The best case scenario is that they staff the Secret Service with ideological loyalists who may not be the best choice (whatever happened to meritocracy??) but are competent enough and won’t be a threat to a future Democratic president. A likelier scenario: they’re staffing a Praetorian Guard.

This timeline. My goodness.

The favorite-ninja-turtle lifecycle is a universal millennial male experience

In rare "good" news coming from the region, Iraq beat the UAE to advance in WC qualifiers. One less petro-state that can sportswash its atrocities (...at least for a little while).

On the same day that the Saudi crown prince is visiting the White House, the governor of Texas designates the Muslim Brotherhood (the great boogeyman of all Arab dictators) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (a US-based NGO) as foreign terrorist organizations. katu.com/news/nation-...

This video was posted to the official @democrats.org TikTok page. On one hand, nice of them to acknowledge the biggest star in the party at the moment. On the other hand…this video makes NO SENSE. Why in the world would you feature a Kendrick Lamar song—and uncensored at that!! Genuinely baffling

You know, not everything has to be A/B tested

Your turn, Schumer

This is one heck of a piece to publish in the same week that two women win gubernatorial races and (relatedly) amidst a swelling MAGA outcry to repeal the 19th amendment (you know, the one that gave women the right to vote)

This is what we find in the polling data, it’s the biggest source of the polling errors that are hard to correct for, and the shifts around the edges of partisanship are slow.

This guy DOES 👏 NOT 👏 MISS 👏 www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...

I went to a magnet middle school in Brooklyn. My creative writing teacher was Debra Messing's aunt. All that to say, everyone from NY has a story about some C-list celebrity in the news.

The question right now is whether Dem leaders opt to appease their donors or align w/ their voters. A clear majority of the Dem electorate support Palestinians for the first time. If doing right by a long suffering people was not enough, perhaps empirics and election results can shift Dem elites.

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

“…Muslims are not just part of this nation’s civic fabric, we help shape it,” Chouhoud said. “For years, American Muslims have worked to show that we belong in this society. Mamdani is showing that we belong in the halls of power, and that we’re ready to lead.” wapo.st/3JMA5M7

Arguendo... Let's say some millionaires and billionaires actually leave NY. They'd have to sell their homes...to other millionaires and billionaires. But the latter would be making an active choice to live in Mamdani's NY. Am I missing something? Aren't they just threatening us with a good time??

I ain’t down with his politics, but all true New Yorkers recognize that Sliwa is a real one (for better or worse)

Zohran: "(In Arabic) I am from you, and I am for you" I wish that little Arab boy my parents raised in Brooklyn had this kind of representation. But I'm just so happy for the all the little immigrant boys and girls across NYC that are standing just a bit taller today.

It really wasn’t that hard to see what was on the horizon months ago. The administration realized that for many liberals, Palestine was their “exception.” From the regime’s perspective, Palestine was their proof of concept. This is what happens when you selectively apply your principles.

I think it's important for self-described "liberals" or "leftists" to pay more attention to the parallel reality on the Right. It's a reality where the Left "freely employs" violence and the BLM protests were a "state-sanctioned...insurrection." This is NOT fringe. americanmind.org/salvo/defend...

The sheer stupidity of our current moment matches and often exceeds its horrors

I haven't entered a Starbucks in nearly 2 years. Not once has the thought crossed my mind that I "miss" anything they offer.

Hulk Hogan really was the epitome of “live long enough to see yourself become the villain”

A while back, when this judge first crossed my radar, I couldn't help but wonder if she had an Arab background. Turns out, she does...but that's not all! She is also an alum of my undergrad alma mater @lehighu.bsky.social and--get this--a member of my graduating class!! Uhh...go Mountain Hawks?

“Basically, it’s the alsalamualaikum of New York.” W’alailumalYERRRRR

Just finished reading Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social First, *HIGHLY* recommend Second, loved the shoutout in the epilogue to the work that @alexhanna.bsky.social and her colleagues at @dairinstitute.bsky.social are doing OpenAI 🤝 Neo-imperialism www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569...

This is a watershed moment. Everyone who benefits from higher education should be deeply concerned. Ryan was a moderate who presided over one of the more conservative institutions of higher education. He followed the law when it comes to DEI. But that wasn't enough. Trump demands absolute fealty.

You’ll *never* guess who her top donor was from 2019-2024 (3x more than the #2 donor at that)

Look…nobody is perfect #YNWA

* From my earliest years until I went off to college, I lived w/in in a 2 block radius in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn * I took the Regents Exams * I had a green and white Metrocard I may not currently live in New York, but I am most certainly OF New York. Today, I'm a bit prouder of that honor.

Part of the (ongoing, incomplete, illusory?) decolonization process

A couple years back, one of my local mosques decided to give a sermon on Islam’s position on LGBT issues every 👏🏽 single 👏🏽 week 👏🏽 in June. I’ve gone to another local mosque on Fridays over the past few months. Today’s sermon was on Juneteenth and how Islam promotes anti-racism. Refreshing. Hopeful.

Eid Mubarak, fam! #YNWA

I made a (non-disparaging, though far from complimentary) comparison between Abdel Nasser and Trump, given what I perceived to be their shared skill at spin. Let me you: Hell hath no fury like an Arab “leftist”/“anti-imperialist” scorned.

Just a reminder that at one point during the Saudi-led de facto blockade of Qatar a few years back, MBS floated the idea of digging a canal on the KSA side of the border, but leaving just enough Saudi land attached to Qatar to build a nuclear waste dump.

Highly recommend that you no longer wait to do the thing you’ve always wanted to do #YNWA

CHAMPIONE! CHAMPIONE! #YNWA

THIS IS ANFIELD #YNWA

يا ولاد الحراميه

“Captured”

Apparently woke left America and came to England

To play Devil’s advocate for the MAGA camp (which, my goodness, the LEVELS to that turn of phrase), there’s certainly reason to be skeptical of anyone who has ever called that casserole they got in Chicago a “pizza”

Student: Would China step in as hegemon in the MENA if the US pulls back? Me: Potentially, but they certainly wouldn't be as conspicuous about it. The Chinese follow the Lil Wayne school of diplomacy...real Gs move in silence...like lasagna

Huge: Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates assets and offices. Move reflects mounting fears of internal strife, as monarchy worries about possible ethnic cleansing from WB into Jordan, and militancy from Syrian where Israeli forces are present. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Bond market acting like Chuck Knoblauch trying to turn a routine double play

والقصة لسة مستمرة 👑🇪🇬 #YNWA

“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.” ~Ta-Nehisi Coates www.ajc.com/politics/oss...

Absolute legend

This man is the Cheddar Bob of presidents