nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

No one has a First Amendment right to erect illegal encampments, blockade entrances, vandalize property, break windows and doors, block students from accessing campus, hold people hostage, and harass and intimidate “Zionists” (i.e. most Jews).

These are not activities

We finally got a poll on how RFK Jr.'s vaccine views could play in 2024.

-Half of Republicans are unfamiliar with them. 4 in 10 Dems are unfamiliar.

-When informed about them, the % of Republicans who say they'd consider RFK nearly doubles.

-The % of Democrats who say they'd

A reminder that Trump once got jeered at his own rally for promoting the covid vaccines.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

It was a given that Dems would defend #NY26 in tonight’s congressional special (and they did). It’s now also looking virtually certain that Dems will significantly overperform the results in the last presidential race in this district (much like a few months ago in Long Island).

Jesus what???

NEWS — Late tonight, the Senate Commerce Committee pulled all of the legislation it was supposed to mark up tomorrow. Only nominations are listed now.

Some of the bills previously listed for markup were supposed to be considered as amendments to FAA bill
commerce.senate.gov/2024/5/executi…

That’s exactly how it should be.

It will be interesting to learn how many of those arrested in Hamilton Hall at Columbia are actually students.

Pretty wild. April 30, 1968 - NYPD bust of Hamilton Hall protestors at Columbia University.

April 30, 2024 - NYPD bust of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.
exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/…

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At this minute - 20 years ago - Estonia 🇪🇪 joined the EU 🇪🇺. I will just remind that Estonian GDP at the time in 2004 was 12 billion USD. In the end of 2023 it was 42 billion. Average monthly salary in 2004 was 466 EUR and it was nearly 2000 EUR by the end of 2023.

Congratulations to all the easily conned reporters who believed the GOP focus on antisemitism on campus was abt antisemitism.

This is part of fascism and you fell for it.

apnews.com/article/congre…

Trump's advisers keep downplaying the extent of his tariff proposals -- saying this 10% idea is just one more extreme idea among many -- but then Trump himself keeps suggesting he would actually like to be *more* aggressive

WKCR, Columbia U’s station, reports such a surge in listeners tuning in on line to their terrific live coverage that they had to go off air for a sec to switch to lower sound quality to accomodate the demand on the stream. If you can switch to FM signal, they recommend it: 89.9

I forgot that a certain someone who runs this site likes to suppress links to competitors. So I'm reposting this without the link for obvious reasons:

Student reporters at Columbia estimate that there are 25-50 students total in Hamilton Hall versus several hundred police

Meanwhile in Russia: host of Solovyov Live Yulia Vityazeva admits that very few Ukrainians are waiting for Russia to 'liberate them.' She says that it does not matter, since it's just a land grab — Moscow is in it merely 'to take back what is theirs.'
youtu.be/EE1p09n4uwo

Tom Nichols It’s like the Death of Expertise and Our Own Worst Enemy rolled into one protest movement