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Karen Attiah

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Ghanaian. Texan. Amateur fighter. Lifter of Weights. Insta: @karenattiah Columnist: @washingtonpost Adjunct lecturer: @ColumbiaSIPA

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@KarenAttiah

Karen Attiah

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For decades, we were told "Never Again" to genocide and mass atrocities. The Holocaust. Rwanda. Bosnia. Darfur. We were taught to spot the warning signs--dehumanizing rhetoric, violence, forced depopulation, and the destruction of culture. We were told to speak out and act.

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Karen Attiah

7 years

Flint. Puerto Rico. What good is being the most powerful nation in the world if we can't even get clean water to American citizens??

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2 years

The thing about history is... these times we are living in are very, very precedented.

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6 years

This tweet is not “racially charged”. It’s not “racially divisive”. It's not “racialist”, or “sparking racial controversy.” This tweet is straight up racist and the media should call it so.

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Jamal Khashoggi is trending on Twitter in the United States. Saudi Arabia's regime wants us to forget Jamal, and move on. They have failed. I am still amazed and inspired by how the world really has not let his name and legacy fade away, a year after his murder. Grateful.

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Absolutely absurd that Trump has reacted more angrily to the Prime Minister of Sweden over the arrest of a rapper than to Saudi Arabia over the vicious killing of U.S. resident and @washingtonpost writer Jamal #Khashoggi . Signed, A Member of the "African American Community"

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Donald J. Trump

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Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States. I watched the tapes of A$AP Rocky, and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers. Treat Americans fairly! #FreeRocky

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Houston Chronicle is demanding that @tedcruz resign.

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Editorial: Resign, Senator Cruz. Your lies cost lives.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz lied to Americans about widespread voter fraud that never existed. He...

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Black and brown people around the world who were subject to horrendous cruelties and economic deprivation under British colonialism are allowed to have feelings about Queen Elizabeth. After all, they were her "subjects" too.

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Rihanna has raised her voice for social justice movements in Sudan, Nigeria, and now India, and Myanmar. She is a REAL ONE.

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4 years

Considering how George Floyd was killed, cops taking a knee is not the feel-good visual so many of y'all think it is.

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4 years

That 17-year-old shooter and the Kenosha militias are precisely why the @nytimes running that Tom Cotton op-Ed promoting the use of “overwhelming force” to subdue protestors was so dangerous.

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“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion." - bell hooks

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The largest black nation on earth is rising up against police brutality. Why Nigeria's #EndSARS campaign matters for America too.

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Opinion | For the sake of democracy, Nigeria’s #EndSars campaign against police brutality must...

As abuses and impunity persist, Nigeria’s democracy has been dying in the darkness of government committee panels.

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Does this mean Europe will stop letting African migrants drown in the Mediterranean?

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#BREAKING European Union parliament declares 'Black Lives Matter'

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Maybe if Texas didn't spend all that money trying to fight election results we'd be able to have stable electricity rn

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My dad, a retired pulmonologist (lung specialist): "Don't go into public spaces with others without a mask."

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5 years

Make no mistake: Nancy Pelosi’s dogwhistling snipes at @AOC , Ilhan Omar, @RashidaTlaib and @RepPressley helped pave the way for this vicious, racist attack from the president.

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

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So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......

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3 years

Schoolhouse Rock did not prepare us for this

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3 months

For everyone who is wondering why Namibia is challenging Germany so strongly, the first genocide of the 20th century was carried out by Germany in Namibia against the Herero people. Many horrific tactics Germany used against the Herero people were repeated in the Holocaust.

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The relative silence from other groups re: AP African American Studies mess is quite... loud. Imagine a state trying to formally wipe Jewish history, Asian American history, or other marginalized groups from AP curricula. If they come for us, they can come for yall, too.

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How careless white America has been with black pain. The same careless spirit that allows Trump to compare lynching to a constitutional process. The same spirit that sees slave plantations as romantic venues. That spirit that loves black forgiveness after white violence.

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4 years

What does he know about Jamal Khashoggi's murder? And where is the body?

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Mystery Solvent

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4 years

Ivanka and Jared visited the Taj Mahal. What is your first thought when you see this pic?

