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Thinks about this: Trump is more unpopular now than he was at this point in '17, and yet more institutions have bowed to him now, all based on myth of him having more popular support and a claimed "mandate." Time to wake the hell up. Columbia, the law firms, Newsom, etc., all miscalculated badly.

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I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism. forward.com/fast-forward...

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Unpopular opinion: I know it's cool to wear your earbuds and carry a book while pasting a disinterested, don't-talk-to-me expression on your face, but I like to talk to the person sitting beside me on airplanes. I liked it when we were willing to be inconvenienced by strangers.

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Tom Cryer at the blog for the Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social interviewed me about my book “An American Friendship: Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the Development of Cultural Pluralism” published by @cornellupress.bsky.social here it is: www.jhiblog.org/2025/04/23/f...

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Today on the blog, Thomas Cryer interviews David Weinfeld on his latest book, "An American Friendship." They discuss the role of friendship in reconstructing the pluralist thought of Horace Kallen and Alain Locke.

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Somehow missed this in February. By far the best thing I’ve seen written on DEI.

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A mob of Hasidic men in Brooklyn chase down a woman who came to protest Ben-Gvir. This sort of reaction has become normalized in NYC and LA, where violence against protestors has spiked enormously since October 7th. This largely isn't covered or addressed by media, despite how widespread it is.

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Palestinians in Gaza who resist Hamas may very well represent the majority of the population but they put themselves at grave risk. They are incredibly courageous and must be supported by all who want peace, like those Israelis who oppose Bibi and ongoing IDF operations. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Anti-Hamas protests on rise in Gaza as group's iron grip slips 'The world thinks that Gaza is Hamas and Hamas is Gaza... We didn't choose Hamas and now Hamas is determined to rule Gaza and tie our fate to its own. Hamas must retreat.' - Moumen al-Natour, lawyer/activist www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Whenever Trump talks about protecting Jews from hatred, remember that most Jews hate him: - 72% of American Jews disapprove of Trump’s job performance, including 67% who strongly disapprove - Only 31% of US Jews approve of how Trump is handling antisemitism

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www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc... The stupidity is staggering.

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Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed. Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs: • Africana Studies • Asian Studies • Disability Studies • Middle East Studies • Philosophy • Religious Studies • Women's/Gender Studies And… • Spanish

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Sanders says Arkansas in 'dire need of federal assistance,' but Trump says no arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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Philly zoo on Sundays is typically full of Orthodox Jews. Except today. Today it was full of non-Orthodox Jews. Happy Easter and last day of Pesach to those who celebrate! Incidentally, on Saturdays the Philly zoo is full of Mennonites.

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Insiders including Meta' Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's Safra Catz and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon cashed out shares worth billions of dollars before President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets

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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

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In every election he has run, there have been more Trump voters in New York City than there have been in both of the Dakotas combined.

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Apparently people are interested in pluralism now. apple.news/Asx-sqe0JQyW...

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Great deal from @cornellupress.bsky.social to buy books, including mine! Huge savings! Just take a picture of a stack of books, send it over, and get awesome discounts on Cornell U Press books, including “An American Friendship” by David Weinfeld!

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🧵 A MASSIVE WAVE OF ARMY REFUSAL IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL. What does it mean? (1/8)

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I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

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I'm attending my 20th Harvard reunion this June. I don't normally donate to the university but was gonna go anyway to show my wife and daughters part of the David Weinfeld Reality Tour. But now I'm actually a bit proud of the institution in its better late than never support for academic freedom.

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Told my students my theory for Middle East peace: Jews and Muslims should forge bonds of friendship of their religions’ shared historic antipathy towards dogs. Unfortunately most have become too assimilated and abandoned this once proud tradition.

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yes! this dude will back down to anyone who tells him to fuck himself! this is the only response worth having!

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I suspect NYC will always be the greatest city in the world but if they can get rid of more cars it will be even greater.

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President Trump has issued an executive order calling for increased importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. Leaving aside how feasible that is, it’s hard to square it with potential tariffs on imported drugs.

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The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported even though the courts said he shouldn’t have been. Now Trump is refusing to follow a unanimous Supreme Court order to bring him back. We are in a constitutional crisis.

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"Trump has signed fewer bills into law at this point in his presidency than any new president taking office for the last seven decades." punchbowl.news/article/whit...

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republicans are disappearing people under the guise of fighting antisemitism and can’t even pretend to give a fuck when a jewish governor’s house gets firebombed on passover

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occam's razor is that the people trying to make him respectable just agree with him

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Used this analogy when explaining to the teen, but to point out that in the end, when the hyenas realize Scar has destroyed everything, they turn on him. Simba doesn't kill him; his own underlings tear him apart.

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I would like a new social norm that parents with small children can go to the front of any line anywhere.

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8 Hours For Medium Screen 8 Hours For Little Screen 8 Hours For Big Screen and Little Screen

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“I am not willing to go public yet but I will say this: I don’t know if I would be this worried about what will happen to the economy if Bernie fucking Sanders were president,” one big Trump/GOP donor says. “That’s how bad this is… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Philadelphia — and cities across America — are fighting back. Trump and Elon Musk want to raid Social Security, gut Medicare, slash Medicaid, and rig the economy for billionaires. Not on our watch. #HandsOff

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Everything sucks, but this is still very funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldMb...

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1/ I'm sure someone has already pointed this out, but one additional thing about the tariffs being done unilaterally by the president: They can be (and almost certainly will be) reversed by the next Democratic president.

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My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.

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“55 percent of Democratic likely voters said they supported or leaned toward supporting Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), while 36 percent backed or leaned toward backing Sen. Schumer (D-N.Y.). Nine percent were undecided.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Ahead of Petey Hegseth’s visit today, the US Naval Academy removed virtually all photos of female Jewish Academy graduates to shield him from exposure to "wokeness" cooties. Story from Military Religious Freedom Foundation: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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ah, yes, the people protecting us from antisemitism

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