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2024-07-31 18:13:10

If Hamas assassinated Israel's ceasefire negotiator, legacy media & the White House would rightly erupt in outrage at Hamas' pro war injustice.
The Israeli military just assassinated one of Hamas' lead negotiators for ceasefire, in a third sovereign nation no less, and crickets from media & the White House. Zero condemnations.
If you care about releasing hostages, you don't kill the person negotiating their release. Yet another reminder that for Netanyahu, it was never about the hostages.

2024-07-26 05:54:58

Nelson Mandela opposed apartheid & the US government placed him on the terror watch list until 2008.
ICJ reports that Netanyahu has enacted apartheid & the US government invited him to address Congress.
In a system built on white supremacy—do not let legality & power be your measure of morality & justice.

2024-07-26 00:59:38

VP Harris reports that she told Netanyahu the war must end, Israel must completely withdraw from Gaza, and Palestinians will have their own state with self determination.
A start. But not enough. USA needs to stop arming Israel to bomb Palestine. That’s a non negotiable.

2024-07-20 23:06:50

A week later and we have zero info on the injury Donald Trump sustained & whether it was caused by a bullet, glass shrapnel, or something else.
Media has made no meaningful effort to find out either. This degrades trust in the 4th estate & fuels conspiracy theories. Total fail.

2024-07-17 21:22:23

I can't be the only one who finds it bizarre that while the former President was nearly assassinated, we have:
•Zero insight on what caused the security fail
•Zero investigation announced into the failure
•Zero update on what his actual injuries were/are
This makes no sense. How are we operating in complete darkness like this?

2024-07-14 20:03:26

Yes political violence is unacceptable. But do MAGAs believe that?
A 2020 study by ABC documented that as President, Donald Trump inspired at least 54 acts of political violence even before the January 6 insurrection, while the previously four Presidents combined inspired 0 such acts of political violence, and another study found that Trump’s vile and violent tweets resulted in massive spikes in hate crimes."
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/yes-political-violence-is-unacceptable

2024-07-10 06:50:01

I'm starting a series on the fascist Project 2025. My purpose is to read the entire 900 Page fascist manifesto (so you don’t have to) and give you the tools to quickly debunk its claims.
I'm publishing the first in the series—covering Project 2025's attacks on DEI.
Subscribe to receive the post in your inbox when it goes live on 7/10: https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/project-2025-series-diversity-equity?r=fyvxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-07-10 02:55:35

This is beyond repugnant journalism.
Literally the day Senate GOP blocks 3 bills to protect the freedom to cross state lines for abortion care, protect doctors in states where abortion is legal from prosecution for providing services to out of state patients, & support more abortion care training—NYT publishes this propaganda piece praising GOP for becoming moderate on abortion.😐
Women and infants are literally dying due to GOP extremism, and Legacy media continues to fail us. SMH
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2024-07-09 00:22:35

Project 2025: We'll mandate military exams for public school kids but exempt private school kids, & we'll defund public education to fund private religious charter schools & massive defense spending.
In short—we want poor, of color, & non-Christian kids to fight our endless wars

2024-07-05 15:53:52

The NY Times published this piece on July 4th, to convince Americans to NOT vote, written by a guy who DOES vote, a guy who is a right wing Christian nationalist, a guy who reportedly supported the January 6 insurrection, and a guy who cosplays Hitler.
Legacy media is absolutely failing us and hastening the downfall of democracy. Smh what a disgrace.
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2024-07-02 21:15:31

Here’s the thing — Dems need to feed their base. Dems had the House, Senate, & White House for Biden's first 2 years and refused to expand the Court. Despite the absurd SCOTUS rulings since, Biden still says he won't work to expand that court.
Telling the Dem base to "vote harder" without a clear vision of reform misses a golden opportunity to win.
Feed the base. Paint the vision. Act!

2024-07-02 17:42:36

A reminder that what this SCOTUS has ruled is sadly not the exception—but a perpetuation of centuries of injustice.
Look at the receipts. It is a bitter truth that the US Supreme Court has been USA's greatest obstacle to justice for the American people. And if we do not launch a comprehensive effort to reform and reign in the Court, we set back human rights at least a century.
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/what-if-the-greatest-obstacle-to

2024-07-02 05:33:05

MAGAs: We will overthrow democracy, install dictatorship, make the President a king, jail political opponents, jail journalists, deport anyone we don't like, & ban all immigration
Americans: This is reckless. Dems need to act ASAP.
Liberals: lol Congress isn't even in session. You're so dumb. Vote harder or you're a Trump supporter.
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This has literally been my day today. I've been called dumb, stupid, & ignorant—by liberals—for demanding Dems do more than say "vote harder." smh just wild.

