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2026-03-17 01:45:54 GMT

This is amazing. DHS bought a warehouse in a city called Social Circle, Georgia. When the city council asked DHS how they planned to use the warehouse, DHS refused to answer.
So, the city cut off water and sewer services and put a lock on the water meter, and said that services will remain off “until ICE indicates how water and sewer to the facility will be served without exceeding the limited infrastructure capacity.”
Outstanding. We need more of this! This is how we stop fascism.

2026-01-23 14:39:49 GMT

Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem. More money for more ICE training results in more trained killers.
The problem with fascists isn't that they're poorly trained, it's that they're fascists. You don't train fascists, you abolish them. Abolish ICE.

2026-01-10 04:34:18 GMT

Craziest thing about Donald Trump illegally bombing Venezuela, kidnapping Maduro & his wife, stealing Venezuelan oil, threatening to invade Cuba & Greenland, propaganda claims against Somalis, ICE fascists killing a U.S. Citizen in MN & shooting two more in OR—is that there are still ~5.2 million missing Epstein Files that Trump is hiding to protect himself & his fellow abusers—all while DOJ missed the release deadline in violation of a court order.😐

2026-01-07 03:22:52 GMT

On fraud, the truth is basically the opposite of whatever MAGAs claim
MAGA: Trump did NOT commit fraud
JURY: 34X felony fraud convictions
MAGA: The 2020 election WAS fraud
COURTS: 62 rulings affirm NO fraud
MAGA: Somalis commit all the fraud
FACT: Fraud ring leader is a white woman named Aimee Bock
MAGA: We detest all fraud!
TRUMP: Pardons dozens of white people convicted of billions in fraud—total silence from MAGAs
FACT: Every MAGA accusation is a confession.

2026-01-06 02:08:56 GMT

The Trump regime claims they are legally justified in attacking Venezuela and kidnapping Maduro.
As a human rights lawyer, I break down the 4 major flaws with their argument. This is an illegal act under US & international law, period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J2QtcC76Vk

2026-01-05 22:23:47 GMT

BREAKING: After 58 years, Trump dissolves the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB served as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations. Now it is no more.
Meanwhile, billionaires continue to buy up major legacy media to prevent criticism of Trump.
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2026-01-05 18:07:47 GMT

Do people understand the white supremacy driving the delays behind the Epstein Files release?
Do you really think if there were millions of images of prominent Black and brown people abusing minor white girls there would be this much secrecy? We have ample evidence of powerful white men abusing white children and MAGA Republicans are doing their best to stop the evidence from going public.
The nexus of child abuse and white supremacy cannot be ignored.

2026-01-05 16:47:17 GMT

Hegseth punishing Senator Mark Kelly for Kelly's "crime" of reminding servicemembers that they are bound by the UCMJ and Constitution—and thus must refuse to act on any and all illegal orders—is more clear cut evidence that Trump and Hegseth know they're issuing illegal orders and will not tolerate dissension. This isn't free speech or freedom, it's fear and fascism. It will get worse because Republicans won't grow a spine and stop Trump.

2026-01-04 18:46:33 GMT

Sect of state Marco Rubio confirms Cuba is next on the list of governments the Trump regime is planning to overthrow. This is empire. This is modern day colonialism.
https://youtube.com/shorts/KbFpSqp4RlM?si=VmYCdmKVuw8Uw3qo

2026-01-04 03:56:04 GMT

Regime change in Afghanistan to remove the Taliban resulted in the return of the Taliban
Regime change in Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein resulted in the rise of Daesh (ISIS)
Regime change in Libya to remove Ghadaffi resulted in chaos and a decade plus of civil war
Each showed images of locals celebrating. Each ended in tragedy.
Violent regime change does not work. It never has. Because it is driven by oil and profit, not people and principles.

2026-01-02 19:40:07 GMT

I was in NYC yesterday. Mamdani is mayor. The city was still hella packed.
Updated Headline: Facts show 2.12 million residents of NYC threw a childish tantrum at the idea of a more affordable city, but aren't going anywhere, except convicted felon George Santos
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2026-01-02 17:07:59 GMT

Guess what? If you supported the alcoholic Fox News pundit to become Secretary of Defense, the anti-vaccine sexual abuser to become Secretary of HHS, the PDFile protector to become AG, and the WWE actor to become Secretary of Education, you get to have zero opinions on anyone Zohran Mamdani has appointed to his Mayoral cabinet.

2026-01-02 15:49:02 GMT

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See this excellent piece by Human Rights Watch that details why the IHRA definition is deeply problematic and counter productive, how even the IHRA drafter himself rejects its use as the definition of antisemitism, and how such a definition fails to protect Jewish people because it conflates human rights with made up "states rights."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/04/human-rights-and-other-civil-society-groups-urge-united-nations-respect-human
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2026-01-02 15:48:23 GMT

As a human rights lawyer, let me state Mayor Mamdani is right to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism because it equates criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
Jewish people have rights—hatred of Jewish people is antisemitic.
States don't have rights—criticism of states is NOT antisemitic.
Ken Stern—who drafted the IHRA definition—developed it to guide research and law enforcement data validation, NOT to use as, "a blunt instrument to label anyone an antisemite.” (his words)
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2026-01-02 15:35:46 GMT

I traveled to NYC to attend Mayor Mamdani's historic inauguration. Zohran is launching his term as a fearless leader committed to working people, and who is unapologetic about his values.
Yet today also revealed a lurking danger that we cannot afford to ignore. My full report on the inauguration of NYC’s first Muslim mayor:
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/2026-mayor-mamdanis-inauguration-a-lurking-danger/

2026-01-01 13:56:35 GMT

DAY 1 of Muslim Mayor Mamdani
Just landed in NYC
“Shariah Here” signs are everywhere. They’re spelling it “Shwarma” but we all know what it means.
I’m saying Asalaamo Alaikum to everyone I meet.
I have a beard suddenly
My wife is wearing a hijab
GRANTED—all these things were true even before Mamdani was mayor but how do we Know it’s not due to Shwarma Law????
I’m suddenly so very hungry.

2026-01-01 06:04:22 GMT

BREAKING: Zohran Kwame Mamdani has officially been sworn in as mayor of New York City, making history as NYC’s first Muslim and first South Asian Mayor. And yes he took his oath with his hand on a stack of Quran’s. ❤️
Let’s go! ✊🏽 https://youtube.com/shorts/p_OfFWk_apo?si=AH2uaXv1U-Pe_Zvs

2025-12-30 18:30:13 GMT

Trump: I am for America First!
Can we get healthcare?
Trump: No
Fund SNAP so kids don't starve?
Trump: No
Rid exploitative student loans?
Trump: No
Stop Tariffs so our farmers don't go bankrupt?
Trump: No
Tax billionaires even a tiny bit to fund social benefit programs?
Trump: No
Make the 30+ fraudsters you pardoned pay their billions in restitution? Trump: No
Then HOW is any of this America First?
Trump: I'm sending Israel $8.6B for fighter jets to bomb working people in Palestine
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2025-12-30 14:14:35 GMT

“Since the ceasefire and hostage deal came into effect on 10 October, at least 401 Palestinians have been killed and 1,108 injured. At least 1,500 structures have been destroyed. Over 11,000 people remain unaccounted for.”
—Israeli Human Rights Org Breaking the Silence
It was never about the hostages.

2025-12-29 15:52:48 GMT

Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by Facebook shareholders for failing in his oversight duties in the Cambridge Analytica crime.
A reminder that even $8B would’ve been only 3% of his net worth, and $190M is only .08% of his net worth.
About $75 for ordinary working people.
Another reminder that “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”

2025-12-27 17:45:41 GMT

Trump cutting US aid has killed more Christian Nigerians than anyone else ever could. And if we don’t stop him, it will get even more deadly.
He was never about protecting Christians. He was never about justice. He was always about white supremacy and oil. https://youtube.com/shorts/q5OeEOKwSC8?si=1z2_VlhSXsYyEsLi

2025-12-23 22:13:47 GMT

CBS filed a copyright claim against my YouTube channel for posting Canada's version of the CECOT story that Bari Weiss killed—SO—I downloaded the transcript and read the transcript verbatim. Here it is.
Please watch & share to fight fascism & censorship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uRfXOAKGPI

2025-12-23 18:09:38 GMT

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And by the way—even if 100% of the people ICE kidnapped had violent criminal records, THEY ARE STILL ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW. They are still entitled to humane treatment in prison.
US tax dollars are funding a literal concentration camp. Corporate media is censoring it.
This. Is. Fascism.

