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Photo by Stéphan Valentin The New York Times attempted to ‘balance’ Nicholas Kristof’s documentation of the systematic rape of Palestinians by Israeli forces with yet another unverified rape ‘investigation’ claiming that Hamas had weaponized sexual violence on October 7. It was written by the paper’s pro-Israel Jerusalem-based reporter, Isabel Kershner. Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times Op-ed piece titled The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians, published on May 11, was based on documentation and grueling victim testimonies of rapes that Palestinians have experienced at the hands of Israeli security forces. Brutal and sadistic acts of sexual torture are described…

Stephen Colbert is off the air. I waited to write this to make sure that our democracy, despite warnings from Colbert and his regular guest Bruce Springsteen, remains intact. It does. Colbert is widely pitied, and Springsteen widely celebrated as a hero, because the two seized a chance to make a very large amount of money telling people already predisposed to believe them that the sky was falling. They are the living embodiment of the blurring of lines between entertainment, righteous protest, and partisan outrage. Their audiences increasingly just want confirmation of their own biases. Springsteen in particular often sounds…

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In her first interview since her husband left the White House, Dr. Jill Biden talks with Rita Braver about her years in the White House and her new memoir, “View from the East Wing.”She’s already made news in preview clips from this interview by saying she never saw any signs that Joe was suffering from cognitive decline and that she was worried Joe was “having a stroke” during his disastrous June 2024 debate against Donald Trump. “He was still doing a great job as president. He was still doing the work every single day,” she said about President Biden. “It…

Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the Democratic Party needs to own up to the fact that “mistakes were made” in 2024.”Joe Biden should have stepped away from that race,” he said. “We should have had an open contest.” Murphy says his new book, “Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America,” he discusses “how tribal our politics have become, how Republicans are willing to excuse Donald Trump’s corruption, because their entire identity structure is built around their party.””And I think that happens on the Democratic side as…

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently lost the most expensive primary race in American history. Why? For some, this remains a grand mystery. It was a mystery, apparently, for The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles after the primary runoff defeat of Senator John Cornyn in Texas. Knowles posted: Why did the Israel lobby remove Cornyn? That is the key to understanding all these primary upsets, right? — Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) May 27, 2026 To which comedian, libertarian and Jewish-American Dave Smith replied with the-most-obvious-observation-in-the-world to anyone who has remotely paid attention to these races: Who actually said it’s the key to understanding…

Photo by La Fabbrica Dei Sogni Bullying — the use of force to coerce, tease, or threaten another person — is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. While it can affect people of any age, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable, lacking many of the defense mechanisms adults develop over time. A defining feature of bullying is the perception of an imbalance of physical or social power. Experts classify it as a form of aggressive behavior marked by hostile intent. It can be carried out by a single individual or by a group, in which case it becomes mobbing. When bullying…

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California voters can register to vote as No Party Preference. But in the 2026 race for governor, Democrats seem to have registered as No Candidate Preference. Outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom di… Source link

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