Mehdi Semati
@msemati.bsky.social
Professor, (Global) Media Studies, Internet-Distributed TV, Cultural Studies, Cross-border media, Digital Diasporic Media, #terrorism studies
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After Democrats released emails showing that Jeffrey Epstein discussed his relationship with President Trump, Republicans on the Oversight Committee released 20,000 additional documents. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47Ufvl5
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
After Democrats released emails showing that Jeffrey Epstein discussed his relationship with President Trump, Republicans on the Oversight Committee released 20,000 additional documents. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47Ufvl5
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Liz Oyer
@lawyeroyer.com
Former DOJ Pardon Attorney. Forever a public defender. Hardwired to stand up to bullies.
@lawyeroyer.com
Former DOJ Pardon Attorney. Forever a public defender. Hardwired to stand up to bullies.
August 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Liz Oyer
@lawyeroyer.com
Former DOJ Pardon Attorney. Forever a public defender. Hardwired to stand up to bullies.
@lawyeroyer.com
Former DOJ Pardon Attorney. Forever a public defender. Hardwired to stand up to bullies.
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I always hate this odd interregnum between the mass shooting and the emergence of details about the shooter. Will it be revealed that the shooter is white, and thus we will here about mental illness, of will he be a terrorist, in other words not white.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
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The Stories We Tell: Event and Mythocracy
www.unemployednegativity.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I always hate this odd interregnum between the mass shooting and the emergence of details about the shooter. Will it be revealed that the shooter is white, and thus we will here about mental illness, of will he be a terrorist, in other words not white.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2015/06/the-...
The dear leader’s feelings hurt so #CBS folded like cheap pancakes… #colbert
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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million settlement paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The dear leader’s feelings hurt so #CBS folded like cheap pancakes… #colbert
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The Spirit of Tehran by Asef Bayat for @newlinesmag.bsky.social has been translated into Persian and is widely circulated. @dannypostel.bsky.social
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روح تهران / آصف بیات - نقد اقتصاد سیاسی
ایرانیان نمیخواهند که اسرائیل، ایالات متحده یا هر قدرت خارجی دیگری برای «آزاد کردنشان» بیایند. آنها این نمایش را در افغانستان، عراق و لیبی تماشا کردهاند و میدانند پایانش چگونه است. چگونه میتوانن...
pecritique.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Spirit of Tehran by Asef Bayat for @newlinesmag.bsky.social has been translated into Persian and is widely circulated. @dannypostel.bsky.social
pecritique.com/2025/07/01/%...
pecritique.com/2025/07/01/%...
#Iranian nationalism and pride in National identity via #popularmusic
www.tehrantimes.com/news/514858/...
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Iranian traditional, pop singers release new tracks, supporting homeland
TEHRAN – Several traditional and pop singers have released new tracks in response to the Zionist regime's attack on Iran and in sympathy with our compatriots.
www.tehrantimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#Iranian nationalism and pride in National identity via #popularmusic
www.tehrantimes.com/news/514858/...
www.tehrantimes.com/news/514858/...
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The Iranian media landscape is awash with propaganda—from Israel, from the Islamic Republic, from diaspora monarchists. Yet amid this toxic atmosphere an anti-war message is crystallizing, writes Nahid Siamdoust in this outstanding essay for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
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newlinesmag.com/argument/bom...
Bombarded by Propaganda, the Iranian People Are Uniting Behind an Anti-War Message
A public mood is coalescing as narratives from both Israel and the regime of the Islamic Republic jostle for position across networks and airwaves
newlinesmag.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Iranian media landscape is awash with propaganda—from Israel, from the Islamic Republic, from diaspora monarchists. Yet amid this toxic atmosphere an anti-war message is crystallizing, writes Nahid Siamdoust in this outstanding essay for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/argument/bom...
newlinesmag.com/argument/bom...
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Iranian dissidents—including former political prisoners—almost unanimously oppose military intervention, notwithstanding their deep animus toward the Islamic Republic. An in-depth report on this from 10 years ago is suddenly more relevant than ever. My 2015 piece 👇
inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
Iranian Dissidents Explain Why They Support the Nuclear Deal
We know what politicians from the U.S. to Israel think about the Iran nuclear deal. How about asking some opponents of Iran's regime?
inthesetimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Iranian dissidents—including former political prisoners—almost unanimously oppose military intervention, notwithstanding their deep animus toward the Islamic Republic. An in-depth report on this from 10 years ago is suddenly more relevant than ever. My 2015 piece 👇
inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
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This vividly illustrates the point of my recent @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece: Trump/Vance sell their ‘America First’ doctrine as neutral on the domestic affairs of other countries yet they lecture South Africa on its treatment of Afrikaners—they're selective crusaders.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/w...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/w...
Last look: Trump’s White South African ‘refugees’ | CNN
As dozens of White South Africans from the Afrikaner community arrive in the US as refugees, Fareed fact-checks President Trump’s claims that the ethnic minority is facing discrimination and political...
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May 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This vividly illustrates the point of my recent @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece: Trump/Vance sell their ‘America First’ doctrine as neutral on the domestic affairs of other countries yet they lecture South Africa on its treatment of Afrikaners—they're selective crusaders.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/w...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/w...
"The point isn’t just that sanctions don’t work. It’s that they were never meant to work in the way we’ve been told. They are not strategies for peace or tools of diplomacy. They are economic weapons, wielded for political gain and private profit."
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Sanctions Don’t Weaken US Adversaries — But They Do Enrich Oligarchs
Trump officials admit that sanctions don’t accomplish stated US foreign policy goals, but they’re still using them.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"The point isn’t just that sanctions don’t work. It’s that they were never meant to work in the way we’ve been told. They are not strategies for peace or tools of diplomacy. They are economic weapons, wielded for political gain and private profit."
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tinyurl.com/49rrxwr8
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NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.
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Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center
A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk
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April 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Any ray of hope is good....
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Ed Sheeran shares Persian culture with the world and the diaspora swoons – me included | Dellaram Vreeland
The star’s new single, Azizam, is a rare pop-cultural moment in which Iran is celebrated for the beauty of its culture
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Any ray of hope is good....
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
The Guardian does it well.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
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Anti-Trump protests hit cities worldwide – in pictures
Thousands of ‘Hands Off’ protesters – in the US and across major European cities – took to the streets on Saturday in a show of defiance
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Guardian does it well.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of CCC Editorial Collective member Jonathan Sterne.
A major figure in media history, sound studies, disability studies, and the critical study of technology and culture, he will also be sorely missed for his kindness and generosity.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
A major figure in media history, sound studies, disability studies, and the critical study of technology and culture, he will also be sorely missed for his kindness and generosity.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of CCC Editorial Collective member Jonathan Sterne.
A major figure in media history, sound studies, disability studies, and the critical study of technology and culture, he will also be sorely missed for his kindness and generosity.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
A major figure in media history, sound studies, disability studies, and the critical study of technology and culture, he will also be sorely missed for his kindness and generosity.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...