2025-12-23 16:55:43 GMT

ICE data confirms:
- Only 3.1% of people sent to CECOT have a violent criminal record
- Only 3.4% of people they arrested in Chicago have a violent criminal record
- More than 75K people they've arrested have no violent criminal record
- Nearly 100% are Latino
This is not due process. This Is Fascism.
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2025-12-23 12:16:43 GMT

After killing the CECOT story in the USA, CBS goofed and aired it in Canada. Last night, as Canadians were uploading it to YouTube, CBS was filing copyright violations to block its further release.
But it's too late. Under Bari Weiss, CBS is state run media desperately cosplaying as legitimate journalism.
Watch the full CECOT episode CBS tried to ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81WnOyDXD4&t=7s

2025-12-22 22:43:38 GMT

Last night we learned that under the ‘leadership’ of Bari Weiss, CBS killed the CECOT story that was supposed to air on 60 Minutes despite five internal reviews, fact checks, and approvals. Why?
Because the Trump regime refused to grant an interview to be included in the report. This is what state run media looks like, and it is putting us all in danger.
Read the full article with receipts: https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/cbs-is-officially-state-run-media-and-nyt-is-close-behind/

2025-12-22 17:49:35 GMT

Bari Weiss says she killed the CBS CECOT story because it "didn't have the Trump regime's comment or perspective."
1. This is a lie. The Trump regime has publicy commented on supporting CECOT numerous times.
2. The Trump regime refusing to comment for this particular story is their choice. They're not a victim to be catered to.
3. Refusing to air a story because it could be damaging to the administration makes you state media. That's what CBS is now. State Run Media.
Drop CBS permanently.

2025-12-21 02:52:57 GMT

MAGA Boomer: At your age in 1970 I paid off college & bought a house with hard work.
Millennials: In 1970 college was 5% of median salary. Now it’s 44%. A median home was $24K. Now it’s $417K. The top marginal tax rate was 70%. Now it’s 37%. Sure maybe you did work hard—but then you closed the door behind you.

2025-12-18 14:44:50 GMT

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These are the seven Democrats who voted with MAGA Republicans to perform invasive body cavity searches on migrant children.
We need to primary each of these pro child abuse politicians out of government.
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2025-12-18 14:41:09 GMT

Elon Musk goes on an anti-immigrant rant on the Katie Miller podcast—despite being an immigrant himself—& it’s every bit as absurd as you’d expect.
In this response video, I take his claims apart in real time. The “communist hell hole” fearmongering. The conspiracy theories about voting & citizenship. The overt racism.
Watch for yourself. If you haven’t yet, subscribe to my YouTube channel to support independent voices pushing back against billionaire propaganda.
https://youtu.be/STBqs0oOt70

2025-12-18 11:51:10 GMT

From 1990 to 2017 there were ~290 people denaturalized from citizenship after extensive due process proved they'd broken immigration law.
In 2026 the Trump regime plans to denaturalize up to 2500 people.
You can bet he will almost exclusively target Black and brown people. And you can bet he will target dissenters and critics. Because as his own chief of staff admits—Trump is not driven by justice. He is a vindictive, revenge filled petty little man doing his best to build a white ethno state.

2025-12-18 01:00:33 GMT

We need to sound the alarm 🚨. Today, the House of Representatives passed a barbaric piece of legislation that would subject migrant children to invasive bodily searches, keep them in prison, and refuse to let them be released to their families.
It’s disgusting that corporate media is not talking about how this will result in further systemic abuse of migrant children.
Watch now and subscribe to support my human rights advocacy: https://youtube.com/shorts/83FvL8yTHwo?si=E6MwGagAPvEnJvI4

2025-12-17 15:11:46 GMT

ProPublica reports a dystopian horror. Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program was forced to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Innocent people literally got a stamp on a card at random to let them know if they would live or if they would starve to death. Not because the world lacks resources—but because its stricken with greed.
All this blood is on the hands of Trump, Musk, & feckless Republicans.

2025-12-17 00:10:19 GMT

To Recap:
- In October, the U.S. economy lost 105k jobs—the most in a single month since December 2020.
- Now, Speaker Johnson is refusing call a vote this year to extend ACA subsidies—effectively guaranteeing they will expire, meaning rates will double and triple going into 2026.
The Trump regime is cutting jobs and doubling insurance, pricing out millions of people—disproportionately low income & Black and brown people.
This Is Not By Accident. This Is What Structural Eugenics Looks Like!

