The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech
The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE.
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Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI
The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich.
Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy
As the right attacks mass participation head on, the center is telling the rest of us to pipe down while the elites are talking.
They Tried to Make Charlie Kirk a Saint. They Made Him a Meme.
By elevating Kirk to a martyr and clamping down on free speech, the right assured that he would be ridiculed even in death.
Seth Moulton Sold Out Trans Kids — and Lost His Senate Race
Running as a progressive, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey forced his centrist challenger to apologize for his anti-trans remarks.
CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal
Centrist Democrats opened the door for anti-Muslim attacks on their party’s nominee in Michigan — finding common cause with right-wing bigots.
A New Tree-Sit Movement to Block Trump’s Border Wall
A single tree sit grew into a cross-border continuous protest to defend the Arizona borderland ecology. So far, activists are succeeding.
RIP to the Russiagate Liberals
With Alex Vindman and George Conway’s losses, Democratic voters are forcefully rejecting the notion that Russia is to blame for America’s ills.
The Mossad Suffers a Crushing Defeat Entirely of Its Own Making
High-profile firings show that none of the Israeli spy agency's promises about the war with Iran have come to pass.