Imagine 6 American Muslims arrested for a plot to "overthrow the government and kidnap a governor" and not using the word "terrorism" to describe it.
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Imagine being so Christian that you opt to vote for a man who reportedly committed violence against his family, fathered multiple children with different women, paid for an abortion and was absent as a father - rather than vote for a reverend who studied and taught Christianity!
Tonight people in Beirut are going to sleep in shattered homes, during a deadly pandemic, with a collapsing economy led by corrupt politicians, surrounded by countries that have attacked & threatened them and a world that has abandoned them and their refugees. They deserve better
LET THIS SINK IN FOR A MINUTE ===> There are concerns that families of some of the victims could be too afraid to go to the family reunification centers or hospitals searching for loved ones because of their immigration status and they are afraid they could suddenly be arrested
Let this sink in: Brad Parscale, after initially refusing to leave his home where he had multiple guns and reportedly fired one and had hit his wife was ultimately tackled by SWAT only after a friend in the police dept called him to come out
But Breonna Taylor was shot 6 times
When I was a young boy growing up in the MidEast I used to make home videos pretending I was a newscaster. Today, I hosted my first show as an Anchor of a news program on an American news channel. To all the kids out there, don’t give up... dreams do come true. #Onwards
The Sudanese immigrant who was naturalized during the RNC came to the US in 2012. Had she tried to come today she would’ve been denied entry by Trumps Muslim Ban which includes Sudan. So basically Trump actually banned people like her but was willing to use her for political gain
Brent and Shireen were BOTH Americans. BOTH were killed while working on assignment. Yet for The NY Times Brent was “killed” and Shireen “dies”. Shireen was stripped of her American identity. Where she was killed is not even mentioned. Her age is irrelevant. Utterly Shameful.
I want everyone to see and hear this incredible black woman sitting in the rain in Georgia with her son for 3 hours to vote. And then I want you to ask yourself why in this day and age - with America having the ability to put a man on the moon & land a space shuttle back on earth
Imagine being the family of US service members and hearing the Commander-in-Chief basically describe the American military as a mercenary army hired by countries like Saudi Arabia who are “paying” us to go protect them
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TRUMP: "Are you ready? Saudi Arabia at my request has agreed to pay us for everything we are doing. That is a first. Saudi Arabia, and other countries soon now, but Saudi Arabia has agreed to pay us for everything we are doing to help them and we appreciate that."
This is your daily reminder that in American democracy, two Senators who represent 9 million constituents are some how able to block 48 other Democratic Senators who represent 176 million constituents from passing a bill that has nearly 60% public support
American Exceptionalism
THREAD: I’ve been thinking a lot this week about the Britney Griner exchange and trying to understand why some have questioned her release and have been disappointed in the swap. It’s interesting to see the uproar implying it was not a “fair” trade… that some how WE lost because
I cant emphasize this enough but if we saw any channel around the world demonstrate the kind of collaboration and coordination between its so-called journalists and a President the way Fox News’ personalities have with Trump they’d be rightfully labeled as state-controlled media.
Think about this verdict by asking yourself would this moment of accountability have been possible if it weren’t for the courage of a 17-year-old girl to record and share what was happening to George Floyd. #GeorgeFloyd #DerekChauvinTrial
The biggest loser tonight remains America’s political pundit class that continues to either deliberately ignore the lessons of 2016 or is so blinded by bias they refuse to entertain the notion they’re out of touch with the voting polity they purportedly speak & know so much about
THREAD/ For weeks, Pres Trump has downplayed the risks Coronavirus posed to Americans. He either deflected or said it was under control.
