I hope you’ve all had a good weekend, folks!
The Shushan family experienced our first biking/camping trip and it was pretty epic. The spouse, kiddos, and I biked 35 miles roundtrip from Northern Virginia, through DC, and into Maryland on the historic C&O Canal. Lots of exercise, beautiful scenery, very little sleep, a bunch of bug bites, and a deluge of rain as we got back to Virginia muddy and soaked… A good time was had by all, but while I love biking, I just don’t think camping is my thing. In any case, enjoy the view:
I’m sharing the recording of the podcast I did with Wajeeh Lion, who kindly invited me back on his podcast. Lots of discussion about Israel-Palestine and we delved into some history and Wajeeh even broke out maps (always helpful). I hope you’ll find the conversation interesting. As always, I’d love to hear what you think.
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“I’ve never felt so much fear for my family and friends in the West Bank as I do today,” wrote Palestinian-American journalist Dalia Hatuqa, upon returning from a trip to the West Bank.
Dalia is a journalist specializing in Israeli and Palestinian affairs, regional Middle East issues, and United States foreign policy. Since 2000, she has divided her time between the US, the West Bank, and Jordan, covering a range of political, economic, and cultural issues for print, TV, and radio. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Rolling Stone, Politico, The Economist, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic and elsewhere, and her radio stories and commentary have aired on NPR, PRX, the BBC and Monocle 24. Hatuqa worked with Al Jazeera in Washington, D.C., for four years, producing its flagship current affairs talk show, “From Washington.”
Join us for an update on the dire situation on the ground in the West Bank, where state-backed settler violence is intensifying.
I’m looking forward to joining Waj on THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali!
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Defiance & the Fight for American Democracy — with Miles Taylor
Miles is the founder of Defiance.org, a NYT bestselling author, and the anonymous writer of a 2018 NYT op-ed on being part of the resistance inside the first Trump administration. In April 2025, claiming that Miles’ actions could be treasonous, Trump issued a presidential memorandum ordering senior staff in his administration to launch an investigation against him.
For those of you who enjoyed my recent conversation with Ami Fields-Meyer, co-author of On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear — you’ll love this podcast with an American dissident who put his career (and more) on the line to warn Americans about Donald Trump.
Looking forward to seeing you this week!
Best wishes,
Debra
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