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Sarah Baxter

@sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

Director, Marie Colvin Center, Stony Brook University. Columnist, the Standard and the i paper, ex-deputy ed The Sunday Times, IPSO member

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The person most excited for a Kamala Harris comeback? Donald Trump It's the same-old same old from the Democrats

A Kamala comeback? It's the same-old, same-old from the Democrats. My column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/pers...

02.08.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Syria returns to bloodshed: β€˜I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’ Members of the Druze minority are telling of executions, allegedly by gunmen from government forces, after clashes between opposing groups

Syria returns to bloodshed: β€˜I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’. A devastating report by @christinalamb.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/eb67...

27.07.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The American media might have cowed to Trump over Epstein - but the British won't," writes @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

Read more: https://trib.al/qYAmiXk

25.07.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar al-Assad.

How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims - superb investigation by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

07.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Play nice, then bully: Trump maps out the long game with Iran The US President is positioning himself as the only man who can broker peace, once the bombing stops

Play nice: then bully. Trump maps out the long game with Iran. My column on the Israeli attacks. inews.co.uk/opinion/play...

13.06.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Goodbye for now to a very special group of communication and journalism students. I’ll be seeing some if you in Sweden! @stonybrooku.bsky.social

23.05.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A round of applause for these talented journalism masters students πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘@stonybrooku.bsky.social

23.05.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's critics could very soon look like chumps After hitting the buffers a few times, it's possible we are about to see some of his policies pay off

Beware! Trump's critics could look like chumps @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

02.05.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Riots would be a gift to Trump - and propel him into an indefinite presidency The White House is itching for the revival of Antifa

Trump is itching for the revival of Antifa @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/riot...

29.04.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s charming press chief with a mean-girl glint The White House press secretary is a Maga loyalist who is tipped to become the US president’s chief of staff

Our now in the stylish new Observer observer.co.uk/news/profile...

27.04.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to see @lauracummingart.bsky.social and Robert Harris puffed on the front page. The picture is a work of art in itself…

26.04.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church US President will be at the Vatican for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, reflecting the growing importance of the Catholic vote to Maga

Opinion | Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church

Trumpworld thinks it is time to Make the Vatican Great Again

πŸ–‹ @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

25.04.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence The President loves to divide and conquer

Could he fumble the ball? JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence
inews.co.uk/opinion/jd-v...

18.04.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Trump's Joe Biden hour: his credibility is collapsing It's remarkable how fast presidents can squander their political capital

When trust is lost, it's hard to recover. This is Trump's Joe Biden moment - my column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

11.04.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed!

30.03.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He’ll never admit it – but Trump is embarrassed by the Signal leak The gaffe is eating away at his credibility

Trump is Teflon but his officiaks arent. Signalgate isnt over yet inews.co.uk/opinion/hell...

29.03.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Always distrusted Last Tango. Exploitative not arthouse

20.03.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gutless and clueless, the Democrats are paralysed by Trump The official opposition is AWOL

Gutless and clueless, the Democrats are paralysed by Trump - out now in @theipaper inews.co.uk/opinion/gutl...

07.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In memory of Marie Colvin. She was killed on this day, Feb 22, 2012, in Homs, Syria. I wish she could report today on the liberation of Syria from Bashar al-Assad. We support her legacy at mariecolvincenter.org. We miss you Marie

22.02.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's popularity is already cratering - bigly If the economy doesn't pick up, Trump will be Biden Mark Two faster than he thinks

Opinion | Trump's popularity is already cratering - bigly

If the economy doesn't pick up, Trump will be Biden Mark Two faster than he thinks

πŸ–‹οΈ @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

21.02.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I love the Front Page and His Girl Friday, same story, brilliant treatments. To Die For with Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix made me think I wasn’t really cut out to be a TV presenter… I’m a newspaper β€˜man’, like Hildy

21.02.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

21.02.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5095    πŸ” 1515    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 112

Will Scalia and Roberts be that brave?

15.02.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Europe will be the downfall of Donald Trump Increasingly countries will have to seek new trade alliances

Digital link inews.co.uk/opinion/euro...

15.02.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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America First = America Last. My column in @theipaper.com

15.02.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump's downfall has already begun This mania will end. We just don’t know when

Remember the Pottery Barn Rule? "You break it, you own it." Donald Trump's downfall has already begun @inews.co.uk
inews.co.uk/opinion/dona...

07.02.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Donald Trump is updating an old Nixon doctrine to reshape the world order During the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon coined the β€œmadman theory” of politics. The idea was to bully the Communist bloc into thinking he might do something crazy, such as using nuclear weapons, to enfo...

How Trump is updating the Madman Theory of politics - my @thelondonstandard.bsky.social column www.standard.co.uk/comment/dona...

04.02.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's not just migrants who fear Trump's Guantanamo gulag Locking people up and throwing away the key sounds tough, but the reality is dehumanising

Te stain of Guantanamo returns - my @inews.co.uk column inews.co.uk/opinion/migr...

31.01.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Under Donald Trump it’s goodbye virtue-signalling, hello vice-signalling Selena Gomez has 422 million followers on Instagram, more than any woman on the planet. Sobbing and without make-up, the singer, who has Mexican heritage, posted her feelings about the deportations un...

The Maga partygoers in @nymag.com remind me of the young Thatcherites in the 1980s – a mixture of Harry Enfield’s β€œLoadsamoney” Essex boys and Oxford’s β€œBright Young Things”. See @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy www.standard.co.uk/comment/sele...

28.01.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Under Donald Trump it’s goodbye virtue-signalling, hello vice-signalling Selena Gomez has 422 million followers on Instagram, more than any woman on the planet. Sobbing and without make-up, the singer, who has Mexican heritage, posted her feelings about the deportations un...

Under Trump, it's goodbye virtue-signalling, hello vice-signalling. My column at @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy www.standard.co.uk/comment/sele...

28.01.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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