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Joseph Yans
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🇺🇸No program has felt the strain of the government shutdown more than SNAP. Learn more about the fate of 'food stamps' with Harvard's Sara N. Bleich, AEI's Angela Rachidi, and @hungerfreeamerica.bsky.social's @kimmosc.bsky.social.

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#USA #SNAP #analytics #politics
A sign affirming acceptance of SNAP benefits at a grocery store in Boston (Mel Musto / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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🇺🇸🇻🇪As the US-Venezuela relations crisis continues, Wyoming Star explores potential military confrontation with @jpolga.bsky.social, IBI Consultants' Douglas Farah, and FIU's Brian Fonseca.

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#USA #Venezuela #politics #analytics #military #crime
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November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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🇵🇸🇮🇱🇺🇸Wyoming Star dives into the humanitarian situation in Gaza with @nrc-global.bsky.social, @icrc.org, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, and other NGOs. Special thanks to Shaina Low and @dominiquescali.bsky.social.

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#Israel #Palestine #analytics
Week Three of the 'Ceasefire.' Part 2: The Palestinian Question on the Ground | Wyoming Star
Gaza’s guns may be quieter, but the emergency isn’t. ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert insights and breaking stories from the U.S. and around the world.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇸Wyoming Star continues to cover the ongoing Gaza 'ceasefire' with @zaha-hassan.bsky.social, @szunes.bsky.social, CSD Columbia's Jeffrey Sachs, @mednic.bsky.social, and American University Professor Gregory Aftandilian.

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#Palestine #Israel #politics #analytics
Week Three of the 'Ceasefire.' Part 1: The Palestinian Question in High Places | Wyoming Star
Three weeks into the pause, Gaza’s skyline is quieter but nowhere near peaceful. In diplomatic salons the ceasefire is "Phase One" of a 20-step plan; in ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with ex...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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🇺🇸🇻🇪Wyoming Star continues to explore US-Venezuela relations with @csis.org's Henry Ziemer, Mark F. Cancian, Robert Evan Ellis, Americas Quarterly's Jose Enrique Arrioja, and @ttu.edu's Geoffrey S. Corn.

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#USA #Venezuela #analytics #politics #economy #crime
EXCLUSIVE: Crisis in the Caribbean. New Forever War on Drugs? | Wyoming Star
For decades, Washington and Caracas have played a dangerous game of ideological chicken — one that has now turned from icy hostility into open ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert insig...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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🇺🇸🇨🇳Wyoming Star explores China's rare earth export restrictions and its potential security threat to the US and our allies with AEI's Derek Scissors and Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John G. Ferrari.

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#China #USA #RareEarths #politics #analytics #military
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast after delivering a speech during celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Macao's handover, December 19, 2024 (Anthony Kwan via AP Images)
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🇵🇸🇮🇱🇺🇳What is the humanitarian situation in Gaza like one week into the ceasefire? Wyoming Star dives into the ongoing crisis with @nrc-global.bsky.social's Ahmed Bayram and @icrc.org's @dbonessi.bsky.social.

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#Palestine #Gaza #Humanitarianaid #analytics #famine
A Palestinian girl waits to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, July 22, 2025 (Reuters / Dawoud Abu Alkas)
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇸Will the new Gaza ceasefire last? Wyoming Star dives into Trump's '20-step' plan with Dr. Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, @mednic.bsky.social, and Stephen @szunes.bsky.social.
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#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
Palestinian emergency personnel celebrate, after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Gaza City, October 9, 2025 (Reuters / Ebrahim Hajjaj)
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🇺🇸🇻🇪From strikes on boats to regime change plans, Wyoming Star explored US-Venezuela relations with @crisisgroup.org's Phillip Gunson, Francisco Rodríguez, and @csis.org's Henry Ziemer.

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#USA #Venezuela #politic #analytics
The US Navy’s USS Stockdale, a guided-missile destroyer, near the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City (Enea Lebrun / Bloomberg)
October 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🇵🇸🇺🇸🇺🇳🇪🇺What does the Western recognition of Palestinian statehood achieve? Wyoming Star asked prominent Middle East experts @szunes.bsky.social, Dr. Jim Krane, Prof. Gregory Aftandilian, and Dr. Mehran Kamrava.

