I wrote about men creating, and finding solace in, Sad Boy memes. Therapists say men lack spaces to talk about their emotions, and so this kind of art may provide some fleeting comfort. It's dark stuff, but occasionally cinematic. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

You see all these Israelis? I'd venture to say that almost all believe Hamas committed unspeakable evil on 10/7, is a terrorist menace, deserves to be eliminated as a security or political factor...AND that Netanyahu's policies have been a disaster, he has failed the hostages, he

Will you do use your immense leverage to do anything about it? Also no.

I had no idea before becoming a Girl Dad how much time I’d spend beefing with four year old boys. It’s a full time job.

Images few Lebanese thought they would ever see: Lebanon’s former central bank governor being led to detention by cops. Many still feel uneasy, like this is part of some game and he will be free soon.

Kind of funny. Just 2% of Democrats say Biden made the wrong decision by dropping out, per Suffolk poll. But 18% of Republicans say he did.

‘We are not a party to this conflict’

Tony Blinken is doing this right now.

I don't think DC fully appreciates how its positions over the past 10 months have fundamentally damaged the credibility and authority of international law. The Beltway may not care, but it has serious ramifications for the future. passblue.com/2024/09/03/can…

Gallant, who has some tactical differences with Netanyahu on Gaza but fully supports and plays a central role in enacting the genocide, describes the siege in the West Bank as “mowing the lawn.”

A useful idiot if ever there was one.

The author of this paragraph is San Fransisco resident JD Vance in 2016. In the same op-ed he compares Trump to heroin. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

We really need to enter Gaza to support our Palestinian journalist colleagues and to report. But neither Israel nor Egypt will allow us.

Grayzone right now

This has been the dynamic for most of the war, at least as far back as February, when Biden promised a ceasefire by the end of the weekend while licking an ice cream cone. Only recently has it become more widely acknowledged that Netanyahu has no interest.

I dropped in on Tim Walz's "barnstorming" tour of rural Pennsylvania, where Democrats are hoping to work the margins to win the state. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

Trump saying he'll appoint Elon to a cabinet position isnt going to help the campaign fight the "weird" allegations. In a depo this year, Musk admitted he ran an account roleplaying as his toddler son. "Do you like Japanese girls?" he asked in a post. huffpost.com/entry/elon-mus…

He cannot answer a single question about policy. It's amazing.

Trump tried to explain how he plans to make childcare more affordable. It was a word salad | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

SCOOP: NPR has ID'd the two Trump campaign staffers involved in an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery last week that Trump insists did not happen. One of them is a deputy campaign manager. More with Quil Lawrence+Tom Bowman: npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…