Notices by Murshed Zaheed (murshedz@mstdn.social)

"[W]e shouldn’t let the fact that fascists haven’t won yet fool us into thinking that they aren’t fascists. The Nazis, at one point, hadn’t killed that many people, and signaled their intentions with discrete dog whistles."

Call modern day Republicans exactly who they are - fascists. https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/yes-the-republicans-are-fascists

📢The Alabama case banning IVF has huge implications for women no matter where they live, whether they are trying to start a family or wanting to end a pregnancy, or if they care about any of their fundamental reproductive and sexual rights. @takebackthecourt 's Sarah Lipton Lubet on why we need to get louder. https://takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/another-shitty-day-to-be-a-woman/comments

LA Times becomes the first major American newspaper calling for a ceasefire: "The world cannot stand by to witness more slaughter of civilians."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-11-16/editorial-ceasefire-now-the-killing-in-gaza-must-stop

Deeply disturbing and detailed report on how activists, students -often often disproportionately Muslim, Arab, South Asian, brown and Black people - are paying the price for their pro-Palestine advocacy through ugly threats and harassments. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-palestine-demonstrators-threats-harassment-intimidation-doxxing_n_6553f37ce4b0e4767011f8dd

Would be good if Congressional Leaders and the establishment in Washington spent the same energy on Elon's anti-semitism as they have last few weeks targeting the margins of the Left.

Here is Elon's latest - as ugly as it can get.

🚨👀From the WH pool report. At a presidential campaign event President Biden gets interrupted by a rabbi:

"As a rabbi I need you to call for a ceasefire right now.”

Mike Johnson’s wife “runs a counseling business that advocates the belief that homosexuality is comparable to bestiality and incest, according to its operating documents.”

Speaker’s signature is reportedly on the operating doc. 👀

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-wife-homosexuality-bestiality-incest_n_653abfb6e4b00110fef0462e

407 "Muslim and Jewish congressional staffers signed a letter Thursday urging Congress to back a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in light of “antisemitism, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian sentiment on the rise nationwide.”"

"The staffers spoke to HuffPost anonymously out of concern for their safety and job security."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-hill-staffers-call-for-cease-fire-in-gaza_n_653198b9e4b03b213b094fe8?3k7

Shocker: Right wing SCOTUS justices are far more likely to interrupt a female attorney during oral arguments than a male attorney.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader invites #ElonMusk to headline an AI forum while CA’s Democratic Gov Gavin Newsom kisses up to Musk essentially agreeing re criminalization of SF’s homeless population.

And you wonder why folks think Democrats are spineless when it comes to taking on fascists. #uspol

Looking at the three #Trumpindictments so far at a big picture level:

Manhattan indictment: Narrowest charge
Florida: Seems like air tight indictment but FL judge/jury are serious wildcards.
DC: Powerful indictment, fair judge.

For the sake of our democracy - need to get DC trial rolling fast.

"Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been reportedly ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat."

Will Joe Biden just stand by and watch? Does he care? #uspol

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/border-trooper-migrants-wire-18205076.php

Despite what you may have read in certain newsletters these posers are not the “future” of the Democratic Party. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/london-breed-and-eric-adams-built-their-own-doom-loop.html

They are coming after marriage equality. https://www.wdsu.com/article/republican-ags-write-target-pride-month-violate-state-child-protection-laws/44481306

The vibe #threads gives me so far is of a place that will be the fermenting ground for a second insurrection (bringing back ugly memories of Facebook where comment threads used to devolve into insufferable arguments w random high school classmates).

Seems like it’s on track. https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are

Why Gen Xers are not feeling super great about Bidenomics.

"[F]or most U.S. voters, Bidenomics has yet to deliver unambiguous economic improvement. Real disposable income has been trending upward in recent months, but it is still lower than it was when Biden took office." - @ericlevitz KIR on #Bidenomics #uspol https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/it-makes-sense-that-bidenomics-is-unpopular-so-far.html

The potential assassination attempt of President Barack Obama that reportedly may have been result of Trump sharing President Obama’s address- why isn’t there wall to wall coverage about this instead of reporters obsessing over some rando’s cocaine left at the White House? https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4081977-man-accused-of-targeting-obamas-dc-home-after-trump-social-media-post/amp/

The more I read about Governor Gretchen Whitmer - the more I want her to run for President - in 2024. #BigGretch #WhitmerforPresident #uspol https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/06/bypassing-biden-democrats-think-of-what-could-have-been-00104803

UGH. I gotta say I am feeling annoyed with this #Thread app already (the app Mark plagarized from Jack). Random accounts I am not following, cluttering up my feed - it looks like a complete disorganized mess like a YouTube comment section with names.

Guess this may end up organizing the next insurrection.