Turkish man who just illegally crossed the US border immediately becomes border hawk, says he's worried about who's coming in and warns of the possibility of 'killers and psychopaths' entering the country. Basically, the American dream in 30 seconds.

“It’s all a little cringe-inducing at times..”

I got called cringe by the verge - I’ve made it in life 😭🥹😌

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Have read the verge almost everyday for a dozen years.. absolutely surreal to see your own thing on there 🤯

Believe Terrence Howard

From 2018. I try to remind people about #CharlieHebdo whenever I get near a stage.

CLIP: I talk about #CharlieHebdo and the failure of the news media

Today is my first (stem cell transplant) birthday. I have had so many emotions as I reflect on the last year post transplant, along with the road to actually making the transplant possible.

A few days ago, I had my one year appointment with my transplant oncologist. All of my

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We announced this yesterday and have only ten tickets left...! Get them before we sell out.

Michael Shellenberger + Seneca Scott versus Lara Bazelon + Kmele 🖐

June 6.

San Francisco.

See you there.

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So we're back to the **black square profile** thing, only uglier this time.

Radiohead is dope. I don't insist on political statements from the artist I enjoy. In fact, I'm more than happy for them to keep such opinions to themselves.

We are thrilled to announce our next debate, in partnership with FIRE, as we head to San Francisco to take on one of the nation’s most contentious issues:

Has Criminal Justice Reform Made Our Cities Unsafe?

Join @BariWeiss, @Shellenberger, Seneca Scott, @Kmele, and

'Nothing is more fatal to a people than the mania for great reforms, however excellent these reforms may appear theoretically.'

I spent some days in Montana with the inimitable Walter Kirn, a highly original and pugnacious writer who believes elites have done worse than fall asleep at the wheel: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

America United Against Elite Brats, Trump Lawyer Grills Stormy Lawyer, and Noem's Puppy Excuse, with @Kmele, Michael C Moynihan, and Matt Welch

Plus, Ivy League students claiming they need 'humanitarian' aid, state of the veepstakes, and more. Watch today's FULL show, right here on X:

We’ll be reflecting (sorry not sorry 🙃) on The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling in an early episode of REFLECTOR. More soon!

Announcing the 2024 The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive, the second cohort of our 8-week program for aspiring progress writers to start or grow a blog.

Learn about progress studies, get into a regular writing habit, improve your writing, and build your audience

5 basic principles on campus protests:

1) Colleges must protect peaceful protest and not engage in viewpoint discrimination.

2) To the extent colleges have open outdoor areas of campus, students should be able to use these areas for expressive purposes.

3) Colleges may enforce

A lot of hyperbolic criticism of FIRE in last day but this is exactly what you want from a First Amendment defender

True Story
My six-year-old daughter is in the back seat, staring out at the sky. Unusually quiet. I let another minute pass.

ME: What are you thinking about?

LIA: Same thing I’m always thinking about.

ME: What’s that?

LIA: How did all of this get here? What are we doing here?