Amel Ahmed

“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world.” —James Baldwin

Black voters are turning out in huge numbers in NC. Interestingly, the biggest increases in turnout are coming from younger voters.

LIVE: Christa Pike’s Lawyers Appear Before Tennessee Judge After Failed Execution www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

After X deleted my old account, I created a new one. If you’re on that hellish site, come say hi. x.com/amel_script?...

So imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I found out the other guest on this Bloomberg segment was none other than the OG @alondra.bsky.social. We had to go to the show talking about wall street to have 2 Black women be the ones discussing AI. (not sure where Alondra's Dr/Prof. title went tho)

I have started being in the habit of asking who their other guests are & sometimes declining press requests after finding because the outlets I'd expect to be politically aligned with have been platforming literal eugenicist cultists to talk about "AI" and asking me to appear with or after them.

They want someone to draw an adorable mascot that will make everyone feel warm and fuzzy about universal surveillance. One imagines a drawing of some cute owl or something atop a pole, staring through binoculars with an adorable look of curiosity.

“For his bravery on 9/11, first-responder Mohammad Salman Hamdani was cited in the Patriot Act as an example of Muslim-American valor. But visitors to the September 11th Memorial in lower Manhattan will not find his name among the list of first-responders.”

Wrote and produced. Chief Justice Roberts, long celebrated as an institutionalist, was always a wolf in sheep’s clothing, hiding behind procedural moves and an unearned reputation even as he has radically expanded executive power while weakening Black political power.

Now known as the Strait of Warm Ooze.

Thread below, but, as to what the administration has actually done, there has been nothing besides DOJ saying, "We're continuing to follow a temporary court order blocking us from implementing the fund." There may be more coming, but this is not that.

Religious appeals are commonplace in the context of wartime, but Hegseth is doing something different entirely. He's expressing open contempt for limits on the military while also claiming God's sanction for *maximum violence and killing.* 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2083...

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What do 18th century colonists, an eight-year-old with cerebral palsy, and a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Alabama have in common? Each made a choice to challenge injustice. America’s history is shaped by ordinary people standing up for something greater than themselves. #Velshi

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Many zoning laws are locking working families out of the American dream. www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...

“At the same time, a jury in Los Angeles is considering a case against Meta and YouTube brought by a young woman who said she became addicted as a child. The trial, during which Zuckerberg testified, is seen as a bellwether for similar cases across the country.“ apple.news/AcVFakJruRYi...

“More than 30 years apart, two women separately set forth on long drives south to Alabama. Their backgrounds were different, their mission the same: to join an existential fight for the soul of American democracy.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/joce...

Several decades after Riyadh exported global terror, the regime is back at it again, destabilizing the global order.  But this time around, it doesn’t need to operate through its terrorist proxies.

Russia Is the Biggest Winner of the Iran War www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

This is breaking news to no one.

To make sense of America's baffling foreign policy under Trump, you need to understand 'neo-royalism'

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

an ex-Republican pastor is one of the central organizers in the anti-ICE effort in Springfield OH www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

“Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door… The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by DHS headquarters in D.C.” newrepublic.com/post/206088/...

As I report in this piece, a trend is developing: Some warehouse owners have decided against selling to ICE, plainly because the backlash has persuaded them that it would make them pariahs

Peter Beinart: “The political scientists Stacie Goddard and Abraham L. Newman have dubbed Trump’s foreign policy ‘neoroyalism.’ It aims less to solve global problems, or even advance American national interests, than to enrich and empower Trump and his circle.” jewishcurrents.org/trumps-imper...

Alex Pretti was described by the govt as approaching agents with a handgun when he was shot dead. But the video released since shows Pretti with his hands empty. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Porcher says in “no way, shape, or form,” does Pretti approach officers with any sort of threat. youtu.be/Yr8Fknv-u3o

Americans are not angry enough.

“Mr. Mamdani placed his left hand on two Qurans held by his wife, raised his right hand and recited the oath of office (one Quran belonged to his grandfather, the other belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black historian and writer).“ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

While Trump dismisses the affordability crisis as a “hoax,” his antitrust enforcers are busy protecting accused corporate lawbreakers, including PepsiCo and RealPage. youtu.be/O2atn4vir38?...

Prepare for a desperate Trump to cling to Mamdani’s populist coattails. Like a bad car wreck you can’t turn away from.

Trump just wants to be like the cool kids. 🤳🏽

I’m watching an auntie on the subway scroll through mamdani posts with a polite little smile on her face.

My people are reclaiming their legacy in the heart of Times Square. ☕️ FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage. We are full circle. Is NYC in its brown man era?

I’m dead.

MAGA: Trump is going to strip Mamdani of his citizenship! Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip

Two fellas from Queens just vibing.

Interesting—“Under colonial agreements, particularly those signed by and put together by the British government, Egypt got the lion’s share of the Nile’s water, and other countries, including Sudan, got much, much less.” www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Seriously, how do we stop this epidemic of mass stupiding? HOW TO STOP THE STUPIDING?! It’s too much.

Americans are angry “over the loss of hope…they feel like there is no future.” @matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.