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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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‘Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy.”’
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
‘Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy.”’
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People were calling for this to happen, they’ll now deny that it has, once they feel comfortable they will celebrate that it has.
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
People were calling for this to happen, they’ll now deny that it has, once they feel comfortable they will celebrate that it has.
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I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
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Spoke on a panel today and someone in the audience pronounced my name “croissant.”
It took every ounce of willpower in my body to not laugh—not at him, he seemed like a nice guy who was just maybe hungry—but come on, croissant??
You see Qasim, which resumes with Awesome, & think—“croissant.”😅 lol
It took every ounce of willpower in my body to not laugh—not at him, he seemed like a nice guy who was just maybe hungry—but come on, croissant??
You see Qasim, which resumes with Awesome, & think—“croissant.”😅 lol
August 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Spoke on a panel today and someone in the audience pronounced my name “croissant.”
It took every ounce of willpower in my body to not laugh—not at him, he seemed like a nice guy who was just maybe hungry—but come on, croissant??
You see Qasim, which resumes with Awesome, & think—“croissant.”😅 lol
It took every ounce of willpower in my body to not laugh—not at him, he seemed like a nice guy who was just maybe hungry—but come on, croissant??
You see Qasim, which resumes with Awesome, & think—“croissant.”😅 lol
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I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. My gas mask paid for itself within the first minute the ice agents came out of the building. They escalated to this immediately, like it was a war zone- flash bombs, various gasses…
#fightfascism #fuckice
#fightfascism #fuckice
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. My gas mask paid for itself within the first minute the ice agents came out of the building. They escalated to this immediately, like it was a war zone- flash bombs, various gasses…
#fightfascism #fuckice
#fightfascism #fuckice
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People STILL seem to be completely unaware of what #Project2025 has in store for us.
Especially women.
Here are some cliff notes. And I find it interesting how much policy that's been around for decades they blame on Biden.
msmagazine.com/2024/07/16/t...
Especially women.
Here are some cliff notes. And I find it interesting how much policy that's been around for decades they blame on Biden.
msmagazine.com/2024/07/16/t...
The 22 Scariest Lines We Found in Project 2025’s 900-Page ‘Mandate for Leadership’
The 22 Scariest Lines About Women, LGBTQ Issues, Education and Abortion We Found in Project 2025’s 900-Page ‘Mandate for Leadership’
msmagazine.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
People STILL seem to be completely unaware of what #Project2025 has in store for us.
Especially women.
Here are some cliff notes. And I find it interesting how much policy that's been around for decades they blame on Biden.
msmagazine.com/2024/07/16/t...
Especially women.
Here are some cliff notes. And I find it interesting how much policy that's been around for decades they blame on Biden.
msmagazine.com/2024/07/16/t...
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You can tell the world has gone to shit because last time I was at the dentist the hygienist asked me if I was regularly flossing and I said that I only do it sometimes and she was like yeah that’s fine I don’t really care
August 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
You can tell the world has gone to shit because last time I was at the dentist the hygienist asked me if I was regularly flossing and I said that I only do it sometimes and she was like yeah that’s fine I don’t really care
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the thing about anti-trans democrats? their base doesn’t want them. at all.
the thing about anti-trans politics? there’s not clear data behind it actually working. at all.
the pollster behind the most often cited data behind “trans ppl cost harris the election” told me that read is wrong!
the thing about anti-trans politics? there’s not clear data behind it actually working. at all.
the pollster behind the most often cited data behind “trans ppl cost harris the election” told me that read is wrong!
August 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
the thing about anti-trans democrats? their base doesn’t want them. at all.
the thing about anti-trans politics? there’s not clear data behind it actually working. at all.
the pollster behind the most often cited data behind “trans ppl cost harris the election” told me that read is wrong!
the thing about anti-trans politics? there’s not clear data behind it actually working. at all.
the pollster behind the most often cited data behind “trans ppl cost harris the election” told me that read is wrong!
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tonight’s album rotation as i do business of being human stuff has been a series of wild mood swings. whew.
the me who spent years obsessing about nightly bar mixes is staring back at me with cold eyes that say, “girl, try coherence.”
the me who spent years obsessing about nightly bar mixes is staring back at me with cold eyes that say, “girl, try coherence.”
August 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
tonight’s album rotation as i do business of being human stuff has been a series of wild mood swings. whew.
the me who spent years obsessing about nightly bar mixes is staring back at me with cold eyes that say, “girl, try coherence.”
the me who spent years obsessing about nightly bar mixes is staring back at me with cold eyes that say, “girl, try coherence.”
