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Joined May 2009

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  1. 9 hours ago

    Republicans attack with a video of her dancing in college. She responds with more dance.

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Trump’s Justice Department admits that it made up and misstated information to link immigrants to terrorism, but won't retract or correct the culprit report. ⁦(ht ⁩)

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Iranian labor activist says he was tortured in prison. Esmaeil Bakhshi, who was recently detained after leading protests, says he was subject to severe physical and psychological torture. He wrote a public statement to the Minister of Intelligence and asked him to respond.

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    There are genuine grievances and turmoil in - but Trump is wildly overstating the degree of popular unrest in the country, tells & :

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  5. 12 hours ago

    I will be on to discuss Iran’s military activities, ongoing protests in the country, and President Trump’s policy after exiting the nuclear deal. Tune in!

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  6. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    Like regime itself, the decision to pull show smacks of giving priority to money over the immorality of murder. It sets a precedent with implications far beyond the fate of a half-hour show. My analysis.

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  7. Jan 3

    Kyrsten Sinema, the first female Senator from Arizona and the first openly bisexual Senator in history, was sworn in by Mike Pence today. Also, she swore on a law book and not a bible.

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  8. Jan 3
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    Jan 3

    Actually what you say occurred exactly 40 years ago - all of these social groups united against your father and dethroned him. Why don't you refer to that major, and unmatched, experience of societal unity at all?

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  10. Jan 3

    * First Palestinian-American woman

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  12. Jan 3

    First Palestinian-American member of Congress wore a traditional embroidered Palestinian thobe for her swearing ceremony today and invited other Palestinians to tweet photos of their thobes. A proud and historic moment for Palestinians and other Middle Easterners.

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    Jan 3

    Nancy Pelosi with JFK:

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  14. Jan 2

    Two Muslim American women will be sworn into Congress tomorrow. Taking the oath on a Quran that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁦⁩ will become first Muslim-American women to serve in the House of Representatives.

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  15. Jan 2
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  16. Retweeted
    31 Dec 2018

    Exiled Iranian opposition making a list of who will be executed in a new Iran is a big revolutionary faux pas - first you promise freedom then once in power you start the bedeahings. Have you learned nothing?

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  17. Jan 1

    Here is the episode that Saudi Arabia told to take down. He explains the murder of at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. VIDEO:

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    Jan 1

    Netflix has a removed an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show "Patriot Act" in Saudi Arabia at the request of the government. In the episode, Minhaj criticizes the Saudi government for its role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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  19. Retweeted
    Jan 1

    نبیل الخطیب، مدیر ناظر بر تلویزیون ایران اینترنشنال، به مدیریت دو شبکه سعودی «العربیه» و «الحدث» منصوب شد. عبدالرحمن الراشد هم که قبلا مدیر العربیه بود، به ریاست شورای سردبیری این دو شبکه منصوب شد.

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    Jan 1

    Congratulations to Homeira Rigi for her appointment as ambassador to She is 2nd female ambassador to be named by IRI. She was 1st female to be appointed as governor for Qasr-e Qand in Sistan & Province.

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