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BREAKING: Maxwell Frost wins in Florida, becomes first Gen Z and Afro-Cuban member of Congress
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Women of color breaking so many ceilings:
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez youngest woman elected to Congress
- Ilhan Omar the first Somali American elected to Congress
- Ayanna Pressley the first Black congresswoman from Massachusetts
- Rashida Tlaib the first Muslim congresswoman
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The United States has accepted only 11 Syrian refugees this year.
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Here's that horrific moment where Raj Shah calls 55 dead Palestinians and nearly 3,000 injured an 'unfortunate propaganda attempt' by Hamas
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This clip of all the women in Congress cheering for the women in the workforce makes me so so happy
100% the highlight of this
#sotu
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STOP 👏SHARING 👏 THIS 👏CLIP 👏
"He's an Arab."
"No ma'am, no ma'am, he's a decent family man citizen."
How is this beautiful, my God
Undoubtedly one of the most memorable John McCain clips.
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Cool that CNN hired Corey Lewandowski AFTER he assaulted a reporter, but fired Reza Aslan over a tweet.
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Just wanted to remind everyone of this adorable picture of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, now the first two Muslim women elected to Congress
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Pretty weird how Trump can admit that Assad is horrible, launch strikes, and also not accept any Syrian refugees
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Iranian officials told Reuters that Trump warned Iran an attack was imminent unless they agreed to talk
When Iran did not immediately agree, Trump called off the attack
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Women of color breaking all the ceilings:
- Sharice Davids the first Native American woman elected to Congress
- Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia the first Texas Latinas elected to Congress
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Good morning,
Just wanted to say that nothing Trump says today on the New Zealand massacre matters.
He's called to ban all Muslims from the country (including Americans), kill Muslims with bullets dipped in pig's blood, and register all Muslims in a federal database.
Goodbye.
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Literally no part of this tweet is true
Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly. Notably, there wasn't a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it 2/
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Syrians are still targeted in Trump's
#MuslimBan
Syrians are unable to get immigrant or non-immigrant visas to the United States.
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Reza Aslan was fired for a tweet criticizing Trump. Meanwhile, Bill Maher, who joked about being a "house n****r" ON AIR, still has a job.
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More on Maxwell Frost and his historic win in Florida:
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Get my beautiful language out of your disgusting mouth
به مردم شجاع و رنج کشیده ایران: من از ابتدای دوره ریاست جمهوریم با شما ایستادهام و دولت من همچنان با شما خواهد ایستاد. ما اعتراضات شما را از نزدیک دنبال می کنیم. شجاعت شما الهام بخش است.
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Why isn't the sex crimes prosecutor questioning Brett Kavanaugh?
He's the one accused of sex crimes.
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The standards for people of color are always different. This is how our voices get erased from the media.
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Michigan Department of Civil Rights says the state has received immigrant babies as young as 3 months old
This is sick. There is still no immediate plan to reunite these kids and their parents.
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More women of color making history:
- Letitia James becomes New York's first Black Attorney General
- Jahana Hayes becomes the first Black congresswoman representing Connecticut
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Fox News bbs I promise this is not the biggest news today
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Another woman of color making history tonight:
Deb Haaland is one of the first Native women elected to Congress, following Sharice Davids' victory earlier tonight.
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Does anyone even realize McCain is juxtaposing Arab and "decent family man citizen" in this clip everyone keeps sharing???
It's very hard to be Middle Eastern in this country fyi, and this shit doesn't help.
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Amazing scoop from
@linzsports
: ESPN tried to kick Jemele Hill off the air and replace her with another black host
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Whatever Trump announces next, Iran isn't violating the deal.
The IAEA has certified Iran is complying with the deal ELEVEN TIMES.
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This is so huge, I literally gasped and stopped reading U.S. election news.
Taraneh Alidoosti is a very popular Iranian actress who starred in an Oscar-winning film. She has been outspoken on feminist issues in the past.
Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti (who actually lives in Iran) has posted a photo of herself on Instagram without a hijab.
She has tagged it “Women, Life, Freedom” and
#MahsaAmini
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#IranProtests
#مهسا_امینی
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Trump blamed Puerto Rico for messing up the U.S. budget and said at least it's not "a real catastrophe like Katrina."
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Mike Pence did not explain what he would do if Trump does not accept a peaceful transition of power.
Asked what he'd do if Trump doesn't accept a peaceful transfer of power, Pence admonishes Harris that "your party has spent the last 3.5 years trying to overturn the results of the previous election." He then lies about the FBI "spying" on Trump's campaign.
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Ilhan Omar becomes the first Somali American and first Muslim woman wearing hijab elected to Congress!!
