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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social
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Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver. Editor of The Left Hook Substack (thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of Democracy-Ish; Author of a Memoir and a Play; @YouTubeWajahatAli wajali.com wajahatmali@protonmail.com

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 1h
100% should follow him around for the rest of what’s left of his political career. His 2028 VP hopes were dashed in two minutes and I love that for him.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h
WED THE LEFT HOOK SCHEDULE - ET 12pm: Pablo Torre 12:45 pm: Mehdi Hasan 1:25 pm: David Sirota 2:00 pm: Casey Michel 3:00 pm: Danielle Moodie NO PAYWALLS. thelefthook.substack.com
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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack
A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscr...
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 5h
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h
Expand the Supreme Court www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations For Now
The decision allows the administration to continue removing immigrants to countries they’re not from and have never been to.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Republicans continue to prove they don’t care that Trump committed crimes and tried to end our democracy 🇺🇸
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h
Amateur hour.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h
More, please. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Immigrant shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assault
An affidavit unsealed on Tuesday said the officer who shot Wilber Garcés Pérez was not wearing a body camera and that another officer turned his camera off.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23h
Eagles roasted by Case Keenum. Wow.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Case Keenum owning the Eagles? Didn't see that one.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look at the losses. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs
Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will ​transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. The ...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are Bears this good and Eagles this bad?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.tmz.com/2026/09/28/a...
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Billionaire donors are trying to buy the race for Paxton. Don’t let them win. Your vote is your power, make sure to use it! Talarico is the candidate that who will work for voters not billionaire donors. #Shshed www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Paxton, Trailing Talarico in Polls, Tacks Toward the Center in Texas
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Hoffman was convicted of raping his friend's young son. He should be in jail, but Paxton used his power to get him on a misdemeanor. That means he only served for 60 days, didn't have to register as a sex offender in Texas, and then left the state.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/09/2026
Is he serious
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What could go wrong? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI cancels new AI launch, citing safety issues
The cancellation of the new release comes days after OpenAI said it stopped training powerful new AI after safety incidents.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 28/09/2026
Exclusive: President Trump will announce a Minnesota company’s plan to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, as he looks to counter voter frustration with the economy ahead of the midterm elections.
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Trump to Unveil Planned $15 Billion Iowa Steel Project
The announcement comes as Trump is looking for wins ahead of a tough midterm election for Republicans.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The man who groomed and hand delivered JD VANCE to the White House.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All of the expert analysis I have seen on a Diesel export ban says it will disastrously backfire and cause negative unintended consequences so I fully expect Trump to go through with it.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fox contributor: Republicans losing Congress in the midterms points to “self-inflicted wounds by President Trump”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Rise in young Catholic converts points to spiritual longing in U.S. and Europe
As Pope Leo XIV visits France, the number of converts is growing in secular Western countries, and some in Gen Z are rediscovering the faith of their grandparents.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
economist.com
In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Broncos...don't let them score. Thank you, 49ers and Seahawks fans.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Broncos, you now have 1 job. Don't let Rams score a TD. Thank you.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Broncos got a huge bailout with that PI. Can they capitalize?
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Broncos D...wow, what an INT.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well done, Broncos. Beat the Rams. Sincerely, Niners fans.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RAIDERS!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wait up -- Cowboys?!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ad sucks. Burning our money and can't even give us good propaganda. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump
The taxpayer-funded campaign borrows the president's political rhetoric as the White House defends the spots as “public service” announcements.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seahawks lost, Niners lost everyone on the team but won, and if the Cowboys lose then today will be a good day.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My 49ers beat the Substation and Cardinals!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Chargers are truly terrible. Sorry for their fans.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yeah, it doesn’t seem like the NYT has given any coverage to the frat gang rape scandal at Cornell. Not as important as Oberlin’s banh mi or Harvard’s eating clubs I guess
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Air travel will become worse. The enshittification of America.
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Kerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More to the story… themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nice, nice, nice. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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ChatGPT-maker’s AI probed federal government websites
OpenAI said that its artificial intelligence agents inappropriately accessed sites for the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach, whether he should apologise or why it took months for OpenAI to detect and report it to the Australian government" Silent about the hacking from OpenAI #auspol
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OpenAI boss refuses to answer Medicare hack questions after Trump-Xi dinner
Sam Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach or why it took so long to report.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
damn near the worst thing i ever read jesus fucking christ
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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