David Shuster

Husband, dad, journalist, U of Mich alum. YouTube: Rebel HQ. Progressive. Not a leftist. Substack: Blue Amp Media. Previously anchored for MSNBC + AJAM

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Fox Host Gets SLAMMED, Earns Title of "Worst Interviewer" This Year https://t.co/i9zJpyLOBa

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Fury At Stephen Miller After ICE Arrest In Hospital Emergency Room https://t.co/WSo7xTfdCu

[Moshe Emilio Lavi @MosheELavi]

Putting aside your usual toxic polemics and the disinformation you disseminate, your argument defeats itself.

You are saying that Zionism, the Jewish national movement and expression, should be defined not by what the Jewish people mean by it, but by how Arab Palestinians experience its consequences. Fine. But then apply that bizarre standard consistently.

To a large majority of Jews and Israeli citizens of all backgrounds, Arab Palestinian nationalism is not experienced as an abstract struggle for dignity and self-determination.

It is associated with a century of rejection of Jewish national, religious and cultural rights; riots and massacres; wars launched to prevent Jewish sovereignty; expulsions and destruction of Jewish communities; terrorism against civilians; suicide bombings; rocket attacks; hostage-taking; and repeated movements and factions that have explicitly sought Israel’s elimination instead of coexistence with it. Oh yes, it also includes the deliberate murder of tens of thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish Israeli citizens, as well as Jews worldwide. You have yourself celebrated, legitimised and parroted the narratives of some of those factions, including in response to the atrocities of 7 October.

That does not mean Arab Palestinian national identity is inherently murderous, nor does it erase Arab Palestinian dispossession, suffering or legitimate national aspirations. But if your personal and collective experience gives you the right to redefine Zionism entirely through its worst consequences for Arab Palestinians, then Jews and Israelis are equally entitled to define Arab Palestinian nationalism entirely through its worst consequences for Jews and Israelis.

Presumably, you would reject that as reductive and dehumanising. You would argue that Arab Palestinian nationalism means more than the PLO, PFLP, PIJ and Hamas, more than massacres and terrorism, more than rejectionism, and that Arab Palestinians themselves have some authority to explain what their national movement means to them, right?If so, that is the fundamental flaw in your argument.

Zionism, at its core, is the Jewish national movement for self-determination and national expression in the Jewish people’s historic homeland. Like every national movement, it has produced competing political traditions, policies, wars and injustices that can and should be debated. It has also produced extraordinary outcomes and enabled the Jewish people to reassert national sovereignty in part of the Land of Israel after centuries of statelessness, persecution and exclusion from national self-determination.

Telling Jews that what Zionism means to them is “irrelevant”, while insisting that Arab Palestinians retain the right to define their own national aspirations, is not a coherent principle. It is a double standard.

You do not have to embrace Zionism. But if you recognise the right of other peoples to national self-determination while uniquely rejecting that right for Jews, then your position is discriminatory.

And if you expect Arab Palestinians to be treated as authors of their own national identity, including the maximalist version of it that you represent, albeit with a smile instead of the typical sword, and not have that identity defined exclusively through Jewish trauma, then Jews are entitled to precisely the same courtesy.

[Military Summary @MilitarySummary]

🇸🇪✈️ Besides British and American reconnaissance aircraft near Kaliningrad, an interesting Swedish Air Force aircraft also operated in the area.

Learjet 35A (tail 35-075) — used for testing and combat training support, including as a target-towing aircraft. Operated by FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration), also known as FMV Test & Evaluation Air.

Special military modifications certified in Sweden: target towing equipment and ASTOR radar jamming system — electronic countermeasures / radar jamming.

What the Swedes and their NATO neighbors (Poland, Germany) are preparing for is unknown, but the exercises near Kaliningrad clearly show the direction.

[Malcontent News @MalcontentmentT]

What's troubling about the Ratcliffe visit to Moscow is the growing body of evidence that Russia is actively probing Romania's air defenses with multiple deep penetrations in the last 10 days. You can see it in the estimated flight paths. Privately, Polish officials believe the Kh-101 overflight was intentional. We have good sources on that info that we trust.

MEROPS is performing poorly and Romania is struggling to track Russian drones. Ministry of Defense didn't mention MEROPS specifically, but noted that Russian drone tech has leapfrogged NATO's detection and tracking tech. Romania has had issues deploying MEROPS so operator error shouldn't be ruled out.