2024-07-02 03:36:52

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I wrote about the absurdity of SCOTUS’s recent rulings and why we need Dems to act immediately if we hope to protect our democracy https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/scotus-hurtles-the-usa-towards-dictatorship?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=fyvxf&utm_medium=ios

2024-07-02 02:32:53

This SCOTUS has overturned 40 years of environmental protection precedent, 50 years of abortion precedent, 60 years of Affirmative Action precedent, & now 248 years of limited POTUS power precedent—& Dems still refuse to even try to expand SCOTUS or impeach the Justices. Come On!

2024-06-29 14:38:48

1865: The 13th Amendment codifies prison slavery, so racists passed vagrancy laws to criminalize people on the street—forcing many formerly enslaved people back into prison slave labor.
2024: SCOTUS criminalizes homelessness, forcing people on the street into prison slave labor.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — the U.S. Supreme Court has been the single biggest blockade to progress and justice in America. They’re proving it again this session.

2024-06-26 00:01:58

Oh my God🤬
White couple from West Virginia adopted Black children, then enslaved them, kept them locked in a barn, & deprived them of food & human contact—and the judge Still let them make bond!
8 mo late they’re back in jail & await trial. Just what?!
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/06/24/hite-west-virginia-couple-forced-black-adopted-children-found-locked-in-barn-to-do-farm-labor/

2024-06-25 20:04:19

Blinken: Israel agrees to ceasefire & release of all hostages
Biden: Israel agrees to ceasefire & release of all hostages
Bibi: Israel REJECTS ceasefire or release of all hostages—now give me more bombs
Biden/Blinken: OK...but we're canceling Brunch
I hope at the minimum people will realize that Netanyahu has never cared about the hostages or ending this siege. Now let's act accordingly.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-06-24-2024-f5de2ed8288ac3cdb02c4e9e2fbaeda1

2024-06-25 18:20:30

Joseph Czuba killed 6-yr-old Wadea by stabbing him 26 times because he was Palestinian
Elizabeth Wolf tried to drown a 3-yr-old child because she is Palestinian
IDF shot 355 rounds to kill 6-yr-old Hind because she was Palestinian
This is the result of systemic dehumanization, and unless we act quickly to stop this hate, it will continue to get worse.

2024-06-24 04:41:57

Maybe instead of only posting the Ten Commandments, we can also post the Five Pillars of Islam, the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, the Ten Disciplines of Hinduism, the Five Virtues of Sikhism, the Three Tenets of Jainism, and then maybe we can compile them all into a religion class and actually educate our kids so they become well rounded adults, not indoctrinated evangelicals. Just a thought.

2024-06-23 18:28:22

Got plenty of hate mail in response to my city council remarks to divest from Israeli war crimes.
It's near impossible to have this discussion without propaganda & whatabboutism derailing the very clear point that Israel is violating int'l law
Monday I'm publishing the first in a series of articles debunking the most common claims used to justify war crimes. Subscribe here for free or as a paying subscriber to support my work: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/subscribe

2024-06-20 20:02:45

Report: Israel knew of Hamas' attack well before 10/7, including when, where, and how many hostages they'd take, and still did nothing to prevent it.
Why is the US arming a government so incompetent they couldn't stop an attack they knew was coming?
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/idf-knew-weeks-before-oct-7-of-hamas-plan-to-take-200-hostages/

2024-06-19 21:30:13

On Juneteenth remember that human trafficking was legal. Slavery was legal. Jim Crow was legal. US Govt paying reparations to white enslavers who lost their “property” but not to the enslaved who lost their lives, was legal.
Do not let legality be a measure of morality or justice.
And if you need another example, consider that prison slavery still IS legal and the private prison industry is a multi billion dollar industry on the backs of imprisoned enslaved people.

