Wajahat Ali
@WajahatAli
The Left Hook Substack, Democracy-Ish Podcast, Author of a memoir & a play, http://wajali.bsky.social, [email protected], http://wajali.com
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Abughazaleh: I am from one of those families. I do not want Israeli children to live in fear. And I don't want gazan children to starve to death. And there is no enemy of either state that could want me to wish that or excuse the starvation of children. It is that simple. Food is…
Great work, @StephenM You sent Venezuelan immigrants with no criminal record to be tortured for months in El Salvador before sending them back to Venezuela, where the prisoners they were exchanged for include a mass murderer who is now roaming the streets of America - because…
It’s chilling to watch the people who have cheerled this famine-genocide for two years finally acknowledge the predictable consequences. They sense how history will record this and they want to whitewash their own role in making it happen.
Dear America, We are at the point in our story where they confidently say exactly what they are doing and why on camera and on their own network.
Read this very carefully: *One quarter* of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in the past *3 days*
Israel has just bombed a tent of a cameraman of TV channel in Gaza. His wife and children were killed. His is critically wounded. Unbelievable It’s 11:20 p.m.
Also, why did he give Epstein his 77 million NYC townhouse for free?
Why did Victoria's Secret CEO, Billionaire Leslie Wexner, give Epstein near total control of his finances? Maybe we should ask him. He's still alive.
Moreno: No matter how much is disclosed, there’s going to be a small segment of the population fueled primarily by media and the Democrats that are never going to be satisfied Collins: Bannon and Loomer are not fueled by the media and Democrats
During normal times, it would be headline news that an unhinged bigot and hatemonger like Loomer, who is so racist that she's even lost MTG, has meetings with the State Department and access to Donald Trump, but here we are.
Productive afternoon of meetings at the State Department. @StateDept
Reality Check: Trump hates South Park, but Google searches for it are up 670%! It was the most searched topic with Trump this afternoon. And unlike what Trump said, South Park's still popular. It's a top 20 streaming show! Also, many GOPers like the show (unlike Colbert).
JD, they'll never love you. Never ever? Never ever. You're Thiel's boy. Groomed for this role. But MAGA will never embrace you. Murdoch is lining you up to replace Trump, but be careful what you wish for.
The contention--which is pretty clear if you just read what I said--is that it's bogus for the WSJ to publish a hit piece without showing us the letter. I have no idea if the book exists--WSJ won't show it to us. I have no idea if the letter exists--WSJ won't show it to us. What…
After calling the WSJ story “complete and utter bullshit” @JDVance now claims he meant it’s “bogus” that they didn’t show them the letter (with a naked lady drawing) Trump allegedly wrote Epstein before they published. Now he tells @chrislhayes he “has no idea” if it exists.
There’s a new trend of pro-Israeli Govt commentators announcing on here why they refuse to appear on @PiersUncensored … with lengthy disingenuous monologues that can be edited down to: ‘We can no longer defend the indefensible without sounding ridiculous.’ I see you. 👁️
Beinart: The blood is on our hands as Americans because it is our weapons that is responsible for those children starving to death. Jennings: No blood for the hands of Hamas. Beinart: One of my closest friends was blown up by hamas. I have probably a lot more experience with…
Deeply concerning part of Columbia's capitulation to Trump: Foreign students arrested at protests can now be detained by ICE regardless of whether university admin's punish them. Significant escalation of efforts to chill speech & protest activity by non-citizen students.
NYT confirms Trump’s name is on contributor list for Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book but have not reviewed his note to Epstein. They found one of Trump’s own books inscribed by Trump to Epstein, signed and dated October 1997: “To Jeff — You are the greatest!” Gift link below.
Trump has more pictures with Jeffrey Epstein than most people have with their grandparents.
New Trump-Epstein photo just dropped, this one featuring James Brown. (via NYT)
The forced famine of more than 2 million people in Gaza, including one in five children, is the direct result of Israel withholding food aid. The US government must pressure Israel to immediately let in more aid and stop shooting people trying to feed their families before…
Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam International were among the 115 international aid groups that signed a statement describing food shortages in Gaza as "mass starvation," as the "Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza." abcnews.link/IjBCpVy