Happy to say that I started today as executive editor at the brave and wonderful Jewish Currents. For the uninitiated, this story is just one recent example of why I’m so pleased that I’ll get to make a contribution to the magazine. jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
X Post by Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State: "We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
“No one or nothing will ever divide us” says Andrew Cuomo while giving one of the most divisive and disgusting concession speeches in American political history
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
"...And for these reasons, among others, The New York Times famously declined to endorse Mr. Mamdani."
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
Maybe Mamdani finally has a shot at the Schumer endorsement
New York City Mayor PROJECTED WINNER Zohran Mamdani DecisionDeskHQ.com Vecision Tesk HQ
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
So if a group of men -- all of them wearing masks, with no uniforms or badges visible, driving unmarked cars -- approach anyone on the streets of DC, they're just supposed to submit?
As the first detainees settle into their flood-soaked tents, the Miami Herald reports that children may be among those headed to Alligator Alcatraz. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Apparently, the reason for the freeze is that we used too many weapons pointlessly attacking the Houthis.
"the chaos of these past few weeks shouldn’t mask that in this period, he has also waged as direct a campaign against a single, vulnerable minority as we’ve seen in generations." Belated perspective from the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...
Please pay attention to how Musk is going after the WSJ reporter who broke the story about the racist coder he brought into our government.
There is still beauty in this world
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
Funding for federal grants and loans turns off tonight, and higher ed folks are worried, to say the least. @jessicablake.bsky.social on what the pause means for higher ed. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Reporting this story was... a journey:
Little-Known Network of Higher Ed Institutes Has Roots in Anti–Gay Marriage Fight and Opus Dei
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, has died at the age of 67 after a battle with brain cancer.
As Trump retakes the reins, what might his second term mean for higher education? We asked 20 of the smartest folks in the sector to tell us their biggest fears for the next four years—and what they're most hopeful about. You might be surprised.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Breaking: Historians’ Council Vetoes Gaza Scholasticide Condemnation
American Historical Association convention-goers overwhelmingly passed the statement on Jan. 5, but the group’s top elected body has vetoed it without letting all AHA members vote.
Backlash to backlash to backlash
