Khizer Husain

Tweets on education, health, and the good bits of life

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi.

The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges.

America must secure her release NOW.

[ABC News @ABC]

Hawaa Abdullah, daughter of Amin Abdullah, the security guard who was killed along with two others in Monday's shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, honored her father as a role model and the "absolute best dad in the world." https://t.co/8squbGAEG8

[Fan Ms Rachel At Songs @msrachelforlitt]

Please share if you want the children of Gaza to have food, water and medicine. Their fundamental rights! #LetAidIn #FreePalestine #Gaza

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

#mustwatch

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

A swastika was etched into the front door of a Jewish woman who was stabbed in her apartment on Saturday, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported, citing police sources.
https://t.co/QVPAhrwNRl

[Essie @Essiebanana]

I am one of very few Jewish students at Balboa High School. I’m sure many of you have seen the viral videos of a pro-Palestine walkout at my school. One in particular has been viewed nearly 17 million times. 1/11

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

I used to be pro-Palestinian. I thought Israel was wrong for carpet bombing Gaza and using siege warfare on civilians.

But then I ran into a very wise Israel apologist who changed my way of looking at things forever.

I was walking down the street and I saw him leaning against a lamp post, smoking a pipe as wise men do.

“Your shirt says Free Palestine,” he said from behind a plume of smoke.

“Yep!” I replied.

“So I guess that means you love Hamas then?” spake he.

I stopped in my tracks. I’d never thought of it that way before.

Could it be? Could my opposition to murdering civilians really be indicative of a deep affection for a Gazan militant group? Maybe I really did love Hamas and think everything it did on October 7 was great and wonderful?

“Is this really how I want to live my life?” I thought to myself.

“I — I — I…” I said out loud.

“Or perhaps,” he said with a raised eyebrow, “you just HATE JEWS??”

I fell to my knees.

Oh my God. He really had a point. What possible reason could anyone have for opposing military explosives being dropped on buildings full of children besides a seething lifelong hatred of adherents to the religion of Judaism? How could anyone possibly oppose siege warfare tactics which cut off civilians from food and water and electricity and fuel and medical supplies unless they harbored a dangerous hostility toward members of a small Abrahamic faith?

“Who… who are you?” I asked.

“That’s of no consequence,” he said, casually blowing a smoke ring through another larger smoke ring.

“But… but the children,” I stammered as my entire worldview crumbled before my eyes. “The civilians! They’re dying! Isn’t it bad that they’re dying?”

And then he went for the coup de grâce.

“Have you considered,” he said before a pregnant pause, “… that all of those deaths are the fault of Hamas?”

I fell flat on my back. The world was spinning. A trickle of blood ran down into my hair from my ear.

I felt all the anti-colonialism leaving my body. I suddenly could no longer remember why I thought it was bad to rain down military explosives on a densely populated concentration camp.

Everything went black.

When I finally came to, the mysterious stranger was gone. But his wisdom and profound insights into Israel and Gaza will always live on in my heart.

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Horrified & heartbroken.

I’m praying for the family & loved ones of Samantha Woll, for the Jewish community in Detroit & all those holding the pain & grief of this unconscionable loss.

Sam was a beloved former Congressional staffer, President of her synagogue’s board & Founder of the Jewish-Muslim Forum of Detroit.
https://t.co/dpL8TlUhjN

[rabia O'chaudry @rabiasquared]

We did it.

We FREED ADNAN!

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

@wmata another day, another set of bold fare evaders. Is enforcement not a priority? I text MPTD daily but it seems as though it’s cheaper to accommodate free riders than pay for enforcement. #everydayfreemetro

[Dr. Kermit Jones @DrKermitJones]

🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Today our campaign was added to @dccc's Red to Blue program, which is reserved for the most competitive house races across the country. Our grassroots-led campaign to deliver real leadership to CA-03 residents is strong as ever!

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

@cp5446 Wow. Stop the late night munchies. Lol!

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

@TwoRiversPCS

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

And an amazing #BikeToSchoolDay. Enjoy this wonderful weather, friends!

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

Enjoying the weather and amazing trails in my backyard! @mcdotnow #mocobikes!

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

Is Metro free? I see fare evaders daily. No @wmata has ever intervened. Is this not their jurisdiction? What say you @MetroTransitPD ?

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

Anyone else not able to get flight refunds from Vayama? @CFPB been at this for over a year

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

So it’s been 18 months since @royalairmaroc cancelled my flight. Bought tix thru @vayama no refund yet, just finger pointing. #vayama do better

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

@HDCares Thanks, Luis! Sure, I know it’s high demand season yet I still don’t know why your tracking system can’t tell where my lawn mower is, just that “hey, it could take 3-4 weeks.” The seems like a long time to get from IN to MD, no?

[Khizer Husain @khizerhusain]

@RYOBItoolsusa my lawn mower was repaired (under warranty for a faulty motor) in IN and in transit since 5/12. I was told it could take up to 4 weeks to return to @HomeDepot Tool Center. Why soo long? And why can’t HD track it like an @amazon package? Doers got things to do! :)