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Zaid Jilani

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Journalist at Persuasion

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  • 2 weeks ago | theamericansaga.com | Zaid Jilani

    Trump began his presidential race in 2015 with wild claims that Mexicans were conspiring to send rapists over the border and a promise to categorically ban the immigration of Muslims to the United States.

  • 2 weeks ago | theamericansaga.com | Zaid Jilani

    The other day, I listened to an NPR podcast called Wild Card with Michel Martin. The interview-based podcast is pretty interesting. The host, Michel Martin, asks her guests a series of highly personal questions. It’s a fascinating way to examine the minds of leading writers, actors, and other public intellectuals.

  • 3 weeks ago | theamericansaga.com | Zaid Jilani

    I'm happy to see someone stand up against copyright strikes and DMCA claims. Often you're dealing with a giant corporation that has a "whatever, we don't care" which defaults to just believing whatever makes it less work on them, which means I can make extremely weak-faith claims to get stuff removed. Evidence of any kind of telepathy would rewrite scientific understanding. VCs would be spewing gigabucks at even the weakest possible kind of telepathic communications.

  • 3 weeks ago | theamericansaga.com | Zaid Jilani

    Late last year, I reported onThe Telepathy Tapes, a new podcast series that purports to prove that telepathy is real and that nonverbal autistic kids are the keys to unlocking it. Over the course of ten episodes (as well as a new companion series called The Talk Tracks), host Ky Dickens tells us that she conducted a series of experiments where nonverbal autistic children are able to do things like guess a number their mother has in their mind or what they just read on a page in a book.

  • 1 month ago | theamericansaga.com | Zaid Jilani

    Rachel Anne Accurso, the American YouTuber known as “Miss Rachel” who has regaled millions of millennial parents with her toddler and baby-focused videos, has found herself the target of criticism after drawing attention to the plight of children in Gaza. The American Saga is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Zaid Jilani
Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani
26 Jun 25

Maybe nobody notices because it’s just a training facility for police officers and would we rather have untrained police officers?

Janie Danger 🥂
Janie Danger 🥂 @Wifesucker

It’s really disheartening that Atlanta’s Cop City project never made it into national discourse. Becuase despite our best efforts. It’s open now, and mark my words bro, there will be a Cop City in your town next, believe it.

Zaid Jilani
Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani
26 Jun 25

Do the replies saying Kamala Harris remember how that campaign ended?

Brett Meiselas 🇺🇸🦅
Brett Meiselas 🇺🇸🦅 @BMeiselas

Has there been a Dem politician in recent memory who ran a better campaign than Zohran Mamdani? This should be a huge wake up call to the establishment.