Sushil Aaron
@sushilaaron.bsky.social
Opinion writer. Bylines: @thewire_in, @nytimes, @htTweets
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https://politicsandbooks.substack.com/
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https://politicsandbooks.substack.com/
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Sushil Aaron
@sushilaaron.bsky.social
· Dec 29
The Indisputable Greatness of Jimmy Carter
History will be kind to Jimmy Carter for changing the world through key decisions, and for having the right instincts and prescriptions on race, faith, Palestine, human rights and the climate. He will...
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History will be kind to #JimmyCarter for changing the world through key decisions, and for having the right instincts and prescriptions on race, faith, Palestine, human rights and the climate. He will also be an inexhaustible source on a life well-lived.
My piece.
thewire.in/history/the-...
My piece.
thewire.in/history/the-...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.
This news was first reported by Reuters.
An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.
This news was first reported by Reuters.
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.
This news was first reported by Reuters.
An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.
This news was first reported by Reuters.
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A senior French source has described tomorrow’s DC meeting to me as the “most consequential for peace and security in Europe” since the fall of the Soviet Union. Brief thread later.
August 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A senior French source has described tomorrow’s DC meeting to me as the “most consequential for peace and security in Europe” since the fall of the Soviet Union. Brief thread later.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times we’re living in.
July 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times we’re living in.
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Wake up Democratic Party old guard establishment. This isn’t about New York City. This is the way the wind is blowing. Step aside for young people who this country will need over the next several decades long after you are gone. Enough with your egos and the big money interests.
June 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Wake up Democratic Party old guard establishment. This isn’t about New York City. This is the way the wind is blowing. Step aside for young people who this country will need over the next several decades long after you are gone. Enough with your egos and the big money interests.
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The FT conducted extensive interviews with Metreweli and her senior female SIS colleagues for this piece three years ago on the top women spies at MI6. To protect her identity, Metreweli chose the pseudonym 'Ada' for the story (free to read)
www.ft.com/content/7417...
www.ft.com/content/7417...
The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
For the first time ever, SIS officers reveal why women often make the best spies for our times
www.ft.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The FT conducted extensive interviews with Metreweli and her senior female SIS colleagues for this piece three years ago on the top women spies at MI6. To protect her identity, Metreweli chose the pseudonym 'Ada' for the story (free to read)
www.ft.com/content/7417...
www.ft.com/content/7417...
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In one convo, a not-hostile young man asked me, "What's it like to go from history's heroes to being the Nazis?"
He was genuinely curious, confused. Wanted to understand. (He also knew my opinions in general.)
But ouch.
He was genuinely curious, confused. Wanted to understand. (He also knew my opinions in general.)
But ouch.
June 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In one convo, a not-hostile young man asked me, "What's it like to go from history's heroes to being the Nazis?"
He was genuinely curious, confused. Wanted to understand. (He also knew my opinions in general.)
But ouch.
He was genuinely curious, confused. Wanted to understand. (He also knew my opinions in general.)
But ouch.
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I've been in Europe for three weeks. Mostly, they look at us with pity.
Pity is hard to take.
Pity is hard to take.
"Donald Trump has wrecked America’s brand. He’s made crossing over from Canada a betrayal, bordering on treason, while turning the U.S. into a laughingstock around the globe." @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Has Completely Wrecked America's Brand
In Canada, crossing over to America is not just taboo now — it’s a kind of betrayal, even borderline treasonous.
www.rollingstone.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I've been in Europe for three weeks. Mostly, they look at us with pity.
Pity is hard to take.
Pity is hard to take.
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This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
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The right is shaping public perception of these protests just like it shaped public perception of the BLM protests, because it dominates the information ecosystem. The narratives it has spent years crafting & spreading are shaping how current events are interpreted.
June 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The right is shaping public perception of these protests just like it shaped public perception of the BLM protests, because it dominates the information ecosystem. The narratives it has spent years crafting & spreading are shaping how current events are interpreted.
Wonderful piece on reading.
I wrote this guide to being a better reader: how to read, what to read and why
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
How I Read
I love reading and I love advice about how to read.
jmarriott.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Wonderful piece on reading.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Amazing. Respect the lede.
June 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Amazing. Respect the lede.
“It’s not dissatisfaction. It’s not disillusionment. It’s revulsion: visceral fury, anger on a level I’ve seldom seen before, even towards Tory cruelties…”
George Monbiot on how Britain can get to PR.
George Monbiot on how Britain can get to PR.
By betraying his voters so comprehensively and so soon, Keir Starmer has done us a favour. He has given us 4 years to design the government we want.