2024-06-19 00:17:03

Top Dems approve $18B military package for Israel, including 50 fighter jets.
All in the backdrop of UNSC passing a binding resolution demanding ceasefire, ICC, ICJ, & UN accusing Israel of war crimes, & Israel refusing to abide by UN resolution
Barbaric
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4727080-top-democrats-gregory-meeks-ben-cardin-israel-hamas-war-massive-weapons-package/

2024-06-16 23:08:07

The UN reports at a minimum 19,000 orphans in Gaza right now.
19,000. At a minimum.
All made possible by the Netanyahu regime indiscriminately bombing civilians, and the US Government indiscriminately arming the Netanyahu regime.
Happy Father's Day.😓

2024-06-15 23:37:44

Me: Billionaire philanthropy is PR. Tax billionaires
Troll: Lol you trust Govt to spend our money?
Me: Yes the Govt elected by We the People, who is accountable, & can be voted out
Troll: Govt is bought
Me: By who?
Troll: By billionai—...
Me: ...
Troll: Ok Tax billionaires

2024-06-15 06:32:10

The House just passed an $895B Pentagon budget—yet 1 in 6 American kids are food insecure.
Tesla board approved a $55B payout for EIon—yet just laid off 10,000 workers.
Exxon made $28.5B profit—yet paid a 2.5% tax rate.
This is what class warfare against working people looks like.

2024-06-14 16:30:51

SCOTUS rules along MAGA lines 6-3 in Garland vs Cargill that a bump stock device is NOT a “machinegun” and can be owned again.
The Las Vegas shooter used a bump stock to mass murder 60 people, injure 900, & MAGA SCOTUS just paved the way for another terrorist to do the same. smh
#ExpandTheCourt

2024-06-14 06:19:45

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but Democrats mocking Trump for being a felon isn't the win they think it is. Use this moment to educate the public on how many basic rights are disproportionately denied to Black & brown people due to felony charges—SNAP, TANF, Section 8, Student Aid, voting, and more—& work to restore those rights.
Where's the bill to restore voting rights for incarcerated people? SNAP access for returning citizens? Student aid for former drug offenders?
Come on—lead by example!

2024-06-13 21:30:50

Senate GOP—who unanimously let the child tax credit expire, increased childhood poverty 30%, & cancelled free school lunches—just blocked IVF again because a clump of cells is a child but an actual child can starve.
It was never about life. It was always about control of women.

2024-06-13 16:27:46

BREAKING: SCOTUS *unanimously* rules to protect women's access to mifepristone, holding that the anti-abortion extremists who brought the case have absolutely no standing whatsoever.
A reminder that Mifepristone reports 5 deaths per 1M people who use it—a death rate of 0.0005%. Viagra has a 15X greater death rate. Maybe MAGA SCOTUS realized banning Mifepristone meant their precious viagra was next.😅
Imagine how right wing you have to be that even *this* SCOTUS says you've jumped the shark.

2024-06-12 21:59:32

Oklahoma Supreme Court sides with the white supremacists who mass murdered hundreds of Black people during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre—and rules that the harm done to the survivors does not fall into a recognizable legal remedy.
The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of the case altogether.
White supremacy thriving in 2024 America. Horrific.
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/state-supreme-court-sides-with-tulsa-in-1921-race-massacre-lawsuit

2024-06-12 16:00:18

Who is igniting antisemitism in America?
I looked up the ADL data on antisemitic hate crimes in America. The ADL H.E.A.T. Map data goes back to 2002. If you had to guess what percentage of antisemitic hate crimes were from Muslims vs Leftists vs Right over the past 22 years, what would you guess? Hold that thought & look at the receipts first.
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/who-is-igniting-antisemitism-in-america-e2b

2024-06-11 16:27:09

Given Alito's disdain for precedent given his overturn of Roe, his disregard for US Constitution given his pro insurrection flag, his disregard for confidentiality given his diatribe admitting lack of impartiality—why is he still on the bench & is there any doubt he leaked Dobbs?

2024-06-11 07:19:09

1868: Civil War hero Robert Smalls returns home to South Carolina & establishes the State public school system
2024: South Carolina bans AP African American Studies in public schools
Imagine being so racist you ban teaching about the Black man who ensured your kids got educated https://newsone.com/5295836/south-carolina-ends-ap-african-american-studies-course/

2024-06-11 05:01:32

In Summary:
Israel: Our siege will end when Hamas accepts permanent ceasefire & releases all hostages
USA: We agree & support a binding UN resolution
UNSC: We agree & pass a binding UN resolution
Hamas: We agree & are ready to comply
Israel: This is unacceptable. We refuse!

2024-06-11 00:41:57

BREAKING: UN Security Council passes permanent ceasefire resolution that requires release of all hostages: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-calls-un-security-council-vote-cease-fire-proposal-gaza-rcna156373
Israel has already said they REJECT this ceasefire.
Hamas has said they ACCEPT this ceasefire.
This would be the third time in the last month Israel has rejected a ceasefire resolution, except now its a binding UN Security Council resolution that even the United States voted for.