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oh wonderful, that scratchy throat yesterday WAS the precursor to actual illness. fantastic. uuugh.
August 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
oh wonderful, that scratchy throat yesterday WAS the precursor to actual illness. fantastic. uuugh.
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Yesterday, a 14-year-old was killed when an aid drop landed on him.
The same thing happened to a man on Friday
And to an 11-year-old boy on Wed
And to a nurse on Monday
All killed this week by air drops that deliver a tiny fraction of the aid that trucks can
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The same thing happened to a man on Friday
And to an 11-year-old boy on Wed
And to a nurse on Monday
All killed this week by air drops that deliver a tiny fraction of the aid that trucks can
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
August 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yesterday, a 14-year-old was killed when an aid drop landed on him.
The same thing happened to a man on Friday
And to an 11-year-old boy on Wed
And to a nurse on Monday
All killed this week by air drops that deliver a tiny fraction of the aid that trucks can
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The same thing happened to a man on Friday
And to an 11-year-old boy on Wed
And to a nurse on Monday
All killed this week by air drops that deliver a tiny fraction of the aid that trucks can
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
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My God, people, protect your children from this trash propaganda, and fight your school districts if they try to force it on you.
Raise one holy hell of a ruckus and demand your child be protected from this.
Raise one holy hell of a ruckus and demand your child be protected from this.
The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS: PragerU, a nonprofit organization that specializes in creating right-leaning educational short videos for adults and children. . It may already be in countless classrooms. www.vox.com/today-explai...
The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS. It may already be in countless classrooms.
How the right-wing network PragerU could fill the void left by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s defunding.
www.vox.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My God, people, protect your children from this trash propaganda, and fight your school districts if they try to force it on you.
Raise one holy hell of a ruckus and demand your child be protected from this.
Raise one holy hell of a ruckus and demand your child be protected from this.
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The simplest respect we can show the dead is the human effort of typing their fucking obituaries what are we DOING
New: A few weeks ago, when my father-in-law died, the funeral home asked if we wanted to use AI to write his obituary. So I dug into it and found that it's the biggest new trend in "death care." Tens of thousands of AI obits have been made already. Often the families don't even know wapo.st/4okuxIg
The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die
Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?
wapo.st
August 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The simplest respect we can show the dead is the human effort of typing their fucking obituaries what are we DOING
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YouTube, owned by Google, has removed this interview of Diana Buttu. Google, owned by Alphabet, is complicit in Israel's genocide of Palestinians by enabling the collection of biometric data on Palestinians for surveillance
Without explanation, YouTube has removed my interview about Israel's genocide on Palestine with globally renowned Palestinian-Canadian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu. We are appealing.
Here's the full interview on my human rights newsletter. Share widely: www.qasimrashid.com/p/youtube-re...
Here's the full interview on my human rights newsletter. Share widely: www.qasimrashid.com/p/youtube-re...
YouTube Removed My Interview on Gaza With A Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer
Watch the full interview with globally renowned Palestinian-Canadian lawyer Diana Buttu — a former lead negotiator between Palestine and Israel
www.qasimrashid.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
YouTube, owned by Google, has removed this interview of Diana Buttu. Google, owned by Alphabet, is complicit in Israel's genocide of Palestinians by enabling the collection of biometric data on Palestinians for surveillance
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Two days after Trump abruptly fired the top labor official responsible for compiling employment data, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett went on Sunday talk shows to insist that the
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Two days after Trump abruptly fired the top labor official responsible for compiling employment data, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett went on Sunday talk shows to insist that the
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administration was “absolutely not” punishing the bearer of bad news following a disappointing jobs report. Totally coincidental, of course.
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
administration was “absolutely not” punishing the bearer of bad news following a disappointing jobs report. Totally coincidental, of course.
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Trump is now eyeing a loyalist to fill the role, because nothing says “trust the data” like hand-picking someone who already agrees with you. Starting next month, expect to see “tons of new jobs” magically appear… and then another… and another. At this rate, we’ll all be employed twice.
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump is now eyeing a loyalist to fill the role, because nothing says “trust the data” like hand-picking someone who already agrees with you. Starting next month, expect to see “tons of new jobs” magically appear… and then another… and another. At this rate, we’ll all be employed twice.
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Someone working for minimum wage in Iowa would need to put two hours of work to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and gravy for their family.
July 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Someone working for minimum wage in Iowa would need to put two hours of work to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and gravy for their family.
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The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…
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Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
May 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
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