Michael Arria

Bylines in various spots. Currently U.S. correspondent for @Mondoweiss. [email protected]

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

The US has quietly deployed 82nd Airborne paratroopers to Israel, per deployment order leaked to me.

The deployment is tied to new US-Israel joint contingency plans for seizing Kharg Island and carving out coastal territory inside Iran.
https://t.co/HU5yWUCpCN

[Idrees Ahmad @im_PULSE]

Philip Caputo was considered a legend of journalism. His book "A Rumor of War" is a Vietnam War classic. Here he reveals (as an amusing anecdote) that during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, he & other journalists published made up interviews with an imaginary PLO commander.

[Isi Breen @isaiah_bb]

Israel has killed more Palestinian children in the last 3 years than Palestinians have killed Israelis of any kind over the last 80 years.

And it’s the Palestinians who are bloodthirsty and violent. Sure.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Brad Lander: “I will not vote for any additional US military aid to Israel, offensive or defensive, while it is violating international law and Palestinian human rights. My opponent Dan Goldman has voted for every standalone aid package to Netanyahu. Even Rahm Emanuel thinks Israel can pay for Iron Dome on its own. I don’t think NY-10 should have a Congressman to the right of Rahm Emanuel”

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Israel doesn’t bomb Iran without US approval, something that will invariably be revealed in the coming days as it is every time this happens

[Curt Mills @CurtMills]

[Narrator]: Ronald Reagan cut off aid to Begin’s government and Begin ultimately caved to Reagan’s commands

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Israel bombs Iran, after Trump says not to.

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

⚡️Iranian official says, “At this point, reaching an agreement [with Trump] is not really feasible.”

🔺 “The primary person responsible for the current situation is Donald Trump himself,” the Iranian official told me, referring to Israel’s massive escalation in its attacks against Lebanon and Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel.

🔺 “Should Israel carry out another attack on Beirut in the coming days, missiles will immediately target areas within the occupied territories in retaliation,” the official said.

🔺 “For nearly 20 days, the draft of a potential agreement has been on [Trump’s] desk,” said the official, adding that Trump is “driven by his fear of the Israeli lobby and his hope that the naval blockade plan will prove effective.”

“Iran will no longer accept or tolerate his current position.”

🔺The two central issues the official emphasized are: Israel’s war against Lebanon and expanded occupation of the south; and Trump’s refusal to unfreeze Iranian funds for reconstruction.

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

Trump tells Axios: I am going to call Netanyahu right now and tell him not to strike back.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

The Atlantic is comparing Platner to a literal pedophile

[trans judeo-bolshevik @transjewtalian]

he’s also the same guy from the curb your enthusiasm bari weiss scene that happened the exact same way irl

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump on no new wars promise: I didn’t promise anything.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

A US group founded to “enhance Israel’s image” & staffed by ex-Israeli officials (including Netanyahu’s negotiator who got US to send $3.8B per year to Israel) is revealed to have helped blueprint the new Republican push to fuse the Israeli & US militaries.https://t.co/t0lJM3FeaW

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

@gervasio_23 Actually, the comments show why we DO in fact need this stuff 🤙

[📜Echoes of Empire📜 @EchoesofEmpire_]

William Howard Taft riding a water buffalo while serving as Governor of the Philippines.

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

"We are seeing a pro-Israel crash-out of EPIC proportions"

Ryan Grim of Drop Site News breaks down what the June 2 primary results mean for the future of AIPAC in politics and how support for genocide has become a litmus test of whether politicians will stand up for their constituents.

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

not allowed to criticize Israel, Charlie Kirk, or Cracker Barrel cheese within a span of just months. but we're supposed to celebrate July 4.

[Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare]

Cisneros, Craig, Golden, Horsford, Morelle, Panetta, Sherman ALL voted no to Tlaib's War Powers Resolution that was aimed at stopping US support for Israel's atrocities in Yemen. As @michaelarria and I show, they also have terrible records on the Yemen War https://t.co/DcHnpRUbpV

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Actual Maine voters stand by Graham Platner:

“Does he have a problematic past? Yes, but I would rather have a redemption story than somebody telling you how wonderful they are, how much research they do, and yet they still make the wrong decision for the people of Maine”

“Would I date him? No, but we’re not looking for perfection. We are where we are, we have a Senate that’s controlled by the Republicans who are not holding this president in check and that is a higher priority”

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

“The fact that they are trying to use this to make a story just shows how desperate they are,” says Adam Hamawy (@HamawyForNJ) in response to allegations that he was associated with Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995 for a plot to bomb several New York landmarks. “I was in a last-minute carpool [with Abdel-Rahman] and was asked to testify about the events that happened after that ride,” says Hamawy. “I went and testified in 15 or 20 minutes in a trial that took weeks on end.”