In this week's column I explain how it can be done. There's massive
potential, but we need to start now. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this week's column I explain how it can be done. There's massive
potential, but we need to start now. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election | George Monbiot
Labour is beyond repair. Time for a co-ordinated strategy to support progressive parties committed to electoral reform, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“It’s not dissatisfaction. It’s not disillusionment. It’s revulsion: visceral fury, anger on a level I’ve seldom seen before, even towards Tory cruelties…”
George Monbiot on how Britain can get to PR.
George Monbiot on how Britain can get to PR.
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Insane. Slight young woman traveling with mom to see U.S soldier husband.
Strip-searched twice. Disappeared in the afternoon into the next day.
No calls. Given no food.
Finally, before being put on a plane, had 3 min. call w/husband who cried inconsolably.
Husband has decided to leave the Army.
Strip-searched twice. Disappeared in the afternoon into the next day.
No calls. Given no food.
Finally, before being put on a plane, had 3 min. call w/husband who cried inconsolably.
Husband has decided to leave the Army.
Australian woman, a former police officer, was detained, jailed overnight and deported from the US despite traveling there legally on a tourist visa to visit her US military husband.
Is there no end to our shameful behavior?
www.news.com.au/travel/trave...
Is there no end to our shameful behavior?
www.news.com.au/travel/trave...
www.news.com.au
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Insane. Slight young woman traveling with mom to see U.S soldier husband.
Strip-searched twice. Disappeared in the afternoon into the next day.
No calls. Given no food.
Finally, before being put on a plane, had 3 min. call w/husband who cried inconsolably.
Husband has decided to leave the Army.
Strip-searched twice. Disappeared in the afternoon into the next day.
No calls. Given no food.
Finally, before being put on a plane, had 3 min. call w/husband who cried inconsolably.
Husband has decided to leave the Army.
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It's quite impressive how Brexit not only broke the Tory party but is now keeping them permanently trapped underneath a useless shibboleth.
May 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's quite impressive how Brexit not only broke the Tory party but is now keeping them permanently trapped underneath a useless shibboleth.
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Habemus Papam Crymorus I
May 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Habemus Papam Crymorus I
“If you don’t get it right, you’ll be on the news.”
Geoffrey Boycott on cancer, cricket, the NHS and what he expects from politicians.
youtu.be/-w8wwrchD9g?...
Geoffrey Boycott on cancer, cricket, the NHS and what he expects from politicians.
youtu.be/-w8wwrchD9g?...
Sir Geoffrey Boycott on cancer, cricket and why Britain is broken | The Daily T
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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May 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“If you don’t get it right, you’ll be on the news.”
Geoffrey Boycott on cancer, cricket, the NHS and what he expects from politicians.
youtu.be/-w8wwrchD9g?...
Geoffrey Boycott on cancer, cricket, the NHS and what he expects from politicians.
youtu.be/-w8wwrchD9g?...
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orwell stays winning
May 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
orwell stays winning
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A front page every bit as batshit as the ‘glory days’ of Brexit. Almost makes you nostalgic.
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A front page every bit as batshit as the ‘glory days’ of Brexit. Almost makes you nostalgic.
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This is so good!
“Hegseth Crossing the Delaware”
By @knecessary.bsky.social
For more Kevin’s cartoons, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
By @knecessary.bsky.social
For more Kevin’s cartoons, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
April 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is so good!
‘Rome is no longer the “point of convergence” for ecclesiastical scheming’
Interesting piece.
Interesting piece.
Who are the favorites to succeed Pope Francis?
Here are some of key names to watch in the weeks ahead.👇
Here are some of key names to watch in the weeks ahead.👇
Who are the favorites to succeed Pope Francis?
Will the Italians get the papacy back? Or is it time for the first African in the modern era? A conclave will gather in the weeks ahead to elect a new pontiff.
www.politico.eu
April 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
‘Rome is no longer the “point of convergence” for ecclesiastical scheming’
Interesting piece.
Interesting piece.
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Briefly breaking my social media fast to acknowledge the passing of historian Robert Frykenberg. Condolences to all who are mourning. Bob’s work on Indian history & his historiographical approach have had a huge impact, & he was by all accounts a truly kind & gracious human being. Rest in peace.
April 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Briefly breaking my social media fast to acknowledge the passing of historian Robert Frykenberg. Condolences to all who are mourning. Bob’s work on Indian history & his historiographical approach have had a huge impact, & he was by all accounts a truly kind & gracious human being. Rest in peace.
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On CNBC today, Elizabeth Warren had to explain to anchor Sara Eisen that Congress can in fact take away Trump's tariffs authority, and also that America is not ruled by a king who can make laws by decree.
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
On CNBC today, Elizabeth Warren had to explain to anchor Sara Eisen that Congress can in fact take away Trump's tariffs authority, and also that America is not ruled by a king who can make laws by decree.