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Todd Ruffner

@Todd_Ruffner

Raised in OH, residing in PHL. Buckeye for better or worse. @OhioState & @ElonUniversity alum.

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calendar_today27-01-2014 22:13:35

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At long last, the Senate will have a nomination hearing next week for Herro Mustafa Garg, the nominee for the long-vacant US ambassador to Egypt post. Badly needed for months, but especially urgent now.

foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nomin…

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Abdelrahman ElGendy(@El_Gendy_95) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, Ayman Moussa marks 10 years in prison of a 15-year sentence for Unlawful Assembly. As US Congress takes a firmer stand on human rights in Egypt, I call on them to put Ayman's name @ the forefront of the conversation.

Read more: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Today, Ayman Moussa marks 10 years in prison of a 15-year sentence for Unlawful Assembly. As US Congress takes a firmer stand on human rights in Egypt, I call on them to put Ayman's name @ the forefront of the conversation. Read more: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/… #FreeAymanMoussa
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Abdelrahman ElGendy(@El_Gendy_95) 's Twitter Profile Photo

انهارده أيمن موسى بيكمل ١٠ سنين في السجن. ١٠ سنين من حكم ب١٥ سنة على قضية تجمهر: حياة كاملة.

متخلوش رقم ١٠ اللي شاغل مساحة مللي متر ع الصفحة يعدي: المللي ده شايل أهوال تشيب وراه. اقفوا وفكروا، يعني ايه ١٠ سنين؟

انهارده أيمن موسى بيكمل ١٠ سنين في السجن. ١٠ سنين من حكم ب١٥ سنة على قضية تجمهر: حياة كاملة. متخلوش رقم ١٠ اللي شاغل مساحة مللي متر ع الصفحة يعدي: المللي ده شايل أهوال تشيب وراه. اقفوا وفكروا، يعني ايه ١٠ سنين؟ #الحرية_لأيمن_موسى
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed(@AkbarSAhmed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re approaching a stark anniversary — and US-Saudi ties are crucial to the Biden administration’s foreign policy. I’m honored to moderate a conversation with some of the smartest voices on this relationship about a figure who understood it better than almost anyone. Tune in!

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Todd Ruffner(@Todd_Ruffner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Well, this blew my mind almost as much as the allegations that a sitting US Senator accepted bribes from the Egyptian government. Wow.

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Manu Raju(@mkraju) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two more senior Dems — Dick Durbin and Patty Murray, president pro tempore, call on Menendez to resign. “If Senator Menendez refuses to resign, I encourage the Senate Ethics Committee to open an investigation into this, separate from the ongoing criminal case,” Murray said

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Two weeks ago the Biden admin waived rights conditions on $235m in military aid to Egypt on 'national security grounds.'

Turns out, Egypt was actively undermining U.S. national security (not to mention our democracy) at that very moment. Congress cannot let the aid go forward.

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I would genuinely love to have a conversation w/ these authors about Salah Soltan, a US LPR unjustly detained in Egypt for TEN YEARS now despite no evidence of wrongdoing.

I applaud the Iran efforts. But it's well past time to apply the clear pressure to Egypt to release Salah.

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hossam bahgat حسام بهجت(@hossambahgat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Meet ندة who first broke the Halal Cows Egypt Human Rights Bribery story that got Senator Bob Menendez indicted today. She quietly but doggedly covers food, water, and the environment at Mada Masr مدى مصر and doesn’t get nearly enough credit for it 🥂
madamasr.com/en/contributor…

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Tom Gara(@tomgara) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super important context in this thread re the Menendez story: the alleged bribes were paid for by adding a fee to all US meat exports to Egypt, basically a tax on Egyptian consumers that paid for sacks of gold bars in New Jersey

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Seth Binder(@seth_binder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For anyone who has ever argued that the Egyptian government doesn’t care that much about US military aid, please read this.

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Todd Ruffner(@Todd_Ruffner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Goes without saying that the $235m in military aid to Egypt approved by Biden admin last week cannot go forward.

Congress has to step in and hold the funds before we reward Egypt further for undermining our democracy AND repressing its people.

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