Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanged fire near Rafah on Monday, with the IDF saying Egyptian soldiers fired at Israelis soldiers who returned fire. An Egyptian soldier was killed in the exchange of fire.
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🚨🚨 #PrinciplesFirst alert:

Ken Burns: “There is nothing equal about this equation. We are at an existential crossroads. This is a choice that could not be clearer.”

Staggering

This story is absolutely remarkable. Read ‘til the end. nytimes.com/2024/05/26/wor…

BREAKING: Former SBC president Ed Young announced this morning he is stepping aside as senior pastor of Second Baptist Church after more than 46 years at the church.

Friendly Avenue Baptist Church places indicted pastor Matt Queen on leave. About time.

If it hadn't been for all the media attention, would even this small bit have happened? #ThisistheSBC brnow.org/news/queen-pla…

Update: UCLA has released internal data that conclusively refutes the viral Free Beacon article about diversity in medical school admissions, and confirms the counter-narrative detailed in the thread I wrote in response. Here’s a quick breakdown:

Katie’s Sidebar:

I’ve been asked several times when we should expect a verdict in Trump’s NY election interference trial. Of course that’s like reading tea leaves. But considering the fact the jury has been off for a week by the time they return for Closing Arguments on Tuesday

Ken Burns warns about Trump during his commencement speech at Brandeis University: so powerful, so wise, so emotional, so true. It shook me to my core. Tearing up a river.

From my #FOIA archives

A couple of years ago, I obtained a transcript of an off the record discussion Obama had with progressive journalists about Trump as he was leaving office.

This is what he told them. 21 page transcript linked in the story.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Can confirm: As a religion reporter who has spent *literally years* covering protests across the political spectrum, it wasn't hard to see which communities broadly embraced Appeal to Heaven flags in recent years, and why.

Like, Jan 6 insurrectionists literally said as much!

#ICYMI | Earnings for people without a college degree have increased over the past decade. But because people with college degrees are also earning more, the historic wealth gap between the two groups hasn’t narrowed.

Despite that reality, the public perception that college

The “Appeal to Heaven” flag was a revolutionary-era symbol. The “Appeal to Heaven” flag is a Christian Nationalist symbol. How a historian might approach the Alito controversy.
currentpub.com/2024/05/25/the…

Washington Post had the Alito flag story all along… hmmm washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Vote like Jan. 6 could happen again — because it can washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Washington Post had the Alito flag story all along… hmmm washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…