2024-06-10 22:17:50

Alito caught on tape admitting he will not be impartial—a direct violation of his oath (yet another violation). When are the hearings, Senator Durbin?
A reminder once more SCOTUS has (almost) never upheld justice in America, but largely been the obstacle to justice. The receipts back it up throughout history https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/what-if-the-greatest-obstacle-to

2024-06-10 15:25:14

Here’s my simple question no one seems to want to answer: How is anyone celebrating four hostages for 274 killed Palestinians, when the deal on the table was ALL hostages for zero killed?
https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/how-are-4-hostages-for-210-killed?r=fyvxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2024-06-10 05:00:48

ICC: Seeks to charge Netanyahu for war crimes
ICJ: Condemns Netanyahu for enabling genocide
Gantz: Leaves Israeli Govt in protest of Netanyahu
Hostage families: Condemn Netanyahu for undermining hostage release
US Govt: Let's invite Netanyahu to address Congress!
Utterly Absurd.

2024-06-09 05:25:49

I recall applying for my law license & having to disclose toll violations & parking tickets from a decade prior that were less than $100.
Absurd that as a sitting SCOTUS justice, Clarence Thomas got $6M in gifts & didn’t require disclosure or recusal.
Where's the accountability for his corruption? How can SCOTUS be deemed legitimate when one of its members is bought and paid for?

2024-06-09 02:12:50

The UN is placing the Israeli Military on the global blacklist of offenders that harm children.
Israel's siege on Gaza has killed more than 15,000 children. This is in addition to the ~1000 children Israel annually detains w/o due process or charge or access to parents or legal counsel, where more than 80% are physically and/or sexually abused while in custody.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/middleeast/un-israel-global-list-children-intl-latam/index.html

2024-06-04 23:46:29

Biden’s asylum ban is cruel and exactly contrary to what he ran on when he condemned Trump for banning asylum.
I don’t know how to get Democrats in power to understand that embracing Republican policies won’t flip Republican voters. Whether it’s on bloated defense spending, police militarization, gutting social services, or restriction immigration—you cannot out racist elected Republicans.

2024-06-04 04:42:49

Words I strive to live by:
“Do not talk about your riches in front of the poor. Do not talk about your good health in front of the sick. Do not talk about your power in front of the weak. Do not talk about the joys of your life in front of the sad ones. Do not talk about your freedom in front of the captivated. Do not talk about your children in front of those who cannot have any. Do not talk about your parents in front of the orphans, for their wounds cannot withstand more pain.”—Imam Ali (rz)

2024-06-03 17:17:53

Did you know that the first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor? It was during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew “a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs & men shot from planes.”
103 years later, we must keep fighting for reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, and bring about meaningful racial justice in America.
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/103-years-after-the-tulsa-race-massacre

2024-06-03 03:59:30

HEADLINE 1: June 2023: Atlanta City Council approves $90M for Cop City
HEADLINe 2: June 2024: Atlanta residents are under boil water orders because of a failed water system
America’s out of control police spending is literally killing us, and police violence is just the tip of that iceberg. Smh.
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2024-06-01 02:59:39

Think about this. May 31 & June 1 is the 103 year anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre.
Tulsa Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher was born only 1 year after Harriett Tubman died, who herself was 4 when Thomas Jefferson died.
This isn't ancient history. This is contemporary reality.

2024-05-31 16:09:37

Can we bury the myth that Israel’s siege on Gaza is over hostages? Even the hostage families are telling us Netanyahu has no desire to secure the hostages. Believe them, and stop arming Israeli war crimes.
That’s what every person committed to justice has been screaming for the last 8 months.
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2024-05-31 04:19:10

97 years to the day after his father Fred Trump was arrested for a KKK rally, Donald Trump is convicted of fraud after paying off an adult film star while his wife nursed their new born child.
Rotten apple does not fall far from the rotten tree. https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/special-edition-donald-trump-convicted

2024-05-30 23:18:11

BREAKING: Jury convicts Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts.
Poetic justice that in the state Trump took out a full page ad to falsely accuse 5 Black & brown youth of a crime & called for their death—he’s convicted of 34 counts by a jury of his peers.
Let's be clear.
Trump was NOT convicted by Biden, Clinton, Soros, Big Bird, Target, Wokeness, Disney, pride flag, CRT, or DEI. Trump was convicted by his fellow U.S. citizens under due process—as US Constitution requires
Let justice reign.

