Anjali Enjeti

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

"If the Democratic future requires us to exchange our discomfort with casual Nazism to advance a political agenda, I am not interested...But don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics. It is the exact same politics that the right is selling, in a different outfit..."

One candidate used $60m in taxpayer $ to exact revenge on a woman he’d sexually harassed. Another called an elder female relative his aunt. New York, you decide!

Please use links. Not only does this give credit for the piece to the author and publication, but it's more accessible for low vision folks, and helps folks determine on their own whether it's real and true.

300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias. Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…

Grateful to all of the writers who signed this, and Literary Hub as well—a rare US-based publication that has been unapologetically against genocide since Day 1. lithub.com/300-pledge-t...

From Texas to Tennessee, even Trump country is marching against Trump A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.

In the spring of 2024, students, faculty & staff protested the genocide of Palestinians & demanded divestment from Isr@el. They were beaten, chemically sprayed, arrested, suspended, banned, fired & harassed by police & administrators.

Glad more folks are engaged. Wish more folks gave a shi!t then.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

The Weather Channel has labeled the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America on their map tracking Hurricane Melissa.

We are living in multiple hells at the same time.

Link of coverage here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DdRXn2/

Headline: “Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers” Photo of a pink sign outside an anti-abortion center. I’m intentionally not sharing the link to the article.

Mainstream media doesn’t even try to hide its fascism problem anymore.

Threads post from the Associated Press:

“Anti-abortion pregnancy centers offer much more than free ultrasounds and diapers. Here's why they're expanding as Planned Parenthood clinics close.”

At least 25 states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November The pause in benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would begin in states from California to Arkansas just before the busy holiday season.

Horrifying

“Under SNAP, which serves more than 42 million people, families receive an average of $187.20 per month to pay for groceries. The pause in benefits would kick in just before the Thanksgiving holiday and add further strain on food banks and pantries during a typically busy season.”

Such traitors.

US Senate fails to pass bill to pay federal essential workers and troops through shutdown ‘Shutdown fairness act’, introduced by Ron Johnson, Republican senator from Wisconsin, failed in a 54-45 vote

Wow. So both Georgia Senators along with Fetterman crossed the aisle? Disgraceful.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court The Supreme Court is considering whether a key provision of the Voting Rights Act remains constitutional.

The outcome of the interstate gerrymandering wars will be irrelevant if the Supreme Court finds Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional.

Outside the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this afternoon, fed caravans are coming and going to drop off captives.

ICE and CBP are kidnapping people all over the city and suburbs today—our new "normal."

As usual, we've seen several vehicles with no license plates enter.

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Anwar. Anwar and her husband tried for 12 years to have a baby before having Sham shortly before the war began. Her husband was martyred in the Flour Massacre in January last year and she’s now on her own trying to provide for Sham.

💔 Today is extremely hard for us… there’s no food, and every moment is getting heavier 🌧️
If 10 generous people could each donate $20, we could buy some meals and survive the day.
Your support means everything to us — please don’t let us face this hardship alone 🥺🙏

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Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push

Getting whiplash over mid-cycle gerrymandering.

"The surprise development...would make Virginia the second state, after California, in which Democrats try to counter a wave of Republican moves demanded by President Trump to redistrict states to their advantage before the 2026 midterm elections."

We are getting closer and closer to state media.

Pentagon names new press corps from far-right outlets after reporter walkout Spokesperson calls journalists who refused to agree to new rules ‘self-righteous media who chose to self-deport’

“After the recent departure of Pentagon reporters due to their refusal to agree to a new set of restrictive policies, the defense department has announced a “next generation of the Pentagon press corps” featuring 60 journalists from far-right outlets,many of which have promoted conspiracy theories.”

Democrats call on Rubio to help secure release of Palestinian-American teen held in Israeli prison Group of 27 Congress members wrote to Marco Rubio to call for ‘swift release’ of 16-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim

Only 2 dozen Democrats in Congress signed this letter to Marco Rubio to demand the release of Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American who has been in an Israeli prison for 8 months. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans Give Themselves Another House Seat Come 2026 North Carolina Republicans have passed a Trump-backed congressional map to make it easier to oust a Democrat.

Another state, this time North Carolina, bites the dust. The GOP gets another seat & is easily winning the gerrymandering war.

"Texas approved a new map in August that seeks to get five more Republican seats, while Republicans in Missouri have done the same to squeeze out an additional GOP seat."

Not sure why Blue Sky won't link to the article. It's been called "adult content." WTF

Senate hopeful Graham Platner under scrutiny for skull tattoo associated with Nazi SS Platner says he didn't know about the Nazi affiliation when he got the tattoo as an 18-year-old rifleman in the Marines.

So disappointing, yet not really surprising.

Maine Democrats, find another primary contender. Voters deserve so much more than Graham Platner. We do not need another Fetterman in the US Senate.

A reminder that we must still remove our shoes and can’t bring in containers of more than 3.4 ounces of liquids through security checkpoints due to heightened post-9/11 Islamophobia—but that this dude who planned to shoot up an airport, like most mass shooters or potential mass shooters—is white.

Yeah I mean everything is horrifying but this seems so demonic…literally and figuratively.

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

Dominion has always been a disastrous election system, and its purchase by a former Republican election official only makes things so much worse.

Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc Since the mayoral primary, candidates have been visiting temples across the city and attending religious events, highlighting the community’s rising political influence

This is such an excellent piece about members of the Hindu right who mobilized behind Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo over Zohram Mamdani in the NYC mayoral election in order to increase local political support for their extremist agenda.

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Israel strikes 100 targets across the Gaza Strip

Dear god.

“The wave of air strikes on the besieged enclave comes after Israel alleged that Hamas breached the ceasefire.”