She's the second Muslim woman elected to Congress, after Rashida Tlaib's victory earlier tonight.
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Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses if you have a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the U.S.
#MuslimBan
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I would like to thank all the white men in my mentions telling me that's not really what McCain meant, as if there was zero veiled racism in his 2008 campaign that led to someone asking this exact question
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Lindsey Graham defending his abortion ban because "we're not going to be like Iran" is ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE
1) Leave Iran out of this ffs
2) Iran severely limits abortion. His abortion ban is trying to do the same thing????
Lindsey Graham's abortion ban news conference ended with a devastating question from a woman who experienced complications during pregnancy
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No more Trump
No more Mike Pence
No more Stephen Miller
No more Jared and Ivanka
No more Betsy Devos
No more Steven Mnuchin
No more Chad Wolf
No more Mike Pomepo
No more takes about the "adults in the room" who never saved us
Pack your shit and gtfo
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My cousin survived being a hostage in the Iran-Iraq War for years and he just died from corona.
How do you call someone to offer your sympathy, when you live in a country that is hoarding COVID vaccines? My heart is breaking.
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love to bluff about attacking a country with 80 million people
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can't wait ❤️
Trump has signaled to allies that the Secret Service will have to drag him from the White House kicking and screaming
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This is the most embarrassing win for McCarthy.
- will only win because of several "present" votes
- 15 rounds of voting
- longest battle for speaker since before the Civil War
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Really awkward moment during Macron's speech.
He says he's concerned about the next generation, both parties stand up and applaud. He clarifies he means he's worried about climate change, Democrats stand and applaud and Republicans remain seated.
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saying you didn't rape someone because she's "not my type" is inappropriate
Trump says Megan Rapinoe’s silence during national anthem at World Cup is inappropriate
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Everyone in my mentions telling me he's American,,, thank u, had no idea till you told me
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Trump thanks Saudi and the UAE for taking "strong action" in Yemen.
This is honestly the most disgusting part of the entire speech.
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7. Philadelphia
Tomorrow, January 29th, 2-4 pm
PHL International Terminal A West (Arrivals)
#MuslimBan
#NoBanNoWall
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Trump's new travel ban targets nationals of:
- Chad
- Iran
- Libya
- North Korea
- Somalia
- Syria
- Venezuela
- Yemen
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Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti (who actually lives in Iran) has posted a photo of herself on Instagram without a hijab.
She has tagged it “Women, Life, Freedom” and
#MahsaAmini
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#IranProtests
#مهسا_امینی
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Just a fun reminder:
Stephen Miller wrote Trump's
#UNGA
speech that made the U.N. audience straight up laugh at him
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Asked to condemn Islamophobia, Sean Spicer completely dodges the question, talks about "radical Islamic terrorism" instead.
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Some big news: Today is
@taliaotg
's first day at
@newrepublic
✨
Send her your tips, congrats and other general well wishes. We're so lucky she's joining our team!
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I thought it wasn't a ban
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Hello, a Republican governor made Massachusetts the first state to ensure free birth control.
Just another reminder that it shouldn't be a partisan issue to let women and gender minorities have control over their bodies.
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The latest death toll in Gaza is 62 Palestinians, including an 8 month old girl.
Nikki Haley said Israel showed "restraint" and then walked out of a U.N. Security Council meeting when the Palestinian envoy began to speak.
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Good morning from Iran!!
This tweet was sent at 3:20 am our time, when most Iranians were asleep. Totally normal and not terrifying news to wake up to at all!!!
Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!
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Pretty powerful image of all the Democratic women in Congress wearing suffragists' white
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If you're writing about Iran sanctions today, you better mention that the IAEA certified that Iran was complying with the nuclear deal ELEVEN TIMES before Trump decided to withdraw.
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Lmao I rewinded just to see everyone's faces when Brett Kavanaugh said that he grew up in a city plagued by gun violence
No one is buying this description of Bethesda
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still thinking about how the acting defense secretary authorized 1,000 more troops to the middle east to counter iran, and then resigned literally the next day
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Prominent Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti has been arrested, one month after posting this iconic photo of herself without a hijab. She has been a vocal critic of the executions in Iran.
#ترانه_علیدوستی
#MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی
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Good morning to a properly functioning democracy!!!!
Deceased Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof wins state assembly race, weeks after he was found dead at his Love Ranch brothel by porn actor Ron Jeremy.
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It's not "objective" journalism if you can't criticize a president who wants to take away 23M people's healthcare and BAN an entire religion
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2. Washington, D.C.
Happening now!
Dulles Airport
Greeting refugees and immigrants:
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3. Washington, D.C.
