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Nikhil Shah

@grandmastershah.bsky.social
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Immigration Lawyer by trade. Left leaning skeptic, martial artist, and physics and paleontology enthusiast.....and huge Godzilla and Bruce Lee fan. He/him Los Angeles, CA Married to @lorenalariosshah.bsky.social

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 9s
tmz.com
Andrew Tate Allegedly Had Bestiality Porn With Horse and Eel, Videos of Minors
Andrew Tate allegedly had some seriously disturbing material on his devices ... including extreme porn depicting sex acts with a horse and an eel ... according to newly filed court docs obtained by TM...
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 5h
"Reduced funding and restrictions on how states finance Medicaid will put additional pressure on state budgets and hospitals, increasing the risk that communities lose essential maternity services and specialized providers close to home.”
theguardian.com
US maternity wards face wave of closures as Medicaid cuts kick in
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 5h
theguardian.com
Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts warn
Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and is too small to affect prices, with the full deal unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 5h
I am glad I drive an electric car.
theguardian.com
Saudi coalition vows retaliation after deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh airport
Official says coalition will ‘respond firmly’ as Houthis warn people to avoid Saudi airports and US considers intervening
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Global human rights group Amnesty International warned that the detentions signal the Indian government’s desperate attempts to “supress critical voices”.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Man who wants to destroy the International Criminal Court to protect war criminals and rapists complains that a woman who brought war criminals to justice and who helped define rape as an act of genocide won the Nobel Peace Prize over him.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
theguardian.com
How California is bracing for a winter of floods, fires and extreme storms all at once
The strongest El Niño recorded is expected to bring a cascade of hazards to a state still facing wildfire and heat risks, while budget cuts have weakened disaster response agencies
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The vision they have for the Amazon is the same vision they have for everything. They are denialists. Their vision is that the forest must be removed for economic activities,” “They will again encourage illegal mining, the invasion of Indigenous lands, and violence against Indigenous"
theguardian.com
Marina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon
Exclusive: Former Brazilian environment minister warns of destruction as far-right scion favourite to become president
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia,” Zelenskyy said on social media on Saturday."
theguardian.com
Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for Kyiv
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"At a time when even Europe, traditionally seen as backing Israel, has veered away from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the genocidal war on Gaza appears to have escalated India’s embrace of Israel."
aljazeera.com
Gaza war sped up India’s shift towards Israel under Modi
As even Israel's traditional allies are distancing themselves from Netanyahu, Modi's India has embraced the country.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
wired.com
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
apnews.com
Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a $70,000 fee for international students who are seeking to work in the United States.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
theguardian.com
Billionaires fund California ballot measure to make voters show ID at polls
Various out-of-state conservative donors have given millions of dollars to support California’s Proposition 39
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The federal government risks losing a large segment of the $26bn in payroll taxes from unauthorized immigrants who help to support the US social security fund that pays out to American seniors – while not being able to access those benefits themselves."
theguardian.com
Trump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year
New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"ICE, get the fuck out of our neighborhood,” shouted Vanessa Gibson, Bronx borough president. “I’m angry that we have to be here … We are a working-class community. We don’t deserve this type of treatment from the White House.”
theguardian.com
‘Abolish ICE’: Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats urge action after New York shooting
US immigration officer shot man in car where five-year-old child was sitting in the Bronx, sparking fierce protests
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the genocide convention,” Pillay said on the publication of the commission’s findings in September last year."
theguardian.com
ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I should add that this is all about punishing an immigrant group (South Asians) that vote heavily in favor of the Democratic Party.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am convinced that the only reason the U.S. economy has not been hit with a full blown recession because of these policies is because of market manipulation by Trump, the AI boom, and the global dominance of the dollar. Those three things can only sustain the U.S. economy for so long.
apnews.com
The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I was unaware that as someone born in America I inherited Athens. So does that mean I’m eligible for Greek citizenship?
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The United States has made its choice.
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"Nationalism" became a dirty word,
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tore down our monuments, condemned our own history, and taught children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Social media is dying, with only the microvideo platforms retaining any active use. As recently as 2024 a third of students were on X, now zero.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Some landlords are even using deportation fears as leverage. Goldberg’s neighbor abandoned their rent-controlled unit voluntarily after their landlord threatened to report their marriage as fraudulent for the purposes of acquiring a green card, she said. “They left in fear.”
theguardian.com
An AI boom is sending San Francisco rents through the roof: ‘nowhere left for people to go’
According to city’s rent board, eviction notices are up 44% and tenants are on edge over landlords swooping in over their homes
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
theguardian.com
‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
Children are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Well he is openly saying that he wants to escalate the war with Iran after the midterms so the price of oil will continue to go up. I would switch to electric if you haven’t as yet.
