Arthur Bright

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

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No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid" We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

We checked—and no one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid."

Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.

The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

... has repeatedly insisted that fact checking is, by itself, "censorship" and here we have Jim Jordan repeating the directly. When, what it really shows is how Jim Jordan's threats and pressure are actually *suppressing* fact checking speech.

Fact checking IS NOT AND CANNOT BE "censorship." It is literally the "more speech" that pretend free speech supporters always claim they want. It's more speech weighing in on the accuracy of other speech. It's literally a part of the "marketplace of ideas." Yet, over the last decade, the GOP...

The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

Was it rye bread? Rye bread is too much.

Glad the WSJ didn't rush to report inflammatory claims backed by no evidence whatsoever at an incredibly sensitive time.

So much this. The article itself was pretty brilliant too.

If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.

Amy Coney Barrett Somehow Managed to Get the Law and the Bible Wrong in Her New Book Even Scripture is not sacrosanct when she wants to make a point.

Barrett offers a misreading of King Solomon as a strategic foil for her idealized American judge, who evidently never needs to worry about facts. slate.trib.al/qOw5Mxf

Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.

People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.

You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’

You don’t ‘run the gambit.’

gamut = entire range or series

gauntlet = severe trial

Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy

One of the most dangerous tropes in political media is how the only Jewish voices that matter are the most right-wing ones, hence the ease with which reporters assumed Jews are scared of Mamdani. (This is also how Jewish protestors were erased from the discourse about antisemitism on campuses.)

Feels like the combo of "one week it calls itself mechahitler / next week it runs DoD" is something historians will see a lot more clearly than we do right now

Let's be clear: Jordan Lasker's scandal is MUCH worse than that of Harvard's Claudine Gay, which the NYT covered for days. Gay wasn't fired. Bryan Pesta was. Jordan Lasker could never be hired. If the NYT cares about academic misconduct, they must now cover Lasker's sins. They made him the story. 6/

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job. A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.

Almost exactly a year ago, a source told me that I should look into the work of an influential child abuse pediatrician in Minneapolis and the questions being raised about her judgment. After speaking to a half dozen families, that line of inquiry led me here: www.propublica.org/article/chil...

Probably my favorite tifo ever and hearing Allianz roar as it went up got me choked up.

Why London’s hot ticket is a sing-along of school assembly hymns

Why London’s hot ticket is a sing-along of school assembly hymns

The meritocracy at work. Only the best lawyers.

Robert Smalls’ Civil War bravery jumps off the page. A new comic captures his legacy.

Robert Smalls’ Civil War bravery jumps off the page. A new comic captures his legacy.

In South Park, San Diego, US citizens stigmergically rose up against Trump’s Gestapo. The revolt erupted midday when ICE began rounding up people at a restaurant; patrons and passersby alike dropped everything to confront the regime storm troopers. #3E #EndImpunity #StopICE

Call me old fashioned, but I don't think firebombing the elderly is an effective strategy

A second term Dem who was getting polling numbers like this would be having his political obituary written and LAME DUCK in headlines every day, not "third term?" speculation.

That's the only one that makes any sense (if any of this makes sense).