Zaid Jilani

@ZaidJilani

, , , and in my past, in my present. Love cats, the South, and cheesecake

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    Dec 5

    I asked if he fears violence, as many diplomats do, after recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. He responds by complimenting my pants and saying he needs to get some. Here's the recording. Is this the response his constituents deserve?

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  2. Dec 7

    Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer on CNN: "What the president has done is put a dagger in fake history."

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  3. Dec 7

    Killer Mike touting People's Policy Project's report on how black wealth was destroyed under Obama (except for the top 10%)

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  4. Dec 7

    One of the big mythologies about this whole thing is that Israelis and Palestinians are two sovereign people fighting an internecine war, instead of the reality which is it's a civil rights struggle by one state that governs 2 people unequally

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  5. Dec 7

    I feel like if you just excluded all the people on tv who talk about this right now and picked an IR major undergrad at random you would get some accurate commentary/reporting on cable news.

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  6. Dec 7

    "You have two countries that are claiming Jerusalem" - on CNN

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  7. Dec 7

    Keith Ellison supported Bittel too..

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  8. Dec 7

    Earlier this year Florida Democrats rejected one candidate for chair because he was too pro-Palestine. They elected Stephen Bittel instead. How did that turn out?

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  9. Dec 7

    This is pretty much right although some believed Norwood is a little more progressive on housing affordability. Something Lance-Bottoms should take into account if she wants to be re-elected in four years.

    In the Atlanta mayoral race, on homeless issues, city worker pay, gentrification, city contractors, city gov transparency, both candidates seemed about the same, with Keisha Lance-Bottoms more conservative on some issues.
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  10. Dec 7

    Roy, you're a Christian right? Most Christians in Jerusalem are Palestinians, and they are treated as second-class citizens.

    I am grateful that the Trump-Pence Administration is working to restore the trust that was betrayed during the Obama era and I support their decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, as a signal of our continued commitment to our ally.
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    Dec 6

    Morning Consult/Politico poll released in late November showed 15 percent of Republicans would vote for Sanders over Trump 12% aren't sure

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  12. Dec 7

    The other candidae is the former sheriff of Dallas County

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  13. Dec 7

    TX GOV gets 2nd Dem in: . He wants Texas to lead in everything including "Self-driving cars… (that can fly!)"

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    Dec 7

    Wow. "One study published earlier this year, in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, found that reducing societal stigma through marriage legalization had led to a 14 percent reduction in suicide attempts among lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers."

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  15. Dec 7

    What is the logic of ending mandatory arbitration for just one thing? Be with all workers suffering from all abuses and end it altogether

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  16. Dec 7

    It's the same claptrap Democrats use against Cornel West but there were less memes involved back then

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  17. Dec 7

    Anyway you can see all this being rehashed on social media these days. You know how it would go. "MLK is a privileged purist who insults a president who did more for black people and the poor than any other -- he has the privilege to oppose setting Vietnamese children on fire"

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  18. Dec 7

    Labor unions also did not favor what King was doing, for the most part they supported the war

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  19. Dec 7

    Harris poll, May 1967: 25% of African Americans and 9% of Americans agreed with King coming out against the Vietnam War

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  20. Dec 7

    Jackie Robinson writing to President Johnson distancing himself from MLK due to his stance on Vietnam

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  21. Dec 7

    This one is funny, the liberal New York Times spent the 50's and early 60's praising MLK for doing civil disobedience in the South. When he said he would do it in Northern cities in response to poverty, they complained he would aggravate divisions

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