Jasen Andersen
jasenandersen.bsky.social
Jasen Andersen
@jasenandersen.bsky.social
Beware: abnormally high levels of pop culture and politics. Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, Ariana, Gaza, and MVP Kamala Harris.
One phone call from Trump and this AMERICAN CHILD would have been freed EIGHT MONTHS ago. www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/m...
Palestinian American teenager to remain in Israeli jail despite growing pressure in Congress for his release | CNN
An American teenager held in an Israeli prison without trial for more than eight months will remain in detention for at least another week and a half, despite growing pressure from US lawmakers for hi...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”: https://theatln.tc/XgppPPfA
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Over politics or Palestine.
I know you may believe this disconnection is about politics or about a person, but I want you to know that this simply isn’t true.

It’s nothing that small or inconsequential, or this space between us wouldn’t be necessary.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
To The People I've Lost Over Politics
Dear Friend,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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BREAKING: Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland’s next president after her rival conceded defeat in a presidential election Saturday.
Left-leaning independent Connolly set to be Ireland's next president after her rival concedes defeat
Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland's next president after her rival conceded defeat in Saturday's presidential election.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Antifa, socialists, and woke radicals, oh my!!! 🐸 #NoKingsProtest
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Antifa, socialists, and woke radicals, oh my!!! 🐸 #NoKingsProtest
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today is my last official day with USAID. Trying (but failing) to set aside my rage by focusing on some good memories. 🧵 (1/5)
September 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Barack Obama to be conferred with freedom of Dublin at ceremony on Thursday
Barack Obama to be conferred with freedom of Dublin at ceremony on Thursday
Proposal to grant honour to former US president and his wife Michelle was passed by council in 2017
www.irishtimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🕊️ #USAID
September 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East, we are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and of a two-state solution. That means a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable Palestinian state — at the moment we have neither.” www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...
U.K, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S.
The announcements Sunday marked a significant shift in foreign policy, with several other European nations and U.S. allies set to follow suit in the coming days.
www.nbcnews.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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When you’ve reached this point in the Empire’s history IRL
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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The achievement of ANDOR at the Emmys can’t be understated. For a show part of a massive IP franchise like Star Wars to win 5 Emmys, including Best Writing, is unheard of.
September 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Israeli security forces “shot at and killed civilians, some of whom (including children) were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/m...
UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza | CNN
An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what...
www.cnn.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Charlie Kirk has left a hateful, dehumanizing legacy of words that Conservative Christians are either choosing to ignore in their zeal to canonize him, or they simply share his racist, phobic, misogynist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, supremacist sentiments.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...
The Shameful Christian Idolatry and Fraudulent Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
As news of his shooting broke, the Jesus-washing of Charlie Kirk’s life by Conservative Christians began almost immediately.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Week after week, month after month, they embarrass themselves, undermine their colleagues and demoralize their voters. Theirs is a record of cowardice and capitulation.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan
This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“The Biden administration was totally feckless when it came to holding the Netanyahu government to the standard of American law and the standards that we claim to apply to every other country in the world when it comes to the duty to provide humanitarian assistance.” www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
'We didn't do enough': How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza
As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?
www.npr.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This may be the best analysis I’ve seen of what happened at #USAID and where to go from here. #foreignaid timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
Everyone is misunderstanding what happened to USAID
I read 18 pieces reckoning with the end of USAID. Here's what they get wrong.
timhirschelburns.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.” thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“I’ve seen the power of USAID firsthand... The agency made America stronger. Eliminating it doesn’t make us safer, richer or more respected. It makes us more vulnerable, more isolated and less trusted in an increasingly unstable world.” www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...
I worked for USAID, helping millions of people, until DOGE and Trump fired me | Opinion
My family taught me deeply American values of community and service, the same ones USAID stood for until the agency was abruptly gutted.
www.courier-journal.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM