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Benjamin S. Weiss retweeted
Growing anti-Indian rhetoric within the GOP is pushing some lifelong conservative Indian American voters to reconsider their allegiance to the Republican Party.
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Fake & Gay! Moussa Diawara, the Malian national featured in this shockingly poorly researched @60Minutes report, now faces allegations of immigration FRAUD after his asylum application surfaced, revealing that he claimed to be a HOMOSEXUAL man who feared persecution in Mali. Read more ⬇️
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Great story from @BenjaminSWeiss @HuffPost on what our community is facing. Our ED @itschintanhere discusses the “buyers remorse” building among Indian American voters as we talk about hate and discrimination. Our new poll with @HITStrat finds 1 in 4 South Asian American Trump voters plan to vote Democratic in the midterms.
NEWS: In 2024, a Hindu temple in TX unveiled a 90-foot statue of Hanuman, the half-monkey deity of Hindu mythology. At the time, it drew backlash from the fringe right. But years laster, anti-Indian rhetoric is mainstream in the GOP - and it may cost them elections. More ⤵️ huffpost.com/entry/gop-india…
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NEWS: The American right on Monday joined Flávio Bolsonaro in declaring Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s election victory illegitimate, pointing to the supreme court’s decision to extend polling for two hours — after both candidates requested such an extension. More ⤵️ huffpost.com/entry/bolsonaro…
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If the "Washington Inquisitor" is indeed a fake news org it's especially funny because it uses the same name as the fictional newspaper from the Twilight movies
Anyone else getting inquiries from a fake DC news org called the Washington Inquisitor today? No names on the about page, all the reporter names are fake, etc. A fairly sloppy attempt but have heard of an number of folks getting pinged today.
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ishowspeed and his impact on political campaign coverage:
I'm doing something this week that I don't think CNN has ever done. I'm hosting a 7+ hour livestream EVERY day as we drive through battleground states, meet voters/candidates and just have fun with local unique activities. It's part travel show, part food show, part politics. We're starting with Pennsylvania, Ohio, then Michigan. Send through any ideas of places to go!! Streaming 10a-5p every day, first two hours Monday on YouTube, the rest on the CNN app.
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‼️ICYMI: I went to Texas last week to talk to leaders in the Indian American community there, who told me rising anti-Indian rhetoric on the right was pushing conservative South Asian voters away from Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Read more ⤵️ huffpost.com/entry/gop-india…
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Benjamin S. Weiss retweeted
"Growing anti-Indian rhetoric within the GOP is pushing some lifelong conservative Indian American voters to reconsider their allegiance to the Republican Party" huffpost.com/entry/gop-india…
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Thank you to @BenjaminSWeiss and HuffPost for taking the time to speak with me and shedding light on the growing concerns among Indian Americans as many reconsider their longstanding political allegiances amid increasingly contentious debates over immigration and what it means to belong in America. huffpost.com/entry/gop-india…
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NEWS: In 2024, a Hindu temple in TX unveiled a 90-foot statue of Hanuman, the half-monkey deity of Hindu mythology. At the time, it drew backlash from the fringe right. But years laster, anti-Indian rhetoric is mainstream in the GOP - and it may cost them elections. More ⤵️ huffpost.com/entry/gop-india…
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Uncanny: Theres a sequence in the new Call of Duty where you cross a battlefield covered in used fiber optic cables from FPV drones
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📺 'RED HAT' AD BLITZ: Abdul El-Sayed is courting GOP voters with two weeks before Election Day, running a new ad on Fox and Newsmax which stitches together glowing praise from conservative pundits. More ⤵️ huffpost.com/entry/abdul-el-…
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Trump-endorsed Iowa House candidate Joe Mitchell went on a tirade against white women in resurfaced video from his college years. "I don't like fucking white people, okay?" he said in the rant. Mitchell tells me he's since grown up and "found some better friends." More ⤵️ huffpost.com/entry/live-upda…
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Vasant Bhatt, who’s been targeted by right-wingers after saying he was backing James Talarico in TX because of anti-Indian rhetoric in the GOP, has been fired from conservative news org Campus Reform.
I exercised my constitutional right to vote according to my conscience, spoke out against anti-Indian bigotry, and refused to toe the Republican Party line. My participation in Campus Reform's correspondent program has now been terminated. Losing a place in a program will not make me retract my beliefs or abandon my community.
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Thank you from the Freedom 250 Grand Prix following today’s @IndyCar 2027 schedule announcement:
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NEW: A mailer from Trump’s No Going Back super PAC attacks the family of Virginia Giuffre, alleging an ad her brother made criticizing his congressman for declining to meet with them about the Epstein Files is “completely false.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-sup…
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Okay let’s have a look
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