Martin Di Caro

Host of History As It Happens. Previous: @WashTimes; news anchor @business; reporter @wamu885 + @fox5dc; reporter @AP Radio. 2x Edward R. Murrow award

[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

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[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

More than 600 episodes since 2021!

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[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

@CurtMills I'll review it for you.

[Martin Shaw @martinshawx]

An important reminder that genocide may be 'constrained by the circumstances' - it is always a decision, and therefore affected by all the vagaries that affect human and especially political decision-making. The idea that genocide involves a singular, absolute and unchanging intent takes it out of history and makes it unlikely to be identified. Even the Holocaust was not like that. But viewing intent in this way is good for genocide denial.

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Alan Taylor on Thomas Jefferson's DNA:

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Weekend

[Matthew Modine @MatthewModine]

A self-portrait taken on the set of FULL METAL JACKET using my Rolleiflex's self-timer in 1986.

Although never spoken in the film, Private Joker's real name is J.T. Davis (as seen on the back of his PT sweats). He was named after Specialist James T. Davis, the first U.S. casualty of the Vietnam War. He was killed in action on December 22, 1961.

If interested in supporting the @FMJDiary project and exhibition, click on the links below.

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[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

@dbessner 'Daniel Bessner' is an AI that broke containment...

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I spoke to Alan Taylor about the latest evidence — Jefferson's genome! — in the story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

Gift link to full conversation: https://t.co/Sq7jYh3xXQ

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If you missed it, my Q&A with @AzmatZahra on the Pentagon's appalling record of killing civilians in faraway places for @RStatecraft

https://t.co/QxEmoosEbj

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In my neighborhood park in D.C. (Meridian Hill Park) there are towering trees and cascading fountains and unexpected statues: Joan of Arc, Dante, and...

James Buchanan?!?

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[Michael Young @BeirutCalling]

Brett McGurk’s turn to rewrite history, and claim that by April 2024 Biden had had it with Netanyahu and was close to a “full break” with the Israeli prime minister. However, by April 1, there were already some 33,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, a horrific number on its own, most killed by U.S. supplied weapons. This places McGurk’s assertion that Biden was appalled and reaching a breaking point on Israeli actions in perspective. By January 2025, when Biden left office, there would be somewhere in the range of 47,000 dead in Gaza, meaning that some 14,000 more Palestinians would be killed after the president’s alleged willingness to break with the Israelis. All these officials now realize they are open to accusations of complicity under the 1948 Genocide Convention and are trying to backtrack: https://t.co/HTXJRaYg04

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I wrote about the sinister logic of 'permanent security' as it pertains to Gaza for @RStatecraft a couple months ago.

The fact that Gaza has been utterly destroyed and made unlivable...

As always, credit to @dirkmoses for introducing me to the concept.

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[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

In my neighborhood park in D.C. (Meridian Hill Park) there are towering trees and cascading fountains and unexpected statues: Joan of Arc, Dante, and...

James Buchanan?!?

https://t.co/LuXOnIxfWv

[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

That is part of the story. Bloomberg had a comprehensive report on how and why the U.S. massacred more than 100 school kids.

So the answer to my question is, no, the U.S. military cannot differentiate between schools and legit targets. Moreover, the entire war is a crime to begin with, and the use of double-tap strikes and dual-use targeting shows the Pentagon deliberately attacks civilians.

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Does America's military know the difference between a military target and an elementary school in Iran?

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

God is good. Evil is not. And America’s military must know the difference.

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A fun conversation about a hapless president:

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@brandan_buck David M. Kennedy's 'Over Here' is also superb.

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In my D.C. neighborhood there's a beautiful park with cascading fountains. In the far southeast corner, there's a bronze statue of an American president.

James Buchanan?!

Gift link to my conversation w/ Jim Oakes about the Pennsylvania doughface and the onset of the Civil War:

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Ah, yes, including bombing and invading Cambodia — very unpopular, yes?

[Richard Nixon Foundation @nixonfoundation]

From The Grand Strategy Summit: "Nixon took big risks. Nixon did things that were unpopular, and he explained it to the American people. … He was a great communicator of foreign policy and strategy. It was one of his great strengths." - @rich_goldberg