If journalists are to hold elected officials accountable for their words and actions, we will need to have a memory span longer then a flash
I want you to watch this video and see for yourself the difference between how Paris one of the most touristic cities in the world is taking the Coronavirus threat and how Clearwater Florida is dealing with it so that it doesn’t lose tourism revenue during spring break #Covid_19
Just a reminder, the largest example of voter fraud currently taking place in the US is being led by the CA GOP which is placing fake ballot drop-off boxes to confuse voters into mistakingly misplacing their ballots... and yet the DOJ and Bill Barr haven’t yet taken any action
I’ve been anchoring on Xmas for years. It’s usually a mix of news on travel, weather, sports, movies & tracking Santa
Today, I’m covering pardons of war criminals, record pandemic deaths, mutating COVID-19, starving Americans and a coup on democracy.
2020 can’t end fast enough
To be clear: it was the 17 year old who shot and killed the protestors. Don’t obfuscate who is shooting at the protestors and who is demonstrating. Officials have to be very clear about incidents of violence and vandalism and journalists need to be nuanced in that distinction.
For 20 years, Muslim-Americans have lived with the fear if they visited the wrong website or liked a controversial social media post they could face terrorism charges. Meanwhile, we’re debating if Americans who attacked Congress and tried to topple our democracy are terrorists?
You’re about to witness how quickly western governments can pivot from promoting the right of a people to self-defense and resisting their occupation in the name of freedom to “we call on both sides to refrain from violence so that they can live in safety and security” #Jerusalem
28 states will not accept ballots that arrive after Election Day even if they are postmarked before Nov 3
This is the very definition of voter disenfranchisement. Voters do their part on time and by the rules and then election authorities fail them by not counting their votes
Proud son moment!! My dad who is 76 years old and who immigrated to the US in 1984 has voted for the first time in his entire life in any election. It’s never too late to vote!
To all the would-be voters out there, go vote!!
To all the first time voters out there, congrats!!
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Here is Pres Trump in his own words (and tweets) as compiled by the White House Unit.
Read them, save them and don’t forget them so when he says “I’ve always known this is a real pandemic long before it was called a pandemic” you can actually call him out on it
Says the woman whose country has been at war for all but 16 years of its existence, founded on the genocide of its native population while enslaving millions more, dropping a nuclear bomb on civilians and building military outposts around the globe... spare us the dehumanization
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Former Trump official KT McFarland: "In America, we think that the default position is peace," but in the Middle East, "they've been killing each other for millennia. Their normal state of condition is war." mediamatters.org/outnumbered/fo
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we valued the life and freedom of a black athlete. Russia valued a man who traffics in death. That doesn’t make us weak. It makes us strong. Think of what Griner’s release represents to Americans and what Bouts’ represents to Russians. There is something profoundly strong in
In all of my years covering wars and authoritarian leaders around the world and even with their disdain for a free media, I have never heard one of those leaders call the shooting, targeting and/or injury of a reporter “a beautiful thing” the way Trump has spoken about twitter.com/davidgura/stat
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In 1 week, white supremacists killed 2 black people in Kentucky, mailed bombs to kill government officials across the country and used an assault rifle to kill Jews while they worshipped, but the President is seemingly more worried about “unknown Middle Easterners” in a caravan
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The subpanel on oversight informed the State Department today in a letter obtained by , after the committee obtained internal State Department legal guidance that explicitly prohibited Senate- confirmed presidential appointees from even attending political conventions.
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The subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says the speech is not only “highly unusual and likely unprecedented” but that “it appears that it may also be illegal.” Reporting per
Since we are talking about immigrants and remarkable women... please congratulate and welcome the newest member to America, my wife who passed her naturalization exam today. She has been dreaming and working for this day since she came to NYC as 14 year old girl ❤️
Can you imagine a beer or tobacco company using a toddler to sell, promote, justify the selling of its products the way gun maker Daniel Defense did with this ad?
And yet this ad was barely noticed or condemned until an 18 year old bought a similar rifle and shot up a school.
I’m putting this here for everyone out there who is quick to say “but they found a knife” or “he wasn’t following orders”
An armed, intoxicated Santa Barbara man was arrested even after injuring police officers and refusing to follow their orders...
