Posts by Minnah Arshad
I was quoted in this @zeteo.com article by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and Hasan Piker. If you, like me, love seeing my name in the press again since I "retired" from arts journalism in 2023, now's as good a time as any to subscribe to this essential news source. 😉
Large crowds turned out for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan rallies despite attacks from right-wing media over his connection to streamer Hasan Piker.
Zeteo’s @minnahfarshad.bsky.social Arshad was there to see it all.
Read: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...
BREAKING: Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday for, among other things, failing to put his enemies in jail.
She tried & even helped cover up the Epstein scandal, but it wasn’t enough for Trump.
Read @swin24.bsky.social & @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's latest: zeteo.com/p/trump-fire...
NBC: Under intl law, hitting civilian infrastructure is prohibited. Why is POTUS threatening war crimes?
LEAVITT: POTUS has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime their best move is to make a deal or else
N: Which objectives would destroying a desalination plant help?
LEAVITT: Haley, go ahead
BREAKING: Israel Approves Extreme Death Penalty Law Targeting Only Palestinians
Monday’s vote in the Knesset to impose a one-sided death penalty bill on Palestinians will further cement Israel’s system of apartheid, reports @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read more here: zeteo.com/p/israel-app...
Israel plans to occupy nearly 10% of Southern Lebanon in an effort to take over the region, a part of Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ plan writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Thousands of Lebanese residents who fled north of the river won't be allowed to return to their homes: zeteo.com/p/israel-pla...
"Sending ICE to airports will, of course, put more Americans and immigrants at risk of violent encounters."
Read @minnahfarshad.bsky.social’s latest piece on Trump deploying ICE agents to airports to “help” TSA workers he refused to pay.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...
.@minnahfarshad.bsky.social on what the press missed in the early days of the Iran war: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
📻 Tune into this week’s show, featuring: @minnahfarshad.bsky.social, @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social, Samantha Gross @brookings.edu, and Erik Slavin @starsandstripes.bsky.social.
lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
"Donald Trump is burning through US taxpayer dollars to fund his illegal war abroad after he slashed funding for American public services in every zip code."
Read @minnahfarshad.bsky.social’s analysis on how the $65 billion cost of Trump’s war on Iran could instead fund critical needs.
How the Media Manufactures Consent for War
Zeteo reviews the New York Times’s early and awful coverage of Trump’s illegal war against Iran.
Read 'First Draft' by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/how-media-...
Tired: Waiting for special election results.
Wired: Waiting for 2026 primary results.
A photo of Donald Trump standing with other world leaders before a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C., overlaid with the headline, "Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers."
Every. Single. Country. interc.pt/4rsgJMl
Polymarket has created a market that would monetize a nuclear attack amid increasing concerns that bets are happening among government insiders who can make military decisions.
What stage of the apocalypse is this?
polymarket.com/event/nuclea...
The Justice Department has withheld thousands of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, according to a review by WSJ. on.wsj.com/4crnNVt
We ranked responses from Democrats likely to run for president in 2028 to Trump’s illegal and dangerous war in the Middle East and ranked them.
Here is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...
A new poll shows the UK’s Green Party overtaking Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, a major shift in British politics just days after the Greens secured a historic win.
Read the latest from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/uk-green-p...
UK Green Party Surges Ahead of Starmer’s Labour in a New Poll
The YouGov poll reflects a seismic shift happening in UK politics after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last week, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/uk-green-p...
“President Donald Trump unilaterally declared war on Iran… thrusting the United States into a needless, illegal conflict”
@minnahfarshad.bsky.social and Team Zeteo report on the developing U.S.–Israel attack on Iran, questioning its legality and how the strikes could destabilize the region.
"The Supreme Court blocked the ‘emergency’ tariffs Trump had imposed, breaking with its track record of greenlighting his overreaching claims to power."
@minnahfarshad.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social report on the 6-3 Supreme Court decision restraining Trump’s unilateral tariff authority.
BREAKING: 5 Countries Pledge Troops for US-Led Force in Gaza
The announcement came as world leaders convened in Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s militarized plan for Palestine. Read more from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/trump-gaza...
"The extreme heat produced by the bombs, combined with intense pressure & oxidation, vaporizes tissue."
@minnahfarshad.bsky.social explains how the Trump & Biden administrations armed Israel w/ bombs that reportedly instantly killed & vaporized thousands of Palestinians: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...
Israel ‘Evaporated’ Over 2,800 Palestinians With US-Made Bombs: Report
The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...
“Donald Trump’s evisceration of humanitarian funding has exacerbated the hunger crisis.”
@minnahfarshad.bsky.social reports on the ongoing hunger crisis in Sudan, and how the US is making it worse.
Read here: zeteo.com/p/famine-sud...
A displaced Palestinian father in besieged Gaza painted a sun on his tent window to bring some comfort and normalcy to his children amid Israel's ongoing war.
“The bill would effectively expand the scope of crimes that could be punishable by death & eliminate judicial safeguards.”
@minnahfarshad.bsky.social explains how an Israeli bill imposing a one-sided death penalty targeting Palestinians is a violation of international law: zeteo.com/p/entrenchin...
New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.