npaiss.bsky.social
@npaiss.bsky.social
Somewhat retired from 40 years public affairs in DC. Ran Comms for many losing liberal causes. Cat lady, grandmom & figure skating fan. Anti woo-woo.
Yessssssss #Commanders
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Israel wastes its money again, on influencer campaign no one will believe: forward.com/fast-forward...
​​Israel’s secret ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign amid AI-powered PR blitz
As Netanyahu calls social media the “eighth front,” new documents reveal how Israel is paying to shape U.S. opinion.
forward.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
So glad to hear that Elizabeth Tsurkov is finally free. I don’t give a damn who takes the credit.
September 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Yes, its a direct line from US anti-immigration policy for Jews during the Holocaust to today’s rhetoric. Will be intetesting to see how the USHMM “upgrades” this exhibition abcnews.go.com/US/upcoming-...
Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources
A Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit will temporarily close for upgrades, sparking concern from some staff over potential changes amid President Trump's review of museums.
abcnews.go.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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“Only 300,000 are being starved!”

Incredible stuff
August 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So on the one hand young progressives are depressed - the ones who care about community and equality - while the greed-is-good crowd are doing better. Maybe because anyone suffering thru the Trump era with different values has damn good reasons to be depressed?
Opinion | Why More People in the World Are Feeling Hopeful (Except Us)
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Tell the truth. They find out anyway.” Perfect. #Moonstruck #TCMParty
July 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Many of us who worked for human rights and peace in Israel/Palestine were more than a little naive. And prospects are worse than ever.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...
Opinion | Two Estranged Friends on Their Fight for Mideast Peace. ‘We Were a Bit Naïve.’
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Anywhere else, Jews being attacked at synagogue memorial would be labelled antisemitic. But this is Israel and the attackers are Jews.

Haaretz.com www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Haaretz | Israel News, the Middle East and the Jewish World - Haaretz.com
Haaretz.com - Breaking News, Analysis and Opinion From Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World - Haaretz
Haaretz.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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This mob intimidation of a passerby near an anti-Ben-Gvir protest is repulsive.

Such grotesque behavior is a direct result of the hatred, violence and impunity modeled by leaders like Ben-Gvir. Our entire community must condemn this harassment and those who incite such attacks.
Mob chased Brooklyn woman after mistaking her for protester at speech by Israeli security minister
A New York City woman says she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked and pelted with objects by a mob of men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security m...
apnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Jerusalem workers remove the stone letters from the closed USAID office.
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My cat Cooper is staying with Other Mom while we’re in Israel. You can see how he’s suffering.
April 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Me taking skating lessons at 67 years old. I quit before the young coaches died of panic about what I was going to do to myself.
Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the elegance, agility and effortless natural grace of the penguin.
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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April 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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"Some of what happened at Columbia was genuinely troubling and needed to be addressed. But that's not what this move is about." Read more of what @hadarsusskind.bsky.social had to say in @haaretzcom.bsky.social here:
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
U.S. cuts $400 million from Columbia's funding amid crackdown on campus protests
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www.haaretz.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
At #LegacyonIce yesterday I noted that our local supermarket, @giantfood.bsky.social was a sponsor. Shop there rather than at @wholefoods.bsky.social whose owner is destroying our @washingtonpost.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On the trickery of appeals to religion: there’s a MAGA in that there book www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
How Ross Douthat’s Proselytizing Falls Short
The columnist’s new book, "Believe," argues for religion from a rational perspective. It won’t make a believer out of me.
www.theatlantic.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
There just is no bottom with these people.
Russia, Russia, Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’ve subscribed to the @washingtonpost.com since 1983. It’s not just dominant media, it’s my hometown paper.

Just canceled. Enjoy your “free market” Bezos.
February 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Tell me again how you couldn’t vote for Harris because Gaza. No matter how stupid and supine Biden and Blinken were, they were looking for a solution to prepare for a Palestinian state, not an American beach colony.
February 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Yesssssssss! #Commanders
January 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sorry #PrevagenUSChamps men, my #Commanders are playing for the Super Bowl and I gotta be there.
January 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM