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1/20 What the HELL do you MEAN "what THEY'VE done to our country"?? What THEY have done to our country is spectacular...Biden has outperformed you Mr. Trump on a number of fronts, from inequality and green spending to stocks and crime. But your supporters have NO IDEA because you
2/20 are LYING to them, telling them the OPPOSITE of what is REALLY true, AREN'T you!? The Biden/Harris Administration had made us:
1. The STRONGEST economy in the world, SO stellar it held up OTHER countries! And he was NOT given a STELLAR economy like YOU were (It's why you had
1. The STRONGEST economy in the world, SO stellar it held up OTHER countries! And he was NOT given a STELLAR economy like YOU were (It's why you had
3/20 SO much time for golf, you inherited the HARD work of a DEMOCRATIC President)...Biden had to start from the bottom up due to YOUR gargantuan INCOMPETENCE! This is NOT a lie! Go check people, don't LISTEN to this asshat's LIES that our economy was trashed!! It was NOT! It is
🧵 What a rough night for Nithya Raman.
Hasan Piker put the LA mayoral candidate and DSA member through a full-on struggle session over her record, repeatedly pressing her to explain where she had fallen short of the movement line.
And honestly, even as a conservative, I felt bad for her. This was brutal.
One flashpoint was a DSA criticism over Raman’s role in a city resolution tied to the UTLA BDS fight. But the exchange was bigger than that. This was not a good-faith interview. It was an ideological audit.
Raman mostly tried to answer politically. She came to DSA through housing and homelessness, said this was not her area of expertise, said she had learned more, and promised she was “committed to learning more.”
Stick around for more, because by the end of this even Hasan’s chat wanted his head.
Hasan Piker put the LA mayoral candidate and DSA member through a full-on struggle session over her record, repeatedly pressing her to explain where she had fallen short of the movement line.
And honestly, even as a conservative, I felt bad for her. This was brutal.
One flashpoint was a DSA criticism over Raman’s role in a city resolution tied to the UTLA BDS fight. But the exchange was bigger than that. This was not a good-faith interview. It was an ideological audit.
Raman mostly tried to answer politically. She came to DSA through housing and homelessness, said this was not her area of expertise, said she had learned more, and promised she was “committed to learning more.”
Stick around for more, because by the end of this even Hasan’s chat wanted his head.
This is where Piker's “interview” really became a purity test.
“Do you believe Israel has a right to exist in its current form as an ethnostate that’s currently being investigated for genocide at the International Court of Justice?”
Raman answered, “Yes, I do believe that Israel has a right to exist,” but added that she wants countries to operate “without apartheid” and “with equality in their borders.”
Hasan immediately followed up: “Do you believe that Israel is an apartheid state then?”
Raman said, “I think that it is, yeah.”
Then Hasan brought up her 2024 censure from DSA-LA over accepting the Democrats for Israel LA endorsement, asking whether, “knowing what we know now and seeing the videos of Gaza in ruins,” she would still seek it out.
Raman said, “I wouldn’t seek it out now,” pointed to her ceasefire resolution, and then tried to bring the conversation back to what a mayor actually does: keeping Angelenos safe, protecting protest rights, and pushing back against both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
“Do you believe Israel has a right to exist in its current form as an ethnostate that’s currently being investigated for genocide at the International Court of Justice?”
Raman answered, “Yes, I do believe that Israel has a right to exist,” but added that she wants countries to operate “without apartheid” and “with equality in their borders.”
Hasan immediately followed up: “Do you believe that Israel is an apartheid state then?”
Raman said, “I think that it is, yeah.”
Then Hasan brought up her 2024 censure from DSA-LA over accepting the Democrats for Israel LA endorsement, asking whether, “knowing what we know now and seeing the videos of Gaza in ruins,” she would still seek it out.
Raman said, “I wouldn’t seek it out now,” pointed to her ceasefire resolution, and then tried to bring the conversation back to what a mayor actually does: keeping Angelenos safe, protecting protest rights, and pushing back against both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Hasan brought up Raman’s 2020 call to “defund the police” and her old platform calling for LAPD to become a “much smaller specialized force.”
Then he contrasted that with her 2026 mayoral line to NBC LA: “we need to maintain the size of our police force.”
“Was it, you know, wokeness rising up everywhere in 2020 that led you to say that?”
Raman’s answer was basically that governing happened. After five years in office, she said the city has to “respond to calls for help from the public,” and if 911 calls are not answered quickly, “we lose the faith of Angelenos.”
Then came the real admission, “We don’t have an alternative crisis response system built out citywide.”
Raman still wants unarmed crisis response, but admits the current system is “patchwork,” poorly integrated with 911, and can leave people on hold for “50 minutes.”
Then he contrasted that with her 2026 mayoral line to NBC LA: “we need to maintain the size of our police force.”
“Was it, you know, wokeness rising up everywhere in 2020 that led you to say that?”
Raman’s answer was basically that governing happened. After five years in office, she said the city has to “respond to calls for help from the public,” and if 911 calls are not answered quickly, “we lose the faith of Angelenos.”
Then came the real admission, “We don’t have an alternative crisis response system built out citywide.”
Raman still wants unarmed crisis response, but admits the current system is “patchwork,” poorly integrated with 911, and can leave people on hold for “50 minutes.”
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To the world and to my Somali family:
President HSM is no longer our legitimate president. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever again.
@UnrollHelper
He has stolen our democracy, broken our constitution, and silenced our voice.
To the world and to my Somali family:
President HSM is no longer our legitimate president. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever again.
@UnrollHelper
He has stolen our democracy, broken our constitution, and silenced our voice.
He is a danger to Somalia's sovereignty and to every Somali who believes in free elections.
To the international community: Sanction him now. Freeze his assets. Cut him off. Stop shaking the hand of a man who refuses to respect his own people.
To the international community: Sanction him now. Freeze his assets. Cut him off. Stop shaking the hand of a man who refuses to respect his own people.
To my people: He does not rule us. We rule ourselves. Reject him. Resist peacefully. Unite.
One demand: Free, fair elections within 90 days. Not next year. Not later. Now.
We are tired. But we are not broken.
#SomaliaNeedsElections #HSMIllegal #90DaysOrLess
One demand: Free, fair elections within 90 days. Not next year. Not later. Now.
We are tired. But we are not broken.
#SomaliaNeedsElections #HSMIllegal #90DaysOrLess
🌺।।IMPORTANCE OF NUMBER 108 IN SANATAN HINDU DHARMA।।🚩
In Sanatan Dharma, the number 108 is considered sacred because it appears repeatedly across spirituality, astronomy, mathematics, yoga, and ritual traditions. Rather than coming from a single source, its importance developed through many layers of symbolism over thousands of years....
In Sanatan Dharma, the number 108 is considered sacred because it appears repeatedly across spirituality, astronomy, mathematics, yoga, and ritual traditions. Rather than coming from a single source, its importance developed through many layers of symbolism over thousands of years....
🌺।।Spiritual significance।।🌺
A traditional japa mala has 108 beads, used for chanting mantras such as the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra or the Gayatri Mantra.
Many Hindu deities are worshipped through 108 names (Ashtottara Shatanamavali), such as the 108 names of Shiva, Vishnu, or Durga.
In yogic traditions, it is believed that there are 108 important energy channels (nadis) converging at the heart chakra.
A traditional japa mala has 108 beads, used for chanting mantras such as the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra or the Gayatri Mantra.
Many Hindu deities are worshipped through 108 names (Ashtottara Shatanamavali), such as the 108 names of Shiva, Vishnu, or Durga.
In yogic traditions, it is believed that there are 108 important energy channels (nadis) converging at the heart chakra.
🌺।।Connection with astronomy।।🌺
Ancient Indian sages closely observed the sky, and 108 appears in striking cosmic ratios:
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is roughly 108 times the Sun’s diameter.
The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 108 times the Moon’s diameter.
These relationships made 108 symbolize harmony between the human world and the cosmos.
Ancient Indian sages closely observed the sky, and 108 appears in striking cosmic ratios:
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is roughly 108 times the Sun’s diameter.
The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 108 times the Moon’s diameter.
These relationships made 108 symbolize harmony between the human world and the cosmos.
Eurovision says it's "United By Music." Here's what that really looked like for Israel since October 7.
A thread🧵:
A thread🧵:
Since the Hamas massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel faced unprecedented challenges at Eurovision:
• Protests demanding removal
• Death threats requiring security protection
• Some performers refused to interact backstage
• Five countries boycotted in 2026
But something else happened too. Something the headlines missed.
• Protests demanding removal
• Death threats requiring security protection
• Some performers refused to interact backstage
• Five countries boycotted in 2026
But something else happened too. Something the headlines missed.
*🇮🇱 2024: Eden Golan - "Hurricane"*
Public vote: 323 points - *2nd place*
Jury vote: 12th place
Final: 5th place
*14 countries gave Israel their maximum 12 points.*
While some tried to isolate her, millions of people across Europe voted for her.
Public vote: 323 points - *2nd place*
Jury vote: 12th place
Final: 5th place
*14 countries gave Israel their maximum 12 points.*
While some tried to isolate her, millions of people across Europe voted for her.
