Ezra Klein Talks With Peter Beinart 🎙
Lots about how Israeli apartheid is driving my generation and younger American Jews to be anti-Israel, because of Jewish beliefs. Doesn’t go far enough—we ought to be anti-Zionist—and it isn’t happening fast enough. But here’s hoping that the liberal values of non-Orthodox Jews can change the orientation of our country.
The Zionists don’t really consider us completely Jewish anyway. They are not on the side of those of us who believe we are American.
It Isn’t Really Monday Until The Subway Is On Fire—Ben Yakas | Gothamist đź”—
So is this a sign New Yorkers are just cool customers or that we have Stockholm Syndrome and very low expectations of the MTA?
The Dems Should Get a Good Deal on Infrastructure đź”—
That means massive investments in clean energy generation and transmission, municipal broadband, a serious revival of airline competition, and competitive grants to states for carbon-cutting transportation programs.
Good news for small “d” democracy. đź”—
With Amendment 4’s win on Tuesday, that will now change — and more than 1 million people will get back the right to vote.
I don’t know if I’d call it a ‘Blow Out’, but Drum makes a good point. đź”—
Democrats flipped dozens of congressional seats and took control of the House despite running against a terrific economy.
I have no words.
A man carrying a concealed weapon who happened to be in the parking lot challenged Bush, and police say the suspect then “began firing wildly” at him, putting other shoppers in the parking lot in danger.
An arrest citation said Bush’s parents were punched and choked, and they told police they were “terrified of (his) unpredictable behavior.”
Bush’s ex-wife told authorities in a domestic violence petition in 2009 that Bush was “diagnosed paranoid” in 2003 but had stopped taking his medication.
“I am afraid for me and my son. I want him to stay away,” she wrote in the court document.