Sara Yasin

Sara Yasin

@sarayasin.bsky.social

palestinian-american raised on a steady diet of hummus and fried chicken. editor-in-chief, the key (a palfest production) www.sarayasin.com

611 Followers 125 Following 12 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Lawyer: You don't regret that people might have lost income?

Cavanaugh (DOGE): No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero.

Lawyer: Did you reduce the federal deficit?

Cavanaugh: No, we didn't.

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Buzzfeed was $165 million in debt three years ago; that’s been slashed by more than 65%, the company said. But CFO Matt Omer said the company is still burdened by legacy commitments. https://cnn.it/4bkoOwj

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Two New Poems by Tamara Nassar Victoria and The Eloquent Act

"This is the image we should not see,
not one of us should name."

www.thekeymagazine.com/p/two-new-po...

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The Contrapuntal Body Alaa Alqaisi on life in Dublin after evacuation from Gaza

"my own rhythm still holds the tremor of urgency from Gaza"
www.thekeymagazine.com/p/the-contra...

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It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

NEW MAGAZINE ALERT

"When you are in Palestine, you see things exactly as they are." -Sara Yasin @palfest.bsky.social www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

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The US economy lost 92,000 jobs last month, far worse than expected.
https://cnn.it/4rNtNg2

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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

"A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible – and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying."
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

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It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

Former LA Times managing editor @sarayasin.bsky.social launches The Key, a new publication about Palestine that will be "a home for journalists who have had their stories spiked in mainstream outlets."

Her opening essay is worth every second of your time: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

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Home | The Key The Key is a new online magazine brought to you by the Palestine Festival of Literature.

I've launched a publication with @palfest.bsky.social called "The Key." I am so excited to share this first issue with you: www.thekeymagazine.com

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1 month ago

América

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2 months ago
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Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:

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4 months ago
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‘We asked Israel to investigate the deaths of our journalists. We’re still waiting’ Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni on the targeting of journalists in Gaza

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other conflict in history. The EIC at Reuters, Alessandra Galloni, joins us to reflect on the last two years of covering the war on Gaza. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...

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5 months ago
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Wiam El-Tamami talks to Batool Abu Akleen about Podcast Episode · The PalFest Podcast · 08/10/2025 · 1h 2m

also! ! !!!!!!!

@palfest.bsky.social has a new podcast where each episode will pair two writers for a free-flowing conversation.

First up: Batool Abu Akleen, a brilliant young poet in Gaza and Wiam-Al-Tamimi, one of the translators of her first collection, 48kg

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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5 months ago
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CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

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🚨1/ Has your church been targeted by millions of dollars of propaganda paid for by the Israeli government?

Use this tool to find out!

I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.

public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide

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5 months ago

ok no more posting until i have a draft of a book on my desk. BYEEEEEE!

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5 months ago

see also: also amusing to realize that their descriptions of the average american - a kind of person they don't know - is just their lofty idea of themselves

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5 months ago

anytime the FrEE SpEEcH crew starts describing the need for an appeal to ~ average americans ~ you can tell that they have, most certainly, never spent time in REAL AMERICA (TM)

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5 months ago

thank you!

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5 months ago
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Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

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5 months ago

i love to be back in my Posting era

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5 months ago

She’s baaaaack. Thoughts on the Free Press from one of the best

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5 months ago
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rejoining the living and some thoughts on....free press and...that deal I haven’t said much these last few months, that’s because I’ve felt way more introspective since leaving the L.A.

going back to my roots.....
Blogging
sarayasin.substack.com/p/rejoining-...

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9 months ago
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Subscribe to read the comments comments on comments on comments on comments on comments on comments on comments on comments on. Click to read read the comments, by Sara Yasin, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.

substack?? sarayasin.substack.com/subscribe?ut...

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1 year ago

WE ARE SOOOO BACK

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