Women in Aleppo are choosing to commit suicide so they can’t be raped by Assad’s forces:

The vitriol, anger and threats of violence Lina (and other Syrians) has faced online has been ridiculous. Obviously, it pales in comparison to the very real violence they face from Assad but it angers me that they’re being tarnished as “paid shills” for the horrible crime of speaking good English. This is a real thing…

Can’t quite put my finger on it. Something about economic anxiety.

Did anyone see the Chris Hayes’ town hall forum with Bernie Sanders and some Trump supporters? There was a real shameful moment when the Muslim woman asked about the registry and the Trump supporters waved it off saying it won’t pass Congress. Why would you vote for someone who would even propose such a thing in the…

Netanyahu may want to undo the Iran deal, but this view is not shared by Israel’s military and intelligence services. I think Bibi is going to find serious pressure from inside his own country if he tries to sabotage it.

This is all getting a bit much.

Afghan Foreign Minister: “Thank-you for visiting our country. It’s an incredible honor.”

Remember how Ivanka was going to save us from climate change because she met Al Gore? Good times!

At this point, Trump is going to have more men accused of sexual assault than women, POC, minorities, etc.

As a pretty big supporter of Palestinian rights, I’m just not in favor of BDS. For me, it casts far too wide a net and antagonizes people who we need in order to push support for a Palestinian state. There’s also a question as to why we boycott Israel and not include countries like KSA or China.

TBF, three known hate crimes occurred against Muslim women in NY in the last week and many people see it as a sanctuary city.

and these kinds of incidents are not limited to women wearing the hijab. My sister doesn’t wear one but was accosted by a man because he heard her speaking Farsi on the phone while at a grocery store. He was being aggressive with her, so she walked away and sought the help of a cashier but he left. What’s interesting…

Not to mention jihadis absolutely despise Sufis. Not that nuance, common sense and facts mean anything in this world anymore.

It’s kind of stunning to think he isn’t even President yet. How the hell are we able to keep up with him for 4 years?

The best fake news story was the torrid love affair between Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton (I kid you not). It was first pedaled by my favorite Islamophobe Pamela Gellar (who has an admirer in possible SoS John Bolton) who said Anthony Weiner was Huma’s beard while she and Hillary continued their forbidden love while…

300 women wear the niqab in Germany. For context.

Looking at the possible 2020 Democratic candidates has made me feel a bit... underwhelmed. There’s nothing necessarily “wrong” with Andrew Cuomo or Cory Booker, but they seem to share the same weaknesses as Hillary does (close ties to Wall St., inability to connect with Rust Belt voters).

Tammy Duckworth would be an insanely great candidate but I believe she’s born in Bangkok.

On a horrifying and related note, Trumpkins are being a little more bold with their hate crimes. 3 brave white men accosted an 18 year old Muslim woman on the train, yelling Trump and tried to remove her hijab while onlookers did nothing.