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New: Rashida Tlaib, With Primary Win, Is Poised to Become First Muslim Woman in Congress.

Read my short piece about her emotional 3 a.m. acceptance.
nyti.ms/2KDcrNn
"A room of largely Arab-American immigrants emotionally celebrated an American democracy that has, in their view, been hostile to their existence and identity."

"You don’t have to change who you are to run for office," Ms. Tlaib said.

nytimes.com/2018/08/08/us/…
truly datelines should be more specific -- didnt just write this in Detroit but at 4am while I was locked out of my hotel room and eating leftover white castle 😂
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Scoop: More than 4,500 vote-by-mail applications have gone missing in Georgia's DeKalb County, a place critical for Nov.'s hotly contested Gov's race. The missing applications have further stoked fears of voter suppression + election mismanagement nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/…
GA Dem Party delivered more than 4,700 vote-by-mail applications to county elections weeks ago. County board tells NYT they only received 48. But on a phone call with state Dems, county elections chair acknowledged possible error, per sources familiar nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/…
The impact: thousands may be disenfranchised in county critical to Abrams' hopes. Dems encouraging those affected to vote early in-person or request vote-by-mail ballot again. But the those out of state, traveling, or bedridden could be without recourse
nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/…
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A new piece from me: On the story about race in the midterms few are talking about: Not Stacey Abrams or Andrew Gillum, but how the GOP has nominated their whitest slate of Governor's candidates in years. nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/…
Republicans used to have a more diverse gubernatorial bench than Democrats in recent years, with people like Jindal, Haley, Sandoval, and Martinez. Now, after this midterms, the party's roster threatens to be all-white, and overwhelmingly male
nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/…
Some Republicans whisper that this is not an anomaly, but the direct result of the party's convergence around white interests, fueled by a Trump campaign and presidency that has focused its appeals on its overwhelmingly white electoral base
nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/…
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For all our profession's both sides-isms, I wish we called this men's rightsy stuff "identity politics" in the same way we would if, say, a woman politician talked about her experience with sexism
Think of the last two days: the alarmist anti-immigration rhetoric at the TN rally, the ban on visas for diplomats in same sex marriages, and this men's rightsy rhetoric about Kavanaugh
Even if we take the conservative definition of "identity politics," which is roughly, governing with things like race/gender/sexuality overtly top of mind -- Trump, and his trademark rhetoric, fit the definition squarely, and are likely one of the practice's greatest proponents
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The #116thCongress will be sworn in today. A record number of women will serve and I want you to meet some of them. (THREAD)

refinery29.com/en-us/2019/01/…
You might have heard of this girl from the Bronx who defeated the fourth ranking House Democrat in the New York 14th District primary and went on to become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress? @AOC? Ring a bell?

refinery29.com/en-us/2018/06/…
There's also @lucymcbath, a gun reform advocate who will now represent Georgia's 6th District. Her district had been Republican-controlled since 1979.
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History Made
-Ayanna Pressley becomes the first Black female MA Rep
-Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib becomes first Muslim woman in Congress
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the youngest woman elected to Congress
-Jared Polis is the country's first openly gay man to be elected Governor
-Sharice Davids becomes the first Native American woman in Congress
-Ilhan Omar becomes the first Somali American congresswoman in US history
-Today is the first day in history Americans have elected more than 100 women to the U.S. House of representatives (projected)
We're still going!
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Ayanna Pressley just became the first Black congresswoman from Massachusetts
Marsha Blackburn (R) was just elected the first woman senator from Tennessee
Sylvia Garcia (D) was just elected the first Latinx Congresswoman from Texas
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It’s Election Eve.

I’m looking forward to tomorrow and the day after, and I’m putting together a thread of outstanding candidates I’ll be following as the results roll in.
Beto O’Rourke, Senate, TX

Driven, vital, and genuine. Supports universal health care coverage; gun control; the legalization of marijuana; the DREAM act; and paths to work, family reunification and citizenship for immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers. Fluent in Spanish.
Stacey Abrams, Governor, GA

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Sad to see this video promoting #Islamophobia / anti-Muslim sentiment from #Poland is still doing the rounds.

Sad they have weaponised #Jesus as a tool in their hostility.

"Poland to Muslims: Here, Jesus is our King so get out"
#Islamophobia in #Poland stems from an irrational hostility, based on
constructed myths and stereotypes about Muslims, largely pushed out by the mass media.

It has little to no basis in reality. (Say the experts)
Muslims in Poland constitute less than 0.1% of the total population, yet a recent survey found Poles believe 7% of their country is Muslim

The above video shows thousands marching on the streets to stop the 'Islamization of #Poland'

#Islamophobia = irrational fear & hostility
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CNN takes a look at the candidacy of Rashida Tlaib, the former State House Rep. in Detroit now running for U.S. House Rep. in the metro Detroit district formerly held by John Conyers: "She could be the first Muslim woman in Congress."
cnn.com/2018/07/03/pol…
Profile I wrote 10 years of Rashida Tlaib after she was elected to State House, how she crossed ethnic boundaries to win.

Of Palestinian descent, Tlaib had worked for previous State Rep., who happened to be Jewish and strongly supported her candidacy: bit.ly/2u3qtSx
“Because I’m a person who really didn’t fit into any group in school or the community, I fit in with everybody, ” said Rashida Tlaib bit.ly/2u3qtSx
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