Aneela Mirchandani
@aneela.bsky.social
Independent journalist
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@aneela.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews
An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.
asamnews.com
1. Recently a federal judge dismissed a civil rights case alleging that the Californa Civil Rights dept had violated the civil rights of Hindu Americans.
What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....
asamnews.com/2025/07/30/h...
What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....
asamnews.com/2025/07/30/h...
Dozens of #MeToo stories made the headlines in the last few years but the plight of women truckers was generally ignored.
The trucking industry often recruits women leaving domestic violence situatons or destitute for other reasons. It promises them a career.
communitysentinel.media/2025/09/26/d...
The trucking industry often recruits women leaving domestic violence situatons or destitute for other reasons. It promises them a career.
communitysentinel.media/2025/09/26/d...
DRIVER: A Haunting Look at the Women Truckers That #MeToo Forgot - Community Sentinel
An entire ecosystem existed to protect the business model where the destitute are recruited into delivering freight at rock-bottom rates under the guise of training.
communitysentinel.media
September 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Dozens of #MeToo stories made the headlines in the last few years but the plight of women truckers was generally ignored.
The trucking industry often recruits women leaving domestic violence situatons or destitute for other reasons. It promises them a career.
communitysentinel.media/2025/09/26/d...
The trucking industry often recruits women leaving domestic violence situatons or destitute for other reasons. It promises them a career.
communitysentinel.media/2025/09/26/d...
Not only is it a well-funded operation, it also represents how dark money can give people who face mainstream disgrace a "second life" --- as long as they create "news" that suits the purpose of the wallets, they open.
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This came out on the day Charlie Kirk was assassinated so people missed it. Read it. This is a well-funded effort to turn the information environment to their advantage.
The “Informing America Foundation”.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “Informing America Foundation”.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news
John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.
www.motherjones.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Not only is it a well-funded operation, it also represents how dark money can give people who face mainstream disgrace a "second life" --- as long as they create "news" that suits the purpose of the wallets, they open.
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Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
Inside the Hidden Conservative Network Bankrolling an “Ecosystem” of Right-Wing News
John Solomon’s Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It’s working.
WILLIAM BREDDERMAN AND ANEELA MIRCHANDANI
SEPTEMBER+OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
John Solomon’s Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It’s working.
WILLIAM BREDDERMAN AND ANEELA MIRCHANDANI
SEPTEMBER+OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news
John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Inside the Hidden Conservative Network Bankrolling an “Ecosystem” of Right-Wing News
John Solomon’s Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It’s working.
WILLIAM BREDDERMAN AND ANEELA MIRCHANDANI
SEPTEMBER+OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
John Solomon’s Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It’s working.
WILLIAM BREDDERMAN AND ANEELA MIRCHANDANI
SEPTEMBER+OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
On the massive rightwing media network that Trump #NIH director Bhattacharya is deeply enmeshed with.
Bhattacharya did an interview with John Solomon at JTN, smearing Bethesda Declaration signers. Rightwing money then pushed out that message. Read this one 👇
Bhattacharya did an interview with John Solomon at JTN, smearing Bethesda Declaration signers. Rightwing money then pushed out that message. Read this one 👇
Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news
John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
On the massive rightwing media network that Trump #NIH director Bhattacharya is deeply enmeshed with.
Bhattacharya did an interview with John Solomon at JTN, smearing Bethesda Declaration signers. Rightwing money then pushed out that message. Read this one 👇
Bhattacharya did an interview with John Solomon at JTN, smearing Bethesda Declaration signers. Rightwing money then pushed out that message. Read this one 👇
1. Recently a federal judge dismissed a civil rights case alleging that the Californa Civil Rights dept had violated the civil rights of Hindu Americans.
What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....
asamnews.com/2025/07/30/h...
What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....
asamnews.com/2025/07/30/h...
Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews
An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.
asamnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1. Recently a federal judge dismissed a civil rights case alleging that the Californa Civil Rights dept had violated the civil rights of Hindu Americans.
What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....
asamnews.com/2025/07/30/h...
What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....
asamnews.com/2025/07/30/h...
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
“We risk reversing a decade of progress,” warns Covered California's CMO Dr. Monica Soni in her critical conversation about the #ACA and the pending Reconciliation Bill in @aneela.bsky.social's latest article on #healthcare for AsAmNews.
Read more: asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
Read more: asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
July 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“We risk reversing a decade of progress,” warns Covered California's CMO Dr. Monica Soni in her critical conversation about the #ACA and the pending Reconciliation Bill in @aneela.bsky.social's latest article on #healthcare for AsAmNews.