2025-12-17 00:06:45 GMT

To folks who have studied world history, they would know that Ahmed el Ahmed risking his life to save Jewish people is not the exception, but the norm. Throughout world history Muslims have protected Jewish people from attack and persecution. Muslims and Jews have been allies against injustice. It's critical we recognize and lean into this history of humanity.
I provide the receipts in detail here: https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/debunking-hateful-propaganda-about-jews-and-muslims/

2025-12-16 23:11:06 GMT

CBS went from the home of "The most trusted man in America" to Bari Weiss & her fascist agenda.
People are rejecting corporate billionaire owned outlets.
My human rights platform—Let's Address This—has no paywall & being a paying sub is optional: https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/
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2025-12-16 22:51:03 GMT

Five campaigns. All people funded. All challenging the same political mistake we keep repeating. I lay out the principles I use to decide who earns my support and why these races matter right now. One shared thread ties them all together. See if you catch it.
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/tired-of-corporate-sellouts-back-these-people-funded-fighters/

2025-12-16 19:57:21 GMT

The President's Chief of Staff just admitted that his pursuit of Leticia James and James Comey was not grounded in justice, but in revenge.
This is an indefensible violation of due process of law. And if I'm Mahmoud Khalil or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I'm filing a civil lawsuit for restitution for malicious prosecution.
Finally, shame on all the universities with their billions in endowments who refused to stand up to Trump, & instead capitulated to his vengeful vindictive demands. Unacceptable.

2025-12-15 22:36:50 GMT

The armed Parkland police officers ran away
The armed Uvalde police officers refused to act
The unarmed Arab Muslim Ahmed el Ahmed took two bullets to protect Jewish neighbors and stopped the mass shooter with his bare hands
Never forget: A good guy without a gun had more courage than hundreds of cops with unlimited guns
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2025-12-15 17:24:53 GMT

Brown U kids who survived USA 389th mass shooting of 2025 will now pay out of pocket for their healthcare, because USA guarantees guns but not health.
Australians who survived the 1st deadly mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.

2025-12-13 19:34:59 GMT

Noem is arresting US Citizens, deporting Vets, & killing immigrants in ICE custody
Hegseth is killing defenseless civilians in open water
Patel is making up an "antifa" threat while ignoring the actual threat of white supremacy terror
RFK is endangering us all with an entirely preventable measles outbreak
Rubio is escalating war & destroying our alliances with Canada & Europe
Justice Roberts is ripping the Voting Rights Act & giving POTUS unlimited immunity
This is how you destroy America.

2025-12-12 18:59:27 GMT

This week, the authors of Project 2025 released their sequel, outlining plans to further undermine the American experiment—including voter suppression, attacks on immigrants, deregulation, privatization, & purging career civil servants in favor of political loyalists.
Project 2026 lays out 7 initiatives before midterms. In today's newsletter, I break down each one, provide a thorough response, & suggest how we fight back.
Read now and support my advocacy on Ghost:
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/what-you-need-to-know-about-project-2026/

2025-12-12 00:00:11 GMT

The people who support $12B in corporate welfare to farms and forgave $80B in auto bailouts and forgave $700B in bank bailouts and forgave $755B in PPP loans want you to know that forgiving medical debt and student debt is socialism😐

2025-12-10 22:12:57 GMT

The US Govt — which bombed the Houthis for seizing ships that were enabling the Gaza genocide — has now seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔

2025-12-10 21:38:37 GMT

Your reminder that there is no “war on Christmas” and no one is trying to ban saying “merry Christmas.”
Case in point. I'm Muslim. It doesn't offend me when people wish me Merry Christmas. Offensive is when MAGA politicians cut food stamps, healthcare, & education, while giving trillions in tax cuts to billionaires, and claim that's the Christmas spirit.
If you don't get why that's a problem, y'all need Jesus, and common sense.

2025-12-10 14:57:18 GMT

Christmas reminder: If GOP didn’t give 800 billionaires a $2T tax cut (again)—we’d have enough for SNAP, cancel all medical debt, and cancel all student debt.
GOP sold out 200M Americans to serve 800 billionaires.
This is what class war on working people looks like. Stop bootlicking billionaires. Start taxing them out of existence.

2025-12-09 18:13:39 GMT

These stories are less than 6 weeks apart:
•Paramount lays off 2000 workers
•Paramount magically finds $100B cash to hostile takeover a rival
Billionaires don’t care about working people. They care about power. Stop defending billionaires. Start taxing them out of existence.
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2025-12-09 16:50:33 GMT

Hillary Clinton is again claiming young Americans support Palestinian human rights only because of TikTok.
Clinton’s remarks do more than dismiss extensive evidence of genocide in Gaza. They mischaracterize young Americans. They reinforce the very conditions that allow fascism to spread.
When leaders obscure or justify atrocities abroad, they embolden authoritarianism at home.
Support my human rights advocacy and subscribe on Ghost. Read the full article with receipts: https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/hillary-clintons-genocide-denial-and-the-crisis-of-moral-credibility-in-american-politics/

