pretty strong “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes” vibes:

The 1980 October Surprise theory refers to an allegation that representatives of Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign made a secret deal with Iranian leaders to delay the release of American hostages until after the election between Reagan and President Jimmy Carter, the incumbent.

vs

President-elect Trump lauded the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal struck Wednesday, saying it would not have happened without his victory in November over Vice President Harris.

meanwhile Israel will continue to illegally occupy & annex land, and take Palestinian hostages (except, when Israel does it, they’re not called hostages, they’re in “administrative detention”)

Awful lot of things coming with a Jan. 19 sell-by date these days.

Reporter removed after interrupting Blinken’s last speech — (video, 1 min)

The BBC was inside Secretary Antony Blinken’s last briefing when he was interrupted. The reporter was physically taken out by security and has been identified as Sam Husseini.