Samira Ahmed
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
www.samiraahmed.com
Controversial take but it seems like the President calling for people to be murdered is bad.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Controversial take but it seems like the President calling for people to be murdered is bad.
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Q: Ambassador Huckabee had a meeting with Jonathan Pollard, a former US citizen who was convicted and spent 3 decades in jail for selling state secrets to Israel. Did the WH know that meeting was happening?
LEAVITT: The WH was not aware of that meeting but the president stands by our ambassador
LEAVITT: The WH was not aware of that meeting but the president stands by our ambassador
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Q: Ambassador Huckabee had a meeting with Jonathan Pollard, a former US citizen who was convicted and spent 3 decades in jail for selling state secrets to Israel. Did the WH know that meeting was happening?
LEAVITT: The WH was not aware of that meeting but the president stands by our ambassador
LEAVITT: The WH was not aware of that meeting but the president stands by our ambassador
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When Jamal Khashoggi was killed , all the TV networks were chasing me down to have me on to talk about Trump, Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia and the murder.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When Jamal Khashoggi was killed , all the TV networks were chasing me down to have me on to talk about Trump, Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia and the murder.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
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One week ago I met the President of Iceland. She spoke about the importance of female leadership, LGBTQ+ human rights, and literature. Her husband poured me a drink. She accepted one of my books. She helped me move my purse for a photo. I could see a community pool from her residence.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One week ago I met the President of Iceland. She spoke about the importance of female leadership, LGBTQ+ human rights, and literature. Her husband poured me a drink. She accepted one of my books. She helped me move my purse for a photo. I could see a community pool from her residence.
The GOP will really let that MFer say anything, ANY FUCKING THING & then call it traitorous when anyone with two brain cells says, gee, calling for murder seems wrong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The GOP will really let that MFer say anything, ANY FUCKING THING & then call it traitorous when anyone with two brain cells says, gee, calling for murder seems wrong.
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Dive into the Best YA Books of 2025, including the titles we've picked at Book Riot, titles selected by review journals, and titles from other bookish outlets.
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The Best YA Books of 2025: Stellar Picks in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Comics
Here are the best YA books of 2025, including Book Riot's picks, trade journal picks, and more.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Dive into the Best YA Books of 2025, including the titles we've picked at Book Riot, titles selected by review journals, and titles from other bookish outlets.
bookriot.com/best-ya-book...
bookriot.com/best-ya-book...
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Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
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America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.
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And now... other city council members are trying an alternative means to bring it back despite 200+ comments yesterday overwhelmingly opposed.
If you can, please consider going to room 3, city hall at 10:30am OR use this toolkit to register comment: click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.jT...
If you can, please consider going to room 3, city hall at 10:30am OR use this toolkit to register comment: click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.jT...
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
And now... other city council members are trying an alternative means to bring it back despite 200+ comments yesterday overwhelmingly opposed.
If you can, please consider going to room 3, city hall at 10:30am OR use this toolkit to register comment: click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.jT...
If you can, please consider going to room 3, city hall at 10:30am OR use this toolkit to register comment: click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.jT...
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Everything about America feels utterly exploitative and totally stupid right now.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everything about America feels utterly exploitative and totally stupid right now.
He should be fired not being given opportunities to make pathetic apologies.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
He should be fired not being given opportunities to make pathetic apologies.
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I think I understand, deeply, what goes into this kind of sentence. Research, analysis, craft — this is a sentence where it all meets. This is just masterful.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I think I understand, deeply, what goes into this kind of sentence. Research, analysis, craft — this is a sentence where it all meets. This is just masterful.
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Good morning everyone!
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good morning everyone!
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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I feel obliged to remind if you want signed books from me-- plus stickers and a unique holiday-horror-themed personalization -- then @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social has got you covered. Details here:
Merry Happy Wendigmas
HEYYYY so every year, I tend to get Very Cool People who decide to buy my books as holiday gifts for friends, loved ones, cherished foes, or, y’know, themselves. And I like to offer the oppor…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I feel obliged to remind if you want signed books from me-- plus stickers and a unique holiday-horror-themed personalization -- then @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social has got you covered. Details here:
Lock them up
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lock them up
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The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸
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If Greene wants forgiveness, that is between her and her God. But that doesn’t mean she deserves political power, let alone our respect. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
You don't have to forgive Marjorie Taylor Greene
Opposing a sex trafficking ring is truly a case of clearing the lowest bar.
www.ms.now
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If Greene wants forgiveness, that is between her and her God. But that doesn’t mean she deserves political power, let alone our respect. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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The bad guys are winning and destroying the world because too many of the so called good guys aren't willing to fight as hard and as dirty as they are. "When they go low we go high" is how you get your ass whipped. Badly. theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The bad guys are winning and destroying the world because too many of the so called good guys aren't willing to fight as hard and as dirty as they are. "When they go low we go high" is how you get your ass whipped. Badly. theconversation.com/how-the-rich...