2025-12-08 23:32:46 GMT

Ms. Rachel is my litmus test going forward. Any person who has a problem with her, is not a person I care to be around. If you get upset at a teacher ADVOCATING FOR THE HUMANITY OF ALL CHILDREN then it's YOU who I want to ensure does not influence my children.
As James Baldwin beautifully said, "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
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2025-12-08 21:29:16 GMT

To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America

2025-12-08 19:14:21 GMT

Reminding my fellow Asians & people of color generally: Proximity to White Supremacy is NOT Protection from it. JD Vance is married to an Indian woman, daughter of immigrants, immigration made possible by the Civil Rights Acts passed bc Black civil rights leaders said none of us are free until all of us are. If even the wife of the VP is not exempt from racist hatred, then what chance do you think you have?
Stand united against hate -- white, Black, brown -- do not be divided by racist hate.
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2025-12-06 16:36:53 GMT

Trump says he's expanding the travel ban to 30+ countries, and if a country doesn't have a "stable government," it's on the list. I'm willing to bet all 30+ nations are:
1. Black or brown majority
2. Nations USA has intervened to destabilize their Govt
White supremacy continues to thrive in 2025 USA. Also funny how he thinks that the US government is stable. Is he putting himself on the ban list?🤔

2025-12-05 15:55:22 GMT

I went on Piers Morgan to debate a woman running for Congress on the platform to deport and kill all Muslims. Yes, literally.
As you watch, pls note how these attacks on Islam are not grounded in any form of fact, and how my responses are entirely based on facts & data.
I welcome your comments and, if in your capacity, your subscription to continue to support my advocacy and Jihad for education.
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/addressing-anti-muslim-hate-on-piers-morgan-uncensored/

2025-12-05 15:39:01 GMT

Why are things unaffordable? If the min wage increased at the rate of productivity since 1960, it'd be $27 today—not $7.25
Billionaires & Mega Corps have stolen at least $20/hour from working Americans for 65 years—an estimated $79T
Things are unaffordable because billionaires are stealing from us

2025-12-04 21:00:32 GMT

1 year ago: UnitedHealth CEO was allegedly killed by Luigi Mangione. While corporate media fixated on sensational details, few asked: How many preventable deaths occurred this year due to such companies?
68,000.
I propose we stop calling them “health insurance companies” and call them what they are--Health Exploitation Limited Liability Corporations. HELL Corporations.
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2025-12-04 17:59:06 GMT

I went on Piers Morgan Uncensored to challenge dangerous lies being spread about immigrants and Muslims.
I refuse to let bigotry go unanswered, so I brought the receipts—the facts, the data, and the real history of this nation that so many keep trying to erase.
Grateful to Omar Baddar for his powerful contributions.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/V_rmpnBvHsU

2025-12-03 23:44:03 GMT

In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was executed for “treason.” 1st American ever executed, for the crime of freeing the enslaved.
The 2nd American ever executed for treason was Aaron Dwight Stevens at 29yo, also an abolitionist. He served Brown during his failed raid on Harpers Ferry, VA.
Brown's raid lasted Oct 16 to 18, 1859. He initiated a slave revolt, now called the dress rehearsal to the Civil War.
A stark reminder that legality is not always a measure of justice & morality, but power.
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2025-12-03 22:36:01 GMT

In today’s newsletter, I invite you to watch my conversation with Tim Whitaker, where we debunk a falsehood laden anti-Muslim tirade by a Christian nationalist in real time. I hope you’ll find it engaging and enlightening.
I deeply appreciate Tim for leveraging his platform to non-Christians to counter disinformation on Islam.
Support my efforts to combat the rise of Islamophobia in the U.S. & become a free or paid subscriber on Ghost:
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/interview-debunking-christian-nationalist-disinformation-on-islam/

2025-12-03 15:07:38 GMT

Hillary Clinton is out here claiming young people, including young Jewish people, are only pro Palestine because of TikTok—not because of the painfully documented fact by dozens of human rights orgs confirming genocide, famine, mass rape, and war crimes by IDF.
No acknowledgment that people are relying on social media because the Israeli government has illegally blocked out all international media and killed more than 250 journalists inside Gaza.
Her claim is “Just believe Netanyahu.” Absurd.

