U.S. exports fell by 4% in May … largest decline since dark days of pandemic and notable reversal from trend earlier this year

Yes, NYT. Whereas much of the world would prefer that Israelis leave themselves surrounded by well-armed enemies determined to do them harm.

With gas deal, Israel-Azerbaijan ties grow, sparking Iran’s ire, Lahav Harkov 🎗️ reports. jewishinsider.com/2025/07/azerba…

NEW: Universities across the U.S. have embraced diversity checkpoints in faculty hiring. Administrators monitor the demographics of applicants throughout the process, with consequences for searches that don't "pass muster"—according to a trove of records I've obtained. 🧵

Interesting. This could have been done a year go. It could have been done in March, April, May or June 2025. Instead...the plans are rolled out now on the eve of an apparent push for a ceasefire. "During a potential ceasefire, Israel would work to establish the new humanitarian

By threatening to shut down or indefinitely postpone searches, diversity checks create an incentive for departments to adopt additional DEI litmus tests for hiring—including the use of diversity statements and DEI criteria for evaluating candidates, as shown in UIUC emails.

60yrs ago today, LBJ calls Thurgood Marshall to ask him to resign from the Second Circuit & accept the position as Solicitor General. LBJ: "I want to do this job that Lincoln started, but I want to do it the right way...I want to leave my mark, & see that justice is done."

This man was a chair of a political science department and seems to believe that being a sanctuary city/campus means you’ve divested ICE of authority to enter.

The anti-Mamdani campaign reminds me of the multiple failed GOP attempts to stop Trump in 2016. Theoretically doable, but too many egos in the room means that no one will sacrifice anything for an actually workable plan. All the while, the insurgent gets stronger.

My issue with Mamdani’s Columbia application isn’t what it means for the mayoral race. It’s how high social capital people game systems meant to help the marginalized, crowding out those who don’t know how to play these games.

The frustrating thing is that in my experience most academics aren’t like this, and in fact don’t like this. But they have got to do a better job reining in their disciplines, because a reckoning is coming, especially in red states. 1/

The change in the story Reuters published is significant compared to the original piece. Reuters originally linked the story to GHF. Now it says it can't independently determine who created and submitted the plan. New Headline: Exclusive: Proposal outlines large-scale

It’s beautiful that in today’s America a white man and a black man can get together and refuse to cooperate purely because of their massive egos and not because of race. ❤️🇺🇸❤️ 🤛🏻💥 🤜🏾

Edan Alexander told senior Saudis about Hamas captivity in chance White House meeting timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…

.Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) ANY shame, man? A tiny bit?

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You've probably heard the old saying, “the internet is forever.” Turns out that’s a lie—unless you're a celebrity whose bad MySpace post still haunts you. In reality, about one out of every four webpages from 2013–2023 is gone—no longer indexed by Google, even if it still lives

After Oct 7, Zohran showed off about fundraising for UNRWA

The hours I've spent in class, seething at resentment at those who pronounce my name Bern-stine instead of Bern-steen, not to mention clerks who look up my name wrong thinking it's Burn-stein.... Imagine being a person like that.

Like how messed up to you have to be to think that Bowdoin College (of all places) is some hotbed of white supremest races?