Faisal R Khan

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42 Democrats just joined 192 Republicans to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data. Democratic leadership did not whip their members, enabling them to vote with Republicans and give Trump the surveillance powers.

Graham Platner Will Be Maine’s Democratic Senate Nominee The anti-war, anti-Israel oysterman is Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, after Governor Janet Mills suspended her candidacy, @andrewperezdc reports. Read: zeteo.com/p/graham-platn…

Despite a 40-point lead, Maine Senate candidate @grahamformaine says he hasn’t heard from DNC leadership. #theweeklyshow #jonstewart #politics

New Hampshire Senate candidate Karishma Manzur was barred from bringing her “Reject AIPAC money” banner into a NH Democratic Party event. They claimed it didn’t fit their “spirit of unity.” 📸 @TrackAIPAC

Let's breakdown how national Dem leaders are trying to block Senator Aisha Wahab from being elected to Congress, over the clear wishes of her district: 1. Swalwell resigned, causing a special election. 2. Senator @aishabbwahab was already running to replace him for the November election. She has overwhelming local support. Endorsed by the Party and Labor. She is far and away the dominant candidate as part of the CA Senate Legislative leadership group. 3. DC leadership doesn't want her in Congress because she will be an independent voice against the corporate agenda and for human rights, including Palestine, Iran, and Medicare for All. 4. So the DC leaders put her in a no-win situation. Here are the two options they gave here. (A) She doesn't run in the special election. The Party lifts up another name in the district. That person is elected and is a DC controlled vote. Her supporters get upset with Wahab for giving in to DC and she risks losing the general election. All the while, her opponents use her weakness against her. (B) She does run in the special election and then the DC leaders smear her with a behind-the-scenes campaign that she is not a team player and that everyone needs to step back, endorse her opponent, and cut off financial support. 5. Wahab made the tough decision. She listened to the voters in her district that said they want her in DC asap to be a crucial voice in the months ahead where one vote can be the difference. 6. The DC smear campaign is now underway. Already, I am hearing from people in the district and across the state that DC leadership is making calls to undermine her relationships and try to derail her campaign. Make no mistake. What is happening in the East Bay after the departure of Swalwell is everything that voters hate about Democratic Party politics. It's the reason folks don't trust the Party. Here's what should be happening: Wahab needs to get over 50% to be elected and sent to DC immediately after the special election primary. Democratic leaders in California and across the state need to get behind their endorsed candidate with every dollar and resource they have. We need every single last vote in DC to stop the Trump MAGA agenda. The nation cannot afford to leave a vote off the table just because that voice might be independent and will actually listen to what the voters want. It's time for every Democrat to get behind Senator Aisha Wahab for Congress. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

Turkey is preparing to host talks later this week about creating a regional security platform with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and possibly Egypt bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Deeply grieved by the tragic attack on a school in Kahramanmaraş. My heart goes out to my dear brother President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the brotherly people of Türkiye, especially the families and children affected. We mourn the loss of innocent young lives and pray for the departed souls. We extend our heartfelt condolences to their families, and wish a swift recovery to the injured. The people of Pakistan stand in solidarity with their Turkish brothers and sisters in this moment of grief. @RTErdogan

Thanks! For rejecting RSS’s historiography ⁦@ShashiTharoor⁩

Well-informed comments from Osama bi Javaid

A Pakistani delegation arrived in Iran's capital of Tehran a short while ago. Sources tell Al Jazeera it’s tied to a major breakthrough on the nuclear front. Al Jazeera’s @OsamaBinJavaid has more.

@pati_marins64 India’s obsession to have dinner in Lahore in Pakistan is a fantasy. You need bravery and heart to fight. India lacks that simply because it’s morally and ethically wrong.

This goes way beyond India. Australia, Canada, and nearly the entire West are struggling to look beyond conventional warfare. Countries that are spending fortunes on large warships today may be investing heavily in something increasingly risky. I believe smaller vessels with hybrid propulsion and three times the range will gain significant ground, while affordable solid-state battery-powered submarines and UUVs are poised to dominate naval warfare. We are already heading toward a future where autonomous drones will operate in the skies, going far beyond reconnaissance. They will engage in high-altitude air combat, striking fighter jets from above with missiles that have significantly longer ranges than those available today. We are witnessing the emergence of a entirely new kind of warfare, but most countries have not yet realized it. They are still trapped in old, conventional thinking.

