Wael Eskandar

1 hour ago Erica L. Green White House correspondent 凸 A White House official, who asked for anonymity to discuss internal discussions, said the racist video of the Obamas was published on the president's social media account by a "staffer" who "erroneously made the post." A second person familiar with the decision to take the post down, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the staffer had posted the clip without the president's knowledge.

Why grant Trump officials anonymity to say this, when it doesn’t match everything we know and have seen on Trump’s social media accounts for years?

And when only a few hours ago, the White House press secretary was practically defending the post and dismissing criticism of it as “fake outrage”?

What does it take to tell important stories today? We had a great time talking to @weskandar.bsky.social at GIJC about his work and experience as a journalist.

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.

More here:
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

They were in Gaza mode

Minneapolis Déjà Vu In its response to protests, the U.S. evokes repressive regimes around the world.

Watching Renee Good and Alex Pretti, feeling Shireen Abu Akleh and Hind Rajab

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Mutamassik : )

We have a lot of stories to tell

Despite Taliban amnesty declaration, killings of US allies persist Our investigation, in partnership with Lighthouse Reports, identified 110 killings of former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces troops since 2023.

Our investigation, in partnership with Lighthouse Reports, identified 110 killings of former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces troops since 2023.

🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.

🚩Saudi govt is using the Riyadh Comedy Fest to deflect attention from its brutal repression

The festival takes place on the 7th anniversary of Khashoggi's murder

Lineup includes: Jimmy Carr, Pete Davidson and others

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Yes, important to substantiate what is obvious through things like this. We all wish this problem didn't exist, but that's one way to help fight it.

Very good study

Inside the Tony Blair Institute Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?

Revealed: How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of tech billionaire Larry Ellison

We expose former PM’s unprecedented influence over the UK govt & how this is shaped by the interests of his Institute’s largest donor & one of the world’s richest men www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

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Da Sarajevo a Gaza: dai ricordi dell'assedio all'appello all'azione Boris parte con altri attivisti per Gaza con la Sumud Flotilla. A motivarlo, l'aver assistito da giovane all'assedio di Sarajevo e la sua grande frustrazione oggi, come professionista del mondo…

Boris parte per #Gaza con la Sumud Flotilla. A motivarlo, l'aver assistito all'assedio di #Sarajevo e la sua grande frustrazione oggi, come professionista del mondo umanitario e cittadino italo-bosniaco, nel non poter portare aiuti a Gaza. Una riflessione sul diritto umanitario buff.ly/uBFWKKB

On the show this week:

• In a presidency rife with scandals, the Epstein crisis is in a class of its own

• New York Times finally uses the term 'genocide' to describe Gaza

• The crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in Germany

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United 4 Gaza

I spent five years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison but when Israel bombed it I felt horror and fear | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Many held there are opponents of the repressive regime. Who is alive now? Who was killed? Were they just collateral damage, asks former hostage Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe

Many held there are opponents of the repressive regime. Who is alive now? Who was killed? Were they just collateral damage?

Everyone must respect international law except western powers, Israel, friends of western powers when they're doing it on behalf of the west, but everyone must respect international law.

Everyone must respect international law except western powers, Israel, friends of western powers when they're doing it on behalf of the west, but everyone must respect international law.

why doubtful?

It is grossly hypocritical and extremely dangerous that two nuclear-armed states ganged up on a country without nuclear weapons just because it may possibly build one at some unknown point in the vague future.

#iran #usa #america #Israel

It's okay to lose people over genocide.

What the west is doing is causing people who don't like the Iranian regime to sympathize a lot more with Iran.

Jon Stewart on Israel’s "Urgent" Iran Strike, Minnesota Murders & MAGA’s Blame Game | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

So much truth in this comedy.

There is no contradiction in the position that the Iranian regime is horrible to its people and that Iran should not be be bombed by western powers.