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3 years

Rihanna has the Indian government shook. Who needs an album when you can uplift the oppressed?? We love to see it! #FarmersProstest

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4 years

We tried to warn you. Too many of our colleagues in the media treated Trump’s racism as a grotesque spectacle. Titillating, but not disqualifying. And now, he is threatening use state force to bludgeon and kill black people. Trump was always life or death for us.

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5 years

This is a selfie Jamal #Khashoggi took when I first took him to the @washingtonpost newsroom and showed him around. He was so happy to be back in a newsroom after being banned from writing in Saudi Arabia. A year later, his government had had murdered.

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3 years

Now is as a good time as ever for @Twitter and @Jack to add a Twitter emoji to the massive #FarmersProtests in India -- like they did for historic international protests like #BlackLivesMatter and #EndSars .

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Instead of long, glowing profiles of Nazis/White nationalists, why don’t we profile the victims of their ideologies? Why not a piece about the mother of Heather Heyer, the woman who was killed in Charlottesville? Follow-ups on those who were injured? Or how PoC are coping?

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Karen Attiah

3 years

See science. See chemistry. Dr. Obeng is a hero. Ghana, well, we send our best.

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Dr. Michael Obeng Describes Science Behind Glue-Destroying Procedure

Dr. Obeng broke down his secret recipe for us, explaining it was all just basic chemistry.

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This press conference is embarrassing, and its not because of Biden

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They killed a brilliant journalist. They killed a kind, gentle man. They killed my friend. #Khashoggi #JusticeForJamal @jkhashoggi

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I will never forgive Biden for this.

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1 year

are the men okay?

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Dominant woman. Submissive man

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Palestinian cemeteries are being desecrated. Every university in Gaza has been destroyed. Gaza's libraries, and printing presses, gone. This is the unjustifiable erasure of the historical memory of a people. Nothing less than cultural genocide. A crime against humanity.

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Honestly, American media is failing so badly right now. Shameful and embarrassing.

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2 years

For Black and African writers and creators who feel trapped by the white gaze, this is for you. Watch the iconic Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembéne brilliantly rebuff a question about how his films were received in Europe.

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Today, Oct 2nd, marks 4 years since my Washington Post colleague Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul. We still don’t know where his body is.

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The awareness @rihanna , @GretaThunberg have brought to India's #FarmersProtest is great. But praise, support + resources should go to brave Sikh farmers, activists, organizers, journalists + others on the ground in India who have been marching since August for their rights. ✊🏾

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3 years

Is it just me or is anyone else really terrified about what is about to come over the next several weeks with Covid?

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NIGERIA. The largest black population in the world. A large Muslim population. A US ally, and one of the most important economies in Africa. Trump's comments about African nations being sh*thole countries were not just words. He was foreshadowing actual policy direction.

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Trump will issue an expanded version of his travel ban today. The US will suspend the issuance of visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria

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. @IlhanMN ’s identity lies at the intersection of everything white America has been taught to fear and eliminate: black, female, immigrant, visibly Muslim. Its sad that in America in 2019, we have legitimate reasons to fear for her safety.

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It is bone-chillingly American that Israel’s government can fund multi -million dollar ads for the Super Bowl to distract us from the launch of an offensive to cleanse Palestinians from Rafah. Atrocities backed by the U.S. government. Blood-stained bread and circuses.

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This is a serious question. Why are white men like this so angry? White men are at the top of the country’s racial caste system. What is the reason for the hatred?

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Angry white guy alert. Whitefish, MT

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Texas doesn't need a functioning power grid! Jesus is our sustainable energy resource!

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3 years

When women withdraw from competition due to mental health reasons, we get into a fuss about it. So when men have meltdowns and skip competitions —- crickets.

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Novak Djokovic threw a racket into the stands, smashed another, then skipped his doubles match in an Olympic meltdown

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3 years

I'm not a fan of internet stan culture for many reasons. At the same time I wish people would stan for and cheer on Justice Sotomayor and her historic dissents they way y'all still do for the late RBG. Am I wrong?

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I’m gonna reiterate this again. Any financial dealings between Trump, Kushner, and Mohammed Bin Salman must come to light, and soon. We need to investigate why MBS is getting unconditional loyalty and support from Trump. #khashoggi

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Karen Attiah

5 years

Congress must investigate Trump’s and Jared Kushner's financial dealings with Saudi Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman and resulting conflicts of interest. MbS once reportedly bragged about having Kushner “in his pocket”

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6 years

It's not just about Starbucks. It's about when white people use the police to remove black people from a particular space. Recall what a McKinney, Texas cop did to a 100 pound, swimsuit-clad black girl when the police were called on a pool party:

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4 years

Today is Ahmaud Arbery's birthday.

