@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social
Diplomatic Correspondent at The Washington Sun // CROSSING THE RED LINE on Biden/Gaza (W. W. Norton, 2026) // he/him Say hi: akbar.58 on Signal or [email protected]
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialJoin me & @hasanabirepeater.bsky.social today around 5pm ET on his stream 🙏🏽
We’ll dissect the Biden admin’s Gaza choices & how CROSSING THE RED LINE, drawing on ~175 interviews, provides a historical record as Jake Sullivan, Brett McGurk, Tony Blinken + more try to deny their horrific role.
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social🚨 CROSSING THE RED LINE is “gripping the American left”!
And it’s got a lot to offer to those on the right, in the middle & elsewhere too. See what all the fuss is about by getting your copy today:
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialFor now, "I have discerned no appetite whatsoever to expand [US involvement in Yemen] to bail out the Saudis" -person familiar w/ admin discussions. But signs are growing that Trump may enter another humanitarian+strategic quagmire
w/ @reporterjoe.bsky.social
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@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialFrom 5pm ET on, I’ll be live with the wonderful @wajali.bsky.social discussing CROSSING THE RED LINE & how far US politics is acknowledging the reality of America’s role in Gaza
Join us on Substack: substack.com/@thelefthook
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialCROSSING THE RED LINE is an audiobook too! To better grasp America’s horrific role in Gaza and patterns of US-Israel + Biden-Trump impunity, give it a listen — via Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, Audible or the audiobook libraries Hoopla & Overdrive 🎧🙏🏽
@davelevinthal.comReposted by @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialDell is investing in Trump Accounts.
Sen. John Fetterman is investing in Dell.
New from @washingtonsun.com:
@premthakker.bsky.socialReposted by @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialNew Pew poll has Trump's approval at 30% (!) 68% of the country disapproves of him. Lowest in his second term, at January 6 levels. *31%* of Trump 2024 voters now disapprove of him.
@davelevinthal.comReposted by @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialNEW: Dan Scavino — President Donald Trump’s longtime White House social media guru — scored a seven-figure payday last year from the president’s social media company, according to records reviewed by the @washingtonsun.com.
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@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialGive me & @tylermcbrien.com a listen:
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialThank you to @lawfaremedia.org for a detailed chat about CROSSING THE RED LINE 🙏🏽
We discussed the Biden admin’s perversion of government processes to sustain weapons for Israel, its choices to fuel bloodshed in Gaza & danger for Isr hostages+more & bids by Brett McGurk and others to rewrite history
@lawfaremedia.orgReposted by @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialOn Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social about his new book “Crossing the Red Line," the top officials in the administration who drove Biden’s Gaza policy, and how the war quickly became a moral and strategic disaster. youtu.be/DXl-8uxAVik
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialIntelligence about the planned horrors of 10/7 didn’t reach DC, former Biden staff say. But they & lawmakers say that raises questions about US-Israel ties — and ex-US officials say the Biden admin missed repeated warnings of rising risks + Isr views of Hamas
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialI'm so grateful to @camanpour.bsky.social for a long, substantive discussion of the reporting+analysis in CROSSING THE RED LINE.
We covered the Biden team's callousness, hubris & timidity on Gaza — and why we should be wary of bids by officials to distract from their role
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@bcfinucane.bsky.socialReposted by @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialAlso worth recalling that as Secretary of State, Pompeo continued to sign off on arms sales to Saudi Arabia even after the RSAF attacked a school bus full of Yemeni kids using a U.S.-origin PGM.
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialNo plans yet! But would be interested.
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialI was also honored to join the thoughtful Makdisi Street podcast this AM - episode out soon!
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialWonderful to have a full house & an intelligent, inquisitive crowd for my discussion of CROSSING THE RED LINE at @msudenver today 🙏🏽 Next few stops for in-person discussions of US complicity in Gaza & lessons for a more humane foreign policy: MA & ME. Hope to see you there!
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialReposted by @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social">200 US intel + military analysts are assisting the Saudi government to analyze & select targets" in Yemen-NYT. Refueling too. The last time the US was involved this way, it was implicated in many alleged war crimes. Impunity then fueled brutal Gaza policy, which is fueling a redux of 2015/16...
@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.socialMy coverage of US policy on Yemen was key to my work on Gaza. Obama aides pledged to learn from horrific choices in 2015/16, but once back in gov't under Biden, removed that pledge from the internet + repeated devastating patterns in handling Israel, fueling current wars
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