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Magdi Jacobs

@magdi.bsky.social
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I write about politics, culture, & science.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 31/08/2026
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oh great, now we're on to the threats of hanging. Everyone who normalized this will be remembered. There are women much more vulnerable than I am who are being subjected to this.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
1) I hate my typo here, lol 2) I really didn't mean to go hard on @dmsilverman.bsky.social. I did appreciate his defense 3) I think I might have misunderstood his rhetorical purpose. I'll have to look at it again. 4) I hope we can have a good convo about this or just forget about it
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𝗧𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮🇭🇹 @tinyt320.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I’m tired of seeing the racism and antisemitism from the far left of the Democratic Party. If NY wasn’t a close primary state, I probably would be unaffiliated. It’s so toxic and draining. Thank you @magdi.bsky.social for always calling them out👏🏾 x.com/magi_jay/sta...
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This is racist, anti-empirical BS that is absolutely intended to undermine the base of the Democratic party. The Dem party would be obsolete if it weren't for Black voters in general. Almost every ne...
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
More liberal women are being targeted for harassment. A common tactic is to refer to "mental illness." Those who attempt to stand up against this mass misogyny are then further accused of mental illness. In my case, they also invoke antisemitism. In Alice Poole's case, they invoke transphobia.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Thank you for saying this. And I mean it sincerely. But I also want to say that when one prefaces the defense with the "most annoying cingelibs in the known universe," you might be contributing a bit to the problem.
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Nicole Votes 4 Harm Reduction @nicokow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There is a long history of the patriarchy using mental illness to silence women. From “hysteria” to “shrill”or today’s “scold” - they are all sexist and misogynistic. www.thecrimson.com/column/femme...
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Crazy | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
The stereotype of the crazy woman contributes to sexism by dismissing women’s emotions as irrational and questioning a woman’s sanity every time she expresses an emotion. However, the stereotype also ...
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
@liberalcurrents.com already put "in the paper" that my brain is microwaved.
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OMC Panda @omcpanda.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Strange you would mention Gamergate after what you’ve done to @magdi.bsky.social.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
One of many reasons why it pisses me off when people on here say Dems shouldn’t criticize Piker. Piker & his fans have engaged in toxic & misogynistic abuse toward Magdi, Shannon, Neera Tanden, & other women for months. If you support Piker, you support his misogyny, antisemitism, & racism.
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Darius Smith @dariuspsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I strongly condemn this harassment of Magdi and Shannon from the haters and Hasaniks. They're two very important people that I value in my life and both are good, honest and trustworthy folk that deserve support and respect. Thank you!
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Liberal Librarian, Son of Cuban Immigrants 🟦 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Gamergate lives
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anyone who speaks out about this, gets targeted for harassment. Over half of them are being taken care of by their parents. They don't know shit about politics and all they know are social media slogans and rants that the Tennessee Holler abd others push.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This bullying is coming from Hasan Piker. He directed his audience to harass Ms. Watts and myself, among others. @liberalcurrents.com published an article, earlier this week, that described me as having a "[microwaved] brain" b/c I described this abuse. They normalized the abuse. Now it escalates.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Yet I am the one who is "mentally ill."
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cats_hell_yeah @catshellyeah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So I don't know who the harasser is but I'm gonna guess it's a dude. Funny how these folks so easily use misogyny, antisemitism, ableism, etc. as a weapon. The mental health slams are particularly offensive. And using the R word. Wow. None of that is leftist.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m not a child. Do not speak to me as if I am one because I stand up against misinformation, lies, and bullying.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
They keep reposting this, despite their editorial errors, including 1) saying I made a claim I didn’t make and 2) hyperlinking to a post calling me mentally ill.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do you see how this goes? Supporters engage in harassment, including misogynistic & antisemitic attacks. Also: doxxing. A woman calls it out. The supporters say the woman is crazy. When presented with evidence, the supporters claim the real craziness is a woman asking a candidate to respond.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's funny that this post is grammatically incorrect.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It was harassment.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I would not say that it's "mentally ill" to expect a political leader to harness in their supporters. Cf. Donald Trump.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Why am I mentally ill for describing targeted harassment? This is the data from a single account.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In this article, @liberalcurrents.com implies my brain was "microwaved" by the internet because I described targeted harassment, a subset of which you can see below. This is from one individual. There was a lot more.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My worldview is actually pretty simple. You stand up to bullies. You do your best to tell the truth, as you see it. And you stand up for other people. These are my very simple principles. Yet I get bullied for them. Because some people want to stand with their Social Capital Kings.
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Brandon @btp.dev · 28/08/2026
@liberalcurrents.com Running cover for an avowed anti-liberal like Piker is exactly the kind of toxic behavior that he brings to Liberal circles, and literally his goal. Do better and stop throwing other liberals under the bus to appease M/Ls and tankies.
