Paris Insider

Paris-based dispatches from longtime contributor to NY Times, Reuters, co-founder of int'l arts journal Dance Insider & Arts Voyager, danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com and director of the Maison de Traduction, https://danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/.

Joined July 2025

Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · 19h
- Al Jazeera English aljazeera.com · Feb 4
  Israel suspends evacuation of patients via Rafah crossing: Red Crescent aje.news/qx8xy1
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- Drop Site dropsitenews.com · Feb 3
  ⭕️ Sharif Abdel Kouddous calls claims that the Rafah crossing has meaningfully reopened a political mirage. What’s now being celebrated as an “opening,” including by the EU, Sharif says, is a tightly controlled trickle. On the 1st day, only 5 critically ill Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza...
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Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · 23h
So much for 20 to one.
- Robert Reich rbreich.bsky.social · Feb 3
  Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. Hello?
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Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · 23h
- Senator Chris Van Hollen vanhollen.senate.gov · Feb 4
  Watch closely: Donald Trump is plotting to rig the midterms. In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections. We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
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Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · 23h
Dog bites man.
- Asawin Suebsaeng swin24.bsky.social · Feb 3
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Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · Feb 4
He don't need to show you no stinking badges!
- Garrett M. Graff vermontgmg.bsky.social · Feb 4
  This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · Feb 4
- Chris Hayes chrislhayes.bsky.social · Feb 4
  Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
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Paris Insider paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social · Feb 4
Come on @wertwhile.bsky.social and come on @chrislhayes.bsky.social ! It's all about how the questions are posed -- notably in this poll.
- Joel Wertheimer handle.invalid · Feb 4
  Relatedly the Republican Party still has a trust advantage on the issue of immigration over the Democratic Party. Voters don't like the visible cruelty and the secret police but it's not translated into a Dem advantage on the issue.
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Deep Sixties with Doug Wendt February 3rd, 2026 Cavalry Stampede