Alternative @nytimes.com headline: "A Jewish Democrat's Criticism of Israel May Win Him a NYC House Seat."
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The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait scorns Twitch streamer Hasan Piker for “liken[ing] the leaders of Hezbollah, a terrorist arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, to Nelson Mandela”—whose ANC was on the United States’ “terrorism” watch list from 1988 until 2008.
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"In my 20-plus years of organizing against immigration detention, I couldn't have imagined it getting as bad as we're seeing now, in terms of both the scale of how big it's gotten, and also the violence that's taking place inside."
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Hundreds of people at Delaney Hall have been on hunger strike to protest the conditions they are subjected to as they presumably await adjudication--and reporters seeking to shed light on the situation have been met with pepper spray and rubber bullets.
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No lead story in any newspaper should begin “Trump touts” or “President says”. 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 Trump says can be believed without independent proof; 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 he says should be assumed false until proven otherwise.
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You're invited! 🎉 2026 is FAIR’s 40th anniversary year, and we want to celebrate our longevity with friends old and new! We’ll be hosting a casual in-person celebration from 6–9 p.m. on September 15, 2026 at Littlefield in Brooklyn, NY!
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Trump claims the US has snuck 200 ships out of the Gulf. The NYT doesn’t even mention that claim, much less attempt to verify its truth or falseness. @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
We’ll have a conversation about what’s happening at Delaney Hall, ICE's New Jersey detention center, and the bigger systems and structures in back of it.
"The narrative has become about immigration being a public safety issue or a national security issue, when in fact immigration is about family relationships.... And it's about seeking refuge."
The Trump administration has approved media conglomerate Paramount’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros., one year after Paramount and Skydance Media signed a similar merger that placed Paramount...
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