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Eiynah 🇵🇸

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Pakistani-🇨🇦 grew up in Saudi. Illustrator, host of Polite Conversations Pod. IDW ridiculer. Covering types of extremism that masquerade as Rational/Intellectual https://open.spotify.com/show/25FhI3g0wZMjWT19aIxcOn?si=x6hs5ldDQAWYmlHFLcgTJw

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · Aug 3

My conversation with @maricohen.bsky.social associate editor at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social is now up on the public feed.

One of the most important conversations I've had all year. A fascinating/sad/mindbending discussion about the rifts forming within Genocide Studies & more.

Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide? (Ft. Mari Cohen)

Polite Conversations · Episode

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2h

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 12h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

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Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 16h

Have any democrats said anything about Trump’s Antifa terrorism witch-hunt?

Because they’re not going after, “far leftists.” They’re targeting liberal organizations like Indivisible, and Open Society Foundations. They’re going to go after ActBlue too.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Detryck von Doom @detryckvondoom.bsky.social · 21h

The uhhh... the person who just won the Nobel Peace Prize.

V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 22h

idk, i think asking a foreign dictator to invade your country and do a regime change isn’t very democracy coded

A post on twitter from María Corina Machado with the following content:
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 21h

U mean genocide?

Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 21h

Israel are the fascists coming for everyone's freedoms... Your racism just blinds you to it

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · Apr 4

"the crimes’ horrifying scope, methodical execution, and wide-ranging effects, which surpass those of armed groups like ISIS. While the crimes committed by ISIShave been widely denounced by the international community, the same community is now mostly silent"

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · Apr 4

About time someone said it

Euro-Med Monitor: Israel’s brutality in Gaza surpasses all recent forms of terrorism
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Euro-Med Monitor: Israel’s brutality in Gaza surpasses all recent forms of terrorism

thousands of crimes committed by Israeli forces, constituting overwhelming evidence of mass atrocities

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

No. Israel are worse terrorists. You're right.

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 23h

No... Israel is far more violent, destructive, murderous, it's also got a lot more support and arms. Diplomatic cover has allowed it to continue it's mass murder spree for years.

Israel is objectively way way worse than ISIS.

mountainrangifer.bsky.social @mountainrangifer.bsky.social · 1d

So you are equating Israel with ISIS? T

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 5d

Again, this wouldn't even be a debate if mosques were raising money for ISIS. A lot of people who call themselves allies should really do this exercise on a daily basis. Ask yourself "if it was Muslims doing this, would I react the same way".

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 5d

If you agree that Israel is committing genocide, you should loudly condemn organizations raising money for Israel. That includes churches and synagogues. Period.

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 2d

Public version now also available via YT youtu.be/ZCrUew7eDGg

Ep 101 - MAGA Martyrdom & The Holy War (Pt 1)

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 3d

The public version of this episode is now up! open.spotify.com/episode/1WDr...

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possumappreciator.bsky.social @possumappreciator.bsky.social · 1d

In a just world, there would be a trap door leading to the Hague

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 1d

That's gad!

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 1d

They really are stupid. 💅🏽

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

“The alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.”

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

israel has been holding over 1,700 people hostage the whole time it has been demanding the release of its hostages

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 1d

I really hope there is a major backlash