Frida Ghitis
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CNN CNNE Contributor, Washington Post contrib columnist, WorldPoliticsReview Sr. columnist. Frm CNN Prod/Corresp 70+countries https://t.co/GG71iaQmX1
Joined January 2011
You can measure a society’s political freedom by how openly comedians are able to mock or satirize the government. CBS’s decision to silence Stephen Colbert, announcing the impending end of The Late Show, is another sign of trouble in the US
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You can measure a society’s political freedom by how openly comedians are able to satirize the govt. CBS’s decision to silence Stephen Colbert, announcing the impending end of the venerable The Late Show, is another incipient sign of trouble in the US.
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Unspeakably cruel. ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens - The Washington Post
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The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
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Excellent news. Positive changes in the Middle East as Iran's catastrophic influence -- this time in Lebanon via Hezbollah -- is evaporating. "US 'unbelievably satisfied' with Lebanon reply to proposal on disarming Hezbollah.".
reuters.com
A U.S. envoy said on Monday he was "unbelievably satisfied" with Lebanon's reply to a U.S. proposal on disarming Hezbollah, following meetings in Beirut held hours after Israel launched new air...
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RT @steven_pifer: Trump administration is cutting people and funding for the National Weather Service.
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Dutch intelligence services and the German Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) said the Russian army had used illegal chemical in Ukraine over 9,000 times. The chemicals used include chloropicrin, banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention signed by Russia
dutchnews.nl
Sanctions against Russia must be stepped up because of the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Dutch caretaker defense minister Ruben Brekelmans said in a briefing to MPs on Friday....
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RT @JasonMBrodsky: Al-Hadath reports approximately 4,000 #Hezbollah members were killed during the war with #Israel, around 2,000 deserted….
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RT @WPReview: Trump is getting the credit for pushing Europe to boost its defense spending. The real driving force is the growing threat po….
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Trump is getting the credit for pushing Europe to boost its defense spending. The real driving force is the growing threat posed by Russia.
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Tensions between the United States and Colombia are nearing the breaking point. The US has just recalled its charge d'affaires. (There is no ambassador).
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recalled John T. McNamara, the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the U.S. Embassy in Colombia, to Washington for urgent consultations following baseless and reprehe...
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At least 17 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump plan
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GOP legislation would set back years of progress in expanding health care coverage, unwinding key parts of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
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RT @jonathanchait: Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its autho….
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By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
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RT @HenMazzig: SHOCKING: Listen to Hamas survivor Ohad Ben Ami recount how, just a month before his release, a senior Hamas commander came….
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China believes that “the United States is dismantling, fairly systematically, the sources of its strength”.
Gewirtz: “Beijing’s assessment right now is that the United States is dismantling, fairly systematically, the sources of its strength…From Beijing’s perspective, this is a moment when they believe they can let that self-sabotage play out.”.
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RT @JoshKraushaar: BREAKING @J_Insider via @GSDeutch: "81-year-old victim of Boulder antisemitic attack dies from wounds". "Egyptian nation….
jewishinsider.com
Egyptian national Mohamed Soliman now faces two counts of first-degree murder, in addition to 12 federal hate crimes charges and more than 100 state charges related to the June 1 firebombing
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RT @WPReview: The Israel-Iran war was a test of the relations between Israel and the handful of Arab countries with which it maintains dipl….
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The Israel-Iran war has confirmed the resilience of ties between Israel and the Arab countries with which it maintains formal and informal ties.
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RT @WPReview: By all indications, and despite a measure of public acrimony, ties between Israel and those Arab countries have passed this s….
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The Israel-Iran war has confirmed the resilience of ties between Israel and the Arab countries with which it maintains formal and informal ties.
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