Paul Handley
@phand1.bsky.social
DC based recovering journalist: FEER, AFP, lots of bylines elsewhere; Asia (esp Thailand), Saudi, US. Author "The King Never Smiles" bio of Thai King Bhumibol. Clarinet Django/gypsy/manouche, swing, jazz, Takoma Park Community Band. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
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Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Eviction Kings
One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
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Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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This is brutal. Fox forgot to edit all the booing at the Washington Commanders game.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is brutal. Fox forgot to edit all the booing at the Washington Commanders game.
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This healthy food program sounded like a MAHA dream.
Republicans killed it anyway.
More on the end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina 👇
Republicans killed it anyway.
More on the end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina 👇
The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed
The end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina is a story of how MAHA might actually be realized — or not — at the state level.
www.politico.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This healthy food program sounded like a MAHA dream.
Republicans killed it anyway.
More on the end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina 👇
Republicans killed it anyway.
More on the end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina 👇
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I asked the Department of Homeland Security for comment on Judge Ellis saying Gregory Bovino lied under oath. Their second response was to diss her(?) as an “Obama crony,” praise me for riveting journalism, and finally defend Bovino
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I asked the Department of Homeland Security for comment on Judge Ellis saying Gregory Bovino lied under oath. Their second response was to diss her(?) as an “Obama crony,” praise me for riveting journalism, and finally defend Bovino
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President Trump has pardoned Glen Casad, the former Tennessee House speaker, and his former top aide in the state legislature just weeks after they were sentenced to prison on public corruption charges.
Trump pardons embattled former GOP House speaker, top aide awaiting prison
Trump has granted clemency in the opening year of his term to several former elected officials convicted on corruption-related charges.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
President Trump has pardoned Glen Casad, the former Tennessee House speaker, and his former top aide in the state legislature just weeks after they were sentenced to prison on public corruption charges.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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This is what the CBP agent who shot Miramar Martinez on October 4 texted the next day.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is what the CBP agent who shot Miramar Martinez on October 4 texted the next day.
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Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed
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Another reason we need more and better train alternatives
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Another reason we need more and better train alternatives
Justice Alito hasn't been to the National Zoo for a long time: they don't charge entrance fees for that reason, but they charge a huge fee for parking.
And as for other controls, now you have to sign up on a smartphone app to get in. 😠
And as for other controls, now you have to sign up on a smartphone app to get in. 😠
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Justice Alito hasn't been to the National Zoo for a long time: they don't charge entrance fees for that reason, but they charge a huge fee for parking.
And as for other controls, now you have to sign up on a smartphone app to get in. 😠
And as for other controls, now you have to sign up on a smartphone app to get in. 😠
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Trump: “I mean, we have tremendous rare earth, and it's going to be-- you know, it's going to be-- it'll be a strength, but it won't really be a strength if everybody has it. Everyone's gonna have it pretty soon”
READ THE FULL 60 MIN TRANSCRIPT. Avoid polished edits
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READ THE FULL 60 MIN TRANSCRIPT. Avoid polished edits
www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump: “I mean, we have tremendous rare earth, and it's going to be-- you know, it's going to be-- it'll be a strength, but it won't really be a strength if everybody has it. Everyone's gonna have it pretty soon”
READ THE FULL 60 MIN TRANSCRIPT. Avoid polished edits
www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
READ THE FULL 60 MIN TRANSCRIPT. Avoid polished edits
www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
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ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.
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OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
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FELON GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. 💯🎯
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
FELON GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. 💯🎯
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1. A comms guy threatening reporters by siccing the White House on them.
2. The wife of a WH official threatening a pundit's citizenship.
3. A drunk ICE agent saying he'll check an arresting officer's status.
These are all the same thing.
2. The wife of a WH official threatening a pundit's citizenship.
3. A drunk ICE agent saying he'll check an arresting officer's status.
These are all the same thing.
These are all the same thing.
1. When ProPublica emailed questions for a profile of the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, they received a response from the communications director of the state Republican Party. He...
www.pbump.net
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
1. A comms guy threatening reporters by siccing the White House on them.
2. The wife of a WH official threatening a pundit's citizenship.
3. A drunk ICE agent saying he'll check an arresting officer's status.
These are all the same thing.
2. The wife of a WH official threatening a pundit's citizenship.
3. A drunk ICE agent saying he'll check an arresting officer's status.
These are all the same thing.
I saw A HouseofDynamite recently. It’s a brilliant, gripping, thought-provoking about the risk of nuclear war, wholly apolitical. Just very competent people in an impossible situation.
But you think, what would the Trump govt do? Here he confirms they would do everything wrong & destroy the world
But you think, what would the Trump govt do? Here he confirms they would do everything wrong & destroy the world
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I saw A HouseofDynamite recently. It’s a brilliant, gripping, thought-provoking about the risk of nuclear war, wholly apolitical. Just very competent people in an impossible situation.
But you think, what would the Trump govt do? Here he confirms they would do everything wrong & destroy the world
But you think, what would the Trump govt do? Here he confirms they would do everything wrong & destroy the world
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.