
Asa Smith
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Asa Smith
@DiamondsEsq
In a serious relationship w/ basketball and music from New Jersey... B.A./J.D. from @UMich, M.A.Ed from @MichiganStateU




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…



Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed almost unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families trib.al/olj7tnv


Ask 10 different CFB fans why playoff expansion is stupid and you might get 10 different answers. Some of them will be at odds. The truth is there is really only one truth. There are only 4-6 teams, per season, that can legitimately win it. Why do we need a 24 team playoff?

Sources: There’s NCAA committee calls scheduled for Thursday that loom as expected final steps for the formalization of men’s and women’s basketball tournaments expanding to 76 teams. The expansion process could be completed as early as Thursday. espn.com/mens-college-b…

Loay Alnaji killed 69-year-old Jewish man Paul Kessler in November 2023. Today, he pled guilty. Alnaji, a naturalized citizen from Jordan, was set to go to trial on May 14th. The sentence he’s facing? 1 year in prison, 3 years of probation. We have no words for this lunacy.
















