Faisal R Khan

Human rights and civil rights activist & community organizer. My mission is to promote peace and justice. it’s not complicated.

[Faisal R Khan @frkhan87]

#refugeeswelcome #immigrantfamilies

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Kirsten Gillibrand, who accused Zohran Mamdani of promoting "global jihad" and has never publicly apologized for doing that, is having fun hanging out with Ted Cruz, who constantly makes anti-Muslim, bigoted remarks.

The worst side of the Democratic Party establishment, folks!

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Tucker Carlson:

Many times I said on television, "The problem is Islam. The problem is Muslims. They all want to kill us. They're all crazy. They're all in this lunatic suicide cult created by Muhammad in the 7th century." And I believed that.

I was hysterical. I believed that. No, that's not true. Nothing about that is true, but I believed it.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

It's kind of wild to find out that the Republican in the NYT story that says she had a toxic relationship with Graham Platner is Lyndsey Fifield. Having been in DC for too long, I know a decent number of people who know her quite well. For a long time she was the co-host of a podcast with her best friend Bethany Mandel, called Ladybrains, though she has also worked for multiple super PACs, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Heritage Foundation.

Some background, presented without judgment: In 2014, Fifield began work as digital director for American Action Network, a Republican Super PAC that oversees House races. The next year she became social media manager for the Heritage Foundation, where she stayed for the next seven years.

In 2022, she joined the Super PAC backing Nikki Haley for president, switching to the official campaign side the next year, and staying until the campaign flamed out. She now lists herself as a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, a prominent dark money group that is best known for helping usher Brett Kavanaugh on to the Supreme Court and giving Susan Collins the talking points she needed to make her decisive speech in his favor.

The NYT breezed past all this, saying she was "a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns."

In an interview for a news outlet called Red Alert Politics that named her to a “30 under 30” list back in 2016, she said that she wanted to “emulate the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart’s approach to online activism.” Breitbart, known for pushing the boundaries when it came to political combat, is perhaps best remembered for having exposed Anthony Weiner’s penchant for sending nudes to young girls, and for his work elevating James O’Keefe.

That she worked for Independent Women's Forum recently is even wilder since IWF played a critical role in Kavanaugh's confirmation and in persuading Collins to support it.

Heather Higgins, chair of IWF, laid out the group’s role in a talk several years ago. “We wrote a memo. It was used by a lot of members of the Senate and the House, Fox News, and elsewhere. Most important, Susan Collins told me that without that memo, she would not see how to support him,” Higgins said. “And if you look at the speech she gave on the Senate floor, it’s entirely the playing out and architecture of how we said to structure the argument — what to say and how to say it, which is just so gratifying. We’re watching TV and we’re like, ‘That’s ours! That’s ours!’”

Meanwhile, the timeline Fifield gives of their relationship is confusing, because during at least some of that time she was actually dating a different person, her longterm boyfriend who became her fiancee before she called off the wedding in 2018. We all know this because she and Mandel did a podcast episode on it that went mega-viral in Republican circles back then. Apparently this is the kind of thing the NYT thinks is important now, so I guess it requires more reporting. I'll report back.

Here is Heather Higgins celebrating IWF's role in getting Susan Collins to confirm Kavanaugh:

[IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy]

Today, 70+ organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Rubio demanding justice and accountability for the murder of U.S. citizen Sayfollah Musallet, who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while on his land in the West Bank on July 11, 2025, and for other Americans killed by Israel.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Powerful essay by Senator @ChrisVanHollen about the need for Democrats to rethink their Middle East policy and insist on a Palestinian state, for moral and strategic reasons alike. https://t.co/1pSI6mit3t

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

This woman is expected to be Trump's next Director of National Intelligence

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

More than 2,000 people gathered for funeral prayers in San Diego for three men killed while confronting gunmen at the city’s largest mosque.

Community members said the victims’ actions helped save lives during the assault.

[FRANCE 24 English @France24_en]

🇺🇸 Police raced Monday to catch an armed teenage runaway before he and another teen opened fire on a #SanDiego mosque, killing three men and then themselves.

The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Nine-year-old Odai Shanah, whose mother emigrated from war-torn Gaza and settled in Southern California two decades ago, was among dozens of children forced to huddle in classrooms when deadly gunfire erupted at the mosque where they attend school https://t.co/BSl1VsZWwB

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

A nine-year-old boy who survived the San Diego mosque shooting that killed three people has described seeing ‘bad stuff’.

His mother, a refugee from Gaza who came to California two decades ago, gave permission for reporters to speak to her son.

[LaunchGood @LaunchGood]

Amin Abdullah.

He stood his ground so others could make it home safely.

When gunmen opened fire outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, Amin protected the community until his final moments. Police say his actions prevented the attack from becoming far worse.

Support Amin’s family with funeral costs, immediate household needs, education for his children, and long term financial stability.

May Allah accept him amongst the martyrs and grant patience to his loved ones. 🤲

https://t.co/yGh1LcCoFI

#aminabdullah

[Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin]

I condemn the deadly shooting at a mosque in San Diego, California earlier this afternoon.

Every American should be able to practice their religion without fear of violence.

We must do more to combat anti-Muslim bigotry.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The Islamic Center of San Diego, where there were reports of an active shooter on Monday, has about 5,000 members and is the largest mosque in the county, according to its website. It serves as a prayer facility, gathering space and full-time Islamic school. https://t.co/9UPawP4CoG

[CSPAN @cspan]

Islamic Center of San Diego Director Taha Hassane, after shooting incident at mosque: "It is extremely outrageous to target a place of worship. Our Islamic Center is a place of worship…This is something that we have never expected."

[ABC News @ABC]

Three adult men, one of whom was a security guard, were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, local police said.

Two suspects are also dead, police said. All children who were at the center are safe.

https://t.co/L70fOeVDiN

[TRT World @trtworld]

#BREAKING: 3 adults, including 2 suspects, “deceased” after shooting at Islamic Centre in San Diego: Police

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Absolutely horrified by the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, which includes a mosque and a school.

My prayers are with the community there.

Places of worship should be sanctuaries, for Muslims and people of all faiths. We must stand against Islamophobia and hatred.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures across bases or sites used by the U.S. military since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft, and key radar, communications and air defense equipment, according to a Post analysis of satellite imagery.

The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported.

For this examination, The Post reviewed more than 100 high-resolution Iranian-released satellite images. The Post verified the authenticity of 109 of those images by comparing them with lower-resolution imagery from the European Union’s satellite system, Copernicus, as well as high-resolution images from Planet, a major U.S. commercial provider, when available.

A military spokesperson disputed the characterization of base damage by experts as extensive or evidence of failures, saying assessments of destruction are complex and can be misleading in some cases, but declined to provide specifics.

Read the full investigation: https://t.co/aDHdsXUVyq

[Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics]

INTEL BOMBSHELL: Ex-counterterrorism chief says US spy agencies agreed Iran wasn't building a nuke before war started https://t.co/EaRquRVYsi

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

42 Democrats just joined 192 Republicans to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data.

Democratic leadership did not whip their members, enabling them to vote with Republicans and give Trump the surveillance powers.