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If they postpone the vote on Blanche, we might have time to learn what Judge Sullivan sees behind the Epstein redaction bars in the @katiephang.bsky.social lawsuit, or whether Blanche just defies the court order. We might also get the internal comms in the NYT subpoena case depending on the timing.
James Baldwin’s journey from guest of the government of Israel in 1961 to a critic of the nation is just one example of the complexities involved. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48664822
Asawin SuebsaengThis is a vibes post but I think one narrow factor could be that yes there was a significant contingent of (pre-)civil rights era Black Americans who supported their Jewish comrades and therefore supported causes including early Zionism, but when those same Black activists visited Israel…
This is a vibes post but I think one narrow factor could be that yes there was a significant contingent of (pre-)civil rights era Black Americans who supported their Jewish comrades and therefore supported causes including early Zionism, but when those same Black activists visited Israel…
#StupidSuezAs one of the two people on Bluesky who look at these polls professionally I remain vindicated in my assertion that Black voters are more Israel-skeptical than whites, contra the media narrative
This was explicit in the argument on air between Dokupil and Coates. Weiss didn’t pick Dokupil out of thin air to be a host. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/b...
CBS Rebukes Anchor Over Tense Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates (Published 2024)Executives said the interview, conducted by the morning show anchor Tony Dokoupil, had fallen short of network editorial standards.www.nytimes.com
Putting dirty, gross hands, with long ass or jagged fingernails anywhere near a vagina grosses *me* out so I can only imagine what that woman is feeling. My momma taught me how to do my own mani and pedicures. Aside from that getting them professionally done is relaxing.
Look, I am not a defender of the establishment, only the truth, and the truth is that nearly all of this is vibes. The actual disagreement is over the continued role of whiteness within the Democratic Party, and no one is talking about that.
VoxThere are two ways of looking at the current divides within the Democratic Party. The first is that the party’s left wing is on an upward march. But the bigger story might be that the left’s success in places like New York City and Colorado grows out of a void left by an establishment in free fall.
More proof that #they refuse to read the New Testament.....
Right Wing WatchRep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."
Polymarket and Kalshi have created a general purpose moral hazard so extreme it is basically impossible to exaggerate
Will betting on wildfires lead to arson? - High Country NewsFire survivors say using prediction markets to gamble on wildfire is “morally reprehensible.”www.hcn.org
We have really, as a society it seems, lost the plot on crime and corruption. Crime isn’t just rape, murder, arson and theft, somehow we have lost the plot on institutional corruption. Buying votes, million dollar *gifts* from corporations, favorable deals to children, that’s all criminal too!
