flock 14

today, september 22, marks four years since egyptian activist sarah hegazi raised the rainbow flag while attending a concert an act for which she was detained, assaulted, fired from her job, made to live in exile, and ultimately brought to suicide. rip dear sarah.

scoop: special envoy for haiti, amb daniel foote, a career member of foreign service, has resigned. in his letter of resignation, he says he will not be associated with the u.s.'s "inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees." letter attached.

1. good day. #acip is meeting today to vote on recommendations about who should receive a booster shot of the pfizer #covid vaccine. the meeting starts at noon et. i will be live tweeting. 's eua for the pfizer booster is veeeeeery broad.

17. us data shows that fully vaccinated people who were hospitalized with #covid were typically older more medically fragile than unvaccinated people who were hospitalized with covid. they were also more likely to live in long-term care. #acip

i m in route this morning to the texas border in active solidarity with haitians who have been hunted and whipped like animals. amb foote in his blistering resignation letter has demonstrated a humanity absent in our policies at the border and in us support of autocrats in haiti

2,000 days since she was arrested - a family separated for well over 5 years. nazanin's husband, richard, and daughter gabriella will mark the day with the family of anoosheh ashoori calling for government action. last night, iran again demanded the uk repay its 400 million debt

this is predicated on argument that they will stop employing iron dome unless a foreign country is funding it. they will in fact certainly continue employing it but will just have to rearrange finances accordingly on other fronts.