Megan K. Stack

Every Man In This Village Is A Liar WOMEN’S WORK writer @nytopinion, once J'lem-Cairo-Moscow-B'jing @latimes;TX @AP etc

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Just when I was about to completely write off the Nobel Committee, they surprise us by finally making a good and courageous decision!

South Africa's Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for being “instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted.”

Beyond serving on an international tribunal investigating the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, she led a UN panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

So three things stand out:
1. The committee is indirectly endorsing her conclusion that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza - that's huge!
2. The committee awards a former ICC judge when Marco Rubio is working overtime to destroy that court in order to defend Israel
3. And at a time when international law and the UN Charter are under attack from so many directions, they award it to someone who has spent her life building up this crucial infrastructure.

Compare that to the committee's decision last year to grant it to a person who was lobbying Trump to bomb her own country...

https://t.co/EsQF66t3TW

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

What is the positive case for fraternities that doesn’t boil down to cronyism?

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

A gift link for the unsubscribed:

https://t.co/Pje5T0VDiM

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

I visited Uganda amid an ongoing reign of terror and saw that, for all my criticism of traditional U.S. foreign policy&human rights, it's now immeasurably worse. Trump/Rubio's withdrawal from public diplomacy leaves China, unchecked abuse & surveillance.

https://t.co/W0SzOw6vNA

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

@mollistan @DalrympleWill @nytimes @lpolgreen @bartov_omer @mashagessen @PeterBeinart 🙏

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

And neither room wants to watch a death that’s quick if violent. State executions are spectator events and, as such, they are meant to look as nonviolent as possible.

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

I witnessed several deaths by lethal injection when I was an AP reporter in Texas.

1st, the state should not kill anyone. It’s wrong.

2nd, someone please explain why this is more humane than a bullet in the head.

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

In truth, it’s not. But. An important element of many state execution is that victims’ family members are invited to watch. As a reporter in TX you might end up with the family of the person being executed or the family of the person(s) they killed. Both rooms were terrible.

[Is this a 3D model? @IsThisA3DModel]

80% of the children who accepted Wonka's Golden Ticket died

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

@jni_1972 @BBCNolan @BBCNewsNI @bbcnewsline I know UK has more restrictions than US on crime/libel, but how can Nolan crow about forthcoming “knocks on doors,” leak police info, call for arrest etc but shut down all mention of DUP investigations bc they’re open and it’s live radio. Isn’t Garvaghy investigation also open?

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

The last text I’ve gotten from the Garvaghy Road:

“We are grand.”

👀

[Conchur Ó Rois 🔴⚪️🇮🇪 @ByeByeBadman89]

Something inside so strong blaring down The Garvaghy Road. There is no going back. Not now - Not ever. We stand with The Garvaghy Road.

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

It’s impossible to understand the Garvaghy Road standoff — in fact it makes no sense at all — without knowing how much blood has been spilled on and over it.

[Eileen Clancy @clancynewyork]

@chalmermagne That's Breandán.

Remember, 21 people were murdered by loyalists during the Drumcree siege. He'd know them or come to know their families.

Their lawyer who was assassinated–Rosemary Nelson–was a childhood friend of his.

When Garvaghy says, "Not going back!" they mean to that.

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

The very same people:

1. Trying to force the parade down a street where residents are vehemently opposed

2. Have spent months challenging the addition of Irish language to street signs in unionist neighborhoods, arguing endlessly about the wishes of residents.

[Eileen Clancy @clancynewyork]

@Megankstack "The mood here has been peaceful. It has been united and orderly. This is a dignified
and united community. And they are absolutely determined that they and we will not be drawn back into the past." –– Mary Lou McDonald
https://t.co/abOojXC695

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

https://t.co/LwjsiEQHs1

[UTV Live News @UTVNews]

Breandán Mac Cionnaith tells a police officer there will be "no negotiation" over the Drumcree march.

The Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition representative said the PSNI "aren't trusted".

A large protest is continuing to block the Portadown route on Sunday afternoon.

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

"Get onto the road. Sit down. Link arms. Make them force you off the road. When they get you off the road, get back on again."

Having come of age in the shadow of/studied 1990s Drumcree, it's ominously mind-blowing to see these scenes repeated on the Garvaghy Road.

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

Protesters have begun blocking the Garvaghy Road following a late night court ruling that an Orange Order parade can go ahead this morning.

📽️: @Kscott_94

https://t.co/x9n3iRGl7d

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

https://t.co/h8lxBYJRc4

[Kevin Scott @Kscott_94]

Update: Police now at the first blockage, two units.

Sitting back from the crowd.

All joined arm in arm on Garvaghy Road. @BelTel

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

@clancynewyork I’m in touch with people on the road right now and they are definitely not moving!

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

@clancynewyork I also found the police assessment just … outstandingly bizarre!

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

https://t.co/h8lxBYJRc4

[Kevin Scott @Kscott_94]

Update: Police now at the first blockage, two units.

Sitting back from the crowd.

All joined arm in arm on Garvaghy Road. @BelTel

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

It needs a history and politics lecture for people (not already steeped in the place) to understand why this is bad but -- it's bad!

The legal battle has been like watching a train wreck in slow motion and now the moment of impact is here.

[Megan K. Stack @Megankstack]

FBI on my feeds: $100k reward for a woman who protested apartheid at Port Authority in **1981**.

Comments:
"All that for an old lady, but those Epstein clients still on the go"
"If the FBI can't find her, what makes you think I can"
"The guy who turned in luigi didn't get paid"