Ilhan Omar made a misjudged remark about "Benjamins" & for weeks we talked about her alleged antisemitism, the left's bigotry, & Congress passed a resolution.

Trump told the president of China he was ok with him locking up a million Muslims in concentration camps.

Silence.
Nobody gives a damn about Muslims or Islamophobia, part 774.
To be clear: before the pedants get in my mentions, yes, people are tweeting about it, including some journalists, but it's not leading the news, or on any front pages right now, and will be forgotten by tomorrow.

The US president taking a pro-genocide-of-Muslims position! FFS.
Just got the New York Times Evening Briefing email. Lots of discussion of the Bolton book, and its revelations, but: no mention of Trump's support for Xi Jinping's building of concentration camps for Uighur Muslims.

Muslims/Islamophobia doesn't matter to much of the US media.
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