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When a lone billionaire defies a crowd of Jewish experts then we can see what the problem is. The billionaires have too much power, and abuse their position (given to them by working people) to try to directly determine our daily lives. Time to cut the wings. www.timesofisrael.com/at-us-campus...

It’s wild that people don’t understand how a woman can like kids but not want them. Like, of course I am happy to talk to and watch out for this little weird person that someone I love created, but that doesn’t mean I want one. Stop devaluing the importance of aunts goddamnit

Walter Cronkite never indulged in political fairy smut, but then he was a true journalist.

My newsletter tomorrow is called “Sparrows and Tomahawk Missiles.” In it, I invite us to consider the dangerous misuse of Matthew 10 at the Pentagon recently and urge us to continue to oppose our faith being misused to justify cruelty. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

⚡️EU mulls cutting over 20 Russian banks from SWIFT, banning Nord Stream in new sanctions, Bloomberg reports. The new measures under consideration would also include lowering the Group of Seven oil price cap on Russian crude exports from $60 to around $45 per barrel.

Always have been a Boss fan.

The Posse Comitatus Act bars the military from conducting law enforcement — but it contains dangerous loopholes. @lizagoitein.bsky.social explains:

We have a president who virtually never thinks rationally, logically, or even in sequential steps. Nor can he fully comprehend causes and effects. His base of knowledge on virtually all subjects relating to governance and economics and world affairs is minimal. (1/2)

Are we great yet?

Texas has one of the lowest rates of personal freedom in the entire country. Nearly all land is private, criminal justice is strictly punitive, voting rights restricted, women’s right restricted, and many more offenses to freedom. It’s a shame to have such restrictive policies in our country.

“Hard Brexit was xenophobic, economically illiterate and narrow-minded. An apology from the Brexit lobby is too much to hope for. Silence might be a relief. An appalling mistake was made. It awaits correction.” Yes. Such damage and waste. For nothing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Minutes apart 👀

New post: "Harvard Is Not The Enemy" What comes for Harvard (and Columbia, Northwestern, Emory, JHU and more) will come for public/private institutions nationwide soon enough. joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/harvard-is...

Phang: It’s time for federal judges to acknowledge that they have lifetime appointments—and that should give them the courage to uphold the rule of law, but also to put some damn teeth into the court orders they’re issuing. it’s time that we start seeing action from the judiciary. Grow some balls

Steuergelder für Rechtsextremismus: Über 120 Millionen Euro für die AfD Hunderte Millionen fließen an Kader der Partei und in rechtsextreme Strukturen. Gegenstrategien gibt es bisher fast keine.