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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 15h

It's hard for me to defend any of these platforms but I still get more news, more quickly from Palestinians who post on X than on any other platform. And on Bluesky, their accounts are deleted.

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 16h

Don't want to fangirl over Democratic candidates ever again but Pritzker is making it difficult.

"Come and get me...we've got to all stand together because... there is truly unconstitutional actions that are coming out of this administration, coming at the states & the people of the United States."

'Come and get me,’ Pritzker says of Trump threat; Vance says governor ‘should suffer some consequences’

Illinois' Democratic governor spoke on ABC's "This Week" after VP Vance.

abcnews.go.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

RESULT: New Orleans has a new mayor. Helena Moreno, a Democrat known as a progressive member of the city council, easily won today’s mayoral race and cleared the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She’ll replace the retiring Democratic Mayor, Cantrell.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration is doing everything it can to block folks from getting vaccines, and yet, Trump himself just got the flu and COVID vaccines.

Do rightwingers get this? Trump has convinced them that COVID isn't real while taking the necessary steps to protect himself from COVID.

Trump remains in 'exceptional health,' doctor says after president's check-up at Walter Reed

President Trump remains in "exceptional health," his physician said after the president underwent a "comprehensive follow-up evaluation" on Friday.

abcnews.go.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously a typo on the year …but I hope Ms Rachel continues to take on warmongers all over the world in 2026.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

Tweet from @a_abdulruhman

“I do not wish to hear the voices of analysts, smug know-it-alls, or war profiteers. What I long for is to hear, see, and feel the lives of the survivors of genocide, to connect with their voices, their eyes, their sense of betrayal, their anger, their tears, their reproach. Everything about them, and only them.

Let the spaces be reserved for them alone, and steer clear of what we've mentioned.”

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

They should just call it the Nobel Warmonger Prize. The Nobel Dictatorship Prize. The Nobel Fascist Prize.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

Did I have Ms. Rachel taking on Obama on my bingo card in 2026?

No, I did not.

Dear @barackobama,

I saw in your statement you said “Israeli families” & “the people of Gaza.”

Palestinians have families, too.

This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.

I’ve sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.

Love,
Ms Rachel

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 2d

"Representation" doesn't really matter. Celebrate the people worth celebrating. Not people who look like they might be worth celebrating.

“'I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,' she wrote in a post on X."

Yuck.

Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

www.politico.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 2d

I mean they know exactly what to do—voters have been telling them for 2 years—reject AIPAC money, call for sanctions on Israel, vote for resolutions for an arms embargo.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 3d

Free speech? What’s that?

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 3d

I think we need to help get Letitia James out of the US and quickly.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 3d

Years ago I was teaching my gun history class and at the end of the quarter one of the students said that he was in the campus TPUSA chapter and they put him up to taking the class to spy on me but he felt bad about that because he loved the class and learned a lot and had a great time

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

Any Democrat who claimed they were “working tirelessly for a ceasefire” should never live that bloodthirsty lie down. Let them be shamed for it for the rest of their lives.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations!

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

Is there anyone within the Democratic Party Establishment that actually believes in the Party anymore? They all sound like Zionist parrots repeating talking points they no longer believe in but they just don’t want to be the first to break away from them long enough to produce an original thought.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 4d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

Please let this be a permanent ceasefire. Please let Palestinians have the big beautiful joyful free lives they deserve.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

Newsom the Nightmare
“Gov Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that aims to clamp down on antisemitism in schools, shrugging off objections by a powerful teachers union & others that it will restrict what teachers can say about Israel’s war in Gaza & other hot button topics.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom targets antisemitism in California schools with new law

In signing the law, Newsom rebuffed objections from the state's main teachers union and others.

www.politico.com

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

Ahmed sent me this video of how his family is living now that they’ve been displaced they are trying to get a proper tent www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

Hallelujah! Nurse Jackie is finally on Netflix. Been wanting to watch this show for ages.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 4d

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Abolition is the only way forward. Good luck to those of you who still believe, even under authoritarianism, that the police will protect you.

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 5d

My Drop Site News subscription is worth every penny.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 5d

So many “progressives” fell over themselves to defend dehumanizing language as political opinion. This is the kind of terrorizing chain reaction they’ve put into motion.

“In the days and weeks following Kirk’s death, several HBCUs and Black students have been targeted with racist threats.”

‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killing

www.theguardian.com

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