Adam Friedman

@NGOmonitor @AnneHerzberg14 @amnesty While they did do retaliatory strikes on Oct. 7, the first line refers to the "occupied Gaza strip." The only (albeit ridiculous) argument that it was occupied was the partial blockade. By that logic, Egypt occupied Gaza. Ridiculous.

“Throw Amnesty’s genocide report in the garbage.” NGO Monitor Legal Advisor @AnneHerzberg14 explains why: the very first line of @Amnesty’s report reads, “On October 7th, Israel launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip.”

@TPCarney "I have no idea why they didn't call." If your theory says you have no explanation for a hugely important piece of evidence, you should admit you have no theory that explains the facts.

"Catch and kill" is not an accurate description of the Times and Platner. But they did mishandle it. Read the Platner pieces closely, and a more nuanced story comes out. 1) It looks like the Times wanted to run Racicot's rape allegation, but she wouldn't say it on the record. 2) So it looks like the Times shifted from focussing on her to focussing on Fifield. 3) I suspect the Platner campaign got to the Times (probably the editors), and got them to insert the 250-word essay painting Fifield as a GOP operative. 4) I still have no idea why the NYT reporters didn't call the corroborating sources Fifield answered. washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltwa…

@jonfavs I guess you think he might lose so you are no longer an apologist. I think partisan politics may have rotted a part of your soul.

Platner needs to drop out ASAP - these are awful, credible allegations. Said on the pod after the (also credible) June NYT story that his biggest problem going forward would be credibility. It's now abundantly clear that he just hasn't been honest about his past and can't be trusted as a candidate for office. Saving grace is that the party can find a replacement by the 27th as long as he drops by the 13th, which I very much assume he will.

@mattyglesias You don't have to believe in gravity to fall off a cliff (that is not a statement on whether your soul is putrid or not.)

@JonahDispatch I mentioned that some people aren't having kids because of climate change to my 14 year old Alex P. Keaton-ish son. His reaction was, "I don't want them in the gene pool anyway."

+1 I’ve read and heard that people have such concerns. I have not once met someone who sincerely holds such views.

@NYCMayor I'm no Mamdani fan, but lighten up. This is fun and great. GO KNICKS!!!

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.

@jbarro It was great for my kids. They are 20 and 23 now. One played college ball and that was key for recruiting.

I have never heard any parent speak positively about this travel-team private-league sports stuff. So why do they have their kids participate in it? (The answer is rarely "my kid is headed for D1") Don't schools have teams anymore? theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…

@jonfavs @mkhammer If he was a Republican, you would be making the opposite argument. You know that. I know that. You know that I know. I know that you know that I know. Everybody knows. Partisans on your side don't care, but your soul cares. Don't sell it. It's not worth it.

I don’t know, you strike me as someone smart enough to know that a good test as to whether someone is sympathetic to Nazis is if they’ve ever said a single word in their entire life that could be construed as sympathetic to Nazis. But I guess the story you’d have us believe is this: a group of American marines, who risked their lives for this country, decided to get skull and crossbones tattoos together in their 20s that they all knew were Nazi symbols. Then they all kept their actual Nazi sympathies hidden for the next decade, a time when Platner frequently took his shirt off in front of his Jewish family, who I suppose either didn’t care about his Nazi sympathies or didn’t recognize the symbol you claim is extremely obvious. And then Platner, who was clearly not shy about expressing all kinds of views on Reddit, especially all the offensive shit he now regrets, somehow managed to keep his Nazi sympathies hidden from the world, as did his Nazi-sympathizing Marine friends who got the same tattoo. Yes, this makes sense. You cracked it for sure. Bravo. Congrats on being smarter than all those rubes in Maine who’ve fallen for the secret Nazi’s cover story.

I think if one is trying to figure out if a candidate is sympathetic to Nazis, one of the most important tests is whether the candidate knowingly got a death’s head tattoo signifying an elite, brutal group of SS officers and kept it until the second he wanted to run for Senate and someone noticed. It’s an insult to everyone’s intelligence to suggest otherwise. Sorry, his Medicare thoughts from last week are not permanent body art or absolution.

@JonahDispatch pussy

Like I can see where this would be a useful skill for a serious martial arts fighter. But if I were studying at the Shaolin Temple or whatever and it was time for elective classes, I’d sign up for the “How to avoid a brick to the balls” class before I signed up for the “Train yourself to withstand a brick to the balls class.”

@jonfavs @sacks_aaron Let's have a chat?

@sacks_aaron Let me know when a far lefty candidate appears with a Nazi sympathizer and we can chat.

A lot of great choices out there for moderate R voters.

@jonfavs Yes, the republican party is abominable, but partisan politics apparently can rot your soul. Is it worth it, Jon? I would suggest sitting in a dark room and pondering it.

Graham Platner isn’t just our best and only chance to beat Susan Collins, he’s a good, decent man who’s struggled and grown and is always trying to do better. I hope everyone with reservations takes a little time to get to know the real life version of him, not what the algorithm throws in our faces. Clearly, that’s what so many people in Maine have done - from all different walks of life and political persuasions.

@mattyglesias Is it OK to call someone awful Orange Man? Just asking on principle.

@iowahawkblog You spelled his name wrong. As he said in the episode, "I'll call him Spewey. That's an acronym for Special Person Entering this World...Egg Yolks."

Classic Spewy

@psychotronica_ I can't believe they left out the classic line from this, "I'll call him Spewey. That's an acronym for Special Person Entering this World...Egg Yolks."

Spewy Attack Mix Get a Life - Spewy and Me (S2 E11) 1992 / US TV - Fox Network / David Mirkin 👾💀sound on💀👾

@Lewis_Bollard 2.5 minutes. I wrote them. Just google "message chuck schumer" or whoever

Hidden on page 744 of the farm bill the House Agriculture Committee passed Thursday is a provision that would condemn millions of pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates. Rebranded the 'Save Our Bacon Act,' it's a pork-industry play to wipe out every state law banning the sale of pork from crated pigs — laws the conservative Supreme Court upheld in 2023. Over 85% of Democrats and Republicans oppose these crates. Voters have backed ballot measures to ban them in state after state. The pork industry knows it can't win a straight vote on this. So it's burying the provision in an 800-page bill and hoping no one notices. Contact your senators and representative today and tell them: oppose the farm bill unless the Save Our Bacon Act is stripped out. You can reach them at senate.gov and house.gov — it takes two minutes and it matters.

@mattyglesias @grok what the heck does he mean by this tweet?

@BrandonStraka He's got a point. They are a bunch of bitter clingers.

OBAMA: “The other side does the mean, angry, exclusive, us/them, divisive politics. That's their home court. Our court is coming together.”

@JonahDispatch So Sorry. Sending some love.

I’ll have a real update later. But we’re saying goodbye to Gracie this morning. Thank you for all the kindness and support. Rough day here, especially for my daughter.

@iowahawkblog 7 on a dice roll is 1 in 6. Whatever the first die is, the second has a 1 in 6 chance of being the right number to make it a 7.

This is how casinos know the odds of a 7 on a dice roll (6 divided by 6!) or a Royal Flush in poker (4 divided by 52!) and so on. This is why I refer to Combinatorics as Drunk Gambling Orgy Math

Combinatorics is one of the coolest neighborhoods in Mathland

@iowahawkblog Your royal flush is wrong (for being dealt it). It's 20/52 (prob of 10-ace on first card) X 4/51 (prob of same suit and the 4 possible cards you still need on second card) x 3/50 x 2/49 x 1/48.