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Amel Ahmed

@amel.bsky.social
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Legal journo based in NYC. Currently Legal Affairs Producer & Writer for “Velshi” on MSNBC. Signal: @amel.68

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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After X deleted my old account, I created a new one. If you’re on that hellish site, come say hi. x.com/amel_script?...
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Amel Ahmed (@Amel_script) on X
Legal journo and producer at @MSNOWNews. Signal: Amel.68
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
So imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I found out the other guest on this Bloomberg segment was none other than the OG @alondra.bsky.social. We had to go to the show talking about wall street to have 2 Black women be the ones discussing AI. (not sure where Alondra's Dr/Prof. title went tho)
The Close Coming Up.

Dr. Timnit Gebru, DAIR Institute Founder & Executive Director. 

Alondra Nelson 

Instutte for Advanced Study, Harold F. Linder Professor
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
I have started being in the habit of asking who their other guests are & sometimes declining press requests after finding because the outlets I'd expect to be politically aligned with have been platforming literal eugenicist cultists to talk about "AI" and asking me to appear with or after them.
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DreyfussLugado @mikesperry.com · 13/09/2026
They want someone to draw an adorable mascot that will make everyone feel warm and fuzzy about universal surveillance. One imagines a drawing of some cute owl or something atop a pole, staring through binoculars with an adorable look of curiosity.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“For his bravery on 9/11, first-responder Mohammad Salman Hamdani was cited in the Patriot Act as an example of Muslim-American valor. But visitors to the September 11th Memorial in lower Manhattan will not find his name among the list of first-responders.”
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Muslim-American 9/11 First Responder Overlooked by Memorial | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
For his bravery on 9/11, first-responder Mohammad Salman Hamdani was cited in the Patriot Act as an example of Muslim-American valor. After the body of the 23-year-old police cadet wa...
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wrote and produced. Chief Justice Roberts, long celebrated as an institutionalist, was always a wolf in sheep’s clothing, hiding behind procedural moves and an unearned reputation even as he has radically expanded executive power while weakening Black political power.
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︀︀︀Damon Dawg ✌🏼🫶 @bigdawgnc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Now known as the Strait of Warm Ooze.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thread below, but, as to what the administration has actually done, there has been nothing besides DOJ saying, "We're continuing to follow a temporary court order blocking us from implementing the fund." There may be more coming, but this is not that.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/03/2026
@matthewstoller.bsky.social warns a scandal in Trump’s antitrust division is “speed-running Watergate in a much dumber way.” And we are finally seeing the first real investigation into potential corruption. #Velshi
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Matt Stoller warns of Watergate-level corruption in DOJ’s antitrust division
Matt Stoller of the American Economic Liberties Project says a growing Trump-era antitrust scandal is part of a broader corruption crisis. With state attorneys general forcing corporate officials to sit through depositions, Stoller argues these are just the tip of the iceberg. He adds that if Congress investigates, they’re likely to uncover Watergate-level corruption. “There are dozens of depositions just sitting there waiting for any member of Congress to pick up, read and say, hey, let's, let's look into this… let's look at insider trading. Let's look at this potential bribery, etc."
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Religious appeals are commonplace in the context of wartime, but Hegseth is doing something different entirely. He's expressing open contempt for limits on the military while also claiming God's sanction for *maximum violence and killing.* 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2083...
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
www.ms.now/opinion/epst...
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Opinion | The Epstein class thinks it runs America. Today, No Kings protesters send their response.
Rep. Ro Khanna: For too long, Americans have seen our leaders fight harder for the Epstein class than for the working class.
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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
What do 18th century colonists, an eight-year-old with cerebral palsy, and a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Alabama have in common? Each made a choice to challenge injustice. America’s history is shaped by ordinary people standing up for something greater than themselves. #Velshi
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America’s story is written by its people
What do 18th century colonists, an eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, and a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Alabama have in common? Separated by centuries and circumstance, each made a choice to challenge injustice. Their stories remind us that America’s history is shaped not by grand moments alone, but by ordinary people standing up for something greater than themselves.
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J P R @jpr93.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Ali velshi, on his show, just showed a collection of photos of the thirty or so Dems who have recently flipped red districts. I noted, happily, that slightly more than half are women. 👍
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Many zoning laws are locking working families out of the American dream. www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...
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Zoning laws are locking working families out of the American Dream
America’s housing crisis isn’t just about rising prices, it’s about shrinking mobility. Local zoning ordinances have made it difficult to build affordable homes in high-opportunity areas, effectively ...
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“At the same time, a jury in Los Angeles is considering a case against Meta and YouTube brought by a young woman who said she became addicted as a child. The trial, during which Zuckerberg testified, is seen as a bellwether for similar cases across the country.“ apple.news/AcVFakJruRYi...
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Meta Ordered to Pay $375M in New Mexico Child Exploitation Lawsuit — CNET
The New Mexico ruling comes as a Los Angeles jury is still debating whether Meta's social media platforms are addictive to children.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“More than 30 years apart, two women separately set forth on long drives south to Alabama. Their backgrounds were different, their mission the same: to join an existential fight for the soul of American democracy.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/joce...
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She followed a civil rights hero to Alabama. It shaped her path to power.
