She’ll be 35 on Inauguration Day, so technically eligible

Afghan women MUST be heard in decisions that impact the future of their country! Yet they have been excluded from the upcoming United Nations meeting in Doha. #ActWithAfghan women by sharing this video and tagging António Guterres Rosemary A. DiCarlo to demand the inclusion of Afghan women.

We shouldn't laugh, but......

Happy Monday morning.

News: USAToday editor-in-chief Terence Samuel Terence Samuel ousted, one week shy of a year in the role, according to two people with knowledge of events. Managing Editor Caren Bohan said to lead newsroom on interim basis.

BREAKING: Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, anti-settlement watchdog says. apnews.com/article/israel…

NEW - #Hezbollah acknowledge the death of Muhammad Nimah Nasser (Abu Nimah) in today’s strike near #Tyre. He was the leader of the Aziz Unit - and one of the most senior operatives #Israel has killed, alike deaths of Taleb Abdullah (Nasr Unit) & Wissam al-Tawil (Radwan Unit).

As usual, Janan Ganesh delivers.. ft.com/content/d431b9…

An exclusive investigation from CNN’s Katie Polglase reveals that former commanders of a controversial Israeli military unit - accused of heinous human rights violations against Palestinians - are now serving in senior positions in the IDF.

Lots of Democrats praise Biden’s “grasp of foreign policy” in the abstract. This is what it looks like on the ground.

NO ORDINARY ASSIGNMENT is a finalist for the 2024 Ann M. Sperber Book Prize—and out today in paperback! now.fordham.edu/arts-and-cultu… Jane Ferguson

ICYMI: #ThatSaid podcast with michael zeldin. #MSWMedia Guest: Jane Ferguson Listen: redcircle.com/shows/9628320e…

“The best memoir I’ve read since Michelle Obama’s Becoming.”—Vicky Ward (Vicky Ward) From award-winning journalist Jane Ferguson, an unflinching memoir of ambition and war from the Troubles to the fall of Kabul—now available in paperback! ✒️harpercollins.com/products/no-or…

Mariner Books Vicky Ward Jane Ferguson 15 July: Just finished reading “No Ordinary Assignment” by Jane Ferguson From her Northern Irish upbringing during the worst of “The Troubles” to the depths of violent reality in numerous war zones, “Janie” will rock your sense of American entitlement. How dare we? #MustRead

This investigation is really extraordinary. The Taliban have so much to answer for, and the lengths they go to to hide crimes against women shows they do care about intl opinion to some extent. Incredibly rare and important work by Zan Times.

There has been broad consensus for months, in Israel and Washington, that Netanyahu is laboring to block a Gaza ceasefire (and lying about it). Now there's documentary evidence that he is. And there's still no one willing to seriously challenge him on it nytimes.com/2024/08/13/wor…

"...I saw sadists there." "... once every two hours there was a case of beating." "... each time teeth were broken, bones were broken." ".... they tried very hard for the media not to hear about it." haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Guff, claptrap and twaddle. If there is one thing that can help me (barely) tolerate the climate change denial of today it's a brilliant column by a Brit. Thank you Pilita Clark ft.com/content/181810…