Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid

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"I will not send the 2,000 pound bombs [to Israel]" www.reuters.com/world/us-has...

Exclusive: US has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7www.reuters.com The totals suggest there has been no significant drop-off in U.S. military support for its ally, despite international calls to limit weapons supplies and a recent administration decision to pause a shipment of powerful bombs.

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From @hafizr.bsky.social: “Wait Until 2025”: Top Trump Ally Makes Terrifying Revenge Threat newrepublic.com/post/183660/...

“Wait Until 2025”: Top Trump Ally Makes Terrifying Revenge Threatnewrepublic.com Donald Trump’s Project 2025 buddy just made a clear threat on what a second-term agenda will look like.

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The student who wore a keffiyeh scarf and shouted “Free Palestine" at NYU Abu Dhabi's graduation ceremony was deported from the UAE days later.

University student who yelled 'Free Palestine' reportedly deported as UAE weighs Israel-Hamas warapnews.com At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!”

House Republicans don't want U.S. officials even acknowledging the Palestinian death toll in Gaza. My words: newrepublic.com/post/183200/...

House Republicans Pass 1984-esque Bill Censoring Information on Gazanewrepublic.com The amendment bans giving the State Department funds to cite the Gaza Health Ministry’s data.

First Jamaal Bowman, now Cori Bush: AIPAC has another Gaza genocide opponent in their crosshairs. My latest for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/183165/...

Here’s the Next Squad Member in AIPAC’s Crosshairsnewrepublic.com Missouri Representative Cori Bush has begun to slip in the primary polls.

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If you never read any other FOREVER WARS edition, read this interview with a US Army major who worked in military intelligence on the Mideast before resigning over Gaza. www.forever-wars.com/harrison-man...

The NAACP says weapons shipments to Israel should stop, and there should be an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. My article for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/182417/...

NAACP Urges Biden to Reverse Course on Israel Before It’s Too Latenewrepublic.com “It is one thing to call for a ceasefire, it is another to take the measures necessary to work towards liberation for all.”

My piece for @tnr.bsky.social on Donald Trump's rant outside of court after the guilty verdict was handed down in his hush money trial today, including his full remarks: newrepublic.com/post/182108/...

Trump’s Wild Rant After Guilty Verdict Could Haunt Him in Sentencingnewrepublic.com Someone remind him the trial isn’t completely over.

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I’m so old I remember her writing admirably in A PROBLEM FROM HELL about the State Department officials who resigned over US apathy to the genocide in Bosnia.

Netanyahu is getting pathetic in his demands now. When will Biden finally kick him to the curb? My words in @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/182067/...

Netanyahu Is Now Begging Biden to Work With Republicans To Save Himnewrepublic.com This relationship is getting toxic.

John Kirby faced some tough questioning from CBS News’s Ed O’Keefe over why the gruesome images from Rafah over the weekend weren’t enough to change the Biden administration’s policy towards Israel. My piece: newrepublic.com/post/182016/...

Biden Official Flips Out After Question on Charred Palestinian Corpsesnewrepublic.com White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby lost it after a question about Biden’s red line, as global uproar grows amid Israel’s assault on Rafah.

Nikki Haley went to Israel on Memorial Day instead of commemorating fallen U.S. soldiers, and signed some bombs. My words for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/182003/...

Nikki Haley Signs Her Name on Israeli Bombs—Alongside Sick Messagenewrepublic.com As Israel continues its assault on Rafah, Nikki Haley is signing her name on Israeli artillery.

Protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza continue to try and disrupt business as usual in D.C., this time interrupting Antony Blinken at the Senate today. My story for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/181796/...

“Butcher of Gaza”: Pro-Palestine Protesters Interrupt Blinken Hearingnewrepublic.com Protesters called Secretary of State Anthony Blinken a war criminal be a dramatic Senate hearing.

This congressional hearing was nuts, but featured a great insult from Rep. Jasmine Crockett towards Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Bleach blonde butch body." Write-up from me plus video inside: newrepublic.com/post/181689/...

Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene Sends House Hearing Into Total Chaosnewrepublic.com Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Jasmine Crockett, and then Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jumped in, sending the House Oversight Committee hearing totally off the rails.

Biden's top donors seem to be pushing overwhelmingly pro-Israel, and even Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian views in some cases. My story for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/181679/...

Biden’s Wealthiest Donors Are Quite Pleased by Israel Policy: Reportnewrepublic.com A new report details how many of Biden’s top donors are also funding pro-Israel organizations.

