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James Schamus
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Leibniz: "Everything that is possible demands to exist."
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NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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TRUMP ADMIN: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PROVIDE ANY DISCOUNT WHATSOEVER TO SNAP RECIPIENTS TO WHOM WE HAVE DENIED FOOD
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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This puts the current (known) total at more than 7,500 people, which is FAR more than I had thought
If you want to know more about ICE’s third-country removals, I keep what I believe is the only public tracker of all of them here: hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...

There are more than you probably think.
Tracking All of Trump’s Third-Country Removals (That We Know Of)
Bookmark this post, it will be updated.
hardghistory.ghost.io
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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THIS is how you reject a faulty premise. Don’t rush past the facts to argue with a straw man. Remind everyone of the facts first!
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Why Genocide Enablers Like Bret Stephens Frighten Jews Like Me
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Why Genocide Enablers Like Bret Stephens Frighten Jews Like Me
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you're in NYC Sunday afternoon join for the 35th anniversary screening of Raul Ruiz's wonderful The Golden Boat, the first film I ever helped produce. Kathy Acker, Annie Sprinkle, Jim Jarmusch, Kate Valk, Vito Acconci, John Zorn score, and more! www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/t...
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Read this just for the incredible statement from the NY Times about why having staff writers help wage a pro-Israel "information war" is not a problem for them: Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”
Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Two Years of Genocide, Captured on Social Media by Israeli Soldiers Themselves
zeteo.com/p/ever-see-o...
Ever See Our Shocking Film on Online Extremism in Israel?
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Oct 7. attack, here's another opportunity to watch our acclaimed short film ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’, featuring rare interviews with those Israeli troops.
zeteo.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation
October 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.
October 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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This is what #Trump is calling #Israel stopping their attacks.
October 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM