Karin Ryan
@karindryan.bsky.social
ALL people are created noble. Violence destroys the human essence. Let’s work for peace and justice for all. Human rights advisor to Jimmy Carter for 30+ years. Views are my own.
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"The Little-Known Bureaucrats Tearing Through American Universities" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
April 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The Little-Known Bureaucrats Tearing Through American Universities" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Y’all 😰
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Y’all 😰
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Take the small victories for press freedom where we find them. And this one is bigger than it looks. Trump-appointed judge’s ruling for the AP via @dbauder.bsky.social https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-media-court-white-house-events-access-f346a0efe87c1dec4d6f90e6041abd09
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Take the small victories for press freedom where we find them. And this one is bigger than it looks. Trump-appointed judge’s ruling for the AP via @dbauder.bsky.social https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-media-court-white-house-events-access-f346a0efe87c1dec4d6f90e6041abd09
This is incredibly frightening. Our SCOTUS is saying a human being can be disappeared by the USG and that person has no recourse. Dangerous and wrong
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is incredibly frightening. Our SCOTUS is saying a human being can be disappeared by the USG and that person has no recourse. Dangerous and wrong
Murderers keep murdering when there’s no one to stop their bloodthirsty rampages 🤬
Breaking News: Israeli forces launched a large-scale strike in Gaza, officials said, in what appeared to be the first major attack since the January cease-fire.
Israel Carries Out ‘Extensive Strikes’ in Gaza
The strikes, announced early Tuesday, appeared to be the first major attack in Gaza by Israel since its cease-fire with Hamas began.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Murderers keep murdering when there’s no one to stop their bloodthirsty rampages 🤬
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A Hostile Corporate Takeover of our Democracy
A Hostile Corporate Takeover of our Democracy
Never before has one billionaire so thoroughly infiltrated our government and bent it to their will for personal gain. By Alex Jacquez, Elizabeth Pancotti ( Otherwords.org) – Befitting a presidency inaugurated by a parade of tech billionaires, President…
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February 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
A Hostile Corporate Takeover of our Democracy
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We are at this inflection point in American democracy being no more bec a majority of adult white people can’t handle black & brown (& women) being treated w/dignity & equality to their humanity, & most white Americans would rather destroy🇺🇸democracy & their comfort than see that come into fruition.
a man wearing glasses and a sweater says " it 's obvious and it 's simple "
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a sweater says " it 's obvious and it 's simple "
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February 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We are at this inflection point in American democracy being no more bec a majority of adult white people can’t handle black & brown (& women) being treated w/dignity & equality to their humanity, & most white Americans would rather destroy🇺🇸democracy & their comfort than see that come into fruition.
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Just change the dates and everything falls right into place. www.nybooks.com/articles/200...
Kagame's Hidden War in the Congo | Howard W. French
Although it has been strangely ignored in the Western press, one of the most destructive wars in modern history has been going on in the Democratic
www.nybooks.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just change the dates and everything falls right into place. www.nybooks.com/articles/200...
Hello. It’s not like these people have peoples LIVES in their hands 🤬
In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.
Exclusive: NTSB scrambled to retain employees after Trump’s federal worker resignation offer | CNN Politics
In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal e...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hello. It’s not like these people have peoples LIVES in their hands 🤬
The tragedy of Rwanda’s decades long r*pe of the Congo is beyond horrific and getting worse. Why does the world not care? How can we make the world care?
January 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The tragedy of Rwanda’s decades long r*pe of the Congo is beyond horrific and getting worse. Why does the world not care? How can we make the world care?
Horrific. Some lives are valued more than other. As we know. We have so so far to go in this country
All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, the LA County medical examiner said. Some people never received warnings at all.
Evacuation Orders Given Late to Altadena Area Where Eaton Fire Deaths Were Concentrated
All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. Some people never received warnings at all.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Horrific. Some lives are valued more than other. As we know. We have so so far to go in this country
Finally. Now, keep an eye out for spoilers. Netanyahu is a genius thrower of monkey wrenches and usually gets away with it.
Israel and Hamas agree to a deal that will pause fighting in Gaza and lead to the phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners, source says.
Live updates: Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, source says | CNN
Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during the first phase of an emerging ceasefire agreement being finalized by negotiators in Doha, the first positive sign in months that a truce in the Israel-...
www.cnn.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Finally. Now, keep an eye out for spoilers. Netanyahu is a genius thrower of monkey wrenches and usually gets away with it.
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“Do not be overwhelmed by the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” -Rabbi Tarfon
November 9, 2024 at 11:51 PM
“Do not be overwhelmed by the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” -Rabbi Tarfon
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January 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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When Jimmy Carter refused to be bullied into retracting his statement that Israel is guilty of Apartheid
Steve Inskeep attempts over and over to get Carter to renounce his comparison. Jimmy Carter in 2007 addressed criticism of his book 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid' one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5250...
🔊 Listen Now: Jimmy Carter in 2007 addressed criticism of his book 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid'
Morning Edition on NPR One | 7:01
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January 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
When Jimmy Carter refused to be bullied into retracting his statement that Israel is guilty of Apartheid
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Of all the people mourning the death of Jimmy Carter at age 100 this week, few could say that he changed the course of their lives more directly and consequentially than the Americans taken captive by Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979.
‘He Saved Our Lives’: Former Hostages Recall Carter’s Quest to Free Them
The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his political career.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Of all the people mourning the death of Jimmy Carter at age 100 this week, few could say that he changed the course of their lives more directly and consequentially than the Americans taken captive by Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979.
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It was a busy Guantanamo news night last night, on the eve of 2025. In case you missed:
--The Pentagon repatriated a Tunisian prisoner who got there in 2002, was cleared to go in 2010 and was never charged at the war court.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
Then...