2025-12-02 21:01:12 GMT

A reminder that the largest demographic of Americans on food aid are white MAGA voters. By far. No other demographic is even a close second.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
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2025-12-02 14:32:47 GMT

1 TON has ~907K grams. ~1 gram of cocaine can be fatal.
Over 20 years, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the United States. He was convicted & sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Donald Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
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2025-12-02 14:14:14 GMT

Remember—Billionaire philanthropy is PR
$6.25B is a lot of money. It’s also only 4.1% of the $152B Michael Dell has hoarded. If Dell paid the 37% tax rate on the wealthy he'd pay $56.25B—and still have nearly $100B, more than he'd ever need
Taxation of billionaires > philanthropy from billionaires
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2025-12-01 18:51:27 GMT

This is 2003 Iraq all over again.
The Govt of Venezuela has formally submitted a letter to OPEC claiming that the USA under Donald Trump is attempting to seize their oil reserves through military force.
This is criminal. It is another war as Americans starve.
Democrats need to make the case of impeachment and demand Republicans answer to the American people why they continue to stand by a fascist.
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2025-12-01 18:26:54 GMT

We need to be aware: Torrence Medley, a 39yo Black man, was found hanging from a tree at Brookfield Hills Golf Course on Nov 13. Police declared it a suicide. His family wants proof and transparency, and police have not provided either. They’re demanding the full investigation process and video footage, which remain unseen.
Given this nation’s history of lynching Black Americans and the complicity of law enforcement, we must demand verification.
Sending my prayers to the Medley family.
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2025-12-01 13:06:12 GMT

To Recap:
•Nick Fuentes considers Jewish people sub human -- not on this list
•Elon Musk repeated the Seig Heil & refused to apologize - not on this list
•Donald Trump praised neo-Nazis and repeats anti-semitic tropes - not on this list
•Ms. Rachel says we shouldn't bomb or starve children -- on this list
Antisemitism is real, and the shameless hypocrisy of orgs like this make a mockery of it. Pathetic.
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2025-12-01 03:49:01 GMT

Newspaper headlines in 1921 completely, shamelessly whitewashed the Tulsa Race Massacre. Today, the GOP continues America's erasure and total lack of accountability for racial violence.
Viola Fletcher carried the full truth of Tulsa in her memory and in her testimony. While justice sadly did not arrive in her lifetime, we inherit her fight. Watch more on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/wG2hSIw2vus

2025-11-30 23:14:09 GMT

BREAKING: Pope Leo today announced that the Catholic Church supports Palestinian statehood. He went on to call out Netanyahu for refusing to recognize Palestinian statehood, and called for Palestinian statehood anyway.
This is an important step forward. I launched this global petition calling on the USA to recognize Palestinian statehood. Please do sign & share: https://c.org/zqgdSZKDVn

2025-11-29 00:10:05 GMT

Wild to watch corporate democrats and liberal journalists rightly condemn Trump’s extrajudicial murders of innocent people in Caribbean as a war crime—while simultaneously pretending Biden and now Trump hasn’t been letting Netanyahu do the exact same thing by a factor of 1000 to Palestinians in Gaza & the West Bank.
Their cowardly silence on Gaza enables this in the Caribbean. It’s why Dr Kinf warned, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

2025-11-25 03:16:17 GMT

To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands

2025-11-23 14:18:22 GMT

The recent revelations (that we all basically knew) that some of the largest MAGA influencers on social media are paid trolls from other parts of the world is exactly why I don't debate these Internet bros online.
Their goal, their purpose, their dopamine hit is to get you to waste your time. Just like Toni Morrison said, the very purpose of racism is distraction.
Don't fall for it. Stay focused on your mission to demand justice and accountability. Let the trolls scream in their echo chambers.

2025-11-22 19:48:33 GMT

As a lawyer let me remind y'all that "UN-indicted co-conspirator" is not a legal term. It is a made up term to demonize Muslims, immigrants, & Black & brown people—simply anyone they want to depict as scary & dangerous.
An indictment requires "probable cause." "UN-indicted" means there wasn't even probable cause of wrongdoing. So when they attack Zohran for taking a photo with an "UN-indicted co-conspirator" they're pushing racist & bigoted propaganda—not facts. Recognize & reject it as such.

2025-11-22 17:04:38 GMT

Zohran Mamdani marched into the Oval Office and, without blinking, made clear that the Israeli government is committing genocide with funding from the U.S. Government. He said while standing next to Donald Trump, moments after calling him a fascist, and staying unwaveringly committed to his message of affordability for all New Yorkers.
How Zohran campaigned is how he's leading as Mayor Elect. This is how you build trust. This is how you build movements committed to justice.
This is the way.

