In Episode 25 of Khannecting the Dots, I come full circle — back to one of the main issues that pushed me to start this show: DEI.
After Trump blamed DEI for everything from plane crashes to institutional failure, corporations raced to roll back diversity programs. But the backlash was never really about policy — it was about power.
This episode breaks down how “DEI” became a coded scapegoat, why DEI succeeded in some places and failed in others, and how zero-sum fear keeps working people divided while wealth is extracted at the top. The alternative is solidarity — and building a bigger table. 

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Trump is dismantling the Department of Education.

This episode examines how it’s happening, why now, and what it means for students, civil rights enforcement, and public education itself.

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In this episode, I trace how corporate power and political influence destroyed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, silencing the only federal agency whose sole mission was protecting ordinary consumers. From real-world cases to court rulings and donor pressure, this is the story of what happens when the watchdog is taken off the beat. 

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For over 500 days, the people of El Fasher held out under a brutal siege. When the city finally fell, the world witnessed one of the deadliest mass-killing events of the war in Sudan. Through survivor testimonies, satellite evidence, and international reporting, I examine how it happened, who enabled it, and what El Fasher asks of us now. 

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The Trump administration says it’s fighting cartels.
In reality, it’s conducting extrajudicial killings in international waters — a campaign that echoes some of the darkest chapters in modern history.
This episode follows the story from secret legal memos to bodies in the Caribbean, connecting the dots between America’s new war on drugs, its vanishing checks on power, and a dangerous slide toward impunity. 

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Two years after October 7th, the world claims to have learned its lesson — recognizing Palestine, calling for peace, promising justice.

But behind the headlines, Gaza lies in ruins, famine spreads, and a “peace plan” crafted by Trump and Netanyahu threatens to cement permanent occupation under billionaire control.

In this episode I investigate what has — and hasn’t — changed since that day, and ask:

What does recognition mean when nothing changes for the people living under siege?

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Charlie Kirk was killed on September 10th. Within hours, the tragedy was transformed into a weapon of political warfare. In this episode, I break down how Kirk’s views and rhetoric are being rewritten, how Trump and his allies are using his death to demonize millions of Americans, and why every act of violence now risks becoming fuel for more division. Because if every tragedy is weaponized, we’re not stopping the violence — we’re guaranteeing more of it. 

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When an Israeli government official was arrested in Las Vegas for trying to lure what he thought was a 15-year-old girl, he walked free on $10,000 bail and fled back to Israel within days. But this isn't just one case of justice denied—it's the latest example of a decades-long protection racket that has shielded Israel from accountability even when American citizens are killed.  How does a foreign lobby become so powerful that alleged child predators walk free while their critics get censured by Congress? This episode exposes the system that makes American lives expendable in service of Israeli impunity. 

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What happens when you take decades of American development work — the programs that fed families, kept clinics open, and gave people reasons not to flee their homes — and throw it all into the wood chipper? That’s exactly what happened to USAID in 2025. In this episode, I dig into what was lost, why it matters for people abroad and here at home, and what it says about how power is being used in Washington today. 

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Netanyahu just green-lit the reoccupation of Gaza City. How did we reach this point? While media debates focus on whether photos tell the truth, I dig into what the official records actually show. From UN famine statistics to Israeli cabinet statements to military warnings, this episode connects the dots to understand the documented reality behind the headlines. 

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