To confront Iran and Hamas, Israel must work towards a Palestinian state haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0….

Iran cracks down on hijab law; Police filmed attacking women in the street haaretz.com/israel-news/20….

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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.

The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.

It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

PSA: All billionaires under 30 — each and every one of them — have inherited their wealth.

“Self-made billionaires” are a myth.

Let me be clear on why I oppose replacing hundreds of intermediaries with one (picked by the governor) to handle 6-8 Billion in Medicaid reimbursements:

1) The state should not try to fix broken markets (which the state created) by creating a mega-monopoly system. Just look at…

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:

1) Profiting from a monopoly

2) Insider-trading

3) Political payoffs

4) Fraud

5) Inheritance

Don’t believe the self-made myth.

Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions. -- Primo Levi.

No power since 5:30 pm. yesterday. Our power lines are back in the 1930s. Why? Far too many of society's resources are invested in the military and diverted by billionaires. The same is true of poor train travel in the U.S. Europe has moved past us in many areas.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader says Netanyahu has 'lost his way,' calls for new elections haaretz.com/us-news/2024-0….

If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest.

As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch how the press covers politics these days.

I am reminded by lessons that came to me during the Nixon years as a CBS News correspondent, which I’ll add here:…

Our hearts are with Assemblymember Smullen and his family after the unthinkable loss of their son AJ. On behalf of the entire NYS Assembly, I extend our deepest sympathies. We will keep you in our prayers.

Ha’aretz: Israel has been a trustworthy, dependable U.S. ally for >50 years. Netanyahu is not. His record, his policies, his behavior and his style indicate that he does not see himself as an ally and does not conduct himself as one – and now the U.S. has finally realized this.

I am attending a seminar on education and democracy. The consensus is that the education system is failing. The reasons why (obsession with achieving test results) is clear. But there is no sense of how to achieve it politically. So how this saves democracy remains elusive.

Recognizing a Palestinian state is not a reward for terror. haaretz.com/israel-news/20….

Writing these words in Gaza could cost me my life haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0….

“The film credit’s cheerleaders aren’t just a reliable source of big campaign contributions—they can even arrange for a governor to receive a special Emmy Award (or revoke it when you turn toxic).” empirecenter.org/publications/b…

'Netanyahu, With You We've Lost Everything. The Pain Is Infinite. Only Without You Will There Be Hope', On 10/7, Reuma & Gadi Redeem lost 5 of thrir family murdered in their home on Kibbutz Nir Oz. Now there is one thing they wish for: to see Netanyahu ousted from power.

Definitely not my understanding of progressive politics. haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0….

Yeah, but, you know, it's football.