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They may have silenced my friend but they cannot kill his words. You can read all of @JKhashoggi ‘s work (in English and Arabic) for the @washingtonpost here: #khashoggi #JusticeForJamal

Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist and author, and a Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist.

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4 years

While we are at it... White folks, can you stop having your weddings at plantations aka forced labor camps?

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6 years

#Khashoggi was a 60 year old man. What sort of equal “fight" would he have had against 15 other men? And who brings a bone saw to a “discussion”?! The stupidity of the Saudi explanation is mind boggling….

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I went from being in the best shape of my life to being completely exhausted by driving and other normal cognitive tasks. And this is all after a *mild* covid case.

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At this point in the pandemic, I'm not sure if I desperately crave human interaction or if I would rather do without it for the rest of my life

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I went today to the restaurant where Jamal #Khashoggi and I had our final lunch together. I cried at my table. Today, the CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered his murder. May Jamal's soul find comfort.

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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

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3 years

When I have a bad day, I buy scented bath bombs, not guns

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Then why didn’t you allow reader comments

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6 years

Utter bullshit.

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After months of searching for a feline friend, I finally found my furbaby! Everyone meet Artemis, my four month-old fur son!

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Never forget

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The coronavirus panic is dumb

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This is how American media would describe this if this happened in a non western country: “American security forces under the Trump regime used *chemical weapons* in a cross border operation against unarmed asylum seekers, including children. “ My God.

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NBC News

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A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, runs away from tear gas in front of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico. (📷: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

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This is not a war against Hamas. This is Israel waging a colonial-style, punitive massacre against Palestinians.

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The South lost the Civil War. When will these Confederate-lovers learn to assimilate?

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I have never understood how McConnell has managed to dodge this photo. Look at that smile.

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3 years

writing something #FarmersProtests

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Trump "They had a permit, the other group didn't have a permit" Yes, white supremacy and slave owners had legal permission too

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I need everyone to pay attention to what @Uber CEO @dkhos is saying here. Not only is he running cover for the Saudi government by saying the pre-planned murder of a @washingtonpost writer was a "mistake", he compares the murder of a human being to Uber making a tech glitch.

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Uber CEO on Saudi Arabia's killing of Jamal Khashoggi: "It's a serious mistake. We've made mistakes too, right, with self-driving ... So I think that people make mistakes. It doesn't mean that they can never be forgiven"

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Enslaved people threw themselves overboard during the Middle Passage-- some of those suicides were direct acts of rebellion, to reduce slavers' profits. Mass hunger strikes were used against apartheid. The more brutal the oppression, the more extreme the resistance.

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I strongly oppose valorizing any form of suicide as a noble, principled, or legitimate form of political protest. People suffering mental illness deserve empathy and respect, but it is wildly irresponsible to praise them for using a political justification to take their own life.

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“Be civil! When they go low, go high.” Is basically— “When they attack and incite until you are silenced or dead, we will celebrate what an honorable martyr you were while doing nothing to stop the violence that silenced you .” @IlhanMN needs support and protection. NOW.

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*Deep breaths* It’s easy to get lost in the grief and outrage over Trump siding Saudi regime that thinks nothing of butchering peaceful journalists in consulates. But hope is not all lost. Congress must act, and the American people can still help. Here’s a thread #Khashoggi

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2 years

Canceled my @Spotify premium account...

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Got dressed up for my first date with the Pfizer vaccine 💧💉

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Not only is this racist, but it reveals that to many white people, allyship is transactional and performative and that Black people should be grateful. It's also historically ignorant of the lengths Black people have gone to call out and fight Nazism and the oppression of Jews.

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And who gives a F--- about a burning Wendy's? Stop killing us!!

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About ending mask requirements... While going through airport security, I took off my mask for the TSA agent for the ID check. He asked me to smile. The best part about masking while female has been not having to deal with men commanding me to perform happiness for them. Ugh.

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I’ve always been a bit shy + ambivalent about my body and physical appearance. In the last few years of pain and loss, I started wearing mostly black and stopped taking photos. My friends told me to be my full self again. “Wear gold! Wear your power colors!” So I did. 💙✨

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George Floyd was murdered. We can all say it now.