2025-11-22 15:45:46 GMT

Every single one of the 86 Corporate Democrats who voted to "condemn socialism" & was in Congress when Biden used taxpayer money to bailout the banks, supported Biden using taxpayer money to bailout the banks.
They believe in socialism for the wealthy but rugged individualism for the working class. MLK called them hypocrites, and for good reason.

2025-11-22 02:39:31 GMT

Marjorie Taylor Green has been in Congress since 2020 and is resigning as of Jan 5, 2026. And I just want to point out one thing.
She spent 5 years in Congress attacking the left—and never feared for her life or safety to any level that would make her resign.
She spent 5 weeks mildly critiquing the MAGA right and the backlash was so severe she is resigning.
5 years of antagonizing the left resulted in no action. 5 weeks of criticizing the right resulted in resignation.
That says it all.

2025-11-21 19:24:56 GMT

2018: The CIA concludes the Saudi gov murdered Jamal Khashoggi and that MBS ordered it. Biden vowed to make him a pariah. Bezos honored Khashoggi.
2025: MBS is welcomed to the White House and Bezos praises the same regime that murdered his employee.
This is state media: when billionaires own the outlets shaping public perception.
For anyone interested in a deeper analysis (paywall-free):
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/legacy-medias-license-to-kill/

2025-11-21 14:50:54 GMT

Christian nationalists are attacking American Muslims in Florida and Michigan, and burning the Qur’an. Gov Abbott is designating American Muslims as “terrorists”. Members of Congress—GOP & Dems alike—are demonizing Islam. And corporate media is ignoring it entirely.
I’ve written a detailed piece to document the hate that’s rising. Subscribe to my human rights newsletter on Ghost so that we can stand stronger together against it ✊🏽.
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/anti-muslim-hate-is-at-critical-levels-and-corporate-media-is-ignoring-it/

2025-11-21 14:23:33 GMT

It’s indefensible that there is more condemnation for people protesting outside a synagogue that was illegally selling Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank than there has been for the openly bigoted attacks on American Muslims in Florida, Texas, and Michigan for their “crime” of existing while Muslim.

2025-11-21 04:19:27 GMT

Charlotte, NC: After Trump's ICE fascists raided and arrested 130 people last weekend, this week students responded.
An estimated 30,000 students skipped class and walked out to protest these ICE fascists.
Young people leading the way to build a future committed to meaningful justice. Let's go.

2025-11-21 01:34:57 GMT

If Evangelicals want to know why people are leaving organized religion, it's because you excuse and elevate the objectively worst people as "God's chosen," while ridiculing the poor, marginalized, and downtrodden as sinners and lepers.
And I'm talking to Evangelicals of all faiths.

2025-11-21 01:17:08 GMT

Attacks on American Muslims are not happening in isolation. They are the result of years of normalized bigotry and a media ecosystem that has decided our safety is not newsworthy.
And as someone who lived through the post-9/11 wave of anti-Muslim hate, I can say with clarity that what we are witnessing today is worse. Become a paid or free subscriber on Ghost to support my advocacy.
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/anti-muslim-hate-is-at-critical-levels-and-corporate-media-is-ignoring-it/

2025-11-20 19:57:20 GMT

BREAKING: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols. Now they're merely “potentially divisive.”
White supremacy is structural in the United States, and every day under this fascist Trump regime it becomes more embedded in public policy.
Genocide isn't "potentially divisive," it is horrific violence and must be condemned without exception. And MAGAs wonder why they're referred to as Nazis. smh

2025-11-19 20:40:41 GMT

In Minnesota police set up a sting operation to catch child sex traffickers.
They caught 16 men. No immigrants. No trans people. All US Citizen Men.
One was an ICE fascist who said, "I'm ICE boys" when arrested, perhaps expecting to get special attention. He was arrested anyway.
So much winning.

2025-11-19 13:48:00 GMT

This week on The Qasim Rashid Show, I speak with First Deputy Mayor of New York City, Dean Fuleihan, on how he and Mayor Elect Mamdani will deliver on their promise of affordability.
I also took a trip to LA to talk politics with Dara Starr Tucker, from Epstein files to poverty in the U.S.
Thank you all for tuning in.
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/the-qasim-rashid-show-episode-197/

2025-11-18 22:32:54 GMT

BREAKING: Senate unanimously passes bill to release Epstein files, sending it to Trump's desk to sign.
House passed it 427-1
Senate passed it unanimously

2025-11-18 18:21:03 GMT

DOJ is apparently ready to pay $50 MILLION in restitution to QAnon conspiracy theorist and convicted felon Michael Flynn.
Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI and committed arguably treasonous acts. But he gets $50M.
White supremacy is when a convicted white man can get restitution for committing crimes but innocent Latino Americans are getting tortured and deported on the mere accusation that they're undocumented. Horrific.

