Stephen Snyder

Life or Death Over Yemen: How F-16 Pilots Survived Houthi Ambush About 15 seconds separated F-16 pilots Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks and Maj. Michael “Danger” Blea from life or death over Yemen.

Let's not underestimate the #Houthis.

A US fighter pilot describes an extremely close encounter with a surface-to-air missile during a US attack near Sana'a in March last year - the 10th anniversary of the first Saudi air strikes on #Yemen

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Houthi mobilize troops in Yemen with unclear target, as possible strike on Iran looms in According to the report, the Houthis have mobilized on various fronts within Yemen, in what may be an attempt to “ignite a new round of war. ” The Houthis may be mobilizing forces for an offensive, a ...

Something to watch as the US #armada raises concerns of regional warfare

Houthi mobilize troops in ##Yemen with unclear target, as possible strike on Iran looms

www.yahoo.com/news/article... via @@YahooNews

Yemen Supplement: Who controls Socotra after UAE Pullout? Yemen's far-flung island province has been spared the violence of the last few months, but that doesn't mean nothing has changed there.

#Yemen's large island, #Socotra, was an ecotourism destination. Now its peaceful reputation is marred by infighting fueled by Saudi and Emirati influencers. This detailed report brings things up to date.

www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/who-...

US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni refugees, asylum seekers Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has determined it is safe for Yemenis to return to their war-torn country.

Huh?

US ends temporary protected status for #Yemeni refugees, asylum seekers aje.news/s0x8qk via @AJEnglish

(The State Department currently advises against travel to #Yemen)

Broken Truth- live in San Antonio YouTube video by Tim Grimm

He’s got no shame, he’s got no soul
He’s got no poetry inside to make him whole

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Memo to Europe: Remember Neville Chamberlain You cannot appease a tyrant. You must hit back hard.

Memo to Europe: Remember Neville Chamberlain
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Displaced northerners 'feel safer' in south Yemen after STC withdrawal Families who fled the north say separatists treated them 'as invaders of the south'

Displaced northerners 'feel safer' in south Yemen after STC withdrawal

www.middleeasteye.net/news/displac...

Saudi Arabia Takes Full Control of Yemen's South • Stimson Center The internationally recognized government of Yemen remains in place, but the locus of decision-making has shifted to Riyadh.

#Yemenis, as always, are caught in the middle of a conversation that was never really about them.

www.stimson.org/2026/saudi-a...

I'm a G Man (wide screen) YouTube video by stephenproducer

One tool in the anti-ICE toolbox: mockery.
Please share.
2-minutes of fun.

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A Turning Point for Trump’s Marauding Secret Police People who don’t like Donald Trump are kinda gun-shy talking about turning...

Thinking Boston Massacre, 1770.

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Yemen’s separatists announce a constitution for an independent south Yemen’s separatist movement has announced a constitution for an independent nation in the south and demanded other factions in the war-torn country accept the move.

apnews.com/article/yeme... separatists announce a constitution for an independent south

Allies become liabilities as Saudi-UAE tension spirals in Yemen The spiraling tension between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over Yemen is not merely another episode in a protracted confrontation. The spike in contention comes as Riyadh and the An...

How unresolved Saudi-Emirati differences are ripping #Yemen apart, inadvertently helping the Houthis and Al-Qaeda.
Not what anyone wants.
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Saudi coalition will counter Yemen separatists undermining de-escalation Saudi defence minister urges Yemen's STC to withdraw "peacefully" from seized provinces, Hadramout and al-Mahra.

This does not look like the cooperation the US requested of the Saudis and Emiratis.

aje.io/uzbaif

Maersk completes first Red Sea voyage in nearly two years Danish shipping company Maersk said on Friday that one of its vessels successfully navigated the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait for the first time in nearly two years, as shipping companies consider...

Danish owned cargo carrier braves the Bab al-Mandeb. No interference by #Yemen's #Houthi forces.

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The 12 Days of Donald YouTube video by stephenproducer

Two minutes of fun, dressed up as a 1960's holiday song

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Condemning the Houthis’ Unlawful Detention of Current and Former Local Staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen - United States Department of State The United States condemns the Houthis’ ongoing unlawful detention of current and former local staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization,...

US condemns Houthis for detaining local staff of US mission to Yemen

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Brown University Shootings Expose Providence’s Emergency Communications System Shortcomings - The Providence Eye On Saturday afternoon, minutes after a masked gunman entered a classroom and sprayed gunfire on students studying for an economics exam, Brown students, faculty, and staff were notified of an active s...

Providence neighbors could have been alerted about the active shooter by Rhode Island's emergency WEAS system. Lesson learned?

This article from @thepvdeye.bsky.social is an eye opener.

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Yemen Caught Between Domestic Fragmentation and Regional Tensions More than a decade into Yemen’s civil war, no end to the conflict is in sight. The lines of control between the two main belligerents have barely changed, and conditions for the Yemeni people continue...

Excellent backgrounder on #Yemen by Nabeel Khoury

arabcenterdc.org/resource/yem...

The Next Terrorist Attack And What Comes After (Updated)

Just in time for Veterans' Day. @timothysnyder.bsky.social on how Trump declaring war in US cities can destroy respect and support for our troops.

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Trump Just Announced His Police State In yesterday’s address to U.S. troops

The least I can do is share Reich's clear message. This is not a time to look the other way.

Trump Just Announced His Police State
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Raila Odinga and the politics of power Kenyan elites do not seek to build institutions to restrain power but rather movements to capture it.

A cautionary tale for the US

Raila Odinga and the politics of power: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

I'm a G Man (wide screen) YouTube video by stephenproducer

Dance against autocracy with Elvis
#NoKings
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The Power Map of the Trump Regime Who really works for whom?

Organizational chart

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Bob Franke - A Still, Small Voice YouTube video by thefetusboy

Called him home.

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NO KINGS Boston · No Kings # BOSTON SAYS NO KINGS! ### “We’re wicked pissed. Wicked loud. Wicked united.”  ## Join us Saturday, October 18, as we take to the Parade Grounds of Boston Common! We’re standing together against th...

No Kings rally, Boston. Saturday at noon.

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@heritagefdn.bsky.social is outdoing itself in redlining universities. My alma mater, Bryant University, has always been center-right, pro-business, much to my dismay.

I am so PROUD that it's been given a failing grade by the radical right.

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated.”

- The Diary of Anne Frank, cited by Judith February in @dailymaverick.co.za

I'm a G Man (wide screen) YouTube video by stephenproducer

"I may be Elvis, but he's The King."

Music video to share

2-minutes to laugh at the state of things

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What if Elvis were to visit the White House today?

My 2-minute musical speculation.

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Israeli strikes in Yemen kill 35 people, Houthis say The Israeli military says it hit military targets, but the Houthis say only civilian sites were targeted.

#Yemen has fallen off the US news agenda. I can't imagine that families of the dead in Sana'a and al-Jawf think Washington has nothing to do with Israeli strikes

www.bbc.com/news/article...