Andrew Mendelson

This is how you do real time fact checking. More of this, please.

“I asked whether I was being detained, and she said 'You’re not being detained,'" Chavarria said. "I said, 'Then can I go?' And she said, 'No, you may not go.'"

Screenshot of Columbia's settlement with the White House

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host.

"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season

Is this in addition to the monetary capitulation? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

The First Known Photograph of People Having a Beer (1843) It should go without saying that one should drink responsibly, for reasons pertaining to life and limb as well as reputation. The ubiquity of still and video cameras means potentially embarrassing mom...

The First Known Photograph of People Having a Beer (1843)

Impactivize: Shareholders of 30 Companies Worth $13 Trillion Vote Overwhelmingly to Defeat Anti-DEI Proposals EUGENE, Ore., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholders of 30 major corporations, collectively valued at more than $13 trillion, have voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals during 2025 prox...

apnews.com/press-releas...: Shareholders of 30 Companies Worth $13 Trillion Vote Overwhelmingly to Defeat Anti-DEI Proposals

Great minds all running in the same gutter today: This court is the worst. Excellent column.

Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...

Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...

Why The Washington Post is inviting sources to annotate stories "We're not giving up our fundamental framework where we make assessments about what we should publish."

so the washington post has decided to test out its "let's let sources comment on articles" idea on CLIMATE COVERAGE FIRST?!?!??!?!? you mean, the beat where there's literally a well-funded, well-oiled disinformation machine that is decades old?!?!?!??!?!

Asked what specifically Zohran Mamdani has said that's antisemitic, Eric Adams doesn't provide a single example.

"A little research and you'll be able to find it," Adams says.

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.

It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)

It's so New York.

How Ugly is Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill for NY? Very Ugly. Analysis from groups that study health care, housing and the economy show more than $20 billion in lost federal aid for New York.

How Ugly is Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill for NY? Very Ugly. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...

False Flags The LA protests are just human

I went over as much footage as I could find of the Los Angeles protesters speaking in their own words. An interesting theme emerged:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/false-flags

As someone who lives in Los Angeles, don’t let social or mainstream media gaslight you into thinking there’s a violent uprising taking place here. The Trump administration is trying to punish this state and this city. He’s also setting a precedent to unleash troops on Democratic cities.

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

If I were an evil advisor to Trump, I'd declare emergencies in blue states. I'd unleash the National Guard or military to essentially occupy the place and replace local police.

All of this will become normalized by media.

Then, I'd eventually declare martial law to suspend or delay elections.

“The horrific point is missed: the spectacle of a massive show of military might, before a president who behaves like a dictator …evinces memories of the worst totalitarian regimes. History may mark 14 June 2025 as the ceremonial birth of a new American fascism.”

Read Elias Rodriguez’s Leaked Chats Accused killer of two Israeli Embassy aides ranted against many things — but not Jews

I've obtained private chat messages of the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy aides in DC, Elias Rodriguez. The messages go right up to the day before the shooting: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-elias...

Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025 Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

Check out the Meet Your Mayor quiz from @thecity.nyc and @gothamist.com! projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...

We have a president who for months wanted to annex Canada and Greenland, & talked about that nonstop, and this is 👇 how you cover him?

“The presidency was boring, Trump turned into an episode of Jerry Springer, & suddenly it’s interesting!”

Our media does not deserve democracy.

Board of Trustees action on tenure and promotion recommendations is — or should be — pro forma ratification of the decision that was made at the university. Those decisions involve several layers stringent control; it’s extremely worrisome that the BoT at UNC has not followed usual procedure here.

In three weeks, the Fiver Children's Foundation will be marking its 25th year of supporting NYC youth. I, along with my fellow emeritus board members, will be honored with the Richard Adams Leadership Award. Very excited! one.bidpal.net/fiver2025/we...

If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests More than 1,100 rallies, visibility events and meetings were scheduled.

The nationwide 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳! protests today are shaping up to be the largest single-day protest since Trump took office. Organizers have planned over 1,100 events across all 50 states — and more than 250,000 people have already RSVP'd.

Learn more here.👇

Hands Off! New York City Fights Back · Hands Off **Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** New York City is fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our servi...

I’ve signed up to attend the rally with Hands Off on Saturday, Apr 5, 2025. Are you free to join me? Use this link to sign up: mobilize.us/s/uEV9Wa

The representative from McDonald Island has tried to filibuster our renaming of the island but did not have the same stamina as @booker.senate.gov and stood for only 24 minutes.

Great thread and exactly right.

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”