Columbia University alumni are threatening to “withhold all financial, programmatic, and academic support” from the college unless it divests from Israel and makes restitution towards the students harmed in its crackdown on protests. My story: newrepublic.com/post/181449/...

Columbia Could Take Major Financial Hit Over Response to Gaza Protestsnewrepublic.com More than 1,000 alums have pledged to withhold support from the school.

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Hillel enforces an ideological position regarding the state of Israel on its members. It pushes people out who do things like screen Palestinian documentaries or collaborate with J Street, a liberal group that advocates for a two-state solution. www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/u... 🎁

Hillel is the organization on campuses where Jewish students eat, pray, and gather together. Calling for a university to cut ties with Hillel is explicitly antisemitic. Not even a close call.

Members of Jewish Student Group Test Permissible Discussion on Israel (Published 2013)www.nytimes.com Swarthmore’s Hillel rebelled this month, saying it would not abide by its parent group’s guidelines prohibiting collaboration with speakers or groups deemed unsupportive of Israel.

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From the NYU faculty protest

Good background on divestment from ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/campus-pr...

Campus protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. Here's what that means.abcnews.go.com Can universities divest from Israel? Here's what such demands mean amid college campus protests against the war in Gaza.

Most of the college protests over the war in Gaza seeing divestment from Israel and weapons manufacturers have been met with politicians and law enforcement missing the point. Ole Miss had some old-fashioned racism thrown in. My latest for @newrepublic: newrepublic.com/post/181299/...

Republican Rep. Cheers Students’ Racist Response to Gaza Protesternewrepublic.com Representative Mike Collins doubled down on the students’ racism.

Remember when Chuck Schumer gave that speech on the floor of the Senate against Netanyahu? Apparently neither does he. My latest: newrepublic.com/post/181268/...

Chuck Schumer Appears to Cave on Netanyahunewrepublic.com Schumer previously said the Israeli prime minister should be voted out.

Police caused the violence last night at UCLA and protests across the country. All because students oppose a war and their universities' complicity in it. My latest for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/181167/...

Where Were Police When University Protests Actually Turned Violent?newrepublic.com Law enforcement was nowhere to be seen when protesters on the UCLA campus were attacked.

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At a multi-million dollar event in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump complained that immigrants weren’t coming from “nice” countries “like Denmark.” From @hafizr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/post/180524/...

Trump Admits He Only Wants White People to Come to the U.S.newrepublic.com The former president wondered why the U.S. doesn’t get more migrants from Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland.

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"No one is asking for funny politicians who are ~good~ at social media. What we’re asking—begging—for is a fucking ceasefire." www.jezebel.com/i-never-want...

I Never Want to See the ‘Dark Brandon’ Meme Again - Jezebelwww.jezebel.com Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

I wrote about 2023’s War Criminal of the year, Benjamin Netanyahu. newrepublic.com/article/1777...

Benjamin Netanyahu Is the War Criminal of the Yearnewrepublic.com Experts aren't mincing words about the Israeli leader's brutal and disproportionate response to the October 7 Hamas attacks.

I wrote about how Biden and the Democrats are losing a lot of Muslim and Arab American support as let the bombing and occupation continue. newrepublic.com/article/1766...

Muslims Showed Up for Biden in 2020. They Might Not Next Time.newrepublic.com The president’s disaffected supporters want him to push for a cease-fire in Gaza before they sign on for another campaign.

I wrote about how politicians and the media are responsible for the wave of bigotry and Islamophobia in the past week, and what they should do differently. newrepublic.com/article/1763...

Our Leaders’ Shameful Response to Islamophobia’s Fatal Resurgencenewrepublic.com A yawning leadership vacuum has given rise to a new wave of bigotry in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

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There’s a clear message that’s filling the leadership vacuum: Muslims and Arab Americans aren’t worthy of wider sympathy or even consideration in the discourse, writes @hafizr.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/1763...

Our Leaders’ Shameful Response to Islamophobia’s Fatal Resurgencenewrepublic.com A yawning leadership vacuum has given rise to a new wave of bigotry in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

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In 2020, Patrick Braxton became the first Black mayor of a small town in rural Alabama. However, the town's white ex-mayor and council members reappointed themselves without anyone knowing. He's been locked out of town hall, denied access to town accounts and nearly run off the road, he says

A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Servecapitalbnews.org For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation after becoming the first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama.

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This chart has been helpful for me

after months of practice I believe I have finally stopped mixing up Blackstone and BlackRock