2025-11-15 21:17:41 GMT

So to be clear:
•Megyn Kelly is arguing that raping a 15 year old child isn't really rape
•Former Rep Matt Gaetz raped a homeless 17-year-old child by exploiting her healthcare
•South Carolina Judge James Gosnell has been caught with possession of child pornography.
•Oklahoma Judge Susan Worthington freed a man named Jesse Butler despite video evidence of him raping 2 teen girls, nearly choking them to death.
But we should fear Trans people & Immigrants?🧐
Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession.

2025-11-15 03:10:59 GMT

I'm a lawyer. I've written several books, half a dozen academic law review articles, I don't even know how many legal briefs, and literally thousands of OpEds. I say all this to show that I know the English language fairly well.
And yet, I did not know until this week of the word "hebephilia," and I'm pretty dang sure it's because no one I've ever associated with has tried to "umm akshully" pedophilia by explaining how hebephilia is in any way "better." My God why is this even a discussion. smh

2025-11-14 13:53:23 GMT

Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
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2025-11-14 02:43:28 GMT

DOJ estimates that Epstein and his fellow child abusers trafficked at least 200 children.
Meanwhile, experts estimate that in 2025, roughly 2600 minors were forced into a child marriage in the United States. That’s some 50 minors every week, or about seven per day, every single day of the year. And unless we act immediately, that trend is expected to continue in 2026.
Here’s how bad the situation is, and what we can do to stop it.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/epstein-files-reminder-usa-has-a

2025-11-14 00:36:24 GMT

Remember that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa ran as Nikki Haley
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession

2025-11-11 23:08:38 GMT

UPDATE: Now that 8 Senate Dems folded to Trump—Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds.
What? Moving goal posts? Lucy and the football? Who Could Have Seen This Coming??
This is why you don't back down from a bully! My God! My kingdom for a spine for Democrats.

2025-11-11 15:36:49 GMT

The Wash Post Editorial Board published one of the most reckless pieces of “journalism” I’ve ever seen, attacking NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.
The article is replete with disinformation, half truths, & anti-Black racism. I dismantle each of their claims—with receipts. Please read and share.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/rebuttal-to-washington-post-editorial

2025-11-11 00:20:10 GMT

WATCH: I interview NYC's First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, appointed earlier today by Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani
We discuss how the Mamdani admin plans to manage NYC's $100B budget, ensure transparency to New Yorkers, & make NYC more affordable.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/breaking-interview-with-nycs-first

2025-11-10 21:21:30 GMT

Below I provide the names, the phone numbers, and a sample script to call these 8 Senate democrats who folded to Trump, and demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
81% of Democratic voters want Senate Democrats to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-dems-fold-on-trump-shutdown

2025-11-10 05:07:46 GMT

Tonight Democrats proved that old quip.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.

2025-11-10 04:20:56 GMT

More Senate Democrats folded to let Trump gut our healthcare than House Republicans folded to release the Epstein files.
This is example of why we can't have nice things.

2025-11-10 03:00:29 GMT

These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Shaheen, Kaine, Fetterman, Durbin, Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.

2025-11-10 01:54:54 GMT

To me among the most infuriating parts about the healthcare debate and ACA credits is this would not be an issue if we were like every developed country on Earth and GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
We'd pay half per capita what we're paying now, have more coverage, & longer life expectancy.

2025-11-07 02:41:45 GMT

Adelita Grijalva was elected 44 days ago, & after the longest gap in history to be sworn in, Speaker Johnson still won’t swear her in.
The Trump Govt Shutdown is entering day 37, the longest gap in history (breaking Trump's own record) & Trump still won't reopen the Govt.
A federal judge ordered Trump to fully fund SNAP, & he's still refusing to, creating a Constitutional Crisis & starving Americans.
Dem Governors: Move heaven & earth to enact Soft Secession—stop funding the Federal Govt.

2025-11-07 00:52:54 GMT

I’ve seen no corporate media outlet cover this:
•Post 2024 polls showed that Harris campaigning with Cheney decreased enthusiasm for her by 7%
•Post 2025 polls show that Mamdani running as an unapologetic progressive earned him 9% of MAGA voters who went for Trump in 2024
The lesson Corporate Dems need to learn: You don’t flip votes by compromising on your values, but by unapologetically leaning into them.