Read more: asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
Read more: asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
Ever since Obamacare was passed, GOP has tried to repeal it.
They tried a simple repeal, a skinny repeal, a repeal-and-replace, & shutting down the government. They failed each time.
Now, warns the CMO of Covered California, they may be on the verge of succeeding.
asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
They tried a simple repeal, a skinny repeal, a repeal-and-replace, & shutting down the government. They failed each time.
Now, warns the CMO of Covered California, they may be on the verge of succeeding.
asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
asamnews.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Ever since Obamacare was passed, GOP has tried to repeal it.
They tried a simple repeal, a skinny repeal, a repeal-and-replace, & shutting down the government. They failed each time.
Now, warns the CMO of Covered California, they may be on the verge of succeeding.
asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
They tried a simple repeal, a skinny repeal, a repeal-and-replace, & shutting down the government. They failed each time.
Now, warns the CMO of Covered California, they may be on the verge of succeeding.
asamnews.com/2025/07/01/o...
Recently Trump signed an EO to enforce English for truckers.
Trucking hires lots of foriegn-born drivers and it is bound to impact them.
At the same time, English fluency is a safety issue, which has been ignored in recent years.
My latest for @asamnews.bsky.social
asamnews.com/2025/06/12/s...
Trucking hires lots of foriegn-born drivers and it is bound to impact them.
At the same time, English fluency is a safety issue, which has been ignored in recent years.
My latest for @asamnews.bsky.social
asamnews.com/2025/06/12/s...
Sikh truckers sound off on Trump's English rule – AsAmNews
A new executive order from Donald Truck requiring truck drivers to speak English has divided the Sikh American community. What's behind the divide?
asamnews.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Recently Trump signed an EO to enforce English for truckers.
Trucking hires lots of foriegn-born drivers and it is bound to impact them.
At the same time, English fluency is a safety issue, which has been ignored in recent years.
My latest for @asamnews.bsky.social
asamnews.com/2025/06/12/s...
Trucking hires lots of foriegn-born drivers and it is bound to impact them.
At the same time, English fluency is a safety issue, which has been ignored in recent years.
My latest for @asamnews.bsky.social
asamnews.com/2025/06/12/s...
David is an amazing editor. I learned a tremendous amount as an intern.
I was unfortunately let go by the Daily Dot this week after eight years and, by my quick count, editing over 13,000 stories.
People always talk about small sites that "punch above their weight," but no one did it with as small a team and as few resources as we did.
People always talk about small sites that "punch above their weight," but no one did it with as small a team and as few resources as we did.
The Daily Dot—a site that helped define the internet era and was a launch pad for me and a ton of your favorite journalists like @marisakabas.bsky.social, @ericgeller.bsky.social, @asankin.bsky.social, @kevincollier.bsky.social, @williamturton.bsky.social, @kateconger.com & more—has been gutted. RIP
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
David is an amazing editor. I learned a tremendous amount as an intern.
Now here's something odd.
Why did a PAC advertising itself as "America First" and promising to reestablish a Christ-focused ideology in America, attract 12 Hindu American donors, some giving large 5-figure donations?
There lies a story....
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
Why did a PAC advertising itself as "America First" and promising to reestablish a Christ-focused ideology in America, attract 12 Hindu American donors, some giving large 5-figure donations?
There lies a story....
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative PAC raked in donations from Hindus—trashed them after checks cleared
The money was spent on a swanky gala and a firm owned by the PAC's chairman.
www.dailydot.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Now here's something odd.
Why did a PAC advertising itself as "America First" and promising to reestablish a Christ-focused ideology in America, attract 12 Hindu American donors, some giving large 5-figure donations?
There lies a story....
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
Why did a PAC advertising itself as "America First" and promising to reestablish a Christ-focused ideology in America, attract 12 Hindu American donors, some giving large 5-figure donations?
There lies a story....
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
What does NPIC mean in this context?
Reflecting on yesterday's hearing, I'm sort of at a loss. The objections to SB 79 and SB 677 from Wahab and others ranged from factually incorrect to borderline incoherent. At root they're simply opposed to *any* new, non-subsidized housing. What do you do with that? calmatters.org/politics/202...
California Democrats, YIMBYs clash over housing bills and ‘abundance’ agenda
Abundance meets resistance: California's housing battle heats up as YIMBY bill survives committee vote despite Democratic chair's opposition.
calmatters.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What does NPIC mean in this context?