theguardian.com
Oil prices jump 5% on Middle East tensions and US hurricane threat
Global bond market sell-off continues and stocks fall amid reports White House has asked to see options for more strikes against Iran
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
yahoo.com
Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We don't have a crystal ball, but our forecast of how the midterm elections will impact US science is probably less rosy than many researchers would like www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
November elections may bring little relief for scientists beleaguered by Trump
If Democrats win one or both chambers of Congress, investigations are likely, but meaningful change may be elusive
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Sonja Shaw, the Republican nominee for California superintendent of public instruction, called the new campaign ad “creepy, weird, disturbing garbage”
theguardian.com
Republicans criticize Steve Hilton for ‘creepy’ innuendo-filled campaign ad
Hilton faces heavy backlash from within his own party for ‘Just Try It’ ad amid his longshot bid for California governor
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"I was just thinking what the fuck is wrong with him?” she said while waiting for a Waymo outside grocery store in LA’s Koreatown neighborhood. “He hates us. He hates LA."
theguardian.com
LA and San Diego residents ‘horrified’ by Trump suggesting Iran bomb them
As Angelenos bemoan ‘sad situation’, those in San Diego say remark a ‘disservice’ to town with multiple naval bases
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 23/09/2026
Elon is now above $16,000,000 spent on the mid-terms. Top races so far: -$5,174,007.32 in TX against @jamestalarico.bsky.social -$3,193,553.94 in OH against @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social -$3,092,319.94 in MI against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Okay I've seen at least 2 posts today that describe Jim Bakker as "having an affair with his secretary" or "getting caught banging his secretary" and just...no. He got caught paying her off because he and another preacher *violently raped her*. That isn't an affair, or a simple "sex scandal".
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Big surprise. "According to Israeli media reports, Vilimsky has played a key role in building a rapprochement between the Freedom party – whose first two leaders after its founding in 1956 were former SS officers – and Tel Aviv."
theguardian.com
US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel
Trump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attend
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The voting age in France is 18 so..... "Teenagers also chanted songs against Marine Le Pen, the far-right, anti-immigration candidate in the 2027 presidential election, who is high in the polls as Emmanuel Macron steps down after a decade in office."
theguardian.com
‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing
Unprecedented protests that began in low-income banlieue are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Southern California generates approximately 6.5% of the total United States economy with 24 million residents. Nebraska's economy makes up about 0.64% and they have 2 million residents. If we are talking about collateral damage, which do you think the nation would miss the most?
theguardian.com
Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
theguardian.com
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The redneck crowd cheered. I don't want to hear lectures on here about showing people in red state "empathy" while they wish the second biggest city in the country destruction.
yahoo.com
Trump Says to Let Iran ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego
Trump made the stunning remark while defending the costs of the Iran war during his Nebraska rally.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.
nytimes.com
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Starting to think the tech bros have a fetish for being guillotined
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"mainstream governments face a spiralling challenge. When an entire generation concludes that society’s existing frameworks guarantee them neither affordable homes nor functioning schools, political consent starts to evaporate and Europe’s establishment parties risk losing their legitimacy."
theguardian.com
In both France and Spain, ruling parties must prove they can give young protesters hope
Demonstrations over housing rights and crumbling schools are a sign the younger generation is withdrawing political consent
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very flimsy arguments but we all know what the Supreme Court is about. Alito recused himself which is good.
theguardian.com
US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits
Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Trump asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the US captured the country’s president Nicolas Maduro. And Grok, in classic AI sycophantic fashion, told him what he wanted to hear.”
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"As noted by Cullen Hendrix from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, from 2002 to 2024, the US ranked among the four countries with the least state control. In 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, it dropped from second place to 16th."
theguardian.com
Republicans say they hate communists. So why do they like Donald Trump?
Trump supporters may be surprised to learn the state takeover of means of production is not driven by the left
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"According to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, about 6,000 US military personnel have been arrested since Okinawa was returned to Japan from the US in 1972 after the second world war. The number of arrests in a year hit 80 in 2024, the highest in 20 years."
theguardian.com
US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime ‘exceptionally brutal and vicious’
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
theguardian.com
Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you’re not on X you won’t appreciate the extent to which virulent racism against Indians has become THE rallying call of the far right.
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
theguardian.com
Cornell case raises questions about rise of ketamine in sexual assaults: ‘You might not realize you’re being touched’
After a Jane Doe claimed she was encouraged to take ketamine in an alleged gang rape, advocates are urging for tighter laws around the dissociative
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Americans have never felt worse as they’re getting squeezed at the gas pump and grocery store. Donald Trump and the Republicans own this.
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