups.
History tells us extremists don't stop with their original out-group but instead keep expanding the circle of victims to define new out-groups.
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Attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir kills 26 people, injures 17, police say reut.rs/435BDGX
April 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir kills 26 people, injures 17, police say reut.rs/435BDGX
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Trump officials tried to reopen negotiations in recent days, but Harvard refused. Instead, the university has accused the administration of breaking the law.
Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut
Harvard’s lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding. A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university’s case against the government.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Trump officials tried to reopen negotiations in recent days, but Harvard refused. Instead, the university has accused the administration of breaking the law.
If only scholars, practioners +former tech had been screaming for yrs
1) GenAlpha = vulnerable/bad guys are recruiting
2) HOLD tech accountable
3) $ essential to help NGOs who track, advise + build
@isdglobal.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
1) GenAlpha = vulnerable/bad guys are recruiting
2) HOLD tech accountable
3) $ essential to help NGOs who track, advise + build
@isdglobal.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social review shows the teen was recently active in at least 5 extremist Telegram channels or chat groups, including one in which neo-Nazi posters uploaded detailed instructions for crafting explosives and improvised firearms.
White Supremacist Terrorgram Network Allegedly Inspired Teen Accused of Killing Parents and Plotting Trump Assassination
Court documents reveal that Nikita Casap’s alleged manifesto calling for Trump’s assassination cited multiple Terrorgram publications and urged people to read the writings of a network member who…
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April 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If only scholars, practioners +former tech had been screaming for yrs
1) GenAlpha = vulnerable/bad guys are recruiting
2) HOLD tech accountable
3) $ essential to help NGOs who track, advise + build
@isdglobal.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
1) GenAlpha = vulnerable/bad guys are recruiting
2) HOLD tech accountable
3) $ essential to help NGOs who track, advise + build
@isdglobal.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
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Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.”
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
April 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.”
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
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Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
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#trumpcult #hategroups #cults #religionnewsblog
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#trumpcult #hategroups #cults #religionnewsblog
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
#trumpcult #hategroups #cults #religionnewsblog
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
#trumpcult #hategroups #cults #religionnewsblog
Still no information about the gunmen. This horrific, horrific attack, seemingly timed for US attention (Vance in India), will result in another cycle of deep geopolitic stress.
What is old is new again.
On this Earth Day, Pahalgam should have been noted for its beauty.
What is old is new again.
On this Earth Day, Pahalgam should have been noted for its beauty.
Breaking News: Militants opened fire on tourists in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir, killing at least two dozen people and injuring many more.
At Least 24 Tourists Reported Killed by Gunmen in Kashmir
The attack, in a picturesque district of India, was the worst assault against civilians in the restive region in years, its leader said.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Still no information about the gunmen. This horrific, horrific attack, seemingly timed for US attention (Vance in India), will result in another cycle of deep geopolitic stress.
What is old is new again.
On this Earth Day, Pahalgam should have been noted for its beauty.
What is old is new again.
On this Earth Day, Pahalgam should have been noted for its beauty.
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Yes, this has been the Meta plan since at least 2020, as @monikab.bsky.social and I reported www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yes, this has been the Meta plan since at least 2020, as @monikab.bsky.social and I reported www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...