@HamidMirPAK Can you please address this highest authority. This is absolutely unacceptable! This hospital at the centre of a child HIV outbreak in Pakistan is caught reusing syringes in a BBC investigation. 📺 Watch the full documentary on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/Ro_5qE8IYog

China sent message to Trump for making a deal with Iran before May 14 because US President is visiting China that day.Trump would like to sign the deal himself in Pakistan. He also requested Chinese to organise his meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. He want 2 deals.

ہندوستان میں اسلام تلوار سے نہیں آیا، بھارتی سیاستدان ششی تھرور انتہائی خوبصورت انداز سے تاریخ سمجھا رہے ہیں، جو ہمارے مولوی حضرات کو سمجھانی چاہیے تھی ہندو بادشاہ کا مدینہ کا سفر، عرب دنیا کے باہر پہلی مسجد

The Trump administration seems to have miscalculated in Islamabad, assuming that Iran was weakened and ready to cave, when in fact it feels it has the upper hand. It's difficult to reach an agreement when both sides feel they have the advantage and are prone to overreach. And now Trump seems inclined to miscalculate again, assuming that blockading the Strait will force Iran to capitulate. That seems very unlikely. It's true that a blockade will put economic pressure on Tehran and on China, which in turn can put pressure on Iran. But with zero oil passing through the Strait, rising oil prices are likely to put even more pressure on Trump. Iran, as a dictatorship, simply has more strategic patience, and in addition there are many in Tehran who believe that Iran has to do more to reestablish deterrence and make the US pay a price. If the US blocks Iranian oil exports, expect Iran in turn to keep striking Fujairah, to keep the UAE from by passing the Strait by pipeline, and also to target Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline carrying oil to the Red Sea. And the Houthis are likely to counter-escalate by blocking oil exports through the Bab al-Mandab Strait as well. And that's not even counting possible strikes on oil refineries in the region. In short, I think Trump's escalation plans are once again characterized by magical thinking, false assumptions of Iranian weakness and a failure to think ahead about how Iran may respond to his moves. For Trump to escalate at this point will be a sign not of strength but of desperation, and counter to American and world interests.

#BREAKING: Velshi: “NPR reports that cracks are forming inside the military driven by low morale, ethical unease and a growing number of service members choosing to retire early, declining to re-enlist, or walking away from their contracts regardless of the consequences…The GI Rights Hotline…has seen call volume more than double since the #Iran war began. The majority of callers are asking about conscientious objecting…”😳

🚨ONE MOVE FROM TURKEY — AND THIS BECOMES A GLOBAL WAR Erdoğan’s rhetoric is escalating fast— but behind the scenes, Turkey is still holding back. For now. Let’s be clear: Turkey is NATO. Turkey is strategic. Turkey is pivotal. If it enters this war— Everything changes. This stops being regional. It becomes a multi-front conflict stretching from the Middle East to Europe’s doorstep. Energy routes collapse. Alliances are tested. Escalation becomes uncontrollable. Right now— Turkey is balancing. Watching. Waiting. But the danger isn’t what’s happening— It’s how close everything is to tipping. Because it won’t take much. One strike. One mistake. One miscalculation. And the line is crossed. The question is no longer if tensions rise— It’s who gets pulled in next.

Former Pakistani diplomat to the US Maleeha Lodhi says expectations from the Islamabad talks between the US and Iran should be realistic, stressing that “we should recognise that diplomacy is not an event, it’s a process, it takes time.”

.@FmrRepMTG says she is thinking “pretty deeply” about changing her party affiliation to independent and building a new bipartisan political coalition. “I think that's where many Americans are leaning,” she told our @DashaBurns on #TheConversation. 🎧 politi.co/4tI2Smz

Brad Lander now declares he opposes all U.S. aid for Israel, including for Iron Dome missile defense, after previously supporting defensive aid, citing human rights as he looks to unseat Rep. Dan Goldman, @jacobkornbluh reports exclusively in @jdforward. forward.com/brad-lander-ai…

"Iran has acquired a strategic card which it didn't have before this war began." Sky's @DominicWaghorn analyses the major talking points - including the Strait of Hormuz - as peace talks continue between the U.S. and Iran in Pakistan. trib.al/X9CqNWP 📺 Sky 501