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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 53m

@donlemonofficial.bsky.social joins me to discuss the occupation of Chicago, resisting to ICE, and the problem of angry white men.

LIVE now.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 59m

Trump's much-celebrated "ceasefire" and peace deal didn't even last a day.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

What a shock!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

Solidarity is the only way

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1h

Please do not let it be true that D’Angelo has died. That cannot be possible.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit

Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21h

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

Congrats, Bears fans.

Congrats, Jake Moody.

Glad you got the demons out of your system.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

If I'm the Bears, I'm going for a touchdown.

I have ZERO faith in Moody.

Neither should you, Bears fans.

Trust us, Niners fans. It's torture.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

Bear fans are about to go through the Jake Moody experience.

Good luck.

Sincerely,
Niners fans.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

Did not see the Falcons upsetting the Bills today! 👀

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

ICE Serves Only to Terrorize and Occupy Americans

It's no longer just undocumented immigrants, Muslims, Black people, & pro-Palestinian activists who are targets. As ICE violently marches across American cities, the majority must stand up & resist.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

@donlemonofficial.bsky.social finally joins The Left Hook Tuesday at 1 pm ET to discuss his reporting from Chicago on how ICE is terrorizing local communities.

I'm sure we will piss off all the right people.

Tune in. No paywalls.

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(Maybe I'll drop in a U-Crane reference)

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack

A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

You know MAGA is an incestuous cult because the entire world, especially Palestinians, realizes Israel just played Trump and there's no "peace in the Middle East."

However, Trump gets his ego stroked, and MAGA Reeks get to praise their King for a day.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

Did Republicans give Biden and the Democrats credit for freeing more than 100 Israeli hostages?

No?

Yeah, thought so.

Israel is playing Trump and MAGA right now. The entire world knows it except Trump and MAGA.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.

North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat

The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18h

Trump Knows He is Going to Hell

Donald Trump, The Cult of Personality, and the GOP’s Reckoning: The Contradictions of a Failing, Authoritarian Presidency.

With @daniellemoodie.bsky.social

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18h

Even MAGA's "King" Can't Escape The Shackles of the Epstein Files

The Epstein Files continue to be Trump's Achilles Heel and can potentially derail his very clear and unsubtle desire to become the future "King" of America

With @muellershewrote.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18h

They're freaked out about the NO KINGS rally.

Good.

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Trump Cabinet Secretary Thinks Peaceful Protesters Are Terrorists

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said people who attend this weekend’s No Kings protests are “antifa.”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

He so badly wants to be a dictator.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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