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Republicans had a strategy for downplaying the issue through the midterms. So much for that.

Spotify brings audiobooks to U.S. users with a catalog of 300,000 titles to start by Sarah Perez

Spotify is today launching support for audiobooks on its streaming service, offering a third type of audio content for its customers beyond music and podcasts. Initially, audiobooks will be made available to U.S. users who will be able to access a selection of some 300,000+ titles, recommended by Spotify editors. But over time, the company […]

The best defense is a good offense.

Kushner offered to pay to get the Abraham Accords ceremony on White House lawn, a new book reports by Jacob Kornbluh

Jared Kushner, the former White House senior advisor and architect of the Abraham Accords, committed to personally cover any potential costs of the White House signing ceremony for the deal after facing resistance from first lady Melania Trump, according to a new tell-all book about the Trump administration. The ceremony was slated for the South…

Republicans would rather hold on to a political bogeyman than work for immigration reform.

He’s embracing the QAnon conspiracy theorists.

Rising stars of the new right publicly bash elites for being disconnected from 'real America' while privately maintaining exclusive social lives.

This week I’m writing in conversation with Parker Molloy, who’s also a Substacker, on the broad topic of cancel culture and “woke” and “anti-woke” politics. Please read her post first. There will be other posts this week too, don’t worry. Hey Parker,

What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancel Culture

Nice democracy you got there...

The Connecticut senator on the gun bill, the push to codify same-sex marriage, and media incentives to be outrageous.

Democrats aren’t the only ones who can take unpopular stances on salient issues

How the conservative SCOTUS is undermining liberal democracy, state capacity, and the legitimacy of the court itself

5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate by Mike Masnick

As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction, websites no longer have any 1st Amendment editorial rights. That’s the result of what appears to me to be the single dumbest court ruling I’ve seen in a long, long time, and I know we’ve seen some crazy rulings […]

This use of migrants might seem like a cruel stunt. But on Fox News it will have very powerful appeal.

Even border-security hawks should be horrified.

Donald Trump’s newest defense strategy is laced with menace.

Matthew Yglesias says social media algorithms pose a problem for free speech. Is he right?

He's a cyber activist, not a business executive.

The GOP may not be an antisemitic party. Nevertheless, it has become a party in which antisemitism has gained a foothold. No recent development in American life has done more to throw American Jews’ safety and civic equality into doubt.