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Aneela Mirchandani

@aneela.bsky.social

Independent journalist Tips: theoddpost -at- proton -dot- me The Odd Post: https://theoddpost.substack.com/ The Sikh Nation Report: https://sikhnation.substack.com/ Portfolio: https://aneelamirchandani.com/

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DRIVER: A Haunting Look at the Women Truckers That #MeToo Forgot - Community Sentinel An entire ecosystem existed to protect the business model where the destitute are recruited into delivering freight at rock-bottom rates under the guise of training.

Watch the haunting documentary DRIVER, follow @WomenTruckers on X, and read this about them πŸ‘‡ πŸ‘‡

My first for Community Sentinel Media

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DRIVER, a documentary by Nesa Azimi streaming on PBS POV, is centered on a trucker, Desiree Wood, who has lived several lifetimes packed into one. After facing violence & sexual misconduct from multiple trainers during her apprenticeship, she became a longhaul trucker.
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DRIVER: A Haunting Look at the Women Truckers That #MeToo Forgot - Community Sentinel An entire ecosystem existed to protect the business model where the destitute are recruited into delivering freight at rock-bottom rates under the guise of training.

What they don't tell you is that apprenticeship programs have a known problem of rape, harassment, coercion, and even violence.
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DRIVER: A Haunting Look at the Women Truckers That #MeToo Forgot - Community Sentinel An entire ecosystem existed to protect the business model where the destitute are recruited into delivering freight at rock-bottom rates under the guise of training.

Dozens of #MeToo stories made the headlines in the last few years but the plight of women truckers was generally ignored.

The trucking industry often recruits women leaving domestic violence situatons or destitute for other reasons. It promises them a career.
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Now all three have cushy roles and are feted by donor organizations, as you see in the piece.

It represents months of research by Will Bredderman and me and careful editing by Daniel Schulman at MJ.

I haven't had a chance to thread it out yet, thanks for posting @noupside.bsky.social

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John Solomon left mainstream news in ignominy after the Hill panned his work in their pages. It was his propagandistic articles that gave narrative heft to the shenanighans Rudy Giuliani pulled in Ukraine.

Both Benz and Jason Foster were former racist internet trolls.
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Not only is it a well-funded operation, it also represents how dark money can give people who face mainstream disgrace a "second life" --- as long as they create "news" that suits the purpose of the wallets, they open.
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Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.

Inside the Hidden Conservative Network Bankrolling an β€œEcosystem” of Right-Wing News

John Solomon’s Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It’s working.

WILLIAM BREDDERMAN AND ANEELA MIRCHANDANI
SEPTEMBER+OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE

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Thanks for posting -- haven't had a chance to share yet.

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Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.

On the massive rightwing media network that Trump #NIH director Bhattacharya is deeply enmeshed with.

Bhattacharya did an interview with John Solomon at JTN, smearing Bethesda Declaration signers. Rightwing money then pushed out that message. Read this one πŸ‘‡

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Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.

6. It's that federal lawsuit that was dismissed on HAF lacking standing.

Read this to understand more details, ins and outs, etc.

My latest for @asamnews.bsky.social

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5. Both sides have done their rounds of podcasts, making their case.

The Cisco case is ongoing.

But in the meantime, the Hindu American Foundation sued the CA dept, alleging that their characterisation of Hinduism as a rigid caste structure unfairly ascribed beliefs to people who decry casteism.

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Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.

4. Underlying: the case itself is contentious.
Cisco employees say there was no hint of caste in how the employee was treated -- it was based on his performance.

The Dalit employee claims his colleagues outed him as lower caste, and retaliated when he complained.

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Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.

3. The Cisco caste case has become a flashpoint in the Indian diaspora.

Equality Labs, a nonprofit that fights caste discrimination in the US, has spoken of it as a landmark moment in their struggle.

Others have said that the dept. unfairly profiled Hindus a casteist.
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Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.

2. It started with the famous Cisco caste case.

In 2020, the CA Civil Rights Dept sued Cisco, alleging that one of their employees, an Indian working in a mostly Indian team, was discriminated against due to his lower caste status.

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Lawsuit challenging discrimination case against Cisco dismissed – AsAmNews An attempt to block state charges that Cisco discriminates against lower caste Indian Americans is tossed out. Some said the case unfairly targeted Hindus.

1. Recently a federal judge dismissed a civil rights case alleging that the Californa Civil Rights dept had violated the civil rights of Hindu Americans.

What is this about? Stick with me and I'll explain....

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β€œWe risk reversing a decade of progress,” warns Covered California's CMO Dr. Monica Soni in her critical conversation about the #ACA and the pending Reconciliation Bill in @aneela.bsky.social's latest article on #healthcare for AsAmNews.

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β€œWe could erode a decade’s worth of progress,” warns Dr. Monica Soni, in my latest for @asamnews.bsky.social

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Ever since Obamacare was passed, GOP has tried to repeal it.

They tried a simple repeal, a skinny repeal, a repeal-and-replace, & shutting down the government. They failed each time.

Now, warns the CMO of Covered California, they may be on the verge of succeeding.
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I get it. I hear the same thing from Sikh owner-operators.

My suspicion is that many of them are trafficked here or come under immigration fraud.

If you hear of stories/cases, please drop me a line. aneela.theoddpost -at- gmail -dot- com

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Sikh truckers sound off on Trump's English rule – AsAmNews A new executive order from Donald Truck requiring truck drivers to speak English has divided the Sikh American community. What's behind the divide?

Recently Trump signed an EO to enforce English for truckers.

Trucking hires lots of foriegn-born drivers and it is bound to impact them.

At the same time, English fluency is a safety issue, which has been ignored in recent years.

My latest for @asamnews.bsky.social
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David is an amazing editor. I learned a tremendous amount as an intern.

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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative PAC raked in donations from Hindusβ€”trashed them after checks cleared The money was spent on a swanky gala and a firm owned by the PAC's chairman.

A lot more here, share and follow me for more investigations, thanks to @davidcovucci.bsky.social for fantastic editing
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Some of them included donors who import skilled workers from India for their own business.

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After they blew up donations from Hindus, they spent Christmas week trashing Hindus/Indians on X, coming out in inflammatory terms against importing skilled workers from India.

The donors seemed entirely unaware that the PAC they have given to heaped abuse on people like them.

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The rest went to placing ads on social media for their own PAC.
During that time, they advertised on FB selling MAGA knick knacks and goldbug eBooks

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They bought a VIP table at the NYYRC gala that all 3 Little, Disser, Parra attended.

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They were given to understand that the donations to Conservative PAC would help the Hindu cause. That they would get a seat at the table in Republican politics.

None of it happened. Conservative PAC blew up the donations given by the Hindus on themselves.

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They were part of the new Hindu-MAGA alliance.

Hindus who do not appreciate Dem skepticism of Modi politics in India.

Some turned away from Dems coz they pushed a caste bill in CA. Some coz Dems questioned Modi’s removal of Kashmir special status.

Some are just conservative.

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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative PAC raked in donations from Hindusβ€”trashed them after checks cleared The money was spent on a swanky gala and a firm owned by the PAC's chairman.

Last year at around election time, 12 Hindu Americans donated to it lavishly.

They were all politically involved, well-to-do pillars-of-the-community types, physicians, businessmen, hotel owners, and the like.

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