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Abdul El-Sayed is now the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. The media is treating this as a historic breakthrough for Muslim Americans. A closer look makes that framing look selective. El-Sayed has been an open supporter of LGBT causes for years. He has prioritized progressive social policies that directly conflict with traditional Islamic teachings on sexuality, gender, and family. This is not a minor disagreement. It is a core tension that gets downplayed or ignored whenever the “first Muslim” narrative is useful. He is also a Rhodes Scholar and a 2012 recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship. These are not random academic awards. They are pipelines that have long selected and elevated people who fit a particular ideological and institutional mold. El-Sayed fits that mold. His politics track far more closely with elite progressive institutions than with the religious or cultural priorities of most practicing Muslim communities. His background is also less straightforward than the simple “Egyptian immigrant success story” implies. He was largely raised by his stepmother Jackie. That fact is public and uncontested, yet it rarely appears in the celebratory coverage. None of this means the election results are false. He won. The scholarships and family details check out. What does not check out is the claim that this represents a meaningful victory for Muslim Americans as a whole. It looks more like another case of progressive institutions elevating a candidate who is Muslim by background while advancing politics that many actual Muslims reject. The “first” label is being used to shield scrutiny rather than invite it.

Stage 4 cancer begins with a single cell

Bruce Springsteen endorsed Abdul El Sayad, which means the guy who wrote "The Rising" after September 11th is now on board with the people who think America DESERVED IT. What a miserable old lesbian.

At this point, the Palestinian flag should be considered a terrorist symbol.