Host of @cgberlinpodcast talk show "Common Ground Berlin," former NPR international correspondent and budding author in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Joined January 2011
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I saw something in my Berlin neighborhood yesterday that made me very sad. It's something I never thought I'd see, but there it was, a pile of dog poop with a small American flag on a toothpick propped on top. I couldn't even bring myself to snap a picture…
…That German-American relations have sunk to this level -- in a city that had unabashedly adored America since the 60s -- is beyond depressing. It's a travesty. And it is 100 percent the fault of the current U.S. president and his administration…
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Members of the Iranian Jewish community inspect what is left of their synagogue in Tehran after Israel bombed it. On Passover...
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I am dismayed. Active and serious negotiations have yet again been undermined. Neither the interests of the United States nor the cause of global peace are well served by this. And I pray for the innocents who will suffer. I urge the United States not to get sucked in further. This is not your war.
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The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.
This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.
I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.
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You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.
Here they are — being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another.
If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you @realDonaldTrump.
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“In ten years, every house in Afghanistan will have a Taliban.” slguardian.org/how-the-talib…
How long until my U.S. citizenship is revoked because I was born in the US to immigrant parents with a green card and student visa and am a journalist who worked for public radio and mainstream media? The Constitution and rule of law have no meaning in US banana republic.
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MAGA is making the claim that if you watch the entire 50 minute video, Zelensky is the antagonist.
This isn't true. At all. I was with Zelensky before this meeting and it's important to know his mindset heading in.
1/ A short 🧵on how the entire ambush went down.
If you watch the full Trump-Zelensky press conference, it is very clear that Zelensky, not Trump or Vance, became the antagonist. Both POTUS and VP were very respectful and cordial until Zelensky very publicly ignited a firestorm.
It all starts at 40:30
1) Zelensky essentially rejects how VP described the mandate of POTUS to conduct foreign affairs, and he insinuates that Trump term one did nothing to stop Putin.
2) He then basically tells Vance that his ideas are faulty and that the administration's diplomacy won't work.
These two comments are *deliberately antagonistic.* Everything was all well and good, but Zelensky took two major shots in a public forum, and they had to respond. And respond they did.
Recall, this is the guy who interfered in our electoral politics and called VP "too radical," and bashed Trump in an interview with New York Mag weeks before the election.
Zelensky is ENTIRELY at fault here. 100%.
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Happy New Year and Frohes Neues Jahr from @sorayanelson and @EdenBrockman at Common Ground Berlin! Listen to episodes you might have missed as well as an update on our show wherever you get your podcast or at the link here: shorturl.at/kL137
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Getting a driver's license in Germany is notoriously expensive and long. Host @sorayanelson explores how to get a driver's license with guests Jen from @simplegermany and Matthias Roth of Asphalt-Profis in Berlin. Listen here: shorturl.at/kL137
