Arwa Mahdawi
Arwa Mahdawi
Goat jokes and @guardian columns/ plz buy my book (even tho it's not about goats) http://linktr.ee/ARWAMAHDAWISource
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Why the writing is on the wall for Facebook | Arwa Mahdawi

Why the writing is on the wall for Facebook | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 10 months oldThis article is more than 10 months oldProfits are strong, shares are up and its users are increasing. But the social media company is still in big troubleLast modified on Tue 26 Oct 2021 21.02 EDT“My view is that what we’re seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company,” during an earnings call on Monday. Sounds a little Trumpy, doesn’t it? Admit no wrong; instead, cast yourself as the victim of the malicious mainstream media.That is not where the Donald Trump comparisons end; the two men...

October 26, 2021
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Nancy Pelosi’s disdain for the Squad is not a good look for a leader | Arwa Mahdawi

Nancy Pelosi’s disdain for the Squad is not a good look for a leader | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldA new book records the House speaker making yet more disparaging remarks about congressional progressivesLast modified on Sat 17 Apr 2021 09.33 EDTNancy Pelosi has never exactly been subtle about her disdain for the left-leaning wing of the Democratic party. The House speaker once scoffed that a “” could have won congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s seat; she described the Green New Deal as the “green dream, or whatever they call it”; she dismissed the ever-growing Squad as “”. Now some imaginative new insults have...

April 17, 2021
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The sleazy Matt Gaetz saga grows ever more disturbing | Arwa Mahdawi

The sleazy Matt Gaetz saga grows ever more disturbing | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe fact that this guy is a sitting member of Congress shows just how low we set the bar for our (male) politiciansLast modified on Mon 5 Apr 2021 09.12 EDTThe Matt Gaetz story increasingly reads like a script written by a pervert high on a cocktail of speed and MDMA. Even if you’ve been following the scandal-prone Republican congressman’s latest controversy closely it’s hard to keep track of what on earth is happening. So here’s a guide to navigating the saga far.First and foremost, it has been established that Gaetz...

April 3, 2021
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Cuomo is a mini-Trump – it's always been obvious to anyone paying attention | Arwa Mahdawi

Cuomo is a mini-Trump – it's always been obvious to anyone paying attention | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCuomo and Trump have the same appetites for authoritarianism, disdain for their detractors and egos that stand in the way of effective governingLast modified on Sat 13 Feb 2021 09.01 ESTBad news for all the self-proclaimed out there! Turns out your corona-crush isn’t quite the hero you once thought he was. Almost a year into the pandemic it seems that Cuomo-mania has finally subsided and the governor of New York’s pandemic response is getting some much overdue, and less than flattering, scrutiny.Andrew Cuomo was...

February 13, 2021
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The Republican party will not disavow Marjorie Taylor Greene – she is the party | Arwa Mahdawi

The Republican party will not disavow Marjorie Taylor Greene – she is the party | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe conspiracy theory mouthpiece in Congress from Georgia constituency has ripped off the GOP’s mask of respectabilityLast modified on Sat 30 Jan 2021 09.03 ESTAh, the American dream! In some countries being a gun-obsessed racist who has spread gruesome conspiracy theories about a Satan-worshipping cult, mocked the deaths of schoolchildren and suggested Democratic lawmakers might get you put on a watch list. In America it gets you a job in Congress. In the case of the newly elected Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor...

January 30, 2021
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How me-me-me-Melania turned herself into the real victim of attack on the Capitol | Arwa Mahdawi

How me-me-me-Melania turned herself into the real victim of attack on the Capitol | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMelania Trump was inspired to see such ‘passion and enthusiasm’ around the elections and saved her ire for the ‘unwarranted personal attacks’ on her in the press. It’s typical behaviour for snowflake TrumpersFirst published on Tue 12 Jan 2021 10.46 ESTWell, it looks like Melania has checked back in and she wants us to know the of the 6 January attack on the US Capitol was herself. On Monday she issued a about the riots; while she vaguely condemned the violence she also wrote how “inspiring” it was to see such “passion...

January 12, 2021
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Trump's end-of-term execution spree is nothing more than a perverse power trip

Trump's end-of-term execution spree is nothing more than a perverse power trip

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldRacking up executions at the end of your presidency would be disgusting at the best of times. Doing it during a pandemic takes cruelty to a new levelLast modified on Sat 12 Dec 2020 09.03 ESTDonald Trump is on a : as his time in power comes to an end, the president seems intent on executing as many people as possible. On Thursday night, was put to death by lethal injection at a prison in Indiana. Bernard’s was the ninth federal execution this year; four more are planned before Joe Biden’s inauguration on 20 January.It’s...

December 12, 2020
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Neera Tanden's unremorseful bullying should disqualify her from Biden's cabinet | Arwa Mahdawi

Neera Tanden's unremorseful bullying should disqualify her from Biden's cabinet | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldIt isn’t fair women are consistently judged more harshly than men – but we don’t fix it by holding women to lower standardsLast modified on Sat 5 Dec 2020 09.01 ESTImagine this: a high-powered white man pushes a female journalist after she asks a question he doesn’t like.Unambiguously unacceptable behaviour, right? Liberals would be outraged, right?So why isn’t there more outrage about the fact Neera Tanden, Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the federal Office of Management and Budget, once assaulted a journalist? In 2008...

December 5, 2020
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Operation Rebrand Melania: What can we expect from the first lady’s rumoured memoir? | Arwa Mahdawi

Operation Rebrand Melania: What can we expect from the first lady’s rumoured memoir? | Arwa Mahdawi

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldI have high hopes that Melania will take down the Trump family in a scandalous tell-all book. She may well be the one who will be having the last laugh Last modified on Wed 2 Dec 2020 06.09 ESTWell, of course she isn’t. Melania may not have the gift of the gab, but she is good at grabbing any opportunity for self-advancement that comes her way. When Donald Trump took office, a lot of liberals seemed to want to see Melania as a victim. circulated; theories that she had done a runner and been abounded. But Melania, it has...

December 1, 2020
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What’s that going up in flames? Why, it’s Elon Musk’s reputation

What’s that going up in flames? Why, it’s Elon Musk’s reputation

Elon Musk is a man of many talents including, it would seem, resurrecting people from the dead. Over the weekend, a number of notable but no-longer-alive figures, including Anthony Bourdain, Hugo Chávez and Jamal Khashoggi had “blue checkmarks” suddenly appear on their dormant Twitter accounts. When you clicked on the checkmark you were informed that they’d provided their phone numbers to the platform and agreed to pay $8 a month to subscribe to Twitter Blue. The afterlife must be dire if people are signing up for Twitter’s paid features from beyond the grave. It wasn’t just dead celebs...

Apr 25
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