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White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”

That’s quite a legacy.

I don’t support AIPAC and haven’t for over 20 years.

The yes votes are not about AIPAC money. This is turning into the new Soros.

Cranky reader: Rachel Cusk perennially gets raves from reviewers and I find her books utterly tedious.

A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...

A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...

Special Event – Standing Alone Together: A First-Look Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 6:00PM EST Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (L2 Auditorium)

Thursday night at the JCC in Manhattan, a rough cut of a new documentary about @standing-together.bsky.social otherisrael.eventive.org/schedule/68d...

I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.

Trump Administration Buries Legal Memo Suggesting It Could Pay November Food Benefits The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food program, says its hands are tied by the shutdown.

> "a September contingency plan, since deleted from the USDA’s website...said Congress intended 'that SNAP’s operations should continue' and that contingency funds 'are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs [mid-fiscal year]'"

www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

I predict that today’s Strands will baffle anyone under 40.

there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Bari Weiss as head of CBS News shows that now mediocre who’re women can also fail upward.

Watching prominent commenters followed by dozens of people I know say "it's over" because Jimmy Kimmel got suspended...like, they actually killed Medgar Evers, in defense of a fascist system that had been in place for decades. Imagine social media that day! Read history and have some self-respect.

Pretty sure the FCC isn't supposed to care about what's popular but about what's legal?

I want Kimmel back on the air and my friends to stay employed but this is a fucking shakedown

What Kimmel said isn't the issue.

To recap what happened:
- Kimmel insulted Trump.
- FCC commissioner threatened ABC.
- Nextstar pulled Kimmel.
- ABC yanked Kimmel.
- Nexstar and Tegna need FCC approval for giant merger.
- Merger should NOT happen because they would cover 80% of US population, against FCC rules.

Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division State media and online trolls have seized on the assassination to score geopolitical points against the United States, according to a new report.

In the week since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Russia, Iran and China have spread thousands of false or incendiary claims about what happened to the conservative activist, in an effort to stoke political divisions or to portray the U.S. as a dysfunctional country.

I love when I get connections in reverse order.

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This is similar to the myth that health conspiracism is driven by dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system. Countries with the best healthcare systems in the world also have very large anti-vaxx movements! In both cases the problem is more closely related to information environments.

Trump wants to take down the NYT. Now the NYT isn’t perfect, but I hope the times-obsessed punditocracy recognizes the danger this represents and that we stand up for it before it goes the route of CBS News and the Washington Post.

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.

Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?

My own colleagues are silent.

This is a good post. Many of the replies are horrendous.

Some people on the left think just repeating “Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” frees them from the work of thinking critically about what is and is not antisemitic. And a whole lot of people on the right think being a strong Zionist functions as a “get out of antisemitism free card.”

I do not like the blue category in today’s Connections. It’s technically valid but it could be viewed as a duplicate.

(And I got it first so no sour grapes. I also did spot the purple connection on the last two sets and should have put it in first!)

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False Tips and Chicken Coops: The Chaotic Hunt for Charlie Kirk’s Killer

This article gives the impression that local authorities and the FBI have essentially no leads at all in the shooting of Charlie Kirk. I'm curious how much of this has to do with the post-purge state of the FBI and its previous focus on domestic extremist activity. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Academic freedom in Texas just died. Yes, legally, A&M is in the clear since she did not have tenure, but that doesn't change the moral aspect.

TRUTH. * Truth Details 3982 replies •• • Donald J. Trump @ ( @realDonaldTrump It is very important that the Drug Companies justify the success of their various Covid Drugs. Many people think they are a miracle that saved Millions of lives. Others disagree! With CDC being ripped apart over this question, I want the answer, and I want it NOW. I have been shown information from Pfizer, and others, that is extraordinary, but they never seem to show those results to the public. Why not??? They go off to the next "hunt" and let everyone rip themselves apart, including Bobby Kennedy Jr. and CDC, trying to figure out the success or failure

of the Drug Companies Covid work. They show me GREAT numbers and results, but they don't seem to be showing them to many others. I want them to show them NOW, to CDC and the public, and clear up this MESS, one way or the other!!! I hope OPERATION WARP SPEED was as "BRILLIANT" as many say it was. If not, we all want to know about it, and why??? Thank you for your attention to this very important matter! President DJT 6.37k ReTruths 23.7k Likes 9/1/25,

Trump on RFK Jr., the CDC, and vaccines (a translation).

He seems to be saying that he was shown data about COVID19 vaccines being safe and effective, but that the pharma companies didn’t show those amazing data to anyone else, like RFK Jr.

He thinks this is why there is a “mess” at CDC.

The past three days’ Strands have convinced me that I’m clearly the Times’ target audience for this puzzle.

Loved today’s strands theme. Predict complaints.

The WaPo is really working at publishing bad editorials, huh?