MAGA cares deeply about Jewish students—just like it cares about women’s sports

Just as MAGA's concern for women’s sports is a smokescreen for transphobia, their attempt to fight antisemitism by deporting Palestinian activists is a tool for controlling dissent.

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If you grew up in my native Egypt, or anywhere else under the scourge of dictators, you know the feeling of living on borrowed time—the constant awareness that your freedom could be stolen in an instant. All it takes is the stroke of a pen and a gang of thugs on the state’s payroll, barging into your home to arrest you on trumped-up charges. It is a fate that befalls politicians, activists, journalists, and ordinary civilians alike—again and again, without warning.

Then, after years of living in the West, you begin to exhale. You trust in due process, find comfort in democratic values, and believe you are finally safe. You protest freely, chant without fear, and exercise your rights, as promised by the constitution. Then, one day, ICE comes knocking. They snatch you from your home and throw you behind bars more than a thousand miles away. And in that moment, you realize—you never really left Egypt at all.