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There is a reason so many Jews cannot stop shaking right now. The concept of intergenerational trauma doesn’t begin to describe the dark place into which this month’s attack plunged Jewish communities around the world.

Watch now (9 mins) | Erev Shabbat, three quick clips that touch on those three subjects.

Plus: Mitt's burn book.

Consolidation isn't going to help.

Would Elon Pull ExTwitter Out Of The EU To Avoid The DSA Overreach? by Mike Masnick

This course of events was all too predictable. In May of 2022, while Elon was still in the “trying to buy Twitter” stage, we pointed out the absolute ridiculousness of him meeting with the EU’s Thierry Breton and saying that he fully endorsed the EU’s DSA approach. As we noted at the time, the whole […]

We’re watching one of the best foreign policy responses by a U.S. president in a generation. We ought to recognize it.

In part 1, I discussed why you might want to bridge your Indieweb site to the Fediverse. In this follow up post, I’ll describe one way of doing it that I’ve been tinkering with recently. The tl;dr: using WordPress Indieweb plugins and Bridgy Fed; it works pretty smoothly; still a few quirks at p...

Over the past few days, I’ve been covering Jim Jordan’s quest to become Speaker, which now looks in serious doubt. Over the weekend, in order to secure more votes, Jordan’s allies, as well as some notable online and right-wing influencers, began a pressure campaign to get holdouts, numbering 55 at the time, to switch their votes and support him.

Members of the Squad dodge questions.

We're seeing numerous examples even in the speakership fiasco.

Morning news roundup!

President Joe Biden's comments warning Israel not to make the same mistakes that the US made after 9/11 was a stunning critique of US policy.

David Remnick on Joe Biden’s expected visit to Israel, where he will express support for a traumatized nation while cautioning it against the blindness of rage.

The straightforward explanation that the experts missed