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Interviews & Articles from This Week
1. Sunday
Cornell University, Systemic Sexual Abuse, and the Men Responsible
Consider this. What if I told you that the way our society tolerates dogs is simply unsustainable? For example, did you know:
2. Monday
Episode 242 — Former Congressman Jamaal Bowman on His New Book UNpolishED
On Episode 242 of The Qasim Rashid Show:
3. Tuesday
I Went to Syria. Here Is What I Found.
In June, I wrote about why I was going to Syria. I told you about the children—about SEMA, about the goal of $25,000 and 100 hearing aids. I wrote about the war funded by American tax dollars and Russian rubles. A seemingly never ending war that shattered these children’s hearing and their communities. I told you that the greatest calling of my life has…
4. Wednesday
I Debated A Trump Supporter—Here's How It Went
The First Amendment protects our right to peacefully protest the government. After I protested ICE fascists for their violation of due process rights, a number of Trump supporters sent me angry, curse laden emails and DMs, telling me they “hope I get deported by ICE
5. Thursday
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6. Friday
Protecting Yourself Against Violent Threats From the Internet
This is an update to an incident that happened some time ago, and it’s about the solution to violent threats. I wish I didn’t have to keep writing pieces like this. But as I continue to speak up for justice online, the threats keep coming. Recently, as I spent time with my family, I received another anonymous threat—this time from someone texting me fro…
What Is The Public Thinking?
This week, prediction markets put Democrats' odds of winning all four core Senate seats—Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Maine—at 56%.
Dad Joke of the Week
Did you actually think I’d forget about this week’s dad joke? No way. :D #DadJokes
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Marvelous Dad joke! And I loved your earlier comments that Muslims would welcome Christians in the Mosques to pray. I do hope you'll tell us more about your trip to Syria. I was so happy to see the joy on the peoples' faces at the fall of Assad!
Re. Yahweh/Allah, you probably know that devout Jews, when confronted in scripture with Yodh Heth Vav Heth (the holy name of God), will read Adonai (Lord) or Elohim (God[s]) to avoid blaspheming inadvertently. The second of these, Elohim, seems to me an obvious cognate of Allah