Amel Ahmed
@amel.bsky.social
Legal journo based in NYC. Currently Legal Affairs Producer & Writer for “Velshi” on MSNBC.
Signal: @amel.68
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Amel Ahmed
@amel.bsky.social
· Dec 15
“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
Prepare for a desperate Trump to cling to Mamdani’s populist coattails. Like a bad car wreck you can’t turn away from.
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Prepare for a desperate Trump to cling to Mamdani’s populist coattails. Like a bad car wreck you can’t turn away from.
Trump just wants to be like the cool kids. 🤳🏽
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Trump just wants to be like the cool kids. 🤳🏽
I’m watching an auntie on the subway scroll through mamdani posts with a polite little smile on her face.
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’m watching an auntie on the subway scroll through mamdani posts with a polite little smile on her face.
My people are reclaiming their legacy in the heart of Times Square. ☕️
FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage.
We are full circle.
Is NYC in its brown man era?
FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage.
We are full circle.
Is NYC in its brown man era?
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My people are reclaiming their legacy in the heart of Times Square. ☕️
FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage.
We are full circle.
Is NYC in its brown man era?
FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage.
We are full circle.
Is NYC in its brown man era?
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MAGA: Trump is going to strip Mamdani of his citizenship!
Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip
Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
MAGA: Trump is going to strip Mamdani of his citizenship!
Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip
Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip
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Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
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Interesting—“Under colonial agreements, particularly those signed by and put together by the British government, Egypt got the lion’s share of the Nile’s water, and other countries, including Sudan, got much, much less.”
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Interesting—“Under colonial agreements, particularly those signed by and put together by the British government, Egypt got the lion’s share of the Nile’s water, and other countries, including Sudan, got much, much less.”
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Seriously, how do we stop this epidemic of mass stupiding? HOW TO STOP THE STUPIDING?! It’s too much.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Seriously, how do we stop this epidemic of mass stupiding? HOW TO STOP THE STUPIDING?! It’s too much.
Americans are angry “over the loss of hope…they feel like there is no future.”
@matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.
@matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Americans are angry “over the loss of hope…they feel like there is no future.”
@matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.
@matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.
“At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment…
My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment…
My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.
Josh Marshall reflects on building “a tabloid for smart people” and how his politics blog survived in a “chaotic and unstable and bad business.”
www.cjr.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
“Ironically, however, it’s a Republican President, Donald Trump, who is busy expanding the frontiers of the state by having government agencies take sizable stakes in privately run companies.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Socialism, But Make It Trump
After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Ironically, however, it’s a Republican President, Donald Trump, who is busy expanding the frontiers of the state by having government agencies take sizable stakes in privately run companies.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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Yesterday somebody called me 'pretentious'. I nearly choked on my oat milk decaf double choc mocha latte
November 13, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Yesterday somebody called me 'pretentious'. I nearly choked on my oat milk decaf double choc mocha latte
Judge William Young introduced his thinking in the opinion with a scanned image of an anonymous threat that had been sent to his chambers in June, as he considered the case, ominously reading ‘Trump has pardons and tanks. … What do you have?’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge William Young introduced his thinking in the opinion with a scanned image of an anonymous threat that had been sent to his chambers in June, as he considered the case, ominously reading ‘Trump has pardons and tanks. … What do you have?’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
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Muslims who wear hijab have started receiving “specifically a demand to know how long someone has worn the hijab and why not wearing it would be a burden to their free religious exercise” when they apply for US passports.
Community Advisory: CAIR Shares Guidance on New U.S. Passport Hijab Photo Requirements
📄 Read the full advisory: tinyurl.com/mpa5h7bu
📄 Read the full advisory: tinyurl.com/mpa5h7bu
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Muslims who wear hijab have started receiving “specifically a demand to know how long someone has worn the hijab and why not wearing it would be a burden to their free religious exercise” when they apply for US passports.
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Kavanaugh stops.
As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Kavanaugh stops.
“Indicting Comey and bringing the U.S. arm of TikTok into the maga fold seem like part of the same grand project to concentrate media power in Trump’s hands, or the hands of his allies, and to rout his perceived enemies.“
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Donald Trump’s TikTok Deal Looks Like Crony Capitalism
The sale demonstrates the President’s personal brand of industrial policy—transactional, opaque, and designed to politically benefit him and his allies.
www.newyorker.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Indicting Comey and bringing the U.S. arm of TikTok into the maga fold seem like part of the same grand project to concentrate media power in Trump’s hands, or the hands of his allies, and to rout his perceived enemies.“
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
I bought this for you, America. ::hug::
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I bought this for you, America. ::hug::
The Kimmel saga shows how media giants gerrymander the airwaves.
But it also highlights people power— and how collective resistance can check authoritarianism where institutions fall short.
But it also highlights people power— and how collective resistance can check authoritarianism where institutions fall short.
The Jimmy Kimmel affair showed how media giants can gerrymander the airwaves
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The Kimmel saga shows how media giants gerrymander the airwaves.
But it also highlights people power— and how collective resistance can check authoritarianism where institutions fall short.
But it also highlights people power— and how collective resistance can check authoritarianism where institutions fall short.
And another one taps out. I was hoping for more of a challenge.
September 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And another one taps out. I was hoping for more of a challenge.
Again, why am I not surprised the response is to block.
September 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Again, why am I not surprised the response is to block.