2024-05-30 19:48:16

So to recap—Israel:
•Illegally spied on ICC for 9 years
•Threatened ICC prosecutor Khan
•Killed a story by Haaretz on the illegal spying by having Mossad threaten the Haaretz journalist with torture
•Bans journalists in Gaza and has killed 100+ journalists
BEHOLD: "The only democracy in the Middle East"

2024-05-29 20:29:16

BREAKING: Justice Alito has sent a letter to the Senate that he is refusing to recuse himself from a clear conflict of interest in the insurrection case.
Surprised? Don't be. This is a reminder that SCOTUS has almost always been on the wrong side of the American people & democracy. And here are the receipts to prove it: https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/what-if-the-greatest-obstacle-to?r=fyvxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-05-29 15:29:57

Israel forced Palestinians to go to a safe zone in Rafah on the promise they wouldn't be bombed—then bombed and killed 45 civilians including 32 children, burning & decapitating them.
I bring the receipts and ask, does a Red Line for Rafah even exist?
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/does-a-red-line-for-rafah-even-exist

2024-05-29 03:55:06

WOW this is incredible & terrifying.
Israel spent over a decade spying on ICC prosecutors to "retroactively investigate incidents of interest to ICC to prove Israel’s legal system is accountable."
Meanwhile Israel has banned all journalists from Gaza and has killed 100+ journalists. This is totally what you do when you're not guilty of war crimes.
How much longer will the USA, UN, & the world enable this injustice?
https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/

2024-05-29 00:49:03

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Not "finish the war."
Not "bring hostages home."
Not even "finish Hamas."
But "Finish Them" hours after a strike mass murdered 44 civilians including 32 children—burning them to ash & decapitating them.
This is an open call to genocide & to ignore that is to be complicit.

2024-05-29 00:26:56

As a South Asian American, let me apologize on behalf of the disgusting racism and vitriol of one Nikki Haley.
I will continue to work towards justice and I hope to have your support. To join up, Subscribe here: https://substack.com/@qasimrashid
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/521/065/551/882/894/original/b09fba1c89f0ce67.mp4

2024-05-28 06:40:51

Last week I argued before my city council that we must divest from Israel & refusal will result in the killing of innocent Palestinian lives.
The Rafah massacre killing 32 babies is exactly what will continue to happen if we don't divest Now.
90 U.S. Cities divested from apartheid South Africa & pressured the federal govt to act. Use my comments as a template for your city council. ❤️✊🏽
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/why-we-must-divest-from-the-siege?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true

2024-05-27 18:43:37

Just to be explicitly clear.
After Israel condemned the ICC for accusing them of deliberately targeting civilians, Israel forced Palestinians into a safe zone where they wouldn't be bombed—then Israel bombed & killed 32 children in that safe zone.
They burned Palestinians alive. On purpose.
ICC: Prosecute these war crimes.

2024-05-27 06:54:37

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agreed. Surprised but glad they’re finally starting. Still, doing the absolute bare minimum is nothing to celebrate them for and we should continue to apply pressure.

2024-05-27 05:34:35

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck loudly condemns Israel:
"The famine, the suffering of the Palestinians, the attacks in the Gaza Strip are incompatible with international law. It is indeed the case that Israel has crossed a line there, and it must not do so.”
How much longer will the United States allow itself to become isolated for the sake of Israeli war crimes?
https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-actions-incompatible-with-international-law-says-germanys-habeck/

2024-05-27 03:17:48

The people outraged over the fabricated story of 40 beheaded babies last October seem to have nothing to say about the horrifying reality of beheaded Palestinian babies in Rafah happening right now & committed by the Israeli military.
Deadly hypocrisy beyond the pale of humanity. I’m beyond disgusted at our failed media and politics not just for letting this happen, but for enabling it and funding it.

2024-05-26 22:37:38

DOD reports 0 of 569 metric tons of aid has reached starving Palestinians
US officials confirm it’s not being blocked by Hamas. But we know Israeli settlers are blocking the aid.
When Yemenis blocked ships to prevent genocide they were bombed . When Israelis block aid to enable famine they’re ignored.
The white supremacy in our foreign policy is deadly.