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#Palestine #UN #USA #politics #analytics
EXCLUSIVE: Recognition of Palestine. Symbolic Breakthrough or Empty Gesture? | Wyoming Star
For decades, the question of Palestinian statehood has lingered in global diplomacy, rising and falling with wars, peace talks, and shifting alliances. ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with exp...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇳Can Ukraine "fight and WIN" against a "paper tiger"?Wyoming Star dives deeper into Donald Trump's rhetoric with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social , Steven Pifer, former US Ambassador to Ukraine , and economist Timothy Ash.

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#USA #Ukraine #politics #analytics
EXCLUSIVE:Ukraine Can "Win It All," Trump Says. But Is Anything Really Changing? | Wyoming Star
For three years the war in Ukraine has looked like a modernized version of a WWI — trenches, dug-ins, and little movement — with drones sprinkled ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert in...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🇺🇸Wyoming Star explores political violence in the US from the 1960s assassinations to the 2020s with historians David J. Garrow and @rickperlstein.bsky.social.

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#USA #politics #analytics #assassination #CharlieKirk
EXCLUSIVE: Lessons of the Past. Political Violence in America, from the 1960s to the 2020s. | Wyoming Star
Political violence has always lurked beneath the American experiment. At moments of upheaval, it bursts into the open—assassinations, riots, bombings, and ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with ...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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🇦🇲🇦🇿The Armenian Constitution is a key flashpoint between Yerevan and Baku. Learn more in the latest Wyoming Star piece with Ambassador Matthew Bryza and Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan of the American University of Armenia:

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#Armenia #Azerbaijan #politics #analytics
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September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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🇨🇳🇮🇳🇷🇺🇺🇦 Wyoming Star dives into the SCO summit, the China Victory Day Parade, and the Global South role in the Ukraine peace process with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, @lizwish.bsky.social, and @keirgiles.bsky.social.

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#SCOSummit2025 #politics #analytics
Exclusive: SCO summit optics, China’s Victory Day pageantry, and why the "Global South" wants a louder say on Ukraine | Wyoming Star
If you judged geopolitics by choreography, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin and China’s Victory Day parade told a simple ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with exper...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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🇺🇸⚕️Wyoming Star explores the second Trump administration's health policy with NYU Professor Sherry Glied, the Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Matthew Fiedler, and Dr. Ateev Mehrotra of Brown University.

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#USA #health #politics #analytics #MAHA
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Second-Term Health Agenda. Cuts, Chaos, and a Whole Lot of Uncertainty. | Wyoming Star
If you’re trying to make sense of US healthcare under Trump 2.0, buckle up. The second Trump administration has taken a sledgehammer to the health policy ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with e...
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September 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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🇦🇲🇮🇷🇦🇿Wyoming Star continues to explore the Iranian reaction to the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process and the creation of the Zangezur Corridor with Dr. Ehsan Movahedian, an Iranian Caucasus expert.

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#Armenia #Iran #Azerbaijan #politics #Analytics
EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s Take on the 'Trump' Corridor. The Follow-up. | Wyoming Star
In our previous article, Wyoming Star explored the Iranian reaction to the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process and the creation of the so-called Zangezur ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expe...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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🇦🇲🇮🇷🇦🇿Wyoming Star explores the Iranian response to the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal and the Zangezur Corridor with Alex Vatanka, Dr. Mostafa Ghaderi Hajat, Dr. Ahmad Kazemi, Dr. Arman Grigoryan, and Dr. Mehran Kamrava.

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#Armenia #Iran #politics
EXCLUSIVE: Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan—and a Corridor That Could Rewire the Caucasus | Wyoming Star
Once again, peace talks, power struggles, and strategic anxiety intersect in the South Caucasus. Armenia and Azerbaijan, after decades of bloody conflict ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with e...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺Wyoming Star explores the recent Donald Trump attempt to stop the Russia-Ukraine war with
@mcfaulmike.bsky.social, Prof. Angela Stent, former US ambassador Steven Pifer, and Prof. James Goldgeier.

