Marco Werman

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war. wapo.st/4sxlWTW

US immigration officials picked up a blind Rohingya refugee last week in Buffalo, NY. Then, realizing they had no basis to deport him, they released him five miles from his home. He needed a walking stick and died trying to make his way back to his house: investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/bli…

Some background theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb…

This was a great personal conversation about Rev. Jackson’s global reach. theworld.org/stories/2026/0…

The way Robert Duvall played this scene RIP youtu.be/kFqgRFal35A?si…

I’ve covered authoritarian regimes all around the world. We know how we got here: 1. A Supreme Court that has given the Executive almost unchecked power 2. A broken political party system where the party in power refuses to act as a check on the executive and a leaderless (for now) opposition 3. A federal government that has been gutted of independent levers of power 4. A President who seemingly believes he has total authority to use crushing federal power and is emboldened and enabled by his cabinet. 5. An activated and angry civilian population that has no trust in institutions. 6. The use of federal forces in defiance of the will of states 7. A business and elite class that is largely willing to bear the cost of the chaos. 8. A weakened independent Press and an expanding propaganda network that profits from partisan alliances on the left and right.

@TerribleMaps As a New Yorker, I’m not too proud to say that LA’s bagel game at places like Courage is top notch.

Bagel quality by U.S. state

@chefjoseandres 19. Never had an aol account.

20 points! 🥹

@20th_Centurygal Songs in the Key of Life. Nothing else comes close imo.

It's 1976 and you're headed to your local record store, which album are you leaving with? 🎶

Cohen's Hallelujah in Arabic, in Tel Aviv, marking 30 years since the assassination of Rabin. The 1990s feel like a lifetime ago. Where did these thirty years go? Swallowed by the abyss of extremism on all sides, slowly at first, then all at once.

"In case you haven’t guessed by now, Putin is Lucy, Trump is Charlie Brown, and peace in Ukraine is the football." The latest from @MaxBoot: wapo.st/42SHj7H

@Super70sSports Bonus: Twin Towers in the opening sequence youtu.be/rRoRjamgfCY?si…

Name a great television theme song. I’ll start:

@Super70sSports youtu.be/mijBMpnS3a4?si…

Read this very carefully: *One quarter* of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in the past *3 days*

Don't let this die like they did. Please repost it.

Saif Musallet was a 21 year old who lived in Tampa, Florida and worked at an ice cream shop with his father. He was spending time this summer visiting family in the occupied West Bank. Friday, Saif was beaten to death by Israeli settlers. The U.S. State Department must investigate the killing of a U.S. citizen.

What’s your favorite “yellow” album?

Remembering #DanStorper today and his giant role in bringing cool global sounds to US ears. My 2013 conversation with him on @TheWorld @PutumayoMusic theworld.org/tags/people/da…

Arguably, no one has done more in the past 30 years to offer Americans great music from other parts of the globe. Thank you, Dan Storper. offbeat.com/news/putumayos…