--The Pentagon repatriated a Tunisian prisoner who got there in 2002, was cleared to go in 2010 and was never charged at the war court.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
Then...
Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1 (Gift Article)
The prisoner, who was repatriated to Tunisia, was never charged. His transfer is part of a Biden administration push to further reduce the dwindling detainee population at the wartime prison.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 7:25 PM
It was a busy Guantanamo news night last night, on the eve of 2025. In case you missed:
--The Pentagon repatriated a Tunisian prisoner who got there in 2002, was cleared to go in 2010 and was never charged at the war court.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
Then...
--The Pentagon repatriated a Tunisian prisoner who got there in 2002, was cleared to go in 2010 and was never charged at the war court.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
Then...
This calamity is happening under our noses and with our money and weapons. This is one of the most shameful episodes of human cruelty and evil in modern times. It’s incredible that so called liberal democracies are acquiescing to genocide and war crimes of this magnitude. 🤬💔
Staff at a hospital in northern Gaza say the building has been surrounded by Israeli forces and they are being ordered to evacuate along with all patients, after reports of a nearby airstrike that the local health ministry said killed about 50 people
Israeli forces surround Gaza hospital and order evacuation: hospital director | CNN
Staff at a hospital in northern Gaza say the building has been surrounded by Israeli forces and they are being ordered to evacuate along with all patients, after reports of a nearby airstrike that the...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:12 PM
This calamity is happening under our noses and with our money and weapons. This is one of the most shameful episodes of human cruelty and evil in modern times. It’s incredible that so called liberal democracies are acquiescing to genocide and war crimes of this magnitude. 🤬💔
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Once Upon a Time, a Nation of Laws: From the Global War on Terror to Donald Trump’s Second Term
Once Upon a Time, a Nation of Laws: From the Global War on Terror to Donald Trump’s Second Term
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Post-election America finds itself in a panic. Voices from across a wide political spectrum warn that the country stands on the precipice of a potentially unprecedented and chaotic disregard for the laws, norms, and policies upon…
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December 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Once Upon a Time, a Nation of Laws: From the Global War on Terror to Donald Trump’s Second Term
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Palestinians file Landmark Lawsuit against Blinken over Israel military Aid
Palestinians file Landmark Lawsuit against Blinken over Israel military Aid
( Middle East Monitor ) – A groundbreaking federal lawsuit has been filed against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accusing him of systematically failing to implement US law that prohibits military assistance to foreign security forces involved in…
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December 19, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Palestinians file Landmark Lawsuit against Blinken over Israel military Aid
Maybe @joebiden will do the right thing and actually close Guantanamo 🤷🏻♀️
MORE BREAKING NEWS: The United States has repatriated two Malaysian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, concluding a secret military operation. The rare transfer, a day after the Pentagon delivered another prisoner to Kenya, reduced the detainee population to 27 men.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes
The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Maybe @joebiden will do the right thing and actually close Guantanamo 🤷🏻♀️
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“Simply put, building a healthy and secure democracy is incompatible with an endless quest for global dominance.”
Read @nancyokail.bsky.social and @mattduss.bsky.social on how the U.S. foreign policy establishment can break away from the failed approaches of the past:
Read @nancyokail.bsky.social and @mattduss.bsky.social on how the U.S. foreign policy establishment can break away from the failed approaches of the past:
America Is Cursed by a Foreign Policy of Nostalgia
Washington needs something better than “America first” and “America is back.”
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:20 AM
“Simply put, building a healthy and secure democracy is incompatible with an endless quest for global dominance.”
Read @nancyokail.bsky.social and @mattduss.bsky.social on how the U.S. foreign policy establishment can break away from the failed approaches of the past:
Read @nancyokail.bsky.social and @mattduss.bsky.social on how the U.S. foreign policy establishment can break away from the failed approaches of the past:
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Today, I'm leading 20 Members of Congress to demand that the Biden Admin withhold offensive weapons from the Israeli military.
U.S. law is clear: if the Netanyahu government does not allow sufficient food & medicine to enter Gaza, then the U.S. cannot send weapons.
U.S. law is clear: if the Netanyahu government does not allow sufficient food & medicine to enter Gaza, then the U.S. cannot send weapons.
December 17, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Today, I'm leading 20 Members of Congress to demand that the Biden Admin withhold offensive weapons from the Israeli military.
U.S. law is clear: if the Netanyahu government does not allow sufficient food & medicine to enter Gaza, then the U.S. cannot send weapons.
U.S. law is clear: if the Netanyahu government does not allow sufficient food & medicine to enter Gaza, then the U.S. cannot send weapons.
When will we see how we have normalized violence? The kids are not ok.
As of yesterday, there had been 81 school shootings in the U.S. just this year.
Another school shooting happened today.
This is a public health crisis.
Another school shooting happened today.
This is a public health crisis.
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
When will we see how we have normalized violence? The kids are not ok.
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Israeli strikes on Lebanon must be ‘investigated as war crimes’, says Amnesty
https://www.ft.com/content/f838c2fc-e8e8-4ee0-b83c-1bdcefb2e6ee
https://www.ft.com/content/f838c2fc-e8e8-4ee0-b83c-1bdcefb2e6ee
Israeli strikes on Lebanon must be ‘investigated as war crimes’, says Amnesty
Human rights group criticises attacks on civilians where no evidence was found of any potential military targets
www.ft.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Israeli strikes on Lebanon must be ‘investigated as war crimes’, says Amnesty
https://www.ft.com/content/f838c2fc-e8e8-4ee0-b83c-1bdcefb2e6ee
https://www.ft.com/content/f838c2fc-e8e8-4ee0-b83c-1bdcefb2e6ee