Dan "The Bear Jew" Lapidus M.Div.
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Author of "The Bear Jew" on Substack. Jew. Bible Scholar. Focus on how the NT cites the HB/OT and the power dynamics implied therein. Foodie. Chess player. Liberal. Depressed Chicago sports and Juventus fan. He/him/הוא/אתה
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"Orange man bad" doesn't imply "everything before Orange man good"
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
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I've written about Pericles, Lincoln, and the decay of civic life. You're welcome. I know this is the content everyone wanted.
othermeans.io/p/the-conspi...
othermeans.io/p/the-conspi...
The Conspiracy Against America
National Populism and the United States
othermeans.io
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've written about Pericles, Lincoln, and the decay of civic life. You're welcome. I know this is the content everyone wanted.
othermeans.io/p/the-conspi...
othermeans.io/p/the-conspi...
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The one time Schumer's political instincts are right...
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The one time Schumer's political instincts are right...
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Today in Chicago. My folder of videos of ICE agents losing their shit and pointing guns wildly at protesters grows. And that's just what's on camera.
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today in Chicago. My folder of videos of ICE agents losing their shit and pointing guns wildly at protesters grows. And that's just what's on camera.
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on the one hand this is extremely tragic, because it means people don't remember how much we've lost. on the other hand, it does mean that someone like Mamdani who can break through and have both a positive message, and a chew with their mouth closed and actually be professional and adult stuns them
Gen Z has a hard time contextualizing how aberrant Trump is because he's been the focal point of US politics for a decade at this point. Like I have a bunch of fully adult coworkers who don't really have much political consciousness that predates 2015.
The media failed broadly, and continues to do so, but in particular Gen Z media and Latino media REALLY fucked up. Built an entirely fake fucking candidate to vote for.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
on the one hand this is extremely tragic, because it means people don't remember how much we've lost. on the other hand, it does mean that someone like Mamdani who can break through and have both a positive message, and a chew with their mouth closed and actually be professional and adult stuns them
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House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia has requested that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the now-former Prince, appear before Congress for a transcribed interview about Jeffrey Epstein.
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia has requested that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the now-former Prince, appear before Congress for a transcribed interview about Jeffrey Epstein.
The GOP is starving kids to shield perverts
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The GOP is starving kids to shield perverts
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“Let he who is not guilty cast the first hoagie.” - Jimmy John’s 8:7
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Let he who is not guilty cast the first hoagie.” - Jimmy John’s 8:7
APA style was dropped on its head as a child
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
APA style was dropped on its head as a child
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Turns out when you baste your brain in Nazi juices all the wrinkles smooth out and you get a job working for Bari Weiss
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Turns out when you baste your brain in Nazi juices all the wrinkles smooth out and you get a job working for Bari Weiss
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
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i have been telling you all for years that suburban white women from Northern Virginia are the vanguard of American democracy
god bless the winemoms
god bless the winemoms
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
i have been telling you all for years that suburban white women from Northern Virginia are the vanguard of American democracy
god bless the winemoms
god bless the winemoms
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As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.
www.health.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
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Every single boomer male rabbi somehow. Was it a required course at HUC?
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Every single boomer male rabbi somehow. Was it a required course at HUC?
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
We cover politics like we cover sports, and our mainstream sports journalism has been ass for a while now
*whispers* it's because US political reporters are really bad at their jobs
It baffles me that, to my knowledge, no one has ever asked him when was the last time he bought groceries in a grocery story.
Surely it’s been decades?
Surely it’s been decades?
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We cover politics like we cover sports, and our mainstream sports journalism has been ass for a while now
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"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-stunning...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-stunning...
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-stunning...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-stunning...
Now that Zohran has won, I would like to go back to ignoring NYC politics in peace…
Also hopefully this puts to bed any “Rahm 2028” BS
Also hopefully this puts to bed any “Rahm 2028” BS
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Now that Zohran has won, I would like to go back to ignoring NYC politics in peace…
Also hopefully this puts to bed any “Rahm 2028” BS
Also hopefully this puts to bed any “Rahm 2028” BS
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Dick Cheney's dead
I'm gonna keep on dancing now that
I'm gonna keep on dancing now that
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dick Cheney's dead
I'm gonna keep on dancing now that
I'm gonna keep on dancing now that
No prominent national democrat is against teaching 8th grade algebra...also we should be moving away from single-use plastics
I don't think it helps the debate about what Democrats should do to pick an obscure thing that some Democrat somewhere may have said -- like on teaching eighth grade algebra -- and then attribute it to Democrats generally.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
No prominent national democrat is against teaching 8th grade algebra...also we should be moving away from single-use plastics
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this week's newsletter has a bunch of quotes from the drafters and supporters of the 22nd amendment that make it extremely clear that there is no loophole you can use to circumvent it. (gift link)
Opinion | A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
this week's newsletter has a bunch of quotes from the drafters and supporters of the 22nd amendment that make it extremely clear that there is no loophole you can use to circumvent it. (gift link)
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