Jocelyn Benson’s journey to the Michigan governor’s race began with Viola Liuzzo, a mother from Detroit who set out for Selma in March of 1965 to join the fight for voting rights.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Several decades after Riyadh exported global terror, the regime is back at it again, destabilizing the global order.  But this time around, it doesn’t need to operate through its terrorist proxies.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Russia Is the Biggest Winner of the Iran War www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Russia Is the Biggest Winner of the Iran War
Chris Patten worries that an oil windfall is only one of the ways the Kremlin will benefit.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is breaking news to no one.
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 03/02/2026
To make sense of America's baffling foreign policy under Trump, you need to understand 'neo-royalism'
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US Foreign Policy Is Now Medieval
The search continues for a framework to make sense of, or at least label, the baffling state of world affairs since Donald Trump took his second oath of office as president of the United States. And now we have a new contender: Neo-royalism. At first — and even second — glance, I’d say it fits.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 04/02/2026
an ex-Republican pastor is one of the central organizers in the anti-ICE effort in Springfield OH www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
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Opinion | In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door… The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by DHS headquarters in D.C.” newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
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DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
As I report in this piece, a trend is developing: Some warehouse owners have decided against selling to ICE, plainly because the backlash has persuaded them that it would make them pariahs
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sammiejoe @sammiejoe.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
ADC has also opened their application for the Jack Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship for Arab American students in media, journalism or film. This one is also open to grad students! Award is $5k and deadline is April 12th: adc.org/2026-jack-sh...
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Now Open: 2026 Dr. Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship - ADC
ADC is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2026 Dr. Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship! Established in 1997, this scholarship has supported more than 100 Arab Ameri...
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sammiejoe @sammiejoe.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Islamic Scholarship Fund is accepting applications from Muslim students in public policy, law, and media majors. Deadline is March 21st (the day after Eid!). Awards range from $3k-$10k. Apply here: islamicscholarshipfund.org/scholarship/
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Scholarship Informational Page - Islamic Scholarship Fund
ISF’s SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The 2026 ISF Scholarship Application is now open! Apply Here Law · Policy · Film · Media Since 2009 ISF has funded American Muslim scholars studying and working in fields wit...
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Peter Beinart: “The political scientists Stacie Goddard and Abraham L. Newman have dubbed Trump’s foreign policy ‘neoroyalism.’ It aims less to solve global problems, or even advance American national interests, than to enrich and empower Trump and his circle.” jewishcurrents.org/trumps-imper...
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Trump’s Imperial Fantasy Begins With Gaza
As his Board of Peace bids to become an alternative United Nations, the president plans to rule the Strip and reap the profits.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was described by the govt as approaching agents with a handgun when he was shot dead. But the video released since shows Pretti with his hands empty. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Porcher says in “no way, shape, or form,” does Pretti approach officers with any sort of threat. youtu.be/Yr8Fknv-u3o
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A frame-by-frame break down of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Americans are not angry enough.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
So now Trump’s army is being told they don’t need a warrant to enter the most private and intimate of spaces, a person’s home. Fourth Amendment be damned. Big Brother isn’t knocking at your door, he’s in your living room. We don’t even have the *illusion* or pretense of a democracy anymore.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says — The Associated Press
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant. Thi...
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
“Mr. Mamdani placed his left hand on two Qurans held by his wife, raised his right hand and recited the oath of office (one Quran belonged to his grandfather, the other belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black historian and writer).“ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
While Trump dismisses the affordability crisis as a “hoax,” his antitrust enforcers are busy protecting accused corporate lawbreakers, including PepsiCo and RealPage. youtu.be/O2atn4vir38?...
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Antitrust enforcement weakens under Trump
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Prepare for a desperate Trump to cling to Mamdani’s populist coattails. Like a bad car wreck you can’t turn away from.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Trump just wants to be like the cool kids. 🤳🏽
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’m watching an auntie on the subway scroll through mamdani posts with a polite little smile on her face.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
My people are reclaiming their legacy in the heart of Times Square. ☕️ FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage. We are full circle. Is NYC in its brown man era?
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’m dead.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
MAGA: Trump is going to strip Mamdani of his citizenship! Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Interesting—“Under colonial agreements, particularly those signed by and put together by the British government, Egypt got the lion’s share of the Nile’s water, and other countries, including Sudan, got much, much less.” www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Seriously, how do we stop this epidemic of mass stupiding? HOW TO STOP THE STUPIDING?! It’s too much.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Americans are angry “over the loss of hope…they feel like there is no future.” @matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
“At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment… My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.“ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.
Josh Marshall reflects on building “a tabloid for smart people” and how his politics blog survived in a “chaotic and unstable and bad business.”
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Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“Ironically, however, it’s a Republican President, Donald Trump, who is busy expanding the frontiers of the state by having government agencies take sizable stakes in privately run companies.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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Socialism, But Make It Trump
After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around.
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Dak @dak.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Yesterday somebody called me 'pretentious'. I nearly choked on my oat milk decaf double choc mocha latte
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