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#USA #Russia #Ukraine #politics #analytics
EXCLUSIVE: After Alaska. What the Latest Trump-Led Peace Push Does—and Doesn’t—Change. | Wyoming Star
When Donald Trump stepped off Air Force One in Alaska last week to greet Vladimir Putin on a red carpet, he was staging what he hoped would be a historic ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with e...
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August 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🇺🇸Wyoming Star explores immigration enforcement in Wyoming with Libby Skarin, @acluwyoming.bsky.social executive director, Raquel Aldana of UC Davis School of Law, and Jessica Vaughan of Center for Immigration Studies.
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#ICE #immigration #Wyoming
EXCLUSIVE: Immigration Enforcement in Wyoming. Where Ethics, Law, and Politics Intersect. | Wyoming Star
Immigration enforcement has moved from the periphery of Wyoming’s politics to center stage. Governor Mark Gordon’s decision to align with federal ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert in...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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🇦🇲🇦🇿🇺🇸Wyoming Star explores the Aug. 8 joint declaration by Armenia and Azerbaijan with Dr. Matthew Evangelista, Dr. Georgi Derluguian, Dr. Marine Sargsyan, Alexander Rovere, and @arzugeybulla.bsky.social.

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#Armenia #Azerbaijan #politics #analytics
EXCLUSIVE: Has Trump Finally Brought Peace to the South Caucasus? | Wyoming Star
On Aug. 8 at the White House, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint declaration in front of ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert ...
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August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🇮🇱🇵🇸Learn more about the current state of the Israel-Palestine conflict in the latest Wyoming Star interview with @szunes.bsky.social, a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco.
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#Palestine #politics #analytics #Gaza #Israel
EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Year Road to Genocide. Israel-Palestine Conflict. Its Past, Present, and Future. | Wyoming Star
After nearly two years the deadly Israeli assault on Gaza continues. The tightened blockade has choked off food, water, fuel, medical supplies, and ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert ...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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🇦🇲🇦🇿🇺🇸🇮🇱Why is the US tying the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal to the Abraham Accords? Learn more in the recent Wyoming Star exclusive with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Prof. Gregory Aftandilian, and @szunes.bsky.social:

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#Armenia #Azerbaijan #Israel #USA #politics
EXCLUSIVE: Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Tied to the Abraham Accords?! | Wyoming Star
In a world already drowning in tangled alliances and cynical diplomacy, the idea of yoking the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process to the Abraham Accords ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expe...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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🇦🇲🇦🇿Gain a better understanding of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations and the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the latest Wyoming Star interview with Dr. Anar Valiyev and Tatul Hakobyan.
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#politics #analytics #Karabakh #Economy
EXCLUSIVE: Armenia vs. Azerbaijan; A 40-Year-Long Road to Peace | Wyoming Star
For decades, the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict has flared, cooled, and reignited, centered around the bitter dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh. But after a ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with exper...
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August 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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🔥👨‍🚒As the 2025 Wildfire Season continues to rage on Wyoming Star explores the environmental impact of wildfires with Dr. Dave McWethy, Dr. Paul Brooks, and Dr. William Anderegg.

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#wildfiresafety #2025wildfireseason #environment
EXCLUSIVE: Wyoming's 2025 Wildfire Season. Environmental Conditions, Impacts, and Management Challenges. | Wyoming Star
As the 2025 wildfire season continues, communities, scientists, and land managers across Wyoming and out of state are watching conditions closely. The ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expe...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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⚡Learn more about the Houthis' strategic position in the Red Sea in the latest Wyoming Star interview with Dr. @jeremystohs.bsky.social, an Austrian-American security and defense analyst and policy advisor.

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#Yemen #Houthis #RedSeaCrisis #politics #analytics
EXCLUSIVE: Red Sea on Edge. Houthis Escalate Maritime Blockade Against Israel. | Wyoming Star
The Red Sea has once again become a flashpoint in the Middle East conflict, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels intensify their attacks on international shipping in ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with e...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM