Anish
@anishumashankar.bsky.social
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I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.
The Right’s Baseless Project to Link Trans People With Extremism
A campaign for the FBI to adopt a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism” is less about law enforcement than politics.
newrepublic.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.
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EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will halt abortions in October in response to the GOP budget "defunding" provision
It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:
It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to Halt Abortion Services
Sources say the affiliate isn't scheduling abortion appointments after September 30 in an apparent attempt to avoid Medicaid "defunding."
www.autonomynews.co
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will halt abortions in October in response to the GOP budget "defunding" provision
It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:
It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
September 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
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if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless
September 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless
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August 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Yeah, I'm never voting for Buttigieg even if he's the nominee. This is a bright line for me. You cave on trans issues and lend credence to bigots, it's over. I'm not letting the Dems go down the path of Labour.
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
Pete Buttigieg Doubles Down on Comments About the “Fairness” of Trans People in Sports
“I think in order to bring people together on this, we also have to take everyone seriously."
www.them.us
August 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Yeah, I'm never voting for Buttigieg even if he's the nominee. This is a bright line for me. You cave on trans issues and lend credence to bigots, it's over. I'm not letting the Dems go down the path of Labour.
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
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"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
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Guillermo del Toro - Studio Ghibli Masterclass (2013, TIFF festival) ❤️
Now online (80 minutes) >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Uo...
Now online (80 minutes) >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Uo...
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Guillermo del Toro - Studio Ghibli Masterclass (2013, TIFF festival) ❤️
Now online (80 minutes) >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Uo...
Now online (80 minutes) >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Uo...
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
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Lotsa laughs over the years at Cubans driving '57 Chevys.
That's how it'll feel in the U.S. in a short period of time.
That's how it'll feel in the U.S. in a short period of time.
July 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Lotsa laughs over the years at Cubans driving '57 Chevys.
That's how it'll feel in the U.S. in a short period of time.
That's how it'll feel in the U.S. in a short period of time.
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Alright 79% of Americans believe in immigration, it’s time to talk about the good immigration does, it’s time to frame what is happening to asylum seekers and workers and the constant harassment and intimidation as unpopular and unamerican, the country is with you Democrats!
Elected Democrats:
Elected Democrats:
July 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Alright 79% of Americans believe in immigration, it’s time to talk about the good immigration does, it’s time to frame what is happening to asylum seekers and workers and the constant harassment and intimidation as unpopular and unamerican, the country is with you Democrats!
Elected Democrats:
Elected Democrats:
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TBH this could be a problem for them
July 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
TBH this could be a problem for them
If the AIPAC donations weren’t enough of a sign, then this should be. Completely disqualifying of any credibility. Hope you and Newsom get crushed in the presidential race
This "Democrats and Republicans" line is bullshit.
I wrote a bipartisan bill last year that would have stopped all asylum seekers from being released into the country. It gave POTUS emergency power to shut down the border. It put billions into border security.
Trump killed it.
I wrote a bipartisan bill last year that would have stopped all asylum seekers from being released into the country. It gave POTUS emergency power to shut down the border. It put billions into border security.
Trump killed it.
July 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If the AIPAC donations weren’t enough of a sign, then this should be. Completely disqualifying of any credibility. Hope you and Newsom get crushed in the presidential race
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July 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Just sit with this for a moment. Israel perpetrated what is certainly the largest single mass killing of trans people in history. And it's basically a footnote in an article in the NYT covered weeks after it happened.
Israel bombed an Evin, an Iranian prison that housed dissidents and political prisoners. They ended up destroying the trans wing and murdering over 100 trans people incarcerated there, many for simply being queer in Iran.
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
July 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just sit with this for a moment. Israel perpetrated what is certainly the largest single mass killing of trans people in history. And it's basically a footnote in an article in the NYT covered weeks after it happened.
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It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban
July 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban
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Florence, Arizona never lost its prison vibe. To this day it’s a major hub for the carceral industry, with state and federal criminal detention centers and an ICE detention center.
Here’s the Google Maps, which features some questionable reviews.
Here’s the Google Maps, which features some questionable reviews.
June 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Florence, Arizona never lost its prison vibe. To this day it’s a major hub for the carceral industry, with state and federal criminal detention centers and an ICE detention center.
Here’s the Google Maps, which features some questionable reviews.
Here’s the Google Maps, which features some questionable reviews.
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Trying to do the whole half-decade Iraq War discourse in 72 hours.
June 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trying to do the whole half-decade Iraq War discourse in 72 hours.
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The Splatoon kids still keeping it real
June 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Splatoon kids still keeping it real
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honestly the ADL is more or less just an anti-Arab hate group which is entirely neutral on the issue of antisemitism
🎧EXCLUSIVE AUDIO — ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt at the Republican Attorneys General national meeting in NY this morning:
“Mahmoud Khalil… was not some child. He was one of the ringleaders of this group, and I am sure we’re going to find out about his ties to groups overseas.”
“Mahmoud Khalil… was not some child. He was one of the ringleaders of this group, and I am sure we’re going to find out about his ties to groups overseas.”
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
honestly the ADL is more or less just an anti-Arab hate group which is entirely neutral on the issue of antisemitism
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🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...