2024-05-26 19:20:07

Alito flew the flag upside down & Thomas’s wife supported the insurrection
Trump says "stand back and stand by" & now signals “reich” propaganda
Every GOP leader refuses to say they’ll accept the 2024 election results
Under GOP, the judicial, the executive, & the legislative are all aligned to end what’s left of American democracy

2024-05-25 00:20:43

To recap so far:
•ICJ orders Israel to cease all military operations in Rafah
•ICC presses forward on war crimes charges against Israeli PM
•US State Dept reports Israeli military used US weapons in violation of int’l law
•NYT & NBC report IDF targeted civilians
•Dozens of NGOs demand ceasefire & diplomacy
If international rules based order has any meaning, then the above must matter. The above must be acted upon. And those yet silent are complicit, and history will remember them accordingly.

2024-05-23 06:41:36

GOP held countless hearings to dissect every aspect of Hunter Biden's life—an unelected person with zero power—because they could.
Meanwhile Alito has the literal power to undermine the Constitution—& is out here proclaiming Viva Insurrection—and Dems can't be bothered to even wag a finger.😐
Just beyond infuriating.

2024-05-22 00:43:16

It's not just Republicans in states like like New Hampshire & Missouri who are trying to protect child marriage.
The United States has a child marriage epidemic, and it's worse than you think.
My recent OpEd: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand

2024-05-21 20:08:41

Israel’s military is tipping off far-right settler terrorists to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza to block delivery.
This. Is. A. War. Crime.
Israel is claiming “Hamas” is diverting aid. That is a claim all relief agencies reject. US officials also state Israel has offered no evidence to support allegations that Hamas is diverting aid.
Imagine being more upset at ICC for prosecuting this than at the famine its enabling: https://t.co/t9umHxFsUQ

2024-05-21 04:48:34

Beware of attempts to smear the ICC prosecution by claiming that ICC has "equated Israel & Hamas."
ICC has done no such thing. That's not how law works. The law works by comparing a person's behavior with what the law says is legal & illegal. That's what's happened here. Period.

2024-05-20 19:31:22

Blinken on ICC Warrants for:
•Putin: "Anyone who's a party to the ICC and has obligations should fulfill their obligations & turn over Putin."
•Netanyahu: "US rejects the ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants for Israeli officials & Hamas."
Biden on ICC Warrants for:
•Putin: "The ICC warrants against Putin make a very strong point. He's clearly committed war crimes."
•Netanyahu: "The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous."
Smh

2024-05-20 18:36:01

If the US saw lack of ICC jurisdiction as a valid defense that exempts Israel from ICC prosecution, then US would not have welcomed ICC arrest warrants for Putin—who also rejects ICC jurisdiction. But instead the US happily welcomed ICC warrants against Putin, and stands by those warrants to this day.
International rules based order mandates consistency in law and the application of law—for opponents & allies alike. That's how justice is supposed to work.

2024-05-20 14:41:36

BREAKING: ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC announces arrest warrants for Hamas leadership for war crimes and Israeli leadership for war crimes.
Both should stand trial. No one is above the law. This is how we protect international rules based order.
I’ll post a detailed analysis soon.

2024-05-19 23:03:31

Senators Rubio, Vance, & Scott, among others, refuse to say they'll accept election results
SCOTUS Justices Alito & Thomas are actively in support of insurrectionists
Speaker Johnson wants the Bible to supersede the Constitution
Fascism isn't headed to America—it's already here.

2024-05-19 04:56:24

I’m so glad public libraries already exist. Coupd you I magine trying to sell the idea of libraries to politicians in 2024?
“You want to build a large public complex on prime real estate that gives away free books & education & community events—paid for by our tax dollars? Are you crazy??”

2024-05-19 00:42:49

In 2022 SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that public school teachers & other staff can lead students in prayer.
Now Louisiana will require all schools that receive public funding to display the Ten Commandments, including colleges and universities.
If it’s prayer these guys want, if you’re a public school teacher who wants to learn the Islamic call to prayer, i.e. the Adhaan, to teach your students, let me know.🙃
https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/05/17/louisiana-10-commandments-classrooms

2024-05-16 22:51:45

BREAKING: Gov Abbot pardons Daniel Perry despite Perry's plan to kill Muslims & Black people—then succeeding in killing a BLM protestor (who was a Veteran). "All lives matter" crowd proudly celebrates killing Muslims & Black people.
A reminder once more that a system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect.

2024-05-16 01:11:59

Monday I published this article asking if Israel recognizes Palestine’s right to exist?
https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/honest-question-does-israel-recognize?r=fyvxf&utm_medium=ios
Hateful emails called me “antisemitic” for doubting Israel’s support of a 2 state solution
Netanyahu today: “A two state solution would be a reward for terrorists.”😐
I don’t need any apologies. I just need my tax dollars to stop funding this atrocity.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/447/633/121/412/162/original/ba1fe33b85d154d6.png

2024-05-15 20:03:01

Virginia GOP banning fiction novels about slavery because they’re allegedly traumatic to white kids but renaming their schools to Confederate terrorists despite their documented trauma on Black kids, aren't protecting children or education, they're protecting white supremacy.