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Jay Weixelbaum @jayweixelbaum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@liberalcurrents.com What the hell is this? Why are you singling people out like my friend Magdi when you know *exactly* what happens on social media when you do that? Seriously WTF. Also. There's a legit discussion to be had about releasing fake polls to mess with elections. GOP already does this
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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Everything she said about Platner was true. She's not wrong about Piker either, and you know that by the sheer volume and vitriol of her haters. Stop protecting people from what they've done or said, and you won't go wrong. Making excuses will bite you on the ass every time.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I got mass-harassed, including by accounts dedicated to stalking me, after I said I would support AES but he should drop Piker (1). I talked about the harassment (2). @liberalcurrents.com published a piece linking to my citation of harassment in order to argue I was "microwave brained" (3).
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I saw today that @liberalcurrents.com has contributed to the illiberal attacks on my mental health, all mounted as a tactic to undermine my criticism of Hasan Piker. Extremely ugly behavior from a group ostensibly charged with clarifying liberal discourse. Here is my response. x.com/magi_jay/sta...
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Always Jae 🌈 @jtlee24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Best way I saw it described:
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Insane misogyny on display here
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I wrote this on twitter about the Graham Platner debacle, specifically in response to Sheldon Whitehouse continuing to cast aspersions on one of Platner's alleged victims: Lyndsey Fifield. We were very close to something disastrous, which the GOP intended. Not being truth-forward put us in danger.
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OG_McDuck @ogmcduck.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Abusers and rapists rarely do their thing only once. His backers/endorsers are not dumb enough to have not known that. They just hoped to keep their cheeks clenched for luck and make it thru election day, then worry about it later, if at all. That's how gross everyone associated with this shit are.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Disgusting by this O'Brien dude, as @magdi.bsky.social points out. More broadly, Magdi Jacobs deserves TREMENDOUS credit for her perserverance and courage on this story; she's been on top of it, and CORRECT, since the beginning - about Platner being a scumbag. bluevirginia.us/2026/07/wedn...
"To be clear, they're attacking her for having texted that she needed a massage. It's desperate and it's disgusting. This is why women don't report, by the way."  - Magdi Jacobs

Maine Wire: "AFL-CIO comms guy Andy O'Brien has come out of hiding and is now working to discredit the victim who accused Graham Platner of rape..."
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A small sample of what I experienced online for trying to tell the truth about Graham Platner.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
They should. For objective reasons. He was in the Marines. He wasn't let back in. Why?
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Kristian @kltblom.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Again; we need more female representation in this deeply patriarchal country. I am just sick of finding out that another privileged man is just another bully that never learned to relate to people as real embodied human beings.
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Xavier Teatime @xavierteatime.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Whenever a lot of people are saying "wow, sorry, we got this one really wrong," I think it's worth figuring out who *didn't* get it wrong and listening to them more carefully in the future. Consider unfollowing the Klippensteins of the world and following Magdi here instead:
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Yes, there is a lot more on Platner. You can discern this from the fact he is alleged to have committed domestic violence between 2013-2016. He then is alleged to have raped a woman in 2021. That points to a profile of a man who serially abuses women. NBC story also noted multiple victims.
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Kinehora @kinehora.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
All of this. We weren’t telling you there was a fox in the henhouse because we’re obsessed with foxes, we were trying to warn you.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I think men who demonstrate they haven't done the basic research on sexual assault & inter-personal violence should refrain from commenting on the subject. On a very basic level, if a person accepts empirically debunked premises about these topics, their "opinions" should be immediately rejected.
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Actually, I am a bit exhausted, lol. I have been working on getting the truth out there, via the proper channels, for two months. I was bullied a lot by Platner people. The hardest thing was when liberal men I knew seemed to buy into this idea that I was unhinged about him in some way. That was hard
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
There is a lot of bad stuff out there on Platner. I don't know how much of it will come out if he drops out. Don't know if the GOP will release what they have or not. In terms of the victims, they want the truth out there, but also have to protect themselves. They saw what happened post-NYT story.
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"Emotional support shitposter" Fella @stealthbadger.net · 08/07/2026
What @magdi.bsky.social has been saying all along
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Lawrence on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The truth matters. A lot. About anything. I will never feel comfortable in a world without truth.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/07/2026
h/t to @magdi.bsky.social for this...a small, partial list of Haley's legislative work.
Partial list of Rep. Haley Stevens' legislative work
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You also all owe @magdi.bsky.social more than an apology. You can do that here: buymeacoffee.com/bi96acrey
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Magdi Semrau
I research things. Hi! I'm Mangy! I study child language development. In the meantime, I like to tweet about politics & research. I love fact-checking, coffee, &, to be honest, wine!
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The truth has come out about Graham Platner. A lot of people worked on this truth. It wasn't easy. But people made sure that the truth came out and, as importantly, that it came out with the right vetting. There is more truth out there.
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