Farah Pandith

The continuation of the war in Gaza disgraces Israel Enough

The war now has no military logic. Many Israelis agree that a ceasefire is needed. Although only 21% of them believe in a two-state solution, over 70% want the hostages to be released and the war to be over

MAGA’s assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm America will pay the price most of all

America will pay the price most of all

US designates Pakistani group's offshoot as 'terrorist' over Kashmir attack The U.S. government designated The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the Pakistani extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a "foreign terrorist organization" over the April 22 Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.

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The State Department's dismantling of its cyber diplomacy bureau and firings of more than a dozen people will set back efforts to combat foreign hackers and promote U.S. security interests, experts told me.

My Cybersecurity Dive story with new details: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-d...

Follow the rainbow and what do you see? It ends at US Department of State.

It is a sign.

June 18, 2025

Democracy

When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.

In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.

Some personal news: I’m humbled and honored to be named an @everytown.bsky.social Survivor Fellow for 2025. Over the next year, I’ll be sharing my story: how gun violence intruded on my life, my battle against PTSD, and how I’m fighting back against the bloody epidemic in our communities. 🟠

Around the world and across extremist ideologies, terrorists are getting younger. In what is now one of the defining trends in extremism, plots often involve teens and even preteens who have been radicalized almost entirely online. @farahpandith.bsky.social @usnews.com www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

World Economic Forum chases Christine Lagarde as its next leader, Bloomberg reports The World Economic Forum still sees European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde as the top candidate to replace its founder Klaus Schwab as the WEF leader, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

World Economic Forum chases Christine Lagarde as its next leader, Bloomberg reports reut.rs/4kl8VIL

Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1...

A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.

Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."

Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden

Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered

He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office

And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!

Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

Pence on RFK Jr: “I do have concerns that we have a secretary at HHS who has a lifetime career of undermining public confidence in vaccines. We should have the opposite.”

As far as “success,” all of these regimes created enormous human suffering and death, but almost none succeeded in completely eliminating or permanently suppressing their designated out-groups. All such regimes face in-group challenges for their brutality and oppression, although those challenges are not always sufficient to produce change. Even the most objectively successful extremist campaigns—such as the Albigensian Crusade, in which the Roman Catholic Church pursued and was unusually effective at implementing a total genocide against the “heretical” Cathar sect—did not succeed in securing the in-group from threats or ending the in-group’s pursuit of hostile action. The Church simply moved on to the next group of heretics.

One question I posed in my dissertation is whether extremists ever "win" -- eliminating the out-group and thus ending the campaign of hostile action.

History tells us extremists don't stop with their original out-group but instead keep expanding the circle of victims to define new out-groups.

Zayre’s!!!! OMG

Attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir kills 26 people, injures 17, police say

Attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir kills 26 people, injures 17, police say reut.rs/435BDGX

Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut Harvard’s lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding. A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university’s case against the government.

Trump officials tried to reopen negotiations in recent days, but Harvard refused. Instead, the university has accused the administration of breaking the law.

If only scholars, practioners +former tech had been screaming for yrs
1) GenAlpha = vulnerable/bad guys are recruiting
2) HOLD tech accountable
3) $ essential to help NGOs who track, advise + build
@isdglobal.bsky.social @jacobware.bsky.social @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social

Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.”

He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”

Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.

Marriott still has my business.

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
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#trumpcult #hategroups #cults #religionnewsblog

Still no information about the gunmen. This horrific, horrific attack, seemingly timed for US attention (Vance in India), will result in another cycle of deep geopolitic stress.

What is old is new again.

On this Earth Day, Pahalgam should have been noted for its beauty.

Yes, this has been the Meta plan since at least 2020, as @monikab.bsky.social and I reported www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...

HUGE AND WONDERFUL!

Hurrah! @jacobware.bsky.social @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social

As many as 8 in 10 married women have changed their surname & no longer have birth certificates or passports to match their current legal name. The SAVE Act will strip these women of voting rights. In Virginia alone 1.8 million. In 50 States??? Tell your Senators. Oppose SAVE Act now: bit.ly/4hZ7BK7

Thank you for your work @propublica.org. Cultural heritage is sacred -- and for far too long pieces like these have been (and still are) kept apart from their rightful homes.

@artinstitutechi.bsky.social: be a leader and show us what you believe is just and honorable behavior.

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.

The Secretary of the Interior requires his staff to make him cookies and serve him meals.

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Reporter: On Pete Hegseth and the IG investigation, do you want to comment on that? On the Signal app

Trump: Don’t bring that up again

A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell into the water and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on March 30, in what German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.

This is actually an important distinction — the criminal statute was written before classification existed, so “national defense information” has a specific and distinct definition here.