Alan Clinard
187 posts








Hearing from longtime friends @nytimes there are already discussions, including up the masthead, about retracting @NickKristof column. Issues with source credibility and lack of evidence. No indications the Kristof sourcing mistakes were deliberate. Still problematic:

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…

Vivek is at 86% of the vote. Online is not real life. It may not be the Groypers' party after all.


🚨NEW: I asked Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger about Sen. Louise Lucas’s office being raided by the FBI.






2026 Watch-New on @FoxNews - Asked during a stop at a food bank in Harrison, Maine if Democratic rival @grahamformaine is too far to the left, @SenSusanCollins tells me "I believe that will be the conclusion of Maine voters but obviously I don’t take anything for granted"







Justice Kagan writes in her dissent that the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais “enters Section 2 all but a dead letter” The court’s decision could pave the way for southern states to draw out majority Black congressional districts.


“We've stopped making babies. We've decided that being distracted by a dopamine hit around Candy Crush might be a good way to spend your time. Not if you're a full human," former Sen. Ben Sasse says in an extended interview. cbsn.ws/4cA1Jrp







