@PaulHandley2

AFP, FEER news veteran. Author of 'The King Never Smiles' bio of Thai king. American U SIS. Clarinet,tenor in DC. Less noise more signal @phand1.bsky.social

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Joined August 2012
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Paul Handley retweeted
Christopher Webb
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THE POPE, MELANIA TRUMP, AND THE UKRAINE CEASEFIRE 🕊️ Oct. 16: Pope Leo calls Putin. Pushes for a ceasefire 🕊️ Oct. 19: Pope Leo calls Zelenskyy. Same mission 😈 Oct. 23: Melania announces the ceasefire. The White House calls her the “exclusive intermediary” The Pope wasn’t even mentioned.
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Acyn
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TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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Christopher Nye
@chrisnyeeeeOct 24
Sharing @edwardwhitenz's excellent Fifth Plenum preview in @FT. Glad to be quoted. Most China watchers think a revived Party chairmanship is very unlikely. I'm not so sure. Deng and Jiang ruled through bargains among elders and factions, so they could step back safely. Xi rules by fear. He has taken down even Zhang Youxia, Miao Hua and Zhong Shaojun, his own trusted generals who seemed untouchable. A ruler like this cannot let go. And power ends at death. Only Mao got around that. Deng, twice purged by Mao, still would not repudiate him, because repudiating Mao meant repudiating the Party itself. That is the height Xi needs. Short of it, he will be torn down after he dies. ft.com/content/d11b743a-cd2c…

Xi Jinping gathers China’s top communist cadres with focus on discipline

Central committee meeting to be closely watched ahead of party congress next year and leader’s expected fourth term

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rolandsmartin
@rolandsmartinOct 24
Angie Nixon: "Laura Loomer calling me out of my name, JD Vance telling me I need to leave this country, I don't deserve to be here, Donald Trump, Ashley Moody, all of that stuff." Her answer: "Don't let them steal our joy." @AngieNixon @rolandsmartin youtu.be/2foyFOJvwV8
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Paul Handley retweeted
Assal Rad
@AssalRad14h
A 21-year-old was abducted from his home in the middle of the night and held for a year without charge. Israel killed a Palestinian hostage—and the media couldn’t care less.
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Assal Rad
@AssalRad15h
Collective punishment is a WAR CRIME, forced displacement and targeting civilian homes are war crimes. Refusing to use that language normalizes it.
BBC News (World)
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Palestinian families displaced as Israeli forces demolish Hebron homes, local officials say bbc.in/4ie4rpv

Palestinian families displaced as Israeli forces demolish Hebron homes, local officials say

The crackdown follows the killing of two Israeli soldiers by two Palestinian gunmen on Friday - and comes just days ahead of Israel's election.

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Assal Rad
@AssalRadOct 24
“Road junction” is certainly a creative way to describe a military checkpoint enforcing an occupation.
The Washington Post
@washingtonpostOct 23
Two Palestinian gunmen attacked a road junction near Hebron on Friday, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to direct Israel’s military to prepare for a “full lockdown” of the West Bank. The militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. wapo.st/47AMafU

Netanyahu vows vast West Bank military operation after Hamas kills two Israeli soldiers

Two Palestinian gunmen were killed in the attack, days before Israeli elections that have centered on the prime minister’s handling of security issues.

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KSLA News 12@KSLAOct 24
Alexandria teen becomes first child in state functionally cured of sickle cell disease
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This is the kind of deal the Democrats need to investigate immediately if they take Congress. An oil deal in Alaska which actually might be a gift to the Russians with Trump involvement. ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…

US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

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Steve Herman
@newsguyusaOct 24
NYT - A Russian energy giant secretly funded a US firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po… flipboard.social/@newsguyusa…

In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)

Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Paul Handley retweeted
Chuck Todd
@chucktoddOct 23
So Ramaswamy is making the argument that because his opponent was traumatized and abused as a child, she’s not qualified for office? Just astonishing how anti-human being this guy is. I have a feeling more voters will believe a candidate lacking shame or empathy is unqualified to represent a state the size of Ohio.
Ethan Lynne@ethanclynneOct 23
INSANE. Vivek Ramaswamy says Dr. Acton’s childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while being confronted yesterday
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Paul Handley retweeted
James Tate
@JamesTate121Oct 23
ICE just locked up the man who feeds 8,000 Bronx neighbors a month, at his own immigration hearing. Now his food pantry is shut.🤬 Aleksander Nilaj, an Albanian immigrant who founded the Open Hand food pantry in the Bronx in 2012, showed up for his immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. ICE agents detained him instead. He is now held at Delaney Hall, a detention center in Newark, New Jersey. bit.ly/4i8Uqse
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Jared Holt@jaredlholtOct 23
For fuck’s sake
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Police dispute ICE’s account of Woodland collision: ‘Inconsistent’ with video

Woodland police said video evidence contradicted ICE’s claims that man jumped onto an agent’s SUV.

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Secular Talk ([email protected])
@KyleKulinskiOct 23
They can only win by cheating, part 9,612
NewsWire
@NewsWire_USOct 23
Thousands of North Carolina ballots set to be rejected after GOP imposed strict new rules
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Mike Nellis
@MikeNellisOct 23
NEWS: MAGA’s top voter fraud crusader Scott Presler caught committing voter fraud, letting out-of-state GOP operatives register at his Pennsylvania home so they could vote there in 2024, including one who voted in Florida in 2020 and again in 2025. Every accusation from these people is a confession, and Presler should be prosecuted for the same crime he’s spent years falsely pinning on Democrats.
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Mike Nellis
@MikeNellisOct 23
Source thebulwark.com/p/gop-operati…

Top GOP Operative Let Out-of-State Voters Vote From His PA Home

Legal experts say Scott Presler’s houseguests could run afoul of election law.

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Paul Handley retweeted
Scott Dworkin
@funderOct 23
Markwayne Mullin says ICE agents can serve warrants at your polling place. Congress banned armed federal agents at the polls in 1865. A county in Virginia just told him so in federal court. #VoteEarlyDay dworkinsubstack.com/p/i-foll…
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Dr. Amy Acton
@amyactonohOct 23
No Ohioan should have to put off a doctor’s appointment, skip a prescription or ignore a health concern because they can’t afford care. I’ve spent my career working to keep people healthy. As governor, I’ll work to build a healthcare system that puts people first.
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Just such a fun chart here from @greg_ip. If only we could tease out some meaning. Ah, well, nevertheless. 🤣
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