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Christia Blomquist Freedman

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Anti-authoritarian. Anti-plutocrat. Anti-kleptocrat. Pro democracy. Pro rule of law. Pro separation of church and state. Preserve, protect, and defend the US Constitution. Recommended reading list shown above.

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How Israel's 'hasbara paradigm' collapsed in Gaza Now That a Cease-fire Is in Place, One of Israel's Many Reckonings Must Address the Belief That Good Hasbara Can Distract the World From Bad Policies, Like the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza or the Suppr...
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Downtown Minneapolis...

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This is correct.

Mitch McConnell and John Roberts are, between them, the two public officials most responsible for what has happened to democratic governance.

(Roger Ailes, Leonard Leo, Rupert Murdoch, the brothers Koch, etc on Mt. Rushmore, but not as public officials. Comey in here somewhere.)

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'Jews, rebel!': Ex-Knesset speaker calls on world Jews to take Israel to ICJ over Gaza ***

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Authoritarianism Is Madeβ€”and It Can Be Unmade Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.

Rule of law will not endure simply because it is good; democracy is fragile and always in a fight with its opposites. The rest of the world has much to teach Americans about all of this. If Trumpism was made, it can it be unmade. trib.al/MAxZyJC

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A Pro-Israel Nonprofit is Funneling News Content Through Bari Weiss’s "Free Press" As Weiss’s news organization explores a deal to sell to CBS, much of its content on the Middle East is produced by a shadowy think tank tied to pro-Israel advocacy.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-free-p...

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Israel's international isolation is painful. But it is also necessary | Opinion ***

www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

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The victim identity Israel built over generations now fuels its denial of genocide in Gaza ***

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Netanyahu worked for Israel's enemies long before October 7. Now he's doing so knowingly ***

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Israel is turning Gaza famine into a hasbara war. It won't make it less real ***

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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End the 'special relationship' between America and Israel. It led to atrocities in Gaza | Opinion ***

www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

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Perhaps somebody will also think about asking Bill Barr a few questions one of these days...

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Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

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I admit to indulging in joy watching some of the worst people on Earth have nervous breakdowns over Zohran Mamdani's win in the primary. Others can barely conceal their deep Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. They dont even realize how out of touch, bigoted and silly they sound.

Alas.

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Opinion | Despite my endorsement, New York City Democrats rejected a spiteful, score-settling sexual harasser who lied about Covid deaths and currently serves as Benjamin Netanyahu's defense attorney. I have never been more fearful for my party's future.

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Opinion | Muslims are bigots because they all make baseless blanket judgments about what Jews want.

by David Frum

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Mamdani blows the minds of the Dem establishment and so-called "centrists" and "never Trumpers" who thought they could hijack the Democratic Party in the name of helping to save it from Trump. Their intent: Give Americans a choice between MAGA and GOP lite. A new generation of voters say, "No."

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1 Writing Class, 35 Years, 113 Deals, 95 Books

Some good news, for a change. Wonderful NYT reporter, Emma Goldberg, pays tribute to Sam Freedman's 35 years of teaching the nonfiction book-writing seminar at Columbia that he created. Statistics? 113 book contracts, 95 published books, around 675 students. Quite a legacy...

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Why Israel is so determined to keep the world's media out of Gaza ***

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A president who governs by β€œExecutive Orders” is weak, not strong.

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"There's no democracy without the rule of law." @raskin.house.gov at the DC Law Day of Action Rally:

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Opinion | I Can’t Believe Anyone Thinks Trump Actually Cares About Antisemitism Jews should remember how Trump promised to β€œprotect” L.G.B.T. citizens.

"...another sort of derangement [is] rooted in the way Israel’s defenders conflate all but the mildest criticism of Israel with antisemitism... too many backers of Israel can’t seem to imagine a reason besides antisemitic animus for impassioned opposition to Israel’s merciless war on Gaza."

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Columbia staff receive texts asking if they're Jewish, as government hunts antisemitic harassment on campus Barnard employees received the text as Columbia University students plan a new tent encampment to protest the Israel-Hamas war.

I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism.
forward.com/fast-forward...

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The settler coup overtook Israel long ago. The October 7 failure was its aftermath | Opinion ***

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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