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Thread: Democratic elected officials who have helped vilify Ilhan Omar, the first Black Muslim woman to ever win a seat in Congress who now faces constant death threats

@SenSchumer, Senate Minority Leader businessinsider.com/chuck-schumer-…
@SenSchumer .@LeaderHoyer, House Majority Leader businessinsider.com/steny-hoyer-fr…
@SenSchumer @LeaderHoyer .@SpeakerPelosi, Speaker of the Goddamned House pbs.org/newshour/polit…
@SenSchumer @LeaderHoyer @SpeakerPelosi .@RepJerryNadler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee thehill.com/homenews/house…
@SenSchumer @LeaderHoyer @SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler .@MaxRose4NY, freshman Democratic House member businessinsider.com/ilhan-omar-911…
@SenSchumer @LeaderHoyer @SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @MaxRose4NY .@WhipClyburn, House Majority Whip; Caucus Chairman @RepJeffries and Caucus Vice Chairwoman @RepKClark npr.org/2019/02/11/693…
Had to delete a tweet bc I mistagged @repbenraylujan (sorry other Ben Ray!!)

Lujan went on national TV Thursday night to call out Omar’s 9/11 comment. Then 24 hrs later:
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🚨SCOOP at @Sludge: It appears Rep. Paul Gosar—known for Soros conspiracy theories & disowned by his 6 siblings—submitted a false travel report after his trip to London last summer.

He omitted a dinner w/ Steve Bannon & far-right European nationalists. readsludge.com/2019/04/04/pau…
@Sludge Seriously, it was a sinister affair. Guests included Belgian Felix DeWinter, whose party has honored Nazi SS collaborators, and Swede Erik Almqvist, who resigned from his neofascist political party after racist & white nationalist incidents. readsludge.com/2019/04/04/pau…
I discovered the omission in his report while watching @TheBrinkFilm, @aliklay's new doc on Steve Bannon's work in Europe. I'd covered Gosar's trip before for @Sludge & knew he hadn't listed this dinner.

He was flown to London by an anti-Muslim nonprofit. readsludge.com/2018/08/09/ari…
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It's been 2,285 days since Sandy Hook.
It's been 2,009 days since Washington Navy Yard.
It's been 1,202 days since San Bernardino.
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To sum up: @AOC's chief of staff disputes basically everything in GOP hack @ltthompso's hit piece. To me, his response checks out.

As I've said all day, the Medium post had political hackery written all over it. It's too bad some outlets/reporters actually took it seriously.
@AOC @ltthompso But like with the ridiculous Ed Whelan conspiracy/Zillow thread on Kavanaugh, damage has already been done. Luke Thompson doesn't mind humiliating himself for a day or two bc he's already got a fake conspiracy into the minds of many people who want to believe it.
@AOC @ltthompso And he's not taking down, nor correcting, his embarrassing post.

Fun fact: Thompson works for political consultancy Applecart, which worked for No Labels and may have gotten stiffed by them lol. washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
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This might be the single dumbest thing ever happen on television, and an excellent exhibit for how nepotism and dynastic privilege degrades culture. thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-…
Frightening terror in the US Congress:
I can't do justice to how equally dumb & offensive that discussion was - you can watch the whole thing here: - but can someone tell @MeghanMcCain & Joy Behar that people focus on this region because US gives Israel $38 billion in aid, which causes this:
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The House Democrats' "rebuke" of Rep. Ilhan Omar is a fraud for many reasons, Including its wild distortion of her comments interc.pt/2H2nNgQ
Again, the irony of this Omar controversy is that what is actually anti-Semitic is to conflate "the Israeli Government and its supporters" (which Omar criticized) with "Jews" (who Omar never criticized). Anti-semitism is not coming from Omar but from those denouncing her.
The other irony is so many people - Haim Saban, Tom Friedman and the NYT - have made comments far more extreme than Omar's about the limits of the Israel debate, yet never got denounced. Hard not to see bigotry in the attacks on the first black Muslim woman elected to Congress.
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what’s happening to Ilhan is what happens to all people of color in liberal, diverse spaces...

they want diversity but as soon as you bring your diverse beliefs they shut you down

#IStandWithIlhan
peak white liberalism is praising diversity but demanding that ‘diversity’ fall in line with white supremacist behavior

#IStandWithIlhan
all people are created equal but in this white male supremacist society some are considered more equal than others

#IStandWithIlhan
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#THREAD - Ce qu’il faut savoir (et que je sais) sur le doctorat.

Ca fait un moment que je veux faire ce thread vu le nombre de gens qui m’ont dernièrement contacté au sujet d’un doctorat : comment y accéder et comment ça se passe.
J’ai combattu ma paresse pour aujourd’hui donc je vais disons organiser le thread en 2 parties. A savoir que dans la 2e tout ce que je dirai sera basé sur mon expérience personnelle et n’engage que moi. J’essayerai dêtre aussi objectif que possible
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Si vous voulez faire un doctorat que ça soit au Sénégal ou dans un labo étranger, la meilleure façon c’est de contacter directement le labo que vous avez en vue. Vous pourrez aller même plus en profondeur en contactant le responsable de...
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So, I've waded through the Evangelical Alliance's new pastoral "guidelines" for interacting with trans people (ughh, the things I do to expose #transphobic #ciswits to the world), and let's just say it's time to tear this particular sh*t-bag a new hole.

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CW: #Transphobia, #ConversionTherapy, #Zucker, #Religiously #driven #zealotry

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So, straight off the bat, first page of text, the use of #language is . . . well, yeah, see for yourself:

"It is important to remember that transgender is not simply an issue to be debated;" - p5, #Transformed

*sigh*

When such language gets reinforced by insisting...

3/n
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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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