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4+ min ago (879+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your host, Greg Sargent. Congressman Jamie Raskin: I am thrilled to be with you today, Greg Sargent. Very excited. Sargent: So Trump is now pressuring Republicans everywhere to gerrymander their states, but Senate Republicans in Indiana are resisting. Trump raged about this the other day, tweeting: "Why would a real Republican vote against this when the Dems have been doing it for years? If they stupidly say no, vote them out of office! They are not worthy!" Congressman, what's your response to the sheer nakedness of Trump's corrupt pressure on Republicans to gerrymander expressly to hold on to power? Sargent: I…...

6+ min ago (550+ words) 21-year-old Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli custody HRW: UAE dissident held in Syria risks torture if extradited Shells of unknown origin land near Mezzeh airport in Damascus How Netanyahu's pardon request could reshape Israeli politics A fragile dawn: Syria's first year after Assad German rearmament's genocidal implications, this time via Israel Gaza's Yellow Line of Death A Historian in Gaza: Filiu documents life under Israel's siege Return to Syria: Rebuilding lives a year after Assad's fall Against all odds, Gaza's amputee children learn to walk again A Palestinian prisoner has been pronounced dead while in Israeli custody, prompting widespread concern over the treatment of thousands of Palestinian detainees'still in Israeli jails.' On Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, along with the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, announced that 21-year-old Abdul Rahman al-Sabateen, from the town of Husan west of…...

17+ min ago (434+ words) I'm back and I missed you and you missed me! Hello friend! Except Martini Glambassador, she did not miss me because we SAW US in ROME! SUBSCRIBE! For a TREAT! (No treat.) So we're all domestic terrorists now, right? RIGHT! :D I actually was really scared of this when they first came into office guns blazing, but then all the No Kings protests happened and now I just feel like "nah, let "em try." (Democracy Docket) Here's some Democrats who might help Congress pass the very terrible defense authorization bill, to pay for the boat murders and the National Guard blue state invasions and the extra trans hate and some other stuff too. I think they should stop! (The Fucking News) Trump's case for his pardon of the drug dealer Honduran president: "What? Who? I did?" (Greg Sargent at The…...

20+ min ago (665+ words) The claims and counterclaims were catapulted into the public eye late last month when Netflix began streaming "The Stringer," the documentary that investigates who snapped the shutter. I was eager to watch the film for two reasons. I'd spoken with Tom Fox about the controversy, off and on, for more than six years before it became public. And the focus of the film " digging up evidence aimed at confirming an elusive truth " mirrors the mission of my Substack newsletter, How True: Stories & Strategies of Nailing Stuff Down. My Dec. 4 post about the controversy raised a host of journalism-related questions, some of which were posed in the comments attached to my Substack newsletter and others sparked by my Facebook post. They include: At first glance, such a delay would appear to undermine the credibility of his claim. Among other things, a…...

21+ min ago (161+ words) An insider's POV on the GOP and the untold story of Shakespeare's first theater The Explainer No more pushing your cart down the aisles on autopilot The Week Recommends Jingle their bells with the right present feature Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, through Feb. 22 The Week Recommends This month's new releases include "Hamnet,' "Marty Supreme' and "Avatar: Fire and Ash' Feature Featuring a suspended fireplace in Washington and two-sided Parisian fireplace in Florida Feature A Brazilian man living in a brutal era seeks answers and survival and Judy and Nick fight again for animal justice The Week Recommends This month's new releases include "The Heir Apparent' by Rebecca Armitage and "Tailored Realities' by Brandon Sanderson The Week Recommends Daniel Craig returns for the "excellent' third instalment of the murder mystery film series The Week Recommends The talking animals return in a family-friendly…...

