Omar E-Ayat
@oelayat.bsky.social
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Not paying for a knob, not 3D printing a knob, but a secret third thing
January 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not paying for a knob, not 3D printing a knob, but a secret third thing
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[Halfway through chapter 1] “Jill I’ve made a huge mistake.”
President Biden and family exited Nantucket Bookworks this afternoon with the president carrying the book, "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine" by Rashid Khalidi, according to pool reporters.
November 29, 2024 at 10:21 PM
[Halfway through chapter 1] “Jill I’ve made a huge mistake.”
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donald trump gave elon musk the second controller and kept it unplugged
the DOGE agency will not have the authority to reallocate funds (nor would that be constitutional), it is a PR tool to create the impression that government spending is inherently wasteful and build political momentum for spending cuts
Hypothetical. I'm curious what people think. If the DOGE agency worked on the premise that half of all savings in a federal program were distributed as increased benefits to qualified recipients, would you consider the details ?
November 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
donald trump gave elon musk the second controller and kept it unplugged
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when they say “freaks” they literally just mean people who think human rights are good
November 16, 2024 at 1:28 AM
when they say “freaks” they literally just mean people who think human rights are good
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I will share this again when it’s not Shabbat but for @forward.bsky.social I wrote about how Trump’s likely measures to fight antisemitism will actually be tools to dismantle democracy and why Jews shouldn’t help him do it forward.com/opinion/6757...
Will Trump's efforts to fight antisemitism help degrade democracy?
Trump has promised bold actions to combat American antisemitism. But they'll likely only lead to the degradation of democratic institutions.
forward.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:32 AM
I will share this again when it’s not Shabbat but for @forward.bsky.social I wrote about how Trump’s likely measures to fight antisemitism will actually be tools to dismantle democracy and why Jews shouldn’t help him do it forward.com/opinion/6757...
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The lack of institutional response to this article was a disaster
The reporting on Elon Musk I've been working on for The New Yorker over the past year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The lack of institutional response to this article was a disaster
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people are so desperate for trump and musk to have a falling out, but i think we should be planning as if that won’t happen instead of trying to game out fantasy scenarios of how they might get into a spat
November 15, 2024 at 8:04 PM
people are so desperate for trump and musk to have a falling out, but i think we should be planning as if that won’t happen instead of trying to game out fantasy scenarios of how they might get into a spat
They couldn’t get a 2 min speaking slot, but more agency than the most powerful man on earth 🫠
November 14, 2024 at 6:08 PM
They couldn’t get a 2 min speaking slot, but more agency than the most powerful man on earth 🫠
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[Trump begins executing political prisoners in prime time]
Chuck Todd: Damn, this is going to make good television.
Chuck Todd: Damn, this is going to make good television.
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 PM
[Trump begins executing political prisoners in prime time]
Chuck Todd: Damn, this is going to make good television.
Chuck Todd: Damn, this is going to make good television.
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not gonna lie this is top ten funniest headlines of all time material
Anyone who wants to keep politics out of art is a fascist who seeks to keep everyone else’s politics out of art and/or a dilettante who understands neither politics nor art.
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 AM
not gonna lie this is top ten funniest headlines of all time material
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democrats haven't won a presidential election without a Biden on the ticket since 1996. the choice for 2028 is clear
November 13, 2024 at 7:44 PM
democrats haven't won a presidential election without a Biden on the ticket since 1996. the choice for 2028 is clear
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Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...
‘Fund the Police’ Backfired—and Gave Trump More Power Than Ever
Democrats spent the last four years running away from police reform and instead chanted "fund the police." They lost.
theappeal.org
November 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...
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A Biden administration ultimatum that Israel increase humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing access to some U.S. weapons has now passed. Israel did not meet the U.S. criteria, but the administration will continue sending weapons regardless.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-ignores-biden-ul…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-ignores-biden-ul…
Biden Israel ‘ultimatum’ was a sham
A Biden administration ultimatum that Israel increase humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing access to some U.S. weapons has now passed. Israel did not meet the U.S. criteria, but the administration...
buff.ly
November 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A Biden administration ultimatum that Israel increase humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing access to some U.S. weapons has now passed. Israel did not meet the U.S. criteria, but the administration will continue sending weapons regardless.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-ignores-biden-ul…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-ignores-biden-ul…
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What to even say about these Trump appointments? Gaetz for AG, Gabbard for DNI, Hegseth for DoD. It's cartoonish, and before we can even consider what they'll do in their roles, we have the absurd spectacle of GOP senators worming through the loyalty tests that will be their confirmation
November 13, 2024 at 8:54 PM
What to even say about these Trump appointments? Gaetz for AG, Gabbard for DNI, Hegseth for DoD. It's cartoonish, and before we can even consider what they'll do in their roles, we have the absurd spectacle of GOP senators worming through the loyalty tests that will be their confirmation
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How is this not a sick joke?
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Axelrod pushes for Rahm Emanuel as DNC chair
Democratic strategist David Axelrod pushed for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel to become the new chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). “If they said, ‘Well, what should we do? Who…
thehill.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:15 PM
How is this not a sick joke?
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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I am so sick of this discourse. The question isn't whether random left-wing people do irritating things. The question is why Democrats are held responsible for the actions of the fringe left while Republicans are not held responsible for the actions of the fringe right.
There’s a “Dems use alienating campus language” discourse going on; I think it’s basically right. College-educated America — media, boardroom, Dems — does adopt language that other people don’t use and sounds odd to them.
Years ago, the AP replaced “illegal” with “undocumented immigrants.” (1/2)
Years ago, the AP replaced “illegal” with “undocumented immigrants.” (1/2)
November 13, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I am so sick of this discourse. The question isn't whether random left-wing people do irritating things. The question is why Democrats are held responsible for the actions of the fringe left while Republicans are not held responsible for the actions of the fringe right.
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November 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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how your email finds me
November 13, 2024 at 7:19 PM
how your email finds me
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Can't imagine why this guy would have a chip on his shoulder about language policing
November 13, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Can't imagine why this guy would have a chip on his shoulder about language policing
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Nothing makes me feel more pessimistic about the state of the country than the refusal of political pundits to understand the difference between Democrats' actual positions and bad-faith Republican lies about their positions.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Nothing makes me feel more pessimistic about the state of the country than the refusal of political pundits to understand the difference between Democrats' actual positions and bad-faith Republican lies about their positions.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I warned in my 2021 book REIGN OF TERROR that every aspect of the War on Terror needed to be abolished before its mechanisms would be further aimed at Internal Enemies. Biden was never going to do that. Now MAGA seeks to designate liberal & left nonprofits as terror supporters.
The War on Terror Comes To Defund Left & Liberal Nonprofits
And here's the turn of the ratchet to begin the Second Trump Era: using "support for terrorism" to get rid of tax exemptions for organizations that oppose his agenda
www.forever-wars.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I warned in my 2021 book REIGN OF TERROR that every aspect of the War on Terror needed to be abolished before its mechanisms would be further aimed at Internal Enemies. Biden was never going to do that. Now MAGA seeks to designate liberal & left nonprofits as terror supporters.
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