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Hey folks,

I jumped on THE LEFT HOOK with my friends Wajahat Ali and Qasim Rashid, and this one was raw, fast, and urgent as hell. I wasn’t hosting — I was the guest — and Wajahat pulled me in right as the conversation hit a boiling point. We talked about the surge in anti-Somali hate, the fascist drift of the GOP, and why white folks like me have to show up right now. It got personal, it got political, and it hit deep.

[00:04:15] Wajahat lays out the unprecedented wave of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim hate — and throws to me to jump in with first reactions.
[00:06:35] I shed light on the hypocrisy of Republican “law and order” politics and why they scapegoat immigrants while ignoring white extremism.
[00:12:50] Qasim breaks down the data on asylum seekers, ICE abuses, and how white supremacy disguises itself as “public safety.”
[00:21:45] A blistering joint critique of Democratic establishment cowardice — from Hillary Clinton to Hakeem Jeffries — and why values-based politics wins.
[00:35:55] Qasim and I dig into the post-Trump future of the GOP, the rise of open neo-Nazism, and what solidarity across communities must look like now.

This conversation cuts straight to the bone — about fascism, racism, scapegoating, and what it means to fight for each other when the stakes are sky-high. If you value honest conversations like this, help me keep them going.

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With urgency,

—Mike

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