Jasen Andersen

“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”: https://theatln.tc/XgppPPfA

Over politics or Palestine.

Left-leaning independent Connolly set to be Ireland's next president after her rival concedes defeat Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland's next president after her rival conceded defeat in Saturday's presidential election.

BREAKING: Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland’s next president after her rival conceded defeat in a presidential election Saturday.

Antifa, socialists, and woke radicals, oh my!!! 🐸 #NoKingsProtest

Antifa, socialists, and woke radicals, oh my!!! 🐸 #NoKingsProtest

While Dear Leader continues to destroy our country, I haven’t given up hope that we can someday make America gracious again. (5/5)

For the record:
* USAID saved millions of lives.
* USAID provided aid in response to countless conflicts, disasters, and crises.
* USAID gave communities hope and built goodwill.
* USAID was a bargain for the taxpayer — delivering its amazing results with less than 1% of the federal budget. (4/5)

DOGE and Elon Musk and Dear Leader Trump have demolished an institution that actually did make America great. (3/5)

This picture is from my favorite USAID activity I worked on, the Food Assistance Program. The team delivered thousands and thousands of tons of flour and goods into southern Syria during its civil war. This was an incredible project, and I’m so thankful to have been a part of it. (2/5)

Today is my last official day with USAID. Trying (but failing) to set aside my rage by focusing on some good memories. 🧵 (1/5)

Barack Obama to be conferred with freedom of Dublin at ceremony on Thursday Proposal to grant honour to former US president and his wife Michelle was passed by council in 2017

Barack Obama to be conferred with freedom of Dublin at ceremony on Thursday

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

This entire Administration is crooks, criminals, and scum.
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🕊️ #USAID

U.K, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S. The announcements Sunday marked a significant shift in foreign policy, with several other European nations and U.S. allies set to follow suit in the coming days.

“In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East, we are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and of a two-state solution. That means a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable Palestinian state — at the moment we have neither.” www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

Israeli finance minister describes plans to turn Gaza into a 'real estate bonanza' as bombs hammer the enclave Bezalel Smotrich’s comments mirror remarks in which President Donald Trump envisioned the U.S.' turning the Palestinian enclave into a “Riviera of the Middle East.”

This was the plan all along. www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/i...

D.C. Council member to challenge Eleanor Holmes Norton in congressional primary Robert White said he is launching a campaign to unseat Norton, who at 88 is the oldest lawmaker in the House.

Hallelujah! Thank you, @robertwhitedc.bsky.social! www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

When you’ve reached this point in the Empire’s history IRL

The achievement of ANDOR at the Emmys can’t be understated. For a show part of a massive IP franchise like Star Wars to win 5 Emmys, including Best Writing, is unheard of.

UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza | CNN An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what...

Israeli security forces “shot at and killed civilians, some of whom (including children) were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/m...

The Shameful Christian Idolatry and Fraudulent Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk As news of his shooting broke, the Jesus-washing of Charlie Kirk’s life by Conservative Christians began almost immediately.

Charlie Kirk has left a hateful, dehumanizing legacy of words that Conservative Christians are either choosing to ignore in their zeal to canonize him, or they simply share his racist, phobic, misogynist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, supremacist sentiments.

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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better

“Week after week, month after month, they embarrass themselves, undermine their colleagues and demoralize their voters. Theirs is a record of cowardice and capitulation.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

This is a long time coming, but also a big deal. apnews.com/article/geno...

'We didn't do enough': How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?

“The Biden administration was totally feckless when it came to holding the Netanyahu government to the standard of American law and the standards that we claim to apply to every other country in the world when it comes to the duty to provide humanitarian assistance.” www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

Everyone is misunderstanding what happened to USAID I read 18 pieces reckoning with the end of USAID. Here's what they get wrong.

This may be the best analysis I’ve seen of what happened at #USAID and where to go from here. #foreignaid timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/everyone-i...

“Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.” thehill.com/policy/healt...

“I’ve seen the power of USAID firsthand... The agency made America stronger. Eliminating it doesn’t make us safer, richer or more respected. It makes us more vulnerable, more isolated and less trusted in an increasingly unstable world.” www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...

Starvation strategy: How Israel created famine in Gaza Forensic Architecture unpacks the architecture of Israel’s genocidal starvation of Gaza.

“A new investigation by research group Forensic Architecture (FA) has found that the Israeli military has pursued a deliberate strategy of starvation that has pushed Gaza towards famine.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

There is something worse than starvation in Gaza It is Israel killing hope with its ceasefire negotiations games.

“History will condemn those who committed these crimes, but also those who stood by and allowed them to happen.” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...