Farhana Khera
@farhanakhera.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer & advisor
Walter Cronkite is rolling in his grave.
December 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Walter Cronkite is rolling in his grave.
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The Trump gold card
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Trump gold card
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The India trade deal is nowhere. The Indonesia deal is collapsing. And the Vietnam deal has driven them into the arms of the Chinese.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The India trade deal is nowhere. The Indonesia deal is collapsing. And the Vietnam deal has driven them into the arms of the Chinese.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
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December 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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“.. Last year, the percentage of H-1B-sponsored doctors in rural counties was nearly twice the share in urban ones ..”
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December 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“.. Last year, the percentage of H-1B-sponsored doctors in rural counties was nearly twice the share in urban ones ..”
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The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of r...
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
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I’m glad he’s discovered Due Process.
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m glad he’s discovered Due Process.
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*Exactly* right. (From @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, in an explainer by @charliesavage.bsky.social.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
*Exactly* right. (From @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, in an explainer by @charliesavage.bsky.social.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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Oh hey I wonder why that “you don’t have to follow an illegal order” video got them so hot and bothered?
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Oh hey I wonder why that “you don’t have to follow an illegal order” video got them so hot and bothered?
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Officials detain the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew amid the Trump administration's ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts, a source confirms to NBC News.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's relative detained by ICE
The mother of Leavitt's nephew is subject to deportation, sources said.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Officials detain the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew amid the Trump administration's ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts, a source confirms to NBC News.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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This poor child, this poor mom. This is just evil.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This poor child, this poor mom. This is just evil.
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seems like MTG won not only the MAGA civil war on Epstein files -- but on health insurance too.
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White House to pitch a Trump Obamacare extension with limits
Republicans have been eager for Trump to reveal his preferences on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
seems like MTG won not only the MAGA civil war on Epstein files -- but on health insurance too.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Aspects of our political system which are currently failing and long overdue for reform:
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
Take stock of everything that is failing us right now.
When the moment comes, don’t seek to restore + improve those institutions.
We should replace them.
When the moment comes, don’t seek to restore + improve those institutions.
We should replace them.
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Aspects of our political system which are currently failing and long overdue for reform:
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
Ken kills it. Best analysis I've heard/read. The smart politicians will understand, like Mamdani did, that if you center the PEOPLE, not the money interests, you will win.
How Mamdani won (it wasn't social media)
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Mamdani's Magic
How a 34-year-old became the next mayor of New York City
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ken kills it. Best analysis I've heard/read. The smart politicians will understand, like Mamdani did, that if you center the PEOPLE, not the money interests, you will win.
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Zohran Mamdani, the next mayor of NYC, has the potential to transform not just a city but the politics of a nation that desperately needs an antidote to Donald Trump’s oppressions, write Katrina vanden Heuvel and @nicholsuprising.bsky.social.
From Mission Impossible to Mister Mayor
If Zohran Mamdani governs as he campaigned, he will prove that the people have the power to shape their own future.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Zohran Mamdani, the next mayor of NYC, has the potential to transform not just a city but the politics of a nation that desperately needs an antidote to Donald Trump’s oppressions, write Katrina vanden Heuvel and @nicholsuprising.bsky.social.
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Mamdani: So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Mamdani: So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.
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I have actually not seen Mamdani give a formal speech and what I’ll say is that unlike so many of his peers he is not trying to mimic anyone in his delivery. He is simply being himself and it is very effective.
I’ve been interested in political speeches for as long as I can remember. I’ve listened to nearly every inaugural and major address, and I’ve given tons of public speeches myself.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I have actually not seen Mamdani give a formal speech and what I’ll say is that unlike so many of his peers he is not trying to mimic anyone in his delivery. He is simply being himself and it is very effective.
Yep, some Democrats showed their true colors and who they really stand for and are willing to fight for. The good news is that beginning tonight, the light on their political futures is going out.
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Yep, some Democrats showed their true colors and who they really stand for and are willing to fight for. The good news is that beginning tonight, the light on their political futures is going out.
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A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
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In New York City, two million voters have now cast ballots in the mayor’s race, the most voters since 1969, according to the city’s Board of Elections.
NYC Mayoral Election Live Updates: Turnout Hits 2 Million Voters
A hotly contested race among Zohran Mamdani, Andrew M. Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa inspired voter participation not seen in half a century.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
In New York City, two million voters have now cast ballots in the mayor’s race, the most voters since 1969, according to the city’s Board of Elections.