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
Conservative PAC took donations exclusively from Hindu Americans. But the money didn't go to any causes.
Instead, after the checks cleared, the PAC turned and trashed the community, calling one prominent Hindu a 'gremlin.'
New from @aneela.bsky.social
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
Instead, after the checks cleared, the PAC turned and trashed the community, calling one prominent Hindu a 'gremlin.'
New from @aneela.bsky.social
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative PAC raked in donations from Hindus—trashed them after checks cleared
The money was spent on a swanky gala and a firm owned by the PAC's chairman.
www.dailydot.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Conservative PAC took donations exclusively from Hindu Americans. But the money didn't go to any causes.
Instead, after the checks cleared, the PAC turned and trashed the community, calling one prominent Hindu a 'gremlin.'
New from @aneela.bsky.social
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
Instead, after the checks cleared, the PAC turned and trashed the community, calling one prominent Hindu a 'gremlin.'
New from @aneela.bsky.social
www.dailydot.com/debug/conser...
My interview with a Sikh Separatist
This conversation may be difficult to listen to for many. It was difficult for me, as an interviewer. But I'm all about speaking to people we disagree with.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
This conversation may be difficult to listen to for many. It was difficult for me, as an interviewer. But I'm all about speaking to people we disagree with.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
My interview with a Sikh Separatist
Podcast Episode · The Sikh Nation Report · 02/25/2025 · 1h 11m
podcasts.apple.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My interview with a Sikh Separatist
This conversation may be difficult to listen to for many. It was difficult for me, as an interviewer. But I'm all about speaking to people we disagree with.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
This conversation may be difficult to listen to for many. It was difficult for me, as an interviewer. But I'm all about speaking to people we disagree with.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
A constitutional sheriff in northern Idaho shows what the movement is really about: an ideology of sheriff supremacy.
I spent 7 months plowing through 7000 pages of FOIA docs to understand how a sheriff in Bonner County ID amassed power in the county.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
I spent 7 months plowing through 7000 pages of FOIA docs to understand how a sheriff in Bonner County ID amassed power in the county.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
How a constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over an entire county—and won
A small Idaho county is the blueprint for the future of America's burgeoning constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A constitutional sheriff in northern Idaho shows what the movement is really about: an ideology of sheriff supremacy.
I spent 7 months plowing through 7000 pages of FOIA docs to understand how a sheriff in Bonner County ID amassed power in the county.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
I spent 7 months plowing through 7000 pages of FOIA docs to understand how a sheriff in Bonner County ID amassed power in the county.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
This newsletter is a great way to keep tabs on the far right.
Morning Briefing: The City of Springfield, Ohio, has filed a federal lawsuit against Blood Tribe, the neo-Nazi White Supremacist group, and alleges the group 'unleashed a torrent of hateful conduct.'
Morning Briefing: Springfield Files Lawsuit Against Neo-Nazi Group for 'Torrent of Hateful Conduct'
The City of Springfield, Ohio, has filed a federal lawsuit against Blood Tribe, the neo-Nazi White Supremacist group, and alleges the group 'unleashed a torrent of hateful conduct.'
www.radicalreports.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This newsletter is a great way to keep tabs on the far right.
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
A constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over a whole county—and won www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner... by @aneela.bsky.social
How a constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over an entire county—and won
A small Idaho county is the blueprint for the future of America's burgeoning constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over a whole county—and won www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner... by @aneela.bsky.social
Daily Dot's FOIA internship was the best journalism training I could have hoped for during the end of grad school.
And shout out to David as a teacher.
And shout out to David as a teacher.
Also shout out the Daily Dot's FOIA Internship program, the only media internship focused solely on teaching public records
Legal threats, personal grudges, official investigations, clandestine surveillance, the death of a county official.
Seven months ago, @aneela.bsky.social sent a FOIA to a small town in Idaho. What came back was the future of the constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
Seven months ago, @aneela.bsky.social sent a FOIA to a small town in Idaho. What came back was the future of the constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
February 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Daily Dot's FOIA internship was the best journalism training I could have hoped for during the end of grad school.
And shout out to David as a teacher.
And shout out to David as a teacher.
