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By Jonathan Mahler James B. Stewart Ben Mullin nytimes.com/2023/11/15/mag…

NYC-DSA is threatening a lawsuit against and demanding an apology from those of us, like Mayor Eric Adams, who called out the organization’s antisemitism.

DSA promoted a rally, demanding Israel’s destruction immediately following the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel’s…

Not a word condemning Islamic Jihad for causing the hospital explosion in Gaza and killing hundreds of Palestinian civilians.

Not a word from the UN.

Not a word from Israel’s usual critics, who rushed to judgement with a blood libel.

Not a word from Hamas (no surprises).…

So let’s see if I have it right—

Israel likely didn’t attack the hospital in Gaza, it turns out.
The hospital itself was never actually hit.
It’s likely there weren’t hundreds killed.

We in the media sure didn’t distinguish ourselves yesterday 😔

it got said a lot that 10/7 is like a 9/11 for Jews—but one big dif is that after 9/11 you didn’t have civilians in Europe (and all over) compounding the death & destruction in US with vile attacks on US people & symbols & sites—not even when US unleashed crazy revenge violence

“So far the findings are inconclusive,” says the BBC, immediately after the only experts it quotes say the blast wasn’t caused by Israel.

Just bending over backwards to cover up a massive faux pas and malpractice. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

I have come to Israel with a simple message:

You are not alone.

As long as the United States stands – and we will stand forever – you will not be alone.

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WEEKEND READ: Battleground Schools — Jonathan Mahler goes behind the front lines of the pitched national fight over public education and its place in the culture war⁩ in this excellent cover story for ⁦NYT Magazine⁩ ⁦Jonathan Mahler⁩ nytimes.com/2023/04/28/mag…

'But journalism is about getting the story right in the first place, not just straightening it out afterward. There, of course, lies the path toward actual malice.' Do not miss jimrutenberg on Rupert and Fox's descent into the legal red zone.

Journalism is meant to ask difficult and discomforting questions, and to question institutions, including the medical establishment. I am very proud to work at a place that publishes the work of Emily Bazelon, Katie Baker, Azeen Ghoryashi, megan twohey and Ross Douthat

Hey Steve Schmidt. Terrific posts on the one and only Cmdr. James Stockdale. But re the NYT's treatment of him, I wrote this appreciation of him in NYT Magazine the year of his death. nytimes.com/2005/12/25/mag…

SCENES as the baby eagles get back to their hotel after beating Iran and advancing to the Round of 16. A hero's welcome for a team that looks like they’re hitting their stride at the right time. Also, CP10 looks like he’s in very good spirits 😉🦅🇺🇸

Aren't we going to make the Martians pay for it?

Derrick Van Orden was photographed on the grounds of the Capitol on 1/6, though he denies any role in the violence.

Now he’ll be serving as a GOP member of Congress inside the Capitol. Absolutely crazy.

America, 2022.

“In a race that many observers wrote off months ago, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes soared above expectations and came within a hair’s breadth of defeating a two-term Republican incumbent in a midterm with a Democratic president.”

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Re-upping this after a big night for Wisconsin Democrats and Ben Wikler. Lots of attention has been paid to the GOP's maneuverings in Wisconsin; much less to the work that has gone into rebuilding the state's Democratic party nytimes.com/2022/11/01/mag…

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Wisconsin over performs other states. Wisconsin Democrats, led by Ben Wikler, have been so impressive for the last 4 years.