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Deborah Turness on Bias, the BBC, and the Future of Public Media
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Semafor Podcasts • 2 weeks ago

Deborah Turness on Bias, the BBC, and the Future of Public Media

ICE Abducts, Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases
Democracy Now • 2 weeks ago

ICE Abducts, Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases

Federal agents detained a Columbia University student early Thursday after Department of Homeland Security officers allegedly gained access to a university-owned residence by presenting a fake missing person poster of a 5-year-old. As news broke of the student, Ellie Aghayeva, and her detention, students and community members rallied en masse demanding her release and an end to immigration enforcement on campus. Due to restrictions implemented by the university in response to pro-Palestine protests, the students were unable to protest on campus proper, but instead took to nearby streets. Aghayeva was released Thursday afternoon, shortly after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani brought up her case during a meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss housing. “For that decision to be quickly flipped is remarkable, because it shows the power of opposition, but also how loose and flippant these arrests are, and how maybe unnecessary they are,” says _Zeteo_’s Prem Thakker, who has been reporting on the case. Columbia’s active response, including its legal support of Aghayeva, marked a departure from previous high-profile immigration arrests of its students. Mohsen Mahdawi, a former Columbia University student who last year was also detained by DHS, says Aghayeva’s arrest in campus housing is a direct result of the university administration’s abdication of its responsibility to protect its students. “Columbia University administration did not have the backbone, in fact, to file any lawsuits against the Trump administration for violating basic rights,” says Mahdawi. “This is actually what the Trump administration intended to do, which is to fracture liberal institutions and turn the administrations against their students.”

Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser?
Democracy Now • 2 weeks ago

Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser?

As fallout from the Epstein files continues, we speak with investigative journalist Barry Levine, author of The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Recordings of the House Oversight depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton are set to be released today and tomorrow. The Clintons were called by House Republicans to testify on their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein, but Levine emphasizes that credible allegations tying either the Clintons or Donald Trump to Epstein’s criminal activities are currently limited. Meanwhile, files known to contain allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by President Trump have been withheld or removed by the Department of Justice. Levine says that the focus on the Clintons is a political distraction targeted at Trump’s “perceived enemies,” while millions of documents on the Epstein case that could directly implicate his other associates have still not been released or unredacted for the public. “There are men who are out there who took part in the sex trafficking that have not been brought to justice,” says Levine.

Saudi pumps more oil, bets on gas
Semafor • 2 weeks ago

Saudi pumps more oil, bets on gas

Saudi Arabia’s oil shipments are on track to hit their highest level in almost three years, while state oil firm Aramco started production at a new gas field.

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