Zareena Grewal
@zareenagrewal.bsky.social
Yale Prof, Anthropologist, Historian, Author of ISLAM IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AUTHORITY, Director and Producer of BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
Bylines: NYT WashPo Atlantic NPR
Bylines: NYT WashPo Atlantic NPR
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
Jeffrey Epstein, The Difference Between Conspiracy & Conspiracy Theory, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
*that signals Trump's desire to ban state AI laws
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
*that signals Trump's desire to ban state AI laws
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
The exact plan isn't detailed in this article, but we know what the plan is: relegate as much of what the Department of Education does to the private sector so the rich can get richer — and because undermining education makes it easier for authoritarian regimes to rule.
Exclusive: The Education Department plans to move multiple parts of the agency to other federal departments, an unprecedented effort to dismantle an agency created by Congress to ensure all Americans have equal access to educational opportunity.
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The exact plan isn't detailed in this article, but we know what the plan is: relegate as much of what the Department of Education does to the private sector so the rich can get richer — and because undermining education makes it easier for authoritarian regimes to rule.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Saudi F-35s, congrats Brett McGurk it was all worth it, you did the thing, Lockheed Sealed Delivered
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Saudi F-35s, congrats Brett McGurk it was all worth it, you did the thing, Lockheed Sealed Delivered
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
I literally called it
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I literally called it
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
When will Biden dead enders admit that it was probably bad that his most cherished foreign policy advisor was literally a crypto-Republican freak lol
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
When will Biden dead enders admit that it was probably bad that his most cherished foreign policy advisor was literally a crypto-Republican freak lol
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
As one of the 3 dozen people on here who actually pay attention to this issue and MENA more broadly as a job it is still very amusing to see people think it's the left who loves this plan. The most voracious defenders of it are Blob careerists or their orbiters— Blinken, McGurk, Lindsey Graham, etc.
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As one of the 3 dozen people on here who actually pay attention to this issue and MENA more broadly as a job it is still very amusing to see people think it's the left who loves this plan. The most voracious defenders of it are Blob careerists or their orbiters— Blinken, McGurk, Lindsey Graham, etc.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Whereas some people are just bigoted and do shallow conspiracism to explain this it's actually rather simple— those in the foreign policy establishment like each other and like the same five bad ideas they constantly give each other. If Democrats ever want to evolve they need to find alternative.
A simple way to determine if someone knows what they're talking about is to ask them:
Who has praised Trump's diplomacy?
Anthony Blinken, or Rashida Tlaib?
Brett McGurk, or Ilhan Omar?
Jack Lew, or Zohran Mamdani?
Who has praised Trump's diplomacy?
Anthony Blinken, or Rashida Tlaib?
Brett McGurk, or Ilhan Omar?
Jack Lew, or Zohran Mamdani?
As one of the 3 dozen people on here who actually pay attention to this issue and MENA more broadly as a job it is still very amusing to see people think it's the left who loves this plan. The most voracious defenders of it are Blob careerists or their orbiters— Blinken, McGurk, Lindsey Graham, etc.
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Whereas some people are just bigoted and do shallow conspiracism to explain this it's actually rather simple— those in the foreign policy establishment like each other and like the same five bad ideas they constantly give each other. If Democrats ever want to evolve they need to find alternative.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Barring a dramatic reversal, it seems like MBS will have managed to acquire almost everything he wanted out of a trilateral agreement between the US, Saudi, and Israel without actually having to join any such agreement.
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Barring a dramatic reversal, it seems like MBS will have managed to acquire almost everything he wanted out of a trilateral agreement between the US, Saudi, and Israel without actually having to join any such agreement.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
They're always weird, they never think they're weird, it's important to say they're weird. Grownups shouldn't tell other grownups they're demonic and you're a freak if you do.
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
They're always weird, they never think they're weird, it's important to say they're weird. Grownups shouldn't tell other grownups they're demonic and you're a freak if you do.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Donate to Diana to ensure that Zohran's successor is a committed socialist!
WOW. It's not even 9:30am, and we've already raised over $12,000 from 125 individual contributors. 🤯
Can you chip in $36 for District 36 and get us to $30,000 on Day One? 💸
Can you chip in $36 for District 36 and get us to $30,000 on Day One? 💸
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Donate to Diana to ensure that Zohran's successor is a committed socialist!
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Reporting from Belem, Mark Hertsgaard of @coveringclimatenow.org writes about Indigenous protesters who pushed their way into the main entrance of COP30's "Blue Zone," where Indigenous voices have been largely excluded.
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
www.thenation.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reporting from Belem, Mark Hertsgaard of @coveringclimatenow.org writes about Indigenous protesters who pushed their way into the main entrance of COP30's "Blue Zone," where Indigenous voices have been largely excluded.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Interestingly, it does not seem like this is contingent upon normalization with Israel like the Israelis were demanding.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Interestingly, it does not seem like this is contingent upon normalization with Israel like the Israelis were demanding.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Trump has just announced that the United States will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Trump has just announced that the United States will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
i wrote about shame, its role in our civic life, and why we need to make america ashamed again.
A politics without shame can win elections. But it can’t build a country worth living in, writes @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
The Moral Lesson Buried in Last Week’s ‘Blue Wave’
America should feel shame again.
sojo.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i wrote about shame, its role in our civic life, and why we need to make america ashamed again.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
Reposted by Zareena Grewal
I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.