If only someone knew how to solve this problem!

The other thing that is concerning is Russia's brazen attacks on the Romanian and Moldovan border checkpoints. It's a mass casualty event waiting to happen.

You also have the drone incident at Leipzig, which was much more serious than first reports. It appears it was a complex operation that only failed because the detonator on one of the drones disconnected on impact. Germany announced they would be revealing the "who." Leipzig isn't just a spot where an An-124 was parked. It is a major NATO logistics hub and DHL's largest terminal in the world. There were 4 An-124s there, and they are part of NATO's heavy transport capabilities.

Then you have the very unusual intense NATO activity over the Baltics, including EW and SIGNINT. They were highly visible transponder on exercises. NATO wanted everyone to know, and Russia was unusually quiet.

Finally, all the active tunneling from Belarus into Eastern Europe, including Poland's fortified border. This isn't getting a lot of coverage. We have the confirmed incidents on our map. Sure, they're migrants getting Russian and Belarusian assistance, but if they can tunnel undetected, Russia troops can do more.

I don't think this has anything to do with Iran, outside of stop assisting Iran, we know you are, our troops have been killed-wounded, here's the proof. That would be a face-to-face meeting.

Other Iran talks feels more like the domain of Witkoff-Kushner.

Talks for a high level prisoner exchange between East and West seems unlikely, also. That would likely be more covert, and typically, there is some chatter around impending prisoner exchanges.

It also seems unlikely there was a significant incident between warships or aircraft that has gone unreported. The Pentagon leaks like a sieve and there are negative elements in the halls of the Pentagon eager to "prove" NATO is going to start WW3.

One other possibility is the crisis at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This isn't getting enough coverage. I wrote in depth about possible scenarios and how difficult it would be to fake an accident. However, economic sabotage with minor radiation leaks is a possible scenario.

If Russia collapses Ukraine's power grid, you have 5 nuclear power sites in crisis. Zaporizhzhia and Chornobyl can't operate in island mode. Zaporizhzhia's diesel fuel consumption rate will skyrocket in the winter, due to the need to run portable boilers for hot water and steam.

I don't believe the US is going to throw Ukraine under the bus more than they already have. Support for Ukraine is still very popular (bots don't vote) as shown in the Senate. That wouldn't require a plane trip and Ratcliffe wouldn't be the axe man.

One thing is certain.

The US wanted the world to know Ratcliffe was visiting.

[Intelschizo @Schizointel]

Oh but it wasn't just the CIA director that went today. It was also the Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher. What's interesting is the last time both the CIA director and the vatican's foreign minister traveled to Moscow was November 2021. The CIA said we know what you're about to do and we would advise you don't because it's a bad course of action. The Vatican went and said we know what you're about to do and as an emissary of God we would advise that don't do this because God does not approve.

[Thorstrike @rospigge60559]

Something worth watching is happening in Kaliningrad.

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing Western intelligence officials, Russian military officers travelled from St Petersburg to the enclave last month to test preparations for a potential mobilization of local residents.

Not combat drills.

The machinery behind mobilization.

How to receive people.
Where to house them.
How to feed them.
How to arm them.

Similar readiness tests are reportedly taking place elsewhere in Russia.

There is an important caveat: the Kremlin denies that mobilization tests have taken place, and Western officials say no decision on a new mobilization has yet been made.

But the location matters.

Kaliningrad sits isolated between NATO members Poland and Lithuania, opposite Sweden across the Baltic, and next to the Suwałki corridor.

And this comes during an unusually active period around the enclave: NATO air and ISR activity, Russian naval and air exercises, and intensive intelligence collection by both sides.

None of this means war with NATO is imminent.

But militaries don't test mobilization logistics because logistics are interesting.

They test them because they may need them.

[Cliff Schecter @cliffschecter]

That's the standard, Mehdi? Good to know! So Mr. don't be slow or stubborn. If a person...YOU, secretly meets w reps of the vicious, Kurd-genociding Erdogan of Turkey--whom any real journalist "should be investigating"--does that make you a massive hypocrite, hack or both?

You sat down w murdering troglodyte Erdogan's party--a guy who was gonna pay Trump pal Gen Flynn to kidnap someone from the US. Who tortures/murders Turkish journalists/dissidents. Yet you have the gall to criticize others for meetings? Aren't you..against genocide? Or is that only when you can find a way to blame Jooz??