21+ min ago (159+ words) Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, through Feb. 22 The Explainer No more pushing your cart down the aisles on autopilot The Week Recommends Jingle their bells with the right present Feature An insider's POV on the GOP and the untold story of Shakespeare's first theater Feature Featuring a suspended fireplace in Washington and two-sided Parisian fireplace in Florida Feature A Brazilian man living in a brutal era seeks answers and survival and Judy and Nick fight again for animal justice The Week Recommends Daniel Craig returns for the "excellent' third instalment of the murder mystery film series The Week Recommends The talking animals return in a family-friendly sequel The Week Recommends Leo Damrosch's "valuable' biography of the man behind Treasure Island In the Spotlight The 88-year-old was a playwright of dazzling wit and complex ideas feature A chronicle of Mexico's shifts in power…...

26+ min ago (860+ words) HRW: UAE dissident held in Syria risks torture if extradited Shells of unknown origin land near Mezzeh airport in Damascus Egypt condemns Israeli attacks on Syria, yet wary of Damascus How Netanyahu's pardon request could reshape Israeli politics A fragile dawn: Syria's first year after Assad German rearmament's genocidal implications, this time via Israel Gaza's Yellow Line of Death Return to Syria: Rebuilding lives a year after Assad's fall Against all odds, Gaza's amputee children learn to walk again Meet the Rawis reawakening Saudi Arabia's oldest oral tradition "Nothing had prepared me for what I saw and experienced in Gaza. Nothing at all. Nothing." The opening words of this gem of an account from'Jean-Pierre Filiu's'visit to Gaza during Israel's'genocide'are no exaggeration, even from a man all too painfully accustomed to seeing the aftermath of war. Professor of Middle East Studies'at…...

30+ min ago (688+ words) HRW: UAE dissident held in Syria risks torture if extradited Shells of unknown origin land near Mezzeh airport in Damascus Egypt condemns Israeli attacks on Syria, yet wary of Damascus How Netanyahu's pardon request could reshape Israeli politics A fragile dawn: Syria's first year after Assad German rearmament's genocidal implications, this time via Israel Gaza's Yellow Line of Death Return to Syria: Rebuilding lives a year after Assad's fall Against all odds, Gaza's amputee children learn to walk again Meet the Rawis reawakening Saudi Arabia's oldest oral tradition The post comes after a visit to Jerusalem on Sunday and a joint press conference between Merz and Netanyahu to reaffirm Germany's commitment to Israel "Germany must stand up for the existence and security of Israel" he said. A meeting of this nature would assume it was Israel who experienced a full-fledged…...

33+ min ago (424+ words) Denmark's Social Democrat-led government has used its six-month chairmanship of the European Union (EU) Council to expand the country's cooperation with fascist Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, especially in the fields of immigration and refugee policy." This strategy culminated Monday with the decision by EU interior ministers to adopt a hardline package escalating the persecution of immigrants, including by expanding the list of countries that people can be deported to and clearing the way for the establishment of "return hubs" outside the EU. The decision was applauded by Denmark's Social Democrat integration minister, Rasmus Stoklund, who enthused over the "huge change in perception" over recent years on immigration. Copenhagen has long pursued a hardline approach on immigration, which the Social Democrats have spearheaded by embracing wholesale the far right's policy demands. The "Danish model," formerly held up by liberal reformists…...

33+ min ago (361+ words) HRW: UAE dissident held in Syria risks torture if extradited Shells of unknown origin land near Mezzeh airport in Damascus Egypt condemns Israeli attacks on Syria, yet wary of Damascus How Netanyahu's pardon request could reshape Israeli politics A fragile dawn: Syria's first year after Assad German rearmament's genocidal implications, this time via Israel Gaza's Yellow Line of Death Return to Syria: Rebuilding lives a year after Assad's fall Against all odds, Gaza's amputee children learn to walk again Meet the Rawis reawakening Saudi Arabia's oldest oral tradition Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday that an Emirati dissident arrested in Syria is at risk of torture if he is extradited to the United Arab Emirates. Jasem al-Shamsi, sentenced in absentia in 2013 during the "UAE 94" mass trial of government critics, could face "prolonged arbitrary detention" if he is returned to the…...