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IMO, Victor Marx is the craziest and worst nominee of this election cycle. Now he’s resorting to gutter antisemitism.
Kyle ClarkDepicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
Excellent @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece.
Aaron RuparNew in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."
Anti-Mamdani columnists always sound like they think people are being fooled by him? "Oh his lower prices sound good but wait till you hear about taxes!" Don't worry people know.
USA TODAY OpinionOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Going live with @paulwaldman.bsky.social at 2pm Eastern to talk about MAGA's bad case of Fauci Derangement Syndrome, the power of gas prices to shape American politics, Paul's piece about why Dem centrists are losing, and much more. Tune in:
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Let me tell you, having chronicled Pentagon-style war game on attacking Iran nearly 25 yr ago, every single "surprise," "darkening turn," "narrowing option," spreading warfare," "rising casualties," "no easy exit," etc that comes drip-by-drip is EXACTLY why GHWB WJC GWB OBAMA BiDEN did NOT do this
I've been seeing a lot of people responding to this with "there ought to be a law," but importantly, we haven't needed a law for this sort of thing because no prior president wanted to be known as a leader who would literally kill people in their hour of need for not voting for him
Seth MasketThis is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.
Probably you are familiar with the NYTPitchbot's "never felt more politically homeless" posts. As is so often the case, the funniest jokes contain a kernel of truth. From @paulwaldman.bsky.social's latest, why centrist Dems aren't more focused on Trump: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-the-de...
Also this is straw man bullshit and if WaPo opinions still had any standards they'd be too embarrassed to publish this drivel Also also I am a granddaughter of farmers and I take Nelson's nonsense here personally
Paul WaldmanHere's former conservative Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson propagating the lie that taxing billionaires will hurt family farmers. He's now with something called Saving America's Family Enterprises, a shadowy group that I guarantee you is funded by billionaires. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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this post is the entire intellectual framework of the American right
WIREDMAGA-coded adult content playing off immigration crackdowns, white supremacy, and obeying the “natural order” is finding rabid audiences on X. www.wired.com/story/people...