@JohnKennedyLA 1/12 It is PATHETIC you and the OTHER Republicans on the panel today bought FBI Director Kash Patel's crime statistics and ESPECIALLY his "captures" of criminals on the vaulted "FBI's 10 Most Wanted List" hook, line, and sinker. While the Democrats were asking the
2/15 Hard, NEEDED questions, Republicans like YOU stroked Patel's ass and demonized Democrats who were doing what you people are SUPPOSED to be doing....providing oversight and asking the HARD questions. EVERY one of you Republican Senators on this committee panel should be
3/15 ASHAMED of yourselves, allowing a charlatan to buffalo your dumb asses, throwing out padded, juiced up crime statistics and inflated figures from the "10 Most Wanted List". Kash Patel is a PHONY, an EMBARRASSMENT to this country who is padding FBI stats. He is what you call
It's amazing to me that some of you still call what I've been through for 3 years "internet drama." I've said over and over, you hear what is said on posts and videos, but that's 5% of it. If you would sit by while liars convince a group that you work for the person hated by the
Group when you don't and never did, and accuse you of sending group members threats of swatting, of porn and other sign-ups when you did none of that; and have multiple false reports made against you to law enforcement and other agencies; and accuse you of horrific things like
Creating child porn, having oral s#x with your grandchild and dozens and dozens of other false allegations; and your life and the lives of your family members were threatened. If you would sit by and let them do those things and do nothing to protect yourself and your family,
A naturalized American citizen was inspired to join ISIS, where he committed attacks that killed 100,000 people. He eventually left ISIS and returned to the US. Convicted of terror charges, his recommended term was 30-50 years. He got 10. Not enough, per Judge Thapar. 100% right!
These facts are wild. "During his naturalization ceremony, Ramic refused to recite the oath of allegiance to the United States. Instead, he proclaimed an Islamic oath and cursed all nonbelievers." He tried to go to Yemen. Was caught. FBI told him to stop. He did not.
He eventually met a convicted terrorist. A jamaican terrorist who advocated killing Christians, Jews, and Americans. He follows the advice to sneak into Syria and became a fighter. He wanted to be a suicide bomber, but got disillusioned with the six month wait.
Dear @NYCMayor, @RepRashida, and friends:
A history lesson for lying ignoramuses and those who unwittingly follow them.
The Nakba never ended because the Nakba never started.
Let me explain:
A history lesson for lying ignoramuses and those who unwittingly follow them.
The Nakba never ended because the Nakba never started.
Let me explain:
@NYCMayor @RepRashida In 1922, the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine officially established an area in the Middle East to be a national home for the Jewish People and entrusted it to Great Britain.
Jewish people came from around the world to buy and cultivate land to further expand the existing Jewish communities that had remained in Israel as a continuous presence since Biblical times.
Insane. Democratic Party leaders are explicitly pledging to pack the Supreme Court--increasing the number of justices from 9 to 13--the moment they get the presidency and control of the Senate. This would be the end of an independent judiciary in the United States of America. 1/
When, in 1937, Franklin Roosevelt announced his court packing plan, responsible members of the Democratic Party opposed it--precisely because it meant the end of judicial independence. It was not easy to stand up to a popular president of their own party, but it was patriotic. 2/
We need such patriots today. Court packing should not only be nixed, the idea should be stigmatized. Those pledging to pack the Supreme Court should be called out as what they are, enemies of the principle of judicial independence. 3/
This is not authorized by law and it is not consistent with past practice. Nowhere is the Fed Board authorized to name Powell the chair pro tempore and the Fed has never named an outgoing chair as pro tem chair.
So it did, once. Volcker served as pro tempore on his way out but this was clearly with Reagan’s approval.
🧵on 'NYT rift'
1/22
A NYT article on sexual abuse against Palestinians -accurate but barely scratching the surface- is triggering hysteria in the Israeli govt not bcs of the facts, but bcs of the audience.
Apartheid Israel fears NYT readers will finally see and no longer ignore.
1/22
A NYT article on sexual abuse against Palestinians -accurate but barely scratching the surface- is triggering hysteria in the Israeli govt not bcs of the facts, but bcs of the audience.
Apartheid Israel fears NYT readers will finally see and no longer ignore.
2/ Israel's abuses against Palestinians did not begin on October 7. Sexual violence against Palestinians has been documented since the very foundation of the Israeli state, but this is nothing the NYT spoke about – so far.
3/ Below are just some of the many reports and investigations documenting sexual violence specifically in the context of Israel’s unlawful detention of Palestinians; and these cover only abuses documented since October 2023. The reality is far older.
