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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-23 at 23:12

MAGA claims that “DEI” stands for “Didn’t Earn It” is remarkable because in reality, generating historic wealth through 2 billion acres of stolen land from Native Americans, enslaving Black people for 300 years, banning Asian immigration until 1965, & banning women from financial access til 1974—all without paying a single red cent in reparations or restitution—is the living breathing example of not earning it.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-government-bans-deiarequires

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-23 at 21:11

In 1933 Nazis issued a decree that required Germans to snitch on anyone who spoke against the party, its leaders, or the Govt.

In 2025 MAGAs force federal employees to snitch on anyone who does "DEI in disguise," or suffer "adverse consequences."

Here's the fascist memo from the MAGA White House

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-government-bans-deiarequires

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-23 at 20:39

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has filed for arrest warrants against two senior Taliban leaders, Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, for crimes against humanity specifically related to gender persecution in Afghanistan.

This is welcome news & a critical first step towards justice.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-23 at 18:08

Multiple cities reporting that ICE raids have begun.

I'm an immigrant & human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, the actions each of us can take to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.

No paywall. Please share widely.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mass-anti-immigrant-raids

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-23 at 17:28

Yesterday several Fed Govt contacts sent me a memo from the Acting AG that says All DEI programs are cancelled & anyone who doesn’t report “disguised” DEI will suffer "adverse consequences."

Yeah, they’re forcing employees to snitch on one another like the Nazis did. Here’s the full text of the memo & the email address they want people to snitch to. Would be a shame if we flooded that address with “reports of DEIA” ¯_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/federal-government-bans-deiarequires

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-23 at 05:06

Wow. Today several Fed Govt contacts sent me a memo from the Acting AG that says:

1. All DEI programs are cancelled

2. Federal employees Must report "disguised" DEI within 10 days & failure to do so will result in "adverse consequences."

Yeah, they’re forcing employees to snitch on one another like its North Korea. My full analysis forthcoming—Subscribe to receive it in your inbox: https://www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-22 at 22:57

Let’s be clear. Trump did not repel the EEOC. An executive order cannot repeal legislation.

Trump revoked President Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, which protected affirmative action for federal contractors.

Trump’s EO does not impact Title VII or laws enforced by the EEOC.

He may try to do so via legislation. But this is not that.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-22 at 20:01

~1,660 Afghans cleared by US Govt to resettle in USA are now banned because Trump suspended the refugee program. This ban includes family members of active duty US military & is just one of his hundreds of horrific Executive Orders.

I detail the worst ones here: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-signs-muslim-ban-20-and-hundreds

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-22 at 18:18

I recall running legal triage at airports when Trump enacted his first Muslim ban. Now, as Trump returns to the White House, he enacts a Muslim Ban 2.0—just one of his 200+ Executive Orders. Most all of them are regressive and harm most all Americans. None of them bring down the price of eggs.

Here is a breakdown of some of Trump's most damaging EOs, and how we can respond.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-signs-muslim-ban-20-and-hundreds

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-22 at 05:48

Ross William Ulbricht stole hundreds of millions of dollars & ran a massive dark web narcotics enterprise as the drug epidemic destroyed our communities. He was duly convicted.

Trump just gave him a full & unconditional pardon.

Remember this when Trump blames immigrants for drugs & economic harm.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-22 at 01:04

~1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. Govt to resettle in the U.S.—including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel—are having their flights canceled b/c Trump suspended the refugee program. This includes children awaiting reunification with families as well as Afghans at risk of Taliban retribution because they supported US soldiers against the Taliban.

One day in and Trump is already separating children & abandoning our allies to certain death. Disgusting beyond words.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 20:43

BREAKING: Trump has revoked a rule prohibiting ICE from arresting undocumented immigrants at or near "sensitive locations," like schools, places of worship, hospitals, & shelters."

We need to act

I list 7 tangible actions you can take to help protect immigrants: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mass-anti-immigrant-raids

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 20:29

Last year I cited ADL data to show that 100% of antisemitic hate is from the Right & 0% from the Left. ADL then censored its own data to hide the fact that antisemitism is largely a right wing issue

So, zero surprise to see ADL now whitewash Musk’s repeated Nazi salutes

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/update-who-is-igniting-antisemitism

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 18:16

The only real reason a President would pardon hundreds of violent murderous insurrectionists—who killed numerous police officers, injured hundreds more, and tried to kill the second and third in line to the Presidency—is in case he needed them to act again while again claiming plausible deniability.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 17:12

Trump’s Agenda, Complicit Media, & the Fight for Truth

Question: As corporate media capitulates to Trump and to billionaires, how do we combat media bias in Trump's post-fact world?

Answer: Here's one strategy that actually works.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-agenda-complicit-media-and

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 15:40

Don't know who said it first but it bears repeating—if you really don't think what Musk repeatedly did was a Nazi salute, please record yourself doing that exact thing and post it across all social media, and make sure your employer sees it.

Oh...is that awkward gesture too much now? Interesting.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 05:35

With minutes left in his presidency, Biden granted clemency To Leonard Peltier. Minutes into his presidency, Trump granted pardon to 1500 white supremacist insurrectionists.

In a just country, Peltier would've always been free or would've been pardoned immediately & the insurrectionists would serve their sentences in full.

Yet here we are.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 04:46

One of the very few acts Biden took against anti-Palestinian violence was to sanction illegal Israeli settlers who violently attacked Palestinians in their own homes and on their own land, including by blocking aid to Gaza—which is a war crime.

Trump just lifted those sanctions, allowing them to continue terrorizing Palestinians in their own homes without any fear of accountability.

This will lead to more war and violence. Trump's counting on it, because he's a fascist & this is what he wants.

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 03:40

Trump’s fascist mass raids and deportations are set to begin Tuesday.

Be an ally. We are not helpless.

Here are 7 action items you can start now to help protect our immigrant neighbors. Read & share: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mass-anti-immigrant-raids

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Written by Qasim Rashid, Esq. on 2025-01-21 at 03:32

On his first day in office Trump:

-Rescinded the EO that lowered drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid

-Pardoned 1500 white supremacist insurrectionists

-Announced an end to birthright citizenship (which he has no authority to do)

CNN: Musk's seig heils weren't "celebratory" ones so its OK

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