Antisemitism is at bottom a conspiracy theory. It offers a story about a tiny, malign group who mastermind all world events, from the killing of Jesus to the creation of both capitalism and communism. People who start down the path of any kind of conspiracy-seeking ...

From NPR’s ⁦Quil Lawrence:⁩ Arlington National Cemetery officials say Trump campaign staff verbally abused and pushed aside cemetery official who objected to filming and photography at gravesites More below and to follow on NPR

We practiced with caskets that were stored outside our barracks building. To simulate the weight of honored remains, we’d toss several full sandbags into the belly of the casket and then, for hours, we’d go through our exact movements. Over and over and over. (thread)

I’ve had a nagging feeling over the past several years that there’s an important aspect to evangelical church culture in the United States that’s been consistently overlooked, or simply unknown to most of the public. (long thread)

Great to criticize the The New York Times when it’s deserved. But did you even read this short piece by Shawn McCreesh you’re slagging? It is from start to finish a mocking takedown of Trump’s absurd Trumpian defense of his unhinged meandering speeches. Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/09/01/us/…

One of my very favorite novels.

Dallas! Next month! Let's show up those philistines in Ft Worth! axs.com/events/639943/…

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-…

An excitable boy.

“Most important, she established herself as presidential by appearing calm and confident, in vivid contrast to the bellowing lunatic on the stage beside her.”

Every year, on this day, I read this. esquire.com/news-politics/…

Nathan Clark — the father of 11-year-old Aiden Clark, who was killed in a car accident in Springfield, Ohio — tells JD Vance and Donald Trump to stop using his son’s name and the city of Springfield to demonize Haitian immigrants. “This needs to stop now!”

NEW: White House lawyers were so scared of Trump's attempts to weaponize DOJ/FBI against enemies that they smuggled off WH complex drafts of memo written trying to stop him from weaponizing DOJ/FBI. We have seen the drafts. Here's how it all went down nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/…

I’ve received a number of requests lately from folks interested in seeing some of the bigger stories The New York Times has published on Donald Trump and his finances. Here’s a 🧵pulling them together in one spot. Thank you for supporting our journalism.

Out today: "Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists and Dunces Who Burned Down the House," by the incomparable Dana Dana Milbank. No one skewers the absurdity of modern politics better than Dana. politics-prose.com/book/978031657… amazon.com/gp/product/031…

I want to highlight this for a second. It's terrible that women in journalism get this kind of response so often. But it's also a shame that more people who *do* like things don't write in to engage with ideas or offer praise. If you've ever considered doing that, you should!

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