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It's interesting how in the span of five years the gradual trend of wearing as little armour as physically possible (to the point of having swimmer cut plate carriers) has now instead been replaced by the move back to modular body armor focused on protecting extremities
Objectively, this country should have dozens of great subway systems.
Breaking News: Law enforcement officials are said to have disrupted a plot to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, the leader of one of New York’s most active pro-Palestinian protest groups. nyti.ms/4bGRsry
So, what we know: Mamdanis NYPD is infiltrating Jewish chat groups to protect Palestinian domestic terrorists NY government will continue to actively oppose Zionism. Zionists are unsafe in NYC. We urge Zionists to evacuate New York. Betar has no presence and does not operate in New York. Naturally we have had no contact with law enforcement on this matter. Nerdeen Kiswani is a dangerous jihadi.
Breaking News: Law enforcement officials are said to have disrupted a plot to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, the leader of one of New York’s most active pro-Palestinian protest groups. nyti.ms/4bGRsry
For years, Betar USA stalked & harassed me even offering $1,800 for someone to hand me a beeper while I was pregnant. Last month, the NY AG found they engaged in bias-motivated harassment and threats. Still they faced no real consequences. So I’m filing a lawsuit. chuffed.org/project/171422…
The man accused of planning to firebomb the home of Palestinian activist @NerdeenKiswani identified as a member of JDL 613, a new group of self-described "Jewish Warriors" who say they are inspired by the Jewish Defense League, an official told the AP. apnews.com/article/fbi-ny…
‼️ ~2-3 KC-135s got hit and are on fire at Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia as confirmed by Chinese satellite imagery
Holy shit. @BernieSanders and @RepCasar just introduced The Home Team Act, a bill that would “Require team owners who want to relocate to first offer local owners the chance to buy it." This would have saved the A’s. Full stop. It would help prevent owners from "uprooting teams that people have rooted for for generations. No more extorting taxpayers for billions." (Casar.) It would prevent owners from "blackmailing one community against another for multi-billion-dollar subsidies." (Sanders.) It goes without saying this is needed. “Nearly every major city in the nation [has been] asked to mortgage its future to the sports industry," @fieldofschemes has written. If I may. The relationship between sports fans and the sports business has been broken ever since the Supreme Court gave MLB an antitrust exemption in 1922. Multiple Supreme Court justices have criticized the ruling as “unrealistic, inconsistent, and illogical.” The ruling stemmed from a whimsical interpretation of professional sports as a fundamentally communal, rather than capitalistic, enterprise. In practice the exemption merely grants team owners license to run their teams in the most ruthlessly capitalistic ways possible. “The major leagues” Kevin Baker has written, “remain to this day the most complete and enduring cartel in American history.” But it hasn't ever been addressed. In America, owners get to have it both ways. They're permitted to run their businesses like robber barons. The sports industry is insulated from both government regulation and free-market competition. Fans and cities possess no power or protection. This bill would give them some. Hell ya. It's also not that ridiculous at all. A version of this law already exists in Ohio. Lawmakers passed it after Art Modell moved the Browns, to protect fans in the state from ever having to go through that kind of thing again. Stronger versions of this sort of thing exist in Europe. In 2025, England passed the Football Governance Act, a regulatory framework designed, in the language of the law, “to protect and promote the sustainability of English football.” The law mandates team owners and league executives regularly consult with fan representatives on all matters relevant to fan interests. And it empowers an Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to evaluate the potential impact of all proposed changes by an owner to his or her club on fans and community members and to strike down those changes found not to be in fans’ interests. These include changes to a club’s name, crest, and, most fundamentally, its home. Versions of this sort of thing have been batted about by US lawmakers before. Most have not been given much attention. I hope this time it's different. It's too late to save the A’s. But I hope it passes so that no other fans have to suffer the indignities fans suffered here. So that sports work better for future fans like my sons.
A New Jersey man suspected of being a Jewish extremist was arrested and charged with plotting an attack on the home of a prominent Palestinian rights activist. on.wsj.com/4lYrNQb
Today’s fun post: Drink pomegranate juice so you can hit Tel Aviv more accurately
The amount of Neolithic to late antiquity structures in the Sahara is insane lol
Late last night the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force informed me that a plot against my life that was "about to" take place, and that agents had conducted an operation in Hoboken related to this plot. For months, Zionist organizations like Betar and politicians like Randy Fine have encouraged violence against my family and me. I will have more to say as additional details come to light. I will not stop speaking up for the people of Palestine. Thank you for your support. nytimes.com/2026/03/27/nyr…
Late last night the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force informed me that a plot against my life that was "about to" take place, and that agents had conducted an operation in Hoboken related to this plot. For months, Zionist organizations like Betar and politicians like Randy Fine have encouraged violence against my family and me. I will have more to say as additional details come to light. I will not stop speaking up for the people of Palestine. Thank you for your support. nytimes.com/2026/03/27/nyr…
NEW: Federal law enforcement officers disrupted what was described as a plot to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, the leader of one of NY’s most active pro-Palestinian protest groups, on Thursday night. nytimes.com/2026/03/27/nyr…