2024-05-15 16:15:50

My latest - hope you read, share, and subscribe
"To this day in 2024, thousands of children are forced into child marriage in the United States—and Republicans seem to want to keep it that way. With several thousand documented child marriages every year—some involving as children as young as 10—we need need legislative solutions and penalties for those who exploit children. But where do we begin? Let’s Address This."
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand
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2024-05-15 05:58:47

To recap the last 24 hours:
•No UNRWA aid allowed, period
•No aid trucks in Gaza since May 5
•Israeli settlers destroy aid near border crossing
•White House approves $1B more in military aid to Israel
Embodying "money for war but can't feed the poor" in all it's shamefulness

2024-05-11 16:12:45

All 12 universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed & ~250 teachers & 5000 students killed.
Why is anyone surprised students globally want their universities to divest from corporations building the bombs destroying Gaza’s universities & killing their students & teachers?
On what moral grounds can a university administration claim to care about higher education while actively funding the violent destruction of universities in another part of the world? It’s absurd this is even a debate.

2024-05-10 17:43:59

Nearly 700 Jewish professors call on Biden to veto bill equating criticism of Israel to antisemitism—specifically objecting to the IHRA definition of antisemitism as criticism of Israel.
Biden should listen, and focus on combatting actual antisemitism.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4651826-jewish-professors-biden-antisemitism-legislation/

2024-05-09 23:17:28

Sr Airman Roger Fortson was at home when cops entered unannounced & shot him dead 6 times.
The cop claimed he acted in self defense when he saw Fortson holding a firearm—which Fortson legally owned. The cop is on admin leave.
How are you going to illegally break into an innocent man's home unannounced & claim self defense? Horrific injustice.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-airman-killed-by-florida-deputy-lawyer-says-they-went-into-wrong-apartment/5SSTU5VRPRHFDBUCBKWFF4T73Y/

2024-05-09 02:23:30

I cannot logically discuss Israel/Gaza with people who believe this atrocity began with Hamas war crimes on 10/7.
If you ignore a 60 year illegal military occupation, 700K illegal settlements, a two decade blockade, 7000 Palestinians indefinitely detained in Israeli prison w/o charge, 800 Palestinian children indefinitely detained in Israeli prison w/o charge & denied access to counsel or parents, & at least 240 Palestinians killed by IDF from 1/1-10/6/23—then you are not engaging in good faith

2024-05-07 21:38:31

There are 600,000 children in Rafah. They have nowhere else to go. If you support an invasion of Rafah, you're saying the lives and well-being of those children don't matter.
If you saw those children as your own, opposing the invasion wouldn't be a question. If you don't see them as your own, it's because they've been dehumanized to you. Otherwise no person with a conscience would look at an innocent child, let alone 600,000 innocent children, and agree they deserve to be bombed and killed.

2024-05-07 05:14:16

Incredible. Read the text of the ceasefire agreement.
The ceasefire mandated release of ALL Israeli hostages, a permanent & indefinite ceasefire—meaning Hamas could never offensively take up arms against Israel again—and Qatar, Egypt, USA, & the UN serving as Guarantors.
Israel still said no.😐
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/6/text-of-the-ceasefire-proposal-approved-by-hamas

2024-05-07 02:44:50

12 MAGA GOP Senators threaten the ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, as well as the ICC, as well as Khan's family. They call prosecution of Israel for war crimes an attack on US sovereignty. What?
Btw threatening the ICC is also a violation of int'l law.
https://t.co/pVvXi4IB6C

2024-05-06 17:28:57

Its Govt has banned Al Jazeera from reporting.
Its military has killed ~150 journalists reporting inside Gaza.
Pro war Senators have threatened the ICC Prosecutor if he issues a warrant for its Prime Minister.
Are we seriously to believe these are the actions of a nation following international law?

2024-05-06 03:57:18

Watching the bear vs man in forest stories & I remember when our 9-year-old son said some boys at recess offered to play with him if 'he hugged & kissed a girl.'
He replied, "No, that's inappropriate," & told us he didn't mind not being able to play with those boys after all. Later his teacher shared she was happy he stood up to peer pressure.
Y'all—it's never too early to teach boys about consent & boundaries. Have the convo. Then again. And again. Boys will be the boys we teach them to be.

