David Weinfeld
@davidweinfeld.bsky.social
Time traveling detective aka historian, teach Jewish Studies at Rowan U in NJ. Live in Old City in Philly. Husband of MAP, dad of 2 girls. Have celiac. From Montreal. Go Expos! Will not respond to people who don’t go by their real names here.
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like I was personally trashed by Corey Robin on a number of occasions for calling Trump a fascist, as late as like, 2023. prominent, well-regarded leftists from this very site argued to me that Trump was barely more dangerous than Obama and Clinton, much less Bush
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
like I was personally trashed by Corey Robin on a number of occasions for calling Trump a fascist, as late as like, 2023. prominent, well-regarded leftists from this very site argued to me that Trump was barely more dangerous than Obama and Clinton, much less Bush
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Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
It will take longer for the mainstream North American Jewish community institutions to accept this.
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
It will take longer for the mainstream North American Jewish community institutions to accept this.
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The reason Anne Frank's story has resonated with so many people over so many years is not because circumstances have to be exactly the same as her's for anyone to care, but because anything remotely like it is wrong, and societies moving in that direction should oppose it well before they get there.
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The reason Anne Frank's story has resonated with so many people over so many years is not because circumstances have to be exactly the same as her's for anyone to care, but because anything remotely like it is wrong, and societies moving in that direction should oppose it well before they get there.
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That is correct. Trump has set a date to revoke Haitian protected status, and then set a date for the anti-Haitian pogrom to begin the next day.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
This is a scheduled pogrom
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 PM
That is correct. Trump has set a date to revoke Haitian protected status, and then set a date for the anti-Haitian pogrom to begin the next day.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
I don’t really give a shit about Holocaust Remembrance Day. Yom HaShoah I care about. It’s a Jewish holiday. Sorry if that offends. I recognize that there’s an educational purpose to Holocaust Remembrance Day, but I teach about the Holocaust often enough and don’t need a secular holiday for it.
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really give a shit about Holocaust Remembrance Day. Yom HaShoah I care about. It’s a Jewish holiday. Sorry if that offends. I recognize that there’s an educational purpose to Holocaust Remembrance Day, but I teach about the Holocaust often enough and don’t need a secular holiday for it.
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basically a collection of weiss's friends and pet projects
The new CBS contributors:
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
basically a collection of weiss's friends and pet projects
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Ah so the people with guns get to be anonymous but the people actually protecting others get fed to the right wing harassment machine, is that it? bsky.app/profile/dbra...
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Ah so the people with guns get to be anonymous but the people actually protecting others get fed to the right wing harassment machine, is that it? bsky.app/profile/dbra...
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"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
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January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
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Via DonHarris4/X
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I think everyone in the US should be disarmed, starting with cops, but that's not currently the law.
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I think everyone in the US should be disarmed, starting with cops, but that's not currently the law.
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Victor Wembanyama says that “PR tried” to stop him from speaking about ICE.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
!["Yeah, PR has tried, but I'm not going to sit here and give some politically correct [answer]," the Frenchman told reporters after practice at Victory Capital Performance Center. "Every day I wake up and see the news, and I'm horrified. I think it's crazy that some people might make it seem like or make it sound like the murder of civilians is acceptable."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreie7wsfgzgg5y5omeyiojls2hbb3gxxh76ozcywgywfpk5q354r43y@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Victor Wembanyama says that “PR tried” to stop him from speaking about ICE.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
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I'm sure people will make me regret this but we dont need to let american institutions like ICE off the hook for their behavior. They didnt need to learn from Israel (or any other country) to act the way theyre acting. Im not saying ignore the connections but lets just pump the brakes a little
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I'm sure people will make me regret this but we dont need to let american institutions like ICE off the hook for their behavior. They didnt need to learn from Israel (or any other country) to act the way theyre acting. Im not saying ignore the connections but lets just pump the brakes a little
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Also a good learning experience for the "I call it sportsball" folks that sportsball pays for the rest of the paper you love so much
If this is true (and that’s not a small if), it is reasonable to posit that Bezos is trying to offload the Post. Or kill it altogether.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Also a good learning experience for the "I call it sportsball" folks that sportsball pays for the rest of the paper you love so much
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Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
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look if the monster manages to repeal the second amendment i'll be the first to buy him a big mac, before sending my contribution to the Nuremberg Trials fundraiser
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
look if the monster manages to repeal the second amendment i'll be the first to buy him a big mac, before sending my contribution to the Nuremberg Trials fundraiser
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They're gonna call it Stancilgrad
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
They're gonna call it Stancilgrad
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
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Also if you want to hear my full thoughts on what the Board of Peace means for future conflict, and what theyre trying to do to Gaza, listen here:
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Gaza and the Board of Peace feat. Dana El Kurd
Dana breaks down what’s being planned for Gaza, the so-called Board of Peace, and how this is a model for global conflict in the future. Sources: UNOCHA on ceasefire violations -…
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January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Also if you want to hear my full thoughts on what the Board of Peace means for future conflict, and what theyre trying to do to Gaza, listen here:
pocketcasts.com/podcast/it-c...
pocketcasts.com/podcast/it-c...
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STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting