Talal Ansari
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just witnessed the most incredible thing. after being read a passage from “love in the time of cholera” from a marriage officiant 5 stories up, down below, these two souls were married on the streets of upper manhattan. what. a. coronavirus. moment.
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Did I hear this right?
President: She's shocked that I picked her. She's in a state a shock.
Reporter: I'm not, thank you Mr. President.
Trump: That's OK, I know you're not thinking, you never do.
Reporter. I'm sorry?
Trump: No, go ahead. Go ahead.
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In addition to the clothing, I love that Bernie Sanders used the inauguration as a chance to pick up some mail from his office.
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I have covered the rise of hate crimes against Muslims since 2016. And while this is some of the most horrific footage I've seen, when I was first about the mosque attack in New Zealand— I was not surprised.
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never heard a protester and a journalist live on television like this before
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This is a time where a white man can describe people in a Muslim majority country “semiliterate primitive monkeys” and have a primetime show on a major news network.
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Last year
@HannahAllam
and I analyzed and found that Republican officials in 49 states have openly attacked Muslims with words and proposed legislation since 2015, and few have faced repercussions.
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I wrote about how a former FBI agent teaches Muslim conspiracy theories to police officers. Yes, to law enforcement.
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At a press conference, Nashville Mayor David Briley called for "comprehensive gun reform" so that "weapons of war" can be taken "off the streets of our country."
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Two days before what would have been my 4th anniversary at BuzzFeed News, I learned that my position has been eliminated.
Today is effectively my last day one of the best breaking news teams in the country.
(Small thread don’t worry)
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Even militias get to use model mosques as target practice and post them to YouTube. When I wrote this, did I think one day the mosque wouldn't be just a model? Yes, I did.
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I didn't like my reaction, believe me. But, you see, this is the culmination of a long line of increasingly anti-Muslim rhetoric — rhetoric that goes completely unchecked by societies at large.
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Sebastian Gorka repeatedly told me to talk to "White House press" when asked about
@jdforward
report he's a member of a Nazi-allied group.
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Around the country, when Muslims try to build mosques, normally mundane city halls meeting become widely attended, and places for heated discussions. People evoke rarely used local zoning laws as barriers to halt mosques:
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Did you know in 28 cities in 21 states across the country, people held "anti-Sharia" rallies? They did, and it was vile, and bigoted at times. Did you notice?
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In 2017 I went to Minnesota after a mosque there was bombed. Yes, bombed.
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I have compiled all anti-interventionist tweets by
@POTUS
regarding the Syrian conflict here for your convenience.
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I have a feeling almost nobody in the US knows the dark story behind this meme. The man is Jawad Bendaoud, who was just sentenced to 4 yrs in prison for renting his flat to the 2015 Paris ISIS attackers. He was originally cleared of charges last year but prosecutors appealed.
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A man shot 3 people after he thought they were middle-eastern -- they were Indian, and he killed one of them.
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"Islamophobia is a winning message. It won resoundingly tonight. Racism won resoundingly tonight. Racism, sexism, all won resoundingly tonight,"
@KhaledBeydoun
told a room full of Muslim Americans on election night in 2016.
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These race role reversal photos by Chris Buck are something else.
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And for the mosques already there, they become targets for attacks. In this case, the police didn't believe the ripping of Qurans was motivated by hate:
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Imagine a politician saying that about any other religion and keeping his job.
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Here's a video showing how long this line to get groceries in Houston is:
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An exclusive statement from the former Uber driver Kate, after the NFL issued a 3 game suspension for QB Jameis Winston for touching her “in an inappropriate and sexual manner without her consent.”
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Yemeni-owned bodega stores are closing in protest of the exec order banning Yemen and 6 other Muslim majority countries from US immigration
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WSJ EXCLUSIVE: Prosecutors in Baltimore are asking a judge to vacate Adnan Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and that he be given a new trial. The case was turned into the hit first season of the podcast “Serial”
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"An Oklahoma lawmaker who once called Islam "a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out" has now successfully proposed an interim study to determine the threat and effect of radicalization."
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"Hate crimes against Muslims in the US rose by 67% in 2015 in the second-highest annual percentage increase recorded since 1992."
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Memes about the extermination of Muslims are just mistakes:
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"The FBI arrested the Boston-area man allegedly hoarding weapons and materials that could make explosives. The FBI also said it found handwritten notes that threatened “violence against members of the Islamic religion.”
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One last thing. Every time I would write about this stuff, I would get rewarded with heinous emails, rude comments in the story, or replies, like this one I just received:
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I've written about Muslim/Islam hatred for so long and so often that I even forgot about that.
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A large group of people have gathered to show their support after a bomb went off at a mosque in a suburb of Minneapolis Saturday morning.
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The "March Against Sharia" rally is underway here in New York City. Crowd is...thin.
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I could keep going but I'd rather not re-traumatize myself or others anymore than they already might be.
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The popemobile would have been perfect for Trump’s drive-by.
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Primary results just began coming in and it already looks like Ilhan Omar will win her primary to take Keith Ellison’s seat in Congress - making her, along with Rashida Tlaib of Detroit, the first Muslim women in Congress.
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All the while, things like this are happening: "Tampa fire officials said three samples taken from the small one-story mosque contained gasoline."
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So yeah, that's why I'm not surprised, even though I desperately wish I was.
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they gave her such a long interview I had to break it up into clips
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People have begun to gather in Foley Square in downtown Manhattan to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Trump’s travel ban:
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I’m definitely looking for work, I have great clips, and I’ll have a neat little tweet-thread soon about the badass reporting I’ve done. DMs are open. But for now, I’m going to focus on myself, and this 16 hour flight home. ✌🏽
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Ugh, I just noticed a missing word in my first tweet. I meant to say "when I was first *told* about the mosque attack in New Zealand — I was not surprised."
