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My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
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Mehdi Hasan
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
British-American journalist. Editor-in-chief and CEO of new media company @zeteo_news. Subscribe here: https://t.co/sEC1ETzeiV.
Washington DC Katılım Nisan 2010
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This is one of the most insane political decisions I have ever seen.
It almost makes me think that the GOP leadership bet on the Dems winning the House and Senate on Polymarket
FactPost@factpostnews
Senate Republicans have introduced a budget bill that would allocate $1 billion in taxpayer funds to Trump's ballroom project.
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Update: I got into the Israel real estate event at Park East Synagogue.
Inside I saw at least one table advertising properties in the West Bank, including Kfar Eldad and Karnei Shomron.
Noah Hurowitz@NoahHurowitz
Mayor Mamdani condemned a land sale event about to take place at an Upper East Side synagogue today, with a spokesman saying the event could violate international law if there are sales of land in the Occupied Territories theintercept.com/2026/05/05/zoh…
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I’ve copied and pasted the Gallant genocidal quote from the Times of Israel. As usual Eylon, you’re lying not me, and now have been caught lying.
Eylon Levy@EylonALevy
Mehdi Hamas can’t help lying. Gallant did not say this.
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The scandal currently rocking Iranian twitter:
Reza Pahlavi appears to be registered as a voter in the United States.
Which would mean he's a US citizen.
Which by law means he renounced any claims to a foreign throne.
Which renders moot his campaign to be Iran's next Shah
Panah Farhadbahman 🎒@PanahFB
Yesterday I wrote that Reza Pahlavi is a U.S. citizen, and published the document, many Iranians were stunned. But this is not a technicality. It cuts straight to the core of his entire political claim. Think about it: the man who presents himself as the leader of an Iranian nationalist movement is a citizen of the very country that, together with Israel, has been bombing Iran. That is not a small contradiction. It is the contradiction. In Maryland, only U.S. citizens can vote. Reza Pahlavi's U.S. citizenship is not a rumor. But after looking further, I realized this is bigger than political hypocrisy. It is a case of two oaths that cannot both be true. The first oath: October 31, 1980, Qubba Palace, Cairo. On his 20th birthday, after the 1979 revolution had driven the Pahlavi family into exile, Reza Pahlavi declared himself "Reza Shah II" and took an oath as king. Under Iran's lion-and-sun flag, he pledged to devote his life to Iran, defend its independence and sovereignty, protect the rights of Iranians, and work for national unity. That oath is the foundation of the royal claim he has repeated for more than four decades. The second oath: years later, on American soil. Under 8 U.S.C. § 1448(b), any naturalization applicant who has held a hereditary title or foreign order of nobility must expressly renounce it under oath, with the renunciation entered into the record. That is not symbolism. It is a legal requirement. And the U.S. naturalization oath says: "I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty…" It also says the applicant will "support and defend" the U.S. Constitution and laws, "bear true faith and allegiance to the same," and, if required by law, "bear arms on behalf of the United States." Now place the two oaths side by side. In one, he pledges to defend Iran's sovereignty and independence. In the other, he renounces all allegiance to any foreign sovereignty, which for the United States includes Iran, and pledges allegiance to America. These two oaths collide head-on. You cannot claim to be the guardian of Iranian sovereignty while having sworn, in legal language, to renounce allegiance to it. So one of the two oaths was false. There is no third option. If the 1980 royal oath was sincere, then the U.S. citizenship oath was not. If the U.S. oath was sincere, then the royal oath was already dead. If the royal oath was true, then he lied to become an American citizen. If the American oath was true, then the "rightful heir to the Peacock Throne" has already renounced the very claim he keeps selling to Iranians. Either way, the myth collapses. Now his official condolences for the three American soldiers killed at the start of the 2026 U.S.-Israeli war on Iran make perfect sense. That was not a diplomatic gesture. It was the second oath speaking. While Iran was being bombed, while hundreds of Iranian civilians were being killed in the first days of the war, including schoolchildren in Minab, the man who claims to lead an Iranian nationalist movement publicly mourned soldiers of the attacking power and thanked them for their service. That is not patriotism. That is not nationalism. That is allegiance. Royal traditions understand this very well. A claimant to a throne does not owe sovereign allegiance to a foreign power. Dual loyalty may be tolerable for private citizens. It is fatal for someone claiming national leadership. So the question is simple: Which Reza Pahlavi is real? The man who swore to defend Iran's sovereignty? Or the man who swore true faith and allegiance to the United States? A nation that has paid such a brutal price for independence should not be asked to hand its future to a man whose own signatures sit under two incompatible oaths. One of them was a lie. Iranians deserve to know which one. x.com/i/status/20514…
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Watch @mehdirhasan press Michael Knowles 6 times whether he condemns Trump's pardoning of Jan 6 rioters:
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“They don’t say f off to the judges. That is what this president does.”
Watch @mehdirhasan corner Michael Knowles with the facts on Trump’s disregard for the constitution on immigration.
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Graham Platner and Susan Collins in the same room in 2002, Collins cheering for war, Platner shouting at Bush, "Don't attack Iraq."
Andrew Kaczynski@KFILE
Bangor Daily News noted in 2002 that Graham Platner was kicked out of a Bush rally in Bangor for protesting the forthcoming Iraq War by yelling, "Don't attack Iraq," as he thanked grassroots activists. Found that moment during Bush's speech where you can audibly hear it.
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Matt Taibbi is a huge loser*
*Here I'm using the term "loser" in its literal sense, to mean that he lost his frivolous lawsuit, but also in a hyperbolic and non-actionable sense, to express my subjective opinion that he is bad. Please do not sue me, Matt Taibbi.
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Has the second Donald Trump presidency adhered to the Constitution? Watch @mehdirhasan take on right-wing commentator Michael Knowles of The Daily Wire LIVE at 7pm ET/4pm PT: youtube.com/live/a9upes9Rl…
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I’m Abdul El-Sayed and I endorse this message.
Jacob N. Kornbluh@jacobkornbluh
In fundraising email, AIPAC call the views of Graham Platner and Abdul El-Sayed a “direct threat to the U.S.–Israel relationship.” “A contribution right now to defend Haley Stevens and Susan Collins will send a clear message that we will not let extremists rewrite the future of this relationship.”
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The lead barrister in the first Filton24 trial is being prosecuted for contempt of court for successfully defending his client, Charlotte Head.
The unprecedented prosecution of a barrister came after the defendants were acquitted of aggravated burglary. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m…
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@EoinHiggins_ Congrats Eoin. Thoughts and prayers for @mtaibbi, free speech champion.
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Read the decision dismissing @mtaibbi’s spurious lawsuit against me:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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I’ll be debating @michaeljknowles of the Daily Wire at @dartmouth tonight, live at 7pm ET, on whether Trump is upholding constitutional norms.
You can watch the livestream here in less than two hours:
youtube.com/live/a9upes9Rl…
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This is *insane.* Even if you are too tired to follow the news you have to understand this. The Louisiana governor has *suspended an active congressional election with 42k votes already cast* — it's insane.
Democracy Docket@DemocracyDocket
NEW: By the time Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry suspended ongoing elections to give lawmakers time to redraw the state’s congressional map, roughly 42,000 Louisianans already cast their votes — and it’s likely many voted in the House primaries. Now, their ballots are at risk of being thrown out. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/th…
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