Tomorrow, Jan 29, 1–3 p.m.
White House
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Who are the people who were informed by that debate? I just wanna talk
How did the Debate make you feel?
Annoyed 69%
Entertained 31%
Pessimistic 19%
Informed 17%
@YouGovAmerica
/
@CBSNewsPoll
, Among Debate Watchers
#Debates2020
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A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania is bragging about a fake pro-Israel award he got from Sacha Baron Cohen on his campaign website
Amazing find from
@jeisrael
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What's something that ISN'T Iranian but FEELS Iranian to you?
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Any queer Muslim writers interested in writing for ThinkProgress on the Pulse shooting, a year later? Hmu, would love to elevate your voice.
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The President of the United States getting on television to attack victims of sexual assault for more than half an hour is something I don't have the words for.
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5. Minneapolis
Tuesday, Jan 31, 4:30–6 p.m.
Minneapolis Federal Building
#MuslimBan
#NoBanNoWall
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This is so racist I don't even know what to say
WH Chief of Staff John Kelly, asked about separating migrant families at the border, tells
@NPR
, “They don’t integrate well. They don’t have skills.” Interview airs on tomorrow’s
@MorningEdition
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Imagine you're sitting in Iran. Here's what's happened under this administration so far:
- destruction of a diplomatic deal
- reimposing of sanctions
- your savings disappearing overnight
- regular tweets from POTUS about invading Iran
- strike killing Qasem Soleimani
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9. Los Angeles
Tomorrow, January 29, 1-4 p.m.
LAX, Tom Bradley International Teminal
#MuslimBan
#NoBanNoWall
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Sanders bringing up the war in Yemen is 🙌🏽
Not enough people in these debates talking about American bombs killing people in the Middle East
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Can you all imagine if a Supreme Court nominee was citing verses of the Quran during their hearing?
Everyone would be freaking out right now
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Why is there a 10-day delay on the
#MuslimBan2
? Curious for national security, no?
If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the "bad" would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad "dudes" out there!
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There's a lot going on, but this deserves more attention so I wrote about it for
@Slate
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An Iranian student was deported from the U.S. despite
- a valid visa
- an acceptance letter from Northeastern University
- a court order preventing his removal
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Can't even imagine what would have happened if someone grilled Kellyanne Conway like this
Hey US media folks, here, I would argue immodestly, is how you interview a Trump supporter on Trump's lies:
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The Supreme Court just ruled 8-0 in Tanzin v Tanvir, concluding that Muslims put on the no-fly list after refusing to act as government informants can sue for monetary damages.
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The New Mexico governor pulled most of the state's National Guard troops from the border last night, shortly before Trump delivered the State of the Union.
She called the whole thing
a "charade of border fear-mongering."
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Really cool that Trump suddenly cares about Iranians after spending the entire first year of his presidency trying to ban them all from the country.
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President Biden repealed the
#MuslimBan
on his first day in office
So many families were separated the last 4 years, so many dreams deferred. Our immigration system still needs serious fixing, but this is a great first step.
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Trump's continued silence on the Waffle House shooting is deafening. It's been 2 days. All the victims were young people of color.
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Still can't believe Qassem Soleimani was responsible for Roe v. Wade
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dude, you just did an interview with NBC this week
are they fake news or not
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RIP Anthony Bourdain. Thank you for being one of the few people on television who showed Iranians' humanity, food, culture.
I made my friends watch the Iran episode so many times.
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Pompeo talking about "freedom-loving Iranians" makes me so mad
It took this administration 7 days to ban all Iranians from the country
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Shervin Hajipour won the Grammy for Best Song for Social Change for "Baraye"
Iranians have shed so many tears these last few months, and so many over this one song. This win means so much.
#ShervinHajipour
#مهسا_امینی
#MahsaAmini
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I'm hiring a breaking news writer for
@newrepublic
to help us cover the chaos of 2024 and beyond.
$65-70k writing about politics from a progressive viewpoint.
Black, brown, queer, and other marginalized folks highly encouraged to apply!!!
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Horrific:
@DanaRohrabacher
calls ISIS attack in Tehran a "good thing," says maybe we should back ISIS against Iran
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Things Trump promised to do as president:
-ban Muslims from the country
-repeal Obamacare
0 for 2 so far. The resistance is real.
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It would have been Mahsa Amini's 23rd birthday today.
Happy birthday you lovely girl. You will truly never be forgotten.
#MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی
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My mom is in Mashhad and she just sent me this photo of two giant jars of saffron with no caption or explanation
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More women of color making history:
- Young Kim is the first Korean American woman elected to Congress
- Lauren Underwood is the first Black woman to win her Illinois district
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