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
Great article by @aneela.bsky.social about Bonner County Sheriff Daryle Wheeler. It gives a lot of detail about the power Wheeler holds over Bonner County, but it only scratches the surface. Maybe there will be a follow-up piece with more Wheeler improprieties.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
How a constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over an entire county—and won
A small Idaho county is the blueprint for the future of America's burgeoning constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Great article by @aneela.bsky.social about Bonner County Sheriff Daryle Wheeler. It gives a lot of detail about the power Wheeler holds over Bonner County, but it only scratches the surface. Maybe there will be a follow-up piece with more Wheeler improprieties.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
Legal threats, personal grudges, official investigations, clandestine surveillance, the death of a county official.
Seven months ago, @aneela.bsky.social sent a FOIA to a small town in Idaho. What came back was the future of the constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
Seven months ago, @aneela.bsky.social sent a FOIA to a small town in Idaho. What came back was the future of the constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
How a constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over an entire county—and won
A small Idaho county is the blueprint for the future of America's burgeoning constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Legal threats, personal grudges, official investigations, clandestine surveillance, the death of a county official.
Seven months ago, @aneela.bsky.social sent a FOIA to a small town in Idaho. What came back was the future of the constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
Seven months ago, @aneela.bsky.social sent a FOIA to a small town in Idaho. What came back was the future of the constitutional sheriff movement.
www.dailydot.com/debug/bonner...
Reposted by Aneela Mirchandani
Wrote about Arsh Dalla -- a man on India's Most Wanted list. He was picked up in Canada on a minor crime.
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Who is Arsh Dalla? Canada's Perp, India's Most Wanted
How Dalla, who now heads the Khalistan Tiger Force, uses sacrilege to kickstart an insurgency in Punjab
sikhnation.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wrote about Arsh Dalla -- a man on India's Most Wanted list. He was picked up in Canada on a minor crime.
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Wrote about Arsh Dalla -- a man on India's Most Wanted list. He was picked up in Canada on a minor crime.
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Who is Arsh Dalla? Canada's Perp, India's Most Wanted
How Dalla, who now heads the Khalistan Tiger Force, uses sacrilege to kickstart an insurgency in Punjab
sikhnation.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wrote about Arsh Dalla -- a man on India's Most Wanted list. He was picked up in Canada on a minor crime.
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
Tried to portray here how Sikh separatist politics is entwined with notions of sacrilege.
#arshdalla #arshdala
sikhnation.substack.com/p/who-is-ars...
In my latest for Asian American News, congressman Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, calls for an FBI investigation of the death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji.
Balaji's parents have not accepted the official verdict of suicide, calling it foul play.
asamnews.com/2025/01/18/r...
Balaji's parents have not accepted the official verdict of suicide, calling it foul play.
asamnews.com/2025/01/18/r...
Congressman Ro Khanna Calls for FBI Investigation Into OpenAI Whistleblower's Death – AsAmNews
On Wednesday, Rep. Ro Khanna called for a “full and transparent” FBI investigation in the Nov. death of OpenAI whistleblower, 26-year-old Suchir Balaji, which has been ruled a suicide by […]
asamnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In my latest for Asian American News, congressman Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, calls for an FBI investigation of the death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji.
Balaji's parents have not accepted the official verdict of suicide, calling it foul play.
asamnews.com/2025/01/18/r...
Balaji's parents have not accepted the official verdict of suicide, calling it foul play.
asamnews.com/2025/01/18/r...
The Indian government completes its investigation on the Pannun murder plot.
Unnamed in report, but they appear to blame R&AW official Vikash Yadav for going rogue.
He was arrested for an unrelated extortion offence in Dec. 2023.
But he has vanished.
asamnews.com/2025/01/16/i...
Unnamed in report, but they appear to blame R&AW official Vikash Yadav for going rogue.
He was arrested for an unrelated extortion offence in Dec. 2023.
But he has vanished.
asamnews.com/2025/01/16/i...
Indian committee probing NY murder plot blames rogue operative – AsAmNews
An Indian Enquiry Committee released an update around the attempted murder of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an Indian American Sikh activist.
asamnews.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Indian government completes its investigation on the Pannun murder plot.
Unnamed in report, but they appear to blame R&AW official Vikash Yadav for going rogue.
He was arrested for an unrelated extortion offence in Dec. 2023.
But he has vanished.
asamnews.com/2025/01/16/i...
Unnamed in report, but they appear to blame R&AW official Vikash Yadav for going rogue.
He was arrested for an unrelated extortion offence in Dec. 2023.
But he has vanished.
asamnews.com/2025/01/16/i...
Yet another strong tremblor #earthquake
That was a strong shake in SF
#earthquake
#earthquake
January 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yet another strong tremblor #earthquake