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Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.

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Western networks did not show the South African ICJ case but streamed Israel's defense. And we wonder why trust in media is falling. This industry beclowns itself. The so-called journalistic objectivity of the Western media died in Gaza and there's no coming back from it.

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I can’t remember the last time I was shaking with anger and grief, but here goes: Jamal had threats against him. US intelligence knew there were threats against him. THE SAUDIS WERE REPORTEDLY READY TO ADMIT THEY KILLED HIM. They have not even tried to prove innocence.

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BREAKING: Trump tells AP that Saudi Arabia being blamed for missing journalist is another case of "guilty until proven innocent."

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Is it Covid or Allergies: Fall edition

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All of this is a reminder that D.C. deserves statehood.

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Trying to see something. During this pandemic, how many of you have an oximeter at home?

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Black people have been wondering why white people and other non-black people have been riled so much by George Floyd's murder-- and not by videos of other police shootings. I have a theory.

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I said it before, and I will say it again. #Khashoggi ’s killers messed with the wrong paper ( @WashingtonPost ) And in me, the wrong editor. #JusticeForJamal

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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

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As you watch @AOC @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib and @RepPressley , keep in mind what Toni Morrison has said about racism: “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps your from doing your work.”

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Just came back from Oak Lawn Cemetery in Tulsa, where mass graves of the black victims of the 1921 massacre were found just last month. I just... barely have the words.

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Trump’s statement on Saudi Arabia + #Khashoggi is full of lies and a blatant disregard for his own intelligence agencies. It also shows an unforgivable disregard for the lives of Saudis who dare criticize the regime. This is a new low.

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Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was literally murdered and dismembered in a consulate by Saudi Arabia, a US ally. People really need to get a freaking grip.

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Caitlin Flanagan

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What the Times did to @bariweiss is unconscionable. It’s not civil, It’s not in the reader’s interest, and the well-documented culture of extreme harassment will, I hope, now come to light. This is the biggest media story in years.

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Jamal Khashoggi once told me, that we in America were lucky, that we could vote for our leaders. “We Saudis don’t have a choice in leaders, we can only hope they do the right thing.” I voted early in Texas in honor of Jamal. Justice for Jamal #Khashoggi means Trump must go.

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Always go where you are celebrated, not just tolerated.

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I see there's a small-ish debate on whether KBJ should have cried or not. I get the impulse to want her to be superhuman, and exercise restraint at all possible costs. But that doesn't feel fair. The weight of history is on her. Can't Black women be allowed a few tears?

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Wish I could say that Julianna Margulies' racist rant against Black people is an outlier. But as I've said before, I've heard this same sentiment from supposedly liberal circles. Solidarity w/ Black people is transactional. We are supposed to be grateful charity recipients.

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"America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals." -Anaïs Nin, April 1940

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Karen Attiah

3 years

This is a really, really sad day.

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Karen Attiah

3 years

No one prepares you to watch parents and loved ones age and go through health struggles. Sigh

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3 years

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If America were any other country, other nations would be halting aid and weapons sales until America stopped its extrajudicial killings of civilians by state security forces.

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Karen Attiah

4 years

As the kid of immigrants, the "Karen is a racial slur" business is hilarious. My mom named me Karen (and gave my siblings' American names) partially bc she wanted us "to fit in" in white society. She knew back in '86 that being a "Karen" would give me a sort of privilege.

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Karen Attiah

3 years

I don’t know this feeling. A mixture of relief, trauma, grief and anger over the last four years. The constant gaslighting and attacks on the less powerful. The people that I’ve known who lost their lives. We can’t just move on. We need accountability.

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Karen Attiah

4 years

Jamal Khashoggi was murdered 18 months ago on Oct. 2, 2018 by Saudi regime agents under the direction of Mohammed bin Salman. His body has never been found. If you have time today, please honor him by reading his columns for the Washington Post.

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Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post

Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.

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Karen Attiah

5 years

Trump refused to listen to the audio of #Khashoggi ’s death. NatSec advisor John Bolton, won’t listen to the tapes because he doesn’t “speak Arabic”. White House is reportedly blocking Gina Haspel from testifying. The Trump admin is trying to cover up MBS’s bloody mess.

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Karen Attiah

3 years

Bad news: Another pandemic birthday. 😢 Good news: I’m vaccinated and I look cute in a mask. 💋

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