Achmat Akkad

[Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧 #FreePalestine #CongoInCrisis @CarrieCnh12]

Gabby fully understanding how the world saw her before she became famous, and still sees her now, is why I'm glad she refused to let Raven gaslight her about being "embraced" by Hollywood. Gabby never had it easy, and she still doesn't. No Black woman who looks like her does.

[K. @IbaraEleven]

Hegseth’s impeachment was blocked by 7 votes in the House. 11 democrats were allowed to miss the vote. We’re supposed to accept this leadership from Jeffries?

[Fortune👨🏾‍💻MPH: Health Policy Analyst @HiiiPowerRevo]

Hakeem Jeffries behaving like some mob boss and I’m supposed to believe democrats will hold Israel accountable? Billionaires and oligarchs who fun Hakeem and centrist Dems? Pass universal healthcare? Cmon man get rid of money in the Democratic Party.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

Lockheed Martin is a major donor to Hakeem Jeffries, so it's not surprising that Democrats’ first order of business is not stopping Trump's illegal war with Iran or the genocide in Gaza, but funding more war!

[charles r. davis @charizardavis]

and they want you to believe hakeem jeffries is going to be an effective leader

[Philosopher-King Miron 👑 @eihtbeezy]

Yup. The Democratic Party only supports a certain kind of politics from black women…those that challenge the status quo will be left out on their own.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

Running "progressive" politicians against centrists only for progressives to win and empower centrists! @Ilhan @RepCasar

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⭕️ It would take just ~43 House Democrats to keep Hakeem Jeffries from becoming speaker. The Congressional Progressive Caucus alone expects more than 100 members in January.

🔹Its chair, Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), co-sponsored Rep. Rashida Tlaib's November 2025 resolution "recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza." Now he says he expects to "deliver the votes" for Jeffries. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), another co-sponsor, told MS NOW on Monday that Jeffries will have the caucus's unanimous support, calling his expected rise a "pretty historic moment." In all, 22 House Democrats backed the genocide resolution and well over 40 have described Israel’s actions as genocide.

🔹Jeffries has been one of the strongest supporters of Israel’s military response in Gaza. He opposed a July bid to cut off US military aid to Israel, saying it would "restrict our country's ability to confront Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations in the region." His promised "reset" wouldn't touch aid until the current 10-year deal expires in 2028.

🔹The math: Speaker needs 218 votes cast for a person by name on Jan 3, 2027. With roughly 260 Democrats, if 43 commit to naming someone else and every Republican votes against Jeffries, he falls short.

🔹It's been done before. In January 2023, about 20 Republicans withheld their votes from Rep. Kevin McCarthy through 15 rounds of voting. He won only after major concessions, including a rule letting any single member force a vote to remove the speaker, which Rep. Matt Gaetz used to oust him nine months later.

🔗 Drop Site's Julian Andreone asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), another co-sponsor of the genocide resolution who backs Jeffries, whether progressives could use that kind of leverage.

[Tanerélle @tanerelle]

My debut album, Simulation Blue, is yours this Friday. 📡🩵

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

@YungxJayy The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus visited Israel as soon as it was founded and the CBC released a resolution affirming its support for Israel one year after its founding.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

@SleepingGreg Privatized NYCHA buildings have an eviction rate higher than the city's average. In each building that has been privatized, residents are being hit with rent increases, bad management, and evictions. Maybe listen to NYCHA residents before calling @TheRealScourge a liar.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

Americans killed 1 million civilians in Iraq, 5 million people across the Middle East, assisted Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and bombed schools and hospitals in Iran, yet they will never see themselves the way they see Russians.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

Discourse on Colonialism is such an important read because it explains so well how white people like @RubenGallego are able to hate Russians while being imperialists themselves and defenders of Israel's genocide.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

If you said this about Israelis who record themselves destroying aid and killing children, you'd be called antisemitic. I expect nothing less from a Zionist war criminal turned politician.

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

@MaddyinAZ No just hate the fuckin Russians.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

Senator who murdered civilians in Iraq hates Russians and defends Israelis.

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

@MaddyinAZ No just hate the fuckin Russians.

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

@LittleItaly_NYC

[New York Amsterdam News @NYAmNews]

Black churches and homeowners in Brooklyn are building a shared defense against foreclosure and deed theft. More via link in bio. #Brooklyn #Foreclosure #AmNews

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

More disturbing news is coming from the Apollo. Black venture capitalists selling Black institutions and laying off Black workers who dedicated their lives to these institutions!

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

Hakeem Jeffries spends all day talking about white supremacy but blocks anyone who mentions his brother’s role in it! Black liberals only have a problem with white supremacy when they're the victim.

[The Palestine News Network @PaliNewsNetwork]

Hakeem Jeffries brother blocked us for this post

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

The developer behind tearing down Chelsea housing claimed their architects recommended the buildings needed to be torn down. Residents and architects asked for the report, and the developer refused to release it. Mamdani's administration never saw the report themselves.

[ዛውዲ @atoherbert]

It’s funny how governments admit to intentionally neglecting public housing when it’s “sorry, we have to tear it all down now because we don’t have the money to do the repairs we were supposed to do.”

[Achmat Akkad @BlackIntifada]

I hope you live long enough to witness future generation rip down the names and legacies of the Black Zionists you insist on uplifting!