Frum's position in the discourse is to remind us that the authors of violence will be forgiven while the people they harmed will forever be deemed a threat to the state and to the ~respectable society~ he supposedly represents.

Your idiocy helped create this world , don’t you dare give people sententious little lectures. You’re lucky you’re not in prison

This is, as Matt Duss says in the article, almost certainly a non-starter: there is no way the Senate will go for an American-Saudi defense pact without a separate Saudi-Israeli deal. But the fact that it's even being discussed is revealing. 🧵 theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

'while the status quo for working people & the poor around the world is failing, the status quo for billionaires & large corporations is working extremely well,' Bernie Sanders. On foreign policy 'let us be clear: things are going great—for the people on top' thenation.com/article/world/…

This year, we have seen the power of labor unions as they overwhelmingly back ceasefire in Gaza.

'The UAW has a long tradition of calling for peace & justice for working-class people across the globe & we live that tradition today,' said @shawnfainuaw.
newarab.com/news/more-200-…

'Ukraine’s labor standards were already worsening before February 2022, but instead of easing the burdens on workers and capital equally in the face of the war, labor standards have instead been actively degraded by new laws.' - ⁦Vladyslav Starodubtsev
⁩ internationalpolicy.org/publications/t…

Violent pro-Israel extremists attacking Palestinian rights defenders while police do nothing is a pretty familiar scene from the West Bank.

Jerry Iannelli Tim Dickinson Kelsey D. Atherton signal boost for what's happening at UCLA

Thus far, the defining images of the Obama, Trump and Biden presidencies have been militarized police forces quashing dissent. Something’s gotta give.

You quite famously relied on sources to push for the invasion of Iraq that refused to identify themselves publicly. You went to jail for it.

For the The UnPopulist, I wrote some thoughts on universities, Jewish identities, and protest

theunpopulist.net/p/shutting-dow…

If any kid is hurt tonight, responsibility will fall on the mayor and univ presidents.

Other leaders and schools have found a safe, de-escalatory path. This is the opposite of leadership and endangers public safety. A nightmare in the making.

I urge the Mayor to reverse course.