These stories are gutting & almost always fly under the radar. They shouldn't.

This kid came to the US *legally* when he was 4. And thanks to our circus of an immigration system, if he can't get through the green card backlog in a few years, he'll get kicked out of the country.

School walkouts should be an unacceptable form of protest, not something that you get rewarded for. We reward kids for breaking rules in high school and then they become adults and are shocked when they get arrested because they don't believe in consequences

David Marcus Thanks for sharing. In not one of these dispatches about the encampments have I seen evidence of protestors calling on Hamas to release the hostages and surrender. I’d love to be proven wrong, but these look like pro-war, pro-Hamas demonstrations, not anti-war or pro-Palestinian.

I think standard for calling police onto college campuses needs to be much higher. It’s dangerous.

Of course students can (even misguidedly) protest! They can be sanctioned if they prevent others from moving or learning on campus, or create actual risk. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Steven Thrasher, the chair of social justice in reporting at Northwestern Medill, just posted the text of the speech he gave in the encampment. For the blocked (there are many), here are some excerpts. And by the way, the Hassan Zaid he mentions was a Houthi official.

this aged well

Born on this day 202 years ago: U.S. Grant, first-rate general, underrated president, fine writer--a great and in a way quintessential American.

On the confederacy: A cause that is 'one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.'

If you don't follow Syrians on the ground like Fared, you would have no idea that the Assad-Russia coalition continues to bomb Syrian civilians nearly every single day.

Zero mainstream news coverage or attention.

We haven't seen a photo of my brother-in-law Omri since October 7. An hour ago, Hamas released a recent video of him.

The video doesn't matter; it's psychological warfare.

What matters is that Omri is alive; what matters is that we can and must BRING HIM & THEM HOME alive 🎗

NEWS

Hamas has released a propaganda video featuring proof of life of two hostages: Keith Siegel, who is also a US citizen, and Omri Miran.

For those of you in the United States, you may have seen Omri’s brother-in-law Moshe Emilio Lavi on TV advocating for his release.

“Polarization and stifling of debate do nothing to help the young people caught in the middle of a stormy social discourse, and in the long run will also hamper the research that is essential to finding the best way of supporting them to thrive.”
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Elizabeth Tsurkov is a PhD researcher at Princeton. She was kidnapped over a year ago by Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq.

Yesterday, the flag of the sister organization of her kidnappers was raised at the Princeton protests.

We love you. We miss you. Stay strong. We're fighting for you. #BringThemAllHomeNOW #Bring_Hersh_Home

On the day Hamas released footage of kidnapped U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg, a Columbia University 'peace' activist was photographed tearing down his poster.
📸 By Lev Radin

I cannot believe how nonchalant we are about this. In any other context, the slightest hint of bigotry results in wall to wall coverage and national listening tours. But when it comes to Jewish people we nuance to death the most vile hatred. Shameful.

Is there a single other elected democrat who gives a shit that Hamas has been holding Americans hostage for six months and cutting their fucking arms off???

Jesus: “Show me your open tab.”

me: 'I have no tab open.'

Jesus: 'You are right in saying, ‘I have no open tabs,' for you have forty-three open, and the ones you now have open you have not read.'

“So I can live with describing the protesters as ‘pro-Palestinian’ even though I think what animates many of them is better described as ‘anti-Israel.’ 

But the common label ‘anti-war’ is propaganda. They are pro-war.”

🔥 from Jonah Goldberg
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OK, I was skeptical of her vote share earlier, but 117k Haley votes (and counting) is notable.

PA was decided by 80k in 2020, and around 46k in 2016.

Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign 7 weeks ago.

Pennsylvania is a closed Republican primary, yet she still managed to garner over 16% of the vote.

What’s the excuse this time?