2024-05-06 03:42:11

McDonald’s reported $1.9B in Q1 profits yet is 2nd only to Walmart on employees who receive welfare.
This class warfare against working people is another reminder that the USA isn't $34T in debt because the poor rely too much on welfare & pay too little tax—but because billionaires pay too little tax & rely too much on corporate welfare.
#TaxBillionaires

2024-05-05 18:50:23

On Gaza Israel is:
•blocking humanitarian aid from Gaza
•banning western journalists from entering Gaza
•continuing to kill hundreds of journalists IN Gaza,
•And now banning Al Jazeera
These are not the acts of the most moral army in the world—they’re the acts of an army desperate to avoid accountability for war crimes.
And USA continuing to arm this army makes the U.S. Govt complicit & in violation of our own Leahy Laws, which specifically forbid arming nations engaging in these injustices.

2024-05-04 19:15:15

All this time the Right has claimed te anti-war protestors are antisemitic & funded by billionaire Soros (said w/o a hint of irony).
We now know a billionaire in fact funded the violent pro war mob that attacked peaceful protestors at UCLA.
Every accusation is a confession.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-seinfeld-and-bill-ackman-fund-pro-israel-counterprotests-at-ucla

2024-05-03 17:48:46

So to summarize:
Adopting BDS is criminalized
Criticizing Israel is antisemitic
Appealing to ICJ is unwarranted
Funding UNRWA is banned
Appealing to ICC Is banned
Ending the occupation is off the table
Ending the settlements is off the table
The peaceful Great March of Return is banned
Protesting peacefully on college campuses is antisemitic
Demanding return of Palestinian children held in indefinite detention in Israeli prisons is not even an option
So what are Palestinians supposed to do??

2024-05-03 03:49:52

REPORT: 99% of pro-Palestine protests at US colleges have been peaceful, despite remarks from Biden & other politicians calling such demonstrations as violent.
This misinfo is exactly how they’ve tried to derail every civil rights movement in US history.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/university-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-6633bff08f081efe1175c36c

2024-05-02 15:51:55

BREAKING: House passes bill to criminalize criticism of Israel — a bill opposed by numerous Jewish groups, numerous Jewish members of Congress, and the ACLU.
My latest: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/breaking-house-passes-bill-to-criminalize
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2024-05-02 02:10:40

This is unprecedented. Brown University strikes a deal with its students to end their peaceful protest & encampment, in exchange for a formal divestment vote from Israeli interests. And no student will be punished for protesting. This is democracy at work.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4633580-brown-university-israel-divestment-vote-student-palestine-protesters/

2024-05-02 00:36:46

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Imagine criminalizing criticism of Pakistan or Iran, or Mauritania as Islamophobic because each nation starts with "Islamic Republic of." It would be absurd, precisely because state nations do not have rights, people do.
The same applies with antisemitism & criticism of Israel.

2024-05-02 00:32:33

BREAKING: The House just passed HR 6090, which expands the definition of antisemitism to include criticism of Israel.
Let me be clear. People have rights. State governments do not have rights. This terrible bill sets a dangerous precedent & does nothing to actually decrease or stop the scourge of antisemitism. The Senate should not pass this bill and Biden should not sign it into law.

2024-05-01 18:34:56

LA Times reports that last night, hundreds of anti-Palestine protestors violently attacked pro-Palestine peaceful protestors.
Amazing how there was immediate law enforcement to stop peaceful protestors but nowhere near that speed to stop these violent extremists.🤔
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-30/ucla-moves-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-encampment-as-unlawful

2024-05-01 05:29:26

Columbia's website cites the 1968 violence it deployed against students and triumphantly declares, "Columbia is a far different place today than it was in the spring of 1968."
Columbia's actions tonight, 56 years to the day, to once again deploy police against students protesting war, prove otherwise.
My latest: https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/history-repeats-on-college-campuses?r=fyvxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-04-30 18:57:48

Watching young people risk it all for justice reminds me Claudette Colvin was arrested at 15 for denying a seat to a white woman, John Lewis suffered police brutality at 20, Feds killed Fred Hampton at 22, Robert Smalls stole a Confederate vessel at 22, Muhammad Ali refused the Draft at 24, MLK led the bus boycott at 26, & Harriett Tubman began the Underground Railroad at 27.
They were criminalized, beaten, & killed—& history proved them right eternally. We'd be wise to listen to young ppl now.