Let us know if/how much Erdogan invested in Zeteo UK. Oh that's right, you don't share who your investors are. Very honest--totes not Fox like! We should trust you, w your record of transparency. I'm sure you & Erdogan's ppl were just enjoying some tasty Turkish delight.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

“Trump treats Canada as though its leaders are backwards provincial warlords who are threatening to invade, rape, and pillage Buffalo.” MUST Read column: https://t.co/mzyOusLw98

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

CIA Director Suddenly In Moscow As NATO Prepares For Russian Attack. MUST Watch video. #NATO #Russia #Putin https://t.co/pBXi61X8nw

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Relatedly, German NATO officials have been sending their own message/warning to Putin/Russia via leaks to Bild newspaper. Remarkable military plans/details for a heavy counter attack against Russia. https://t.co/HSyGz3G4cF

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Was Ratcliffe telling Putin the U.S. would support NATO's military response to a Russian attack on the Baltics? Recently, NATO aircraft flew near Kalliningrad and demonstrated capabilities. This included U.S. aircraft that reportedly jammed Russian military comms for 2 hours.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Was Ratcliffe telling Putin the U.S. would support NATO's military response to a Russian attack on the Baltics? Recently, NATO aircraft flew near Kalliningrad and demonstrated capabilities. This included U.S. aircraft that reportedly jammed Russian military comms for 2 hours.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Some indications Ratcliffe trip was intended to deliver a warning/message in person to Putin. The last time a CIA director went to Moscow was when Director Burns travelled there in late 2021 to warn Russia not to invade Ukraine. Burns warnings then were ignored. Ratcliffe?

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Some indications Ratcliffe trip was intended to deliver a warning/message in person to Putin. The last time a CIA director went to Moscow was when Director Burns travelled there in late 2021 to warn Russia not to invade Ukraine. Burns warnings then were ignored. Ratcliffe?

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Why would CIA Director Ratcliffe fly to Moscow for a meeting and leave after a few hours? Either his meeting didn't go well or his message was simple and blunt. NATO officials believe Russia is preparing an attack on the Baltics. So, NATO is planning the military response.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Why would CIA Director Ratcliffe fly to Moscow for a meeting and leave after a few hours? Either his meeting didn't go well or his message was simple and blunt. NATO officials believe Russia is preparing an attack on the Baltics. So, NATO is planning the military response.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Whatever Ratcliffe was there for did not take long or did not go well.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Last time that a CIA Director made an unannounced, surprise visit to Moscow was in late 2021, when Director Burns traveled there to warn Russian leadership against launching an invasion of Ukraine. This entire trip is slightly concerning and a bit ominous all things considered.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Putin Gets BAD NEWS as Ukraine’s Missile Arsenal Gets MAJOR Boost https://t.co/RuCmiz6bs9

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Trump Trade War with Canada BACKFIRES Immediately... Oops! https://t.co/Rjcxt9pozs

[Cliff Schecter @cliffschecter]

Ok, Mehdi, bad faith it is. So let's do it. Your argument was a Dem supporting Rogers should be kicked outta the party 1) Do better research, she was censured, & IS NOT IN THE PARTY. Your whole premise was based on disinformation. So you lied, or didn't know she wasn't a Dem. Don't you find it embarrassing as a journalist?

2) Wrt to your premise, YOU said "endorsement" of Trump. I DID NOT. There are many ways to hurt a candidate. You don't get to define it in your arbitrary manner. Sorry, pal.

An endorsement's one way. What Tlaib did was FAR WORSE. She handed over her political operation, her professional network, her donors, her grassroots infrastructure, legislative director, congressional director--all to an effort to tank Harris thru the general, But at least it was all to someone so distant from her it would be hard to make the connection! Oh, my bad, it was HER SISTER, Layla Elabed. Lol. Wow, how expertly she covered her tracks!

If you can't admit it, if you think you can just play semantic games, you're just embarrassing yourself further, Mehdi. You say you're a journalist. Act like it. You say you're independent media. Unless you're Qatar corporate media: Act like it. Admit objective truth.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

The balls on this idiot saying Jews better get behind Hamas or Hamas defenders will think American Jews are like Hamas (sorry “Jewish ISIS.”). This guy is a thug dufus moron.