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.
@RepJerryNadler
sent a letter to
@POTUS
asking he provide the House Committee on the Judiciary Gorka's immigration paperwork.
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The run-up to the election was really something:
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My investigation on how the FBI pressures Muslim immigrants into becoming informants
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This is Ian Grillot, the man who tried to help the two men after they were shot.
Ian Grillot being called a hero for trying to stop a man who opened fire at an Olathe restaurant where he was watching basketball w/friends.
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History has been made tonight with the first Muslim American woman elected to Congress. And it's still early. Ilhan Omar in MN is expected to follow soon.
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For nearly four years it was my job as a journalist to cover the rise in anti-Muslim violence and sentiment. What I saw was a troubling trend. Chilling crimes and casual hate speech that went unchecked. My thoughts in
@TheAtlantic
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"There are obvious signs to anyone paying attention that right here at home, Muslims could suffer the same fate as those in New Zealand," argues
@TalalNAnsari
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“We did it. We won. Oh my god,” Omar said when she finally took the stage, after supporters danced around her at the podium. “I have always said, you get what you organize for. And today you all organized for this big victory.”
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Bacon greased bullets, loyalty tests, unabashed insults and cruel bigoted stereotypes — Yes, your state and local Republican officials have been bashing Muslims.
@HannahAllam
and I counted.
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People have their cell phone lights on to show the world New York City "shines" as a beacon of freedom no matter what, said a speaker.
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Another view of the crowd, the vast majority of who have nothing to do with the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center.
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I’ve never had any delusions about the long hours, the salaries, and job security in this profession — despite it all, I just wanted to do meaningful work. Work that mattered. And I can confidently say I have done just that, and more.
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The scene at a Red Cross shelter at the W. W. Thorne Stadium in north
#Houston
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This rally was announced less than 24 hours ago -- attendance is impressive considering this fact.
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Here in Washington Square Park,
#nyc
people have gathered at a rally to protest President Trump's latest executive orders.
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@TaylorLorenz
While imperfect in many ways (really, a lot of ways) this should generally orient you.
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Did the coronavirus escape from a Wuhan virology lab? Chinese and U.S. colleagues of virologist She Zhengli say no way, but speculation is rife
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Republicans Had To Interrupt Trump After He Agreed To A Democrat's Proposal On DACA
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The First Somali-American State Lawmaker In The US Is On Her Way To Making History Again
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The group's leaders say he took "a lifelong oath of loyalty to their group," according to the report, which is here:
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"The attacker wanted to divide us but he failed," said Mohamad Omar, the center's executive director.
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The
#EasyFire
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Firefighters from the air and ground have saved the building, which contains tens of thousands of artifacts, documents and even the old Air Force One.
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This is the exact moment they announced Ilhan Omar won her nomination:
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Activist Linda Sarsour says in the past the courts have ruled that slavery, Japanese internment and segregation was legal. “Just because something is legal does not mean it’s moral.”
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Latest stats on detained immigrant children according to HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement:
-11,800 children in "shelter network" in US
-Of those, 2,047 (17%) are separated from parents bc of "zero tolerance" policy
-Children are in over 100 facilities/residences in 17 states
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“Islamophobia is a winning message. It won resoundingly tonight. Racism won resoundingly tonight," Beydoun said.
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A pair of powerful photos of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford swearing in before she testifies.
Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The unique thing about my layoff story: I’ve been on vacation for two weeks, and received the news over the phone an hr ago while I stood on a street in Delhi. Now, I write this as I wait to go through airport security. Being laid off from 8k mi away doesn’t make this any easier.
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“The only language women understand is violence,” Nina Kroupiianova said Spencer told her in court documents. Spencer said, “I dispute many of her assertions.”
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Randy Moss Wore A Tie With The Names Of People Killed By Police During His Hall Of Fame Induction
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Lights go out while President Trump says he has "full faith" in US intelligence agencies.
"Woops, they just turned off the light. That must be the intelligence agencies. There it goes. Okay. You guys okay? Good. That was strange. But that's okay."
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A few things about
@BuzzFeedNews
. My editor
@TomNamako
made me a better journalist. My 1st boss,
@SchoofsFeed
still leaves me in awe. I loved watching
@tozzi
lead this ship. And most of all, my talented colleagues who, honestly, made me want to do better everyday.
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A vigil for 17 yr old Nabra Hassanen, who was beaten, kidnapped and killed on Sunday after leaving Ramadan prayers at a mosque in Virginia.
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Four men were arrested in rural Illinois for possession of a machine gun today, and evidence collected by the FBI, according to this affidavit, suggests that three of those men were involved in the August 2017 bombing of a mosque in Minnesota.
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A mile long back up of cars waiting to enter the Trump rally in Harrisburg, PA this afternoon.
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In the arrest affidavit filed by the Fredrick Police Department, accusing Christopher Watts of killing his family, Watts claimed his wife killed their two daughters after he announced he wanted to separate, and he strangled her in retaliation.
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Louisiana State Attorney General's Office decides not to pursue charges against two white officers who fatally shot Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man. The decision comes nearly 11-months after the Justice Department made the same decision.
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"I've seen the tweets but i can't confirm or deny it at this point," Hank Brennan, James "Whitey" Bulger's attorney told me over the phone.
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Speaking about Muslims in US dating back to its founding, to counter the narrative that Muslims and the US are not fundamentally compatable
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Former police chief said US "now feels cold, unwelcoming" and that "no one is safe" after he was detained at JFK.
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"You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism," a defiant Jeremy Joseph Christian said at his first court appearance.
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BREAKING: Colin Powell Calls Trump A “National Disgrace” In Personal Emails
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