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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 57m

and for those Indian Americans who've swung hard against him because he's Muslim--if you can't be guided by good morals, try at least to remember that you're physically indistinguishable from many of the people you've helped demonize, and that you've lived the wrong end of this experience before

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 58m

I'm really sorry to have subjected all of you to all this NYC posting but it's really been the most breathtakingly ugly race, particularly given that Mamdani has the affect and manner of a Sesame Street character

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 1m

She’s one of those Blue Wave people who are mad that people are against genocide

Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 6m

Manhattan? No, Mamdanipur

Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 6m

Are we not supposed to get excited about a possible Zohranistan?

Deadbeat Cat Dad @dbeatcatdad.bsky.social · 3h

This is a completely unhinged thing to post, fucking hell man.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago.

He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians reut.rs/4qBrVXy

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 3d

Any student of history knows, though, that when people can’t afford food, they tend to bring down governments that starve them

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 3d

Doing this while people are about to lose access to food…

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d

Per Danny Kemp via press pool

Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL

“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 4d

Hindu here 🙋🏽‍♀️. And I am speaking for myself, not all Hindus.

Hinduism, as I (personally) understand it, is not mutually exclusive with other faiths. We are not asked to disavow other religions. I am a member of my local church! Vance is very fortunate if Usha has a similar ecumenical outlook 1/

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 5d

JD Vance says he’s raising his kids Christian and hopes his wife, Usha, comes around to the faith

“I honestly do wish that. I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way."

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 5d

For all his amazing comments about democracy, sovereignty and dignity, it’s very disappointing to watch Gustavo Petro share multiple posts about his meetings with MbS (and thank King Felipe for connecting the two!)

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 6d

A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.

A screenshot of a block of text with a black background and white serif font. The text reads:

“I don’t particularly care about the symbols people use to signal their membership in a group. Maybe you do need a terrifying tattoo to be a real Marine. And maybe sometimes that terrifying tattoo might resemble Nazi iconography. If you are willing to accept that from a distance, as many Democrats say they are, a person may not be able to tell the real symbol of hate from its doppelgänger, that is for you to live with.

But, I do care about the political trade-offs we will ask people to make in the name of pragmatism. If the Democratic future requires us to exchange our discomfort with casual Nazism to advance a political agenda, I am not interested. Maybe other voters are — some polling suggests that young voters still support Platner. And maybe Platner will find a way to redeem himself. No one owes him that chance, but there is still a way forward. It’s called doing the work.

But don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics. It is the exact same politics that the right is selling, in a different outfit.”

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 8d

Though overall numbers remain very low, it's notable that Border Patrol's apprehensions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border increased 83 percent from July to September: people are still coming despite a historic, often abusive crackdown.

Here are all nationalities over 50 apprehensions per month:

Border Patrol Apprehensions Jul-25 Aug-25 Sep-25 Total July-Sep Change
Cuba 50 100 161 3,242 222%
Colombia 41 101 110 12,476 168%
India 30 48 60 4,962 100%
Mexico 3,071 4,426 5,826 112,077 90%
Total 4,592 6,317 8,386 237,538 83%
El Salvador 97 121 168 7,805 73%
Honduras 301 440 519 17,114 72%
Guatemala 508 501 811 30,035 60%
Nicaragua 32 52 49 1,659 53%
Other Countries 124 157 188 18,087 52%
Venezuela 150 182 216 9,660 44%
China 46 40 61 3,878 33%
Ecuador 71 72 89 7,757 25%

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 9d

The Diplomat is wonderful escapism because it imagines an American president that can complete a sentence

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 9d

Who cares if it’s not parliamentary! Just do it!

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 9d

Dems should file a motion to vacate, run it through as if Congress is open and elect a new Speaker. And then say “If Johnson won’t try to open the government, we will.” Either Johnson refuses or he has to come back to town.

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 9d

You could go further, right? Where’s the demand for a new Speaker? If Johnson is going to refuse to do his job, why aren’t we calling for him to be replaced, the House sent back to work, the shutdown ended, and the Epstein files to be released.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 9d

You could go further, right? Where’s the demand for a new Speaker? If Johnson is going to refuse to do his job, why aren’t we calling for him to be replaced, the House sent back to work, the shutdown ended, and the Epstein files to be released.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening after 22 hours and 37 minutes, saying he was “ringing the alarm bells” on the arrival of authoritarianism under President Trump.

Senator Merkley Warns of Authoritarianism Under Trump in Nearly 23-Hour Speech

The Oregon Democrat achieved a goal of topping the previous longest speech by a senator from his state.

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 12d

This is so, so grim

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 12d

Earlier this week, ICE grabbed another Russian dissident, in this case a decolonization activist from the Buryat community. If his case goes the way of Artyom Vovchenko and Leonid Melekhin, he could soon be deported and left to rot in a Russian prison. meduza.io/en/brief/202...

This was Russia today Wednesday, October 22, 2025 — Meduza

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Stop AAPI Hate @stopaapihate.org · 13d

More than 50 ICE and other federal agents conducted a horrific raid yesterday targeting African immigrants in New York City's Chinatown. 🧵⬇️

What we know about the federal immigration raid in Chinatown

The arrests sparked chaos on Canal Street. Advocates are calling it political theater, and city leaders say they had no involvement in the operation.

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 13d

Waiting for the Hindus for Cuomo response

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 13d

Amazing strategy by the Cuomo team: find Hindus to say Zohran hates Hindus and find Muslims to say Zohran is Hindu

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 13d

Cuomo released a "Muslims Against Mamdani" video and one of the people just straight up accuses Mamdani of being Hindu

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15d

I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs

Such a visible "go fuck yourself"

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 15d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 19d

India’s democracy is under strain.
Journalist Ayush Tiwari joins us to discuss how Indians vote—and how voter suppression & electoral fraud threaten the right to choose their leaders.
🎧 Listen now: spotify.link/zPHVf0MUvXb

Ayush Tiwari and the Indian Electoral System in Crisis

Going South · Episode

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 16d

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NARI NARI NARI / ناري ناري ناري

YouTube video by Saint Levant - Topic

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Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social · 17d

Gustavo Petro hyping up No Kings protests around the country: 10/10