The progressive literary magazine sees a staff revolt and retracts an essay on empathy and complexity in Israel/Gaza.
And where things stand today. read more
Major news outlets that ran dozens of stories hyping then-special counsel Robert Hur's claim that President Joe Biden evinced a "poor memory" during their interview are now acknowledging that Hur's depiction was exaggerated after reviewing the newly released transcript. read more
Jim Young, Guest Columnist: Following the 2020 election, I admit to having stuck my head in the sand as a citizen. I didn't want to pay much attention to all the ridiculous haranguing about stolen elections and other crazy political rhetoric. read more
Over the weekend, Democrats or Dem-adjacent persons watching polling of the 2024 presidential election got knocked over the head with a metaphorical anvil: a batch of polls collectively showing Joe Biden 2 to 4 points behind Donald Trump. I've gotten a lot of questions about these polls and polling generally, ranging from the technical, to the what does it mean, to please talk me off the ledge. So I wanted to try to address them here.
Also tangentially related:
Charlie Kirk instructs Trump to not take credit for COVID vaccines, warning that "fringe issues very well might end up defining this election"
Kirk: "If you're gonna put up a Truth Social post that can be viewed as you taking credit for the vaccine, there is a potential political cost to that ... I would stay away from the vaccine issue."
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Alex Jones is irate at Trump's recent post taking credit for vaccines: "If I see any more of this from Trump, I'm going to have to go on the warpath. I just cannot take this."
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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
CAN'T MAKE IT UP: In the first sentence of the first part of Hur's Biden interview--which has become about Biden's grasp of dates and recall--Hur gets the time of day wrong.
BUT SERIOUSLY: Read the Biden-Hur transcripts.
Part 1: s3.documentcloud.org
Part 2: s3.documentcloud.org
Touche:
Eric Rosen
@erosen1
You know who actually has $464 million available? Taylor Swift.