WOW==> US congresswoman (D-CA) tells Chuck Todd: “there is about 15 million dollars that has been paid out by the House on behalf of harassers in the last 10-15 years” to settle sexual harassment claims... by the way that is US taxpayer money that was used!
I’m sorry but before we heap praise on the security forces responsible for preserving security on the Capitol, can we find out why they didn’t actually preserve security on the Capitol? #CapitolHill #Capitol
THREAD ==> Why I won’t be on the air for a while: Like millions of American families, Covid has now hit our home. A family member tested positive but is thankfully asymptomatic. For now, I’ll be quarantining. Parenting is never easy but parenting children in a pandemic is... 1/4
Even while he was battling his own cancer and making movies that were inspiring millions of people around the world, Chadwick Boseman was also taking the time to visit cancer-patients at . 💔💔🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♂️
three undecided black women voters spoke to my colleague about why Joe Biden has yet to earn their vote despite everything that Donald Trump has said and done during his presidency.
A white man with a hateful ideology, a stated manifesto, a history of advocacy for this ideology against women & feminism, targeted a federal judge and her family and was possibly plotting more attacks and yet I haven't heard the word "terrorism" used to describe his motivation?
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we gave up a ruthless arms dealer in exchange for a black American female athlete. Moments like these can reflect what we value in our society. Russia wanted to release a ruthless killer. We wanted someone who made a mistake, either intentionally or accidentally. In other words,
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setting an example by saying we believe every American, even when they make mistakes, has incredible value and deserves our support when they are unjustly held. Russia values killers. We value a basketball player. In other words, your importance and your value to our government
Fmr CIA agent and with a very important question: why is the president of the US attacking a department of justice official who’s fighting Russian organized criminals rather than attacking Russian organized criminals?
So let me see if I get this straight... Iran which has been under crippling sanctions imposed by Trump, has had its top general killed on orders of Trump, has watching regional alliances forge against it under Trump - is emailing Americans encouraging them to vote for Trump?
We have a situation in which a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power violated international law and launched an unjustifiable war that the UN was helpless in preventing or now stopping. The 2nd time in 20 years. Perhaps it’s time to genuinely reform the UN.
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example of how we value our citizens and their lives not in relation to how they serve our government but the opposite. Yes we must work to release Paul Whelan and other captives. And we should work to release more Americans unjustly held in our own prisons. They too are worthy.
Stop and think about what just happened: The President of the United States just called the #BeirutBlast “an attack” and its barely registering with anyone because everyone is still uncertain if Trump actually meant and understood the magnitude and significance of what he said.
As the son of a Palestinian mother, its a milestone for Palestinian-Americans to see their culture and heritage reflected in their elected officials. Young girls like my daughter and niece now have officials they can see & aspire to be like one day! #tweetyourthobe
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by saying they are not “equal” misses the point. We shouldn’t be trading our criminals for their criminals. We should be signaling that releasing every American held captive by adversaries is important regardless of their strategic value. That makes Griner’s release an important
NBC News has confirmed that the issue at Anderson Livsey Elementary in Snellville, GA was indeed a lack of power cords. Gwinnett County Director of Communications Joe Sorenson tells “the machine was not supplied power and was running on battery & the battery ran out” 🤔
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Happen to know anybody who could do this in Georgia? 
no voting at my dads polling site
no voting at my dads polling site
Election update: says it saw a spike in sales of khaki pants because of Steve Kornacki’s election week coverage and his trademark look. This officially makes not just a “chartthrob” but also a “fashion icon and trendsetter” #kornahkis
- Armed men outside of counting centers
- The Presidents religious advisor and supporters praying for his victory and against his opponents
- A President rejecting results while his son says he should go “to war” over the election
But tell me more about extremism in the MidEast
No joke, we are at the point where merely posting a vague picture referencing solidarity with Palestinians on Instagram gets you labeled as an antisemite. It’s only Jan 3. May God give me patience for the this year.
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To be honest, getting this group of misfits to pose for a “we voted” family picture was actually the hardest part of our voting experience. #election2020 #vote2020 #govote
