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@markofbrooklyn
“Just a kid from Brooklyn.”
Sol III Katılım Mart 2012
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"We only protest when people within our coalition are in power" is an entirely novel theory of protest action. They're just making this up.
john teufel@JohnTeufelNYC
Again, *protests are not just emotional therapy sessions*. They are DEMANDS, tied to STRATEGY. Clearly Democrats are (in theory*) going to listen to people in a political coalition with them. What does Trump care about college/left protests? He doesn't need their votes! *But no
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Good point. I mean, after Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 the civil rights movement pretty much went home never to be heard from again.
Ryan Grim@ryangrim
The crackdown at universities included expulsions, criminal charges, the actual jailing of students for as little as an oped, new campus rules that made criticizing Israel a punishable offense, the banning even of megaphones at demonstrations…and then Neera “wonders” where the protests went. Such a mystery!
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It sounds absolutely insane if you didn't follow it closely but it was a widely accepted opinion (from the people that made ISRAEL the sole issue they cared about) that Donald Trump would be to Biden (and by extension Kamala's) left when it came to standing up to Netanyahu.
It was based on......nothing really. But they were genuinely convinced of it.
Acyn@Acyn
Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu. Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran? Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to president Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused. The only president who has agreed to this, obviously, is President Trump
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Obviously, students today are going to make a risk calculus based on their own material conditions. But SNCC students in the South basically felt their cause of racial equality was so important that jail, tear gas, beatings, felony charges were totally worth it.
Ryan Grim@ryangrim
The crackdown at universities included expulsions, criminal charges, the actual jailing of students for as little as an oped, new campus rules that made criticizing Israel a punishable offense, the banning even of megaphones at demonstrations…and then Neera “wonders” where the protests went. Such a mystery!
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Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles in its arsenal that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, according to American officials familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments. wsj.com/world/middle-e…
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The crackdown at universities included expulsions, criminal charges, the actual jailing of students for as little as an oped, new campus rules that made criticizing Israel a punishable offense, the banning even of megaphones at demonstrations…and then Neera “wonders” where the protests went. Such a mystery!
Neera Tanden🌻@neeratanden
Gotta say, I have also been wondering why there are no shame chants at Trump staff.
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@mattyglesias Is it civil disobedience when the protesters stop protesting because they might actually get in trouble?
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I completely accept “the protests stopped precisely because Trump winning was worse for their cause” as an explanation but it makes the tactical and strategic decision-making look pretty bad.
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The next time the Artemis astronauts visit the Moon, they’re going to land on the surface, in the treacherous south polar region.
They’re training by flying high altitude helicopters in the snowy alps.
airandspace.si.edu/airandspace.si…
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She was asked about donations from AIPAC and other “pro-Israel lobbies.”
What other pro-Israel lobbies? Right now, there are groups and individuals who classify any donation from a Jewish constituent or a Jewish organization as a “donation from the Israel lobby.”
So yeah, that’s racist AF. Jewish voters and Jewish organizations have interests and issues other than Israel.
This is like saying that every Muslim who donates to a campaign is a CAIR lobbyist.
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If I was someone concerned about rising anti-semitism I personally wouldn't immediately link every single question asked about Israel directly to Jews in general, but what can I say, I am not a craven psychopath.
Adam Wren@adamwren
A tense moment here with Slotkin and a questioner in Ohio:
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@FernandoAmandi As Michael Kinsley once said, the actual definition of a “gaffe” is when you inadvertently tell the truth.
You said out loud how Trump and his supporters view the Pope and Christian doctrine. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
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I wrote this critical comment about Pope Leo’s pronouncements on US Government policies including the border and the Iran conflict. While I disagree with the Pope on these earthly policy matters I regret the words I used. The Pope’s moral statements are grounded in Christian doctrine and I am no one to judge him. I apologize for my choice of words.
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I’m afraid Pope Leo is a Francis version 2. Seems to have a critical bias of all things Trump. We have a woke liberal pope. Again. Tragic.
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BREAKING: In a powerful moment, Pete Buttigieg just stood up to MAGA crony Joe Kernen and hammered him with the facts. Donald Trump's Iran policy has been a disaster.
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Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation
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@anthonyzenkus @HartmanAndrew There’s something eternally amusing about professors who counsel rebellion from the safety of tenure. 🧐
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The schools that had the most prevalent protests - including Columbia where I work - either suspended or expelled most of the students protesting Israel's genocide of Gaza. One of my former students has a 3 year (!!!) suspension.
Then, the schools enacted rules making protest nearly impossible. And the very people who pressured the schools to do this are now saying "Where are all the protests?".
Idiots.
The Bulwark@BulwarkOnline
As President Donald Trump’s unauthorized war on Iran with Israel entered into its second month, some Democratic officials were looking around and wondering: Where are the anti-war protests this time around? And why are college campuses so quiet? @Lauren_V_Egan takes a look.
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Various disingenuous idiots saying "supporters of Israel should describe what 'Israel as Jewish state means".
Sure. David Ben-Gurion set it out very clearly in Israel's Declaration of Independence, which it's extremely clear none of you have ever bothered to read.
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I wanna point out something serious. The admin has been complaining about Iran winning the information war.
This same administration shut down Voice of America, and other information operations the US govt does.
It’s a self goal. Actions have consequences
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Trump: “In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest.”
FDR, June 6, 1944: American soldiers “fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…
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College grads have been “prolentarianized": Universities minted too many knowledge workers, and now they're working at Starbucks in unprecedented numbers.
This is a popular narrative. But it isn't quite right.
In truth, recent college grads today are *more* likely to hold a job that requires a degree -- and *less* likely to have a low-wage service job -- than they were in the mid-1990s
vox.com/politics/48505…
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Starting in December, the U.S. Government Will Automatically Sign Up Your Son for the Draft. No One Has to Ask Permission
19fortyfive.com/2026/04/starti…
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