Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid
@hafizr.bsky.social
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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid
@hafizr.bsky.social
· Jan 25
Shrinking Trump livestreams at 3pm EST today. Pass it on. We discuss “Day One” of the new regime and the blitzkrieg of executive orders with New Republic reporter Hafiz Rashid.
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Trump’s First Day will Live in Infamy | Shrinking Trump
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Haaretz's beat reporter on US-Israel relations views Pelosi's departure as likely to be an accelerant on the generational upheaval within Democratic politics on Israel.
" Pelosi will not be around to act as a counterweight against New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as she may have in years past."
" Pelosi will not be around to act as a counterweight against New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as she may have in years past."
With Pelosi's departure, Democrats' generational battle over Israel will only accelerate
Nancy Pelosi Will Forever Be the Case Study for Democrats Who Want to Argue That a Friend Can Publicly Voice Opposition to Policy They Deem Harmful to Both Israel Itself and the Greater U.S.-Israel Re...
www.haaretz.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Haaretz's beat reporter on US-Israel relations views Pelosi's departure as likely to be an accelerant on the generational upheaval within Democratic politics on Israel.
" Pelosi will not be around to act as a counterweight against New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as she may have in years past."
" Pelosi will not be around to act as a counterweight against New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as she may have in years past."
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Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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Seen some contrarians say that Zohran should visit Israel and meet with "left wing Israeli Jews who share his vision" (who?) but do these people realize that Mamdani wouldn't be allowed into the country or the occupied territories in the first place?
No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?
No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Seen some contrarians say that Zohran should visit Israel and meet with "left wing Israeli Jews who share his vision" (who?) but do these people realize that Mamdani wouldn't be allowed into the country or the occupied territories in the first place?
No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?
No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?
The conservative justices have found a way to stomach many things in the Trump era—but the possibility that a future Democratic president might one day successfully carry out their policy agenda is not among them, writes @mford.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Trump Is About to Find Out What It’s Like to Be a Democrat
At oral arguments in the tariffs case, the conservative justices seemed ready to hit the president with the legal rationale they used to bedevil Joe Biden.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The conservative justices have found a way to stomach many things in the Trump era—but the possibility that a future Democratic president might one day successfully carry out their policy agenda is not among them, writes @mford.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.
“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
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“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
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November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.
“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
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“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
zeteo.com/subscribe
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I hope Zohran continues working with Jewish groups like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social that share his vision and empathy, and will continue ignoring hateful, Nazi-defending demagogues like Greenblatt who work to destroy the lives of all people who oppose genocide.
After hinting at it on the air, Joe Scarborough told reporters today that he is trying to arrange a "peacemaking lunch" between Jonathan Greenblatt and Zohran Mamdani -- which would include him and Al Sharpton.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I hope Zohran continues working with Jewish groups like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social that share his vision and empathy, and will continue ignoring hateful, Nazi-defending demagogues like Greenblatt who work to destroy the lives of all people who oppose genocide.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
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someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
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“The Big Apple has fallen,” Avigdor Liberman said through a spokesman.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, called Mr. Mamdani “a Hamas supporter, an Israel hater and an outspoken antisemite.”
Gilad Erdan suggested on social media that Israel needed merely to “rebrand ourselves in the United States.”
Israelis react:
Itamar Ben-Gvir, called Mr. Mamdani “a Hamas supporter, an Israel hater and an outspoken antisemite.”
Gilad Erdan suggested on social media that Israel needed merely to “rebrand ourselves in the United States.”
Israelis react:
Zohran Mamdani’s Triumph in New York Evokes Intense Reaction in Israel
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“The Big Apple has fallen,” Avigdor Liberman said through a spokesman.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, called Mr. Mamdani “a Hamas supporter, an Israel hater and an outspoken antisemite.”
Gilad Erdan suggested on social media that Israel needed merely to “rebrand ourselves in the United States.”
Israelis react:
Itamar Ben-Gvir, called Mr. Mamdani “a Hamas supporter, an Israel hater and an outspoken antisemite.”
Gilad Erdan suggested on social media that Israel needed merely to “rebrand ourselves in the United States.”
Israelis react:
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NEW: Judges around the country are citing an unexpected source to free ICE detainees:
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
How the Laken Riley Act is working against ICE to free some noncitizens
Judges around the country are citing the GOP-backed immigration law, designed to detain more noncitizens, to free them instead.
www.courthousenews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
NEW: Judges around the country are citing an unexpected source to free ICE detainees:
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
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"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty,” Mamdani told a roaring crowd. He went on to say, “We are breathing in the air of a city that has been reborn. Tonight we have spoken in a clear voice: Hope is alive." trib.al/WS1YA52
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty,” Mamdani told a roaring crowd. He went on to say, “We are breathing in the air of a city that has been reborn. Tonight we have spoken in a clear voice: Hope is alive." trib.al/WS1YA52
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Republican members of Congress are posting the most deranged, racist things imaginable about Zohran Mamdani as voters go to the polls today. trib.al/3YbKuOC
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Republican members of Congress are posting the most deranged, racist things imaginable about Zohran Mamdani as voters go to the polls today. trib.al/3YbKuOC
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“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”
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New — Andrew Cuomo hung up in the middle of a radio interview today, after the hosts pressed him on Donald Trump expressing support for him
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New — Andrew Cuomo hung up in the middle of a radio interview today, after the hosts pressed him on Donald Trump expressing support for him
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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.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
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."
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
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Whenever we get out of this, antitrust needs to be back on the menu in a big way.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Whenever we get out of this, antitrust needs to be back on the menu in a big way.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
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Choose your own media adventure: @nytimes.com says Abigail Spanberger is obsessing over Trump. @politico.com says no, she's actually campaigning squarely on an economic message.
(Politico is right, and NYT's route to their conclusion was tortured and unconvincing.)
(Politico is right, and NYT's route to their conclusion was tortured and unconvincing.)
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Choose your own media adventure: @nytimes.com says Abigail Spanberger is obsessing over Trump. @politico.com says no, she's actually campaigning squarely on an economic message.
(Politico is right, and NYT's route to their conclusion was tortured and unconvincing.)
(Politico is right, and NYT's route to their conclusion was tortured and unconvincing.)
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"I hope your beeper doesn't go off."
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"I hope your beeper doesn't go off."
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.
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Additional details here:
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Additional details here:
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More than 300 writers, scholars, and public figures, including nearly 150 past New York Times contributors, have pledged to boycott the paper’s Opinion section under the banner “Genocide Is Not a Matter of Opinion.”
They are demanding that the Times conduct an independent review of...
They are demanding that the Times conduct an independent review of...
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
More than 300 writers, scholars, and public figures, including nearly 150 past New York Times contributors, have pledged to boycott the paper’s Opinion section under the banner “Genocide Is Not a Matter of Opinion.”
They are demanding that the Times conduct an independent review of...
They are demanding that the Times conduct an independent review of...