Susan Kristol

Every “Pro-Palestinian” protestor who chanted these slogans, or who stood by while their fellow protestors chanted them without pushing back, is tangentially culpable in this shooting.

The same way the NRA and GOP are tangentially responsible for shootings that result from THEIR violent rhetoric.

Some other time, I hope. You have so many admirers—line was too long.

Bill and I loved your talk.

Mine came today. Excited to read it. I love the font, the cover, the maps inside the cover, the notes, and introduction.

The new Odyssey translation by @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social arrived at my doorstep today. It looks great! Interesting intro and notes, too.

Yes, overregulation of chicken farming has been the only thing keeping Bill and me from raising chickens in our backyard.

“Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins also encouraged Americans to produce their own eggs…. We also want to make it easier for families to raise backyard chickens…”

Hamas Hands Bodies of 4 Dead Hostages to Israel The group staged a handover of four coffins with the remains of abductees. Shiri Bibas, an Israeli woman, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were said to be among those returned.

Big brave Hamas terrorists celebrate the deaths of a defenseless woman, a five-year-old boy, a baby, and an 84-year-old man whom they kidnapped.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...

The deaths of innocent kids Kfir and Ariel Bibas in captivity is a war crime & a heartbreaking tragedy.

Whether they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as Hamas claims, is frankly irrelevant.

There was never any justification whatsoever for kidnapping kids in the first place.

Trump’s Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.

And so it begins:

Bakersfield, CA sees massive drop off in field workers as ICE agents rounded up suspected immigrants, resulting in acres of oranges left unpicked in the California sun during the most active period of the season.

“Economic devastation”
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CITY OF NEWARK = "Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant. One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned. This egregious act is in plain violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees 'the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures... "Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized. I will be holding a press conference in alliance with partners ready and willing to defend and protect civil and human rights. Details to come."

The Mayor of Newark says ICE detained citizens and a military veteran in a warrantless raid there today. www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...

I see why it’s said that nice people make the best Nazis, because what’s happening now in the US wouldn’t be possible without the polite silence or cordial complicity of great masses of people

Inspectors General are key public servants tasked with holding our government accountable. They’re independent, nonpartisan whose work is identifying fraud, waste, & importantly, abuse. Trump just fired them all. Make no mistake: he's purging those who will protect the rule of law.

Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government. Yesterday at 11:08 p.m. EST

By David Nakamura and Lisa Rein The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a purge that could clear the way for President Donald Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government. The inspectors general were notified by emails from the White House personnel director that they had been terminated immediately, according to people familiar with the situation, who like others in this report spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private messages. The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days' notice of any intent to fire the inspectors

How is “this directly conflicts with federal legal requirements for removing IGs” not a part of your subhed?

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Why did it take so long for Mitch McConnell to issue his press release opposing Hegseth? Too little too late.

www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index...

H.R. 1234, An Act of Patriotic Renaming

Whereas: It is an outrage that the home of the next President of the United States of America does not have an American name.

So Be It Resolved: The property now known as Mar-a-Lago shall henceforth be known as Sea-to-Lake.

The Romans had Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, Seneca the Elder and Seneca the Younger. Why not do that for the Elizas?

WSJ continues to cause anxiety: “Though the Great Red Spot appears stationary and unchanging through a telescope, an October 2024 study, published in the Planetary Science Journal, indicated that it is anything but stable and jiggles as it gets squeezed between the two jet streams.”

Here’s an example of why we shouldn’t put too much trust in AI summaries on Google:
“ Maimonides (Rambam) published a commentary on the Mishna’s Tractate Sanhedrin in 1981. The book was published by Sepher Hermon PR and has 239 pages.”

Analyze This: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking If the windstorm keeps dwindling, the Great Red Spot could someday disappear — like an earlier spot observed in the 1600s.

www.snexplores.org/article/jupi...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking
If the windstorm keeps dwindling, it could someday disappear

The World’s Richest Man Wants to Burn It All Down We knew Elon liked strategic acquisitions. We didn’t know the spines of House Republicans came quite so cheap.

“Republicans once claimed to admire Madison and Hamilton. But the Founding Father for today’s Republicans is Kent Brockman.”

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A couple people have asked me whether I really think of The Bulwark as a magazine. I do! And not in some quaint, retro sense.

A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.

My Antonia by Willa Cather

University of Michigan regent’s home vandalized with mason jars, pro-Palestine slogan The regent, who is Jewish, had two jars thrown through his window, as well as his family car spray-painted with Pro-Palestinian messages.

www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

'Death to Jews': Inside the Home of 2 SJP Leaders at George Mason University, Police Find Guns, Ammo, and Terrorist Flags When police searched the home of two Students for Justice in Palestine leaders, a pair of sisters at George Mason University, their allies painted a sympathetic picture. The students were targeted, ac...

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I don’t know if CEO Brian Thompson was a good person or a bad person, but all the jokes in Bluesky about his murder are upsetting.

Nothing says “lead the Pentagon” like mommy making phone calls for her very good boy.

Acrostics are about once a month. WSJ Saturday Review section also has excellent puzzles.

We get the NYT delivered on Sundays. The magazine section has a crossword and a rotating set of other types of puzzle. I’m sure however there is a way to access it online.