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Ben Natan
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"I write for the New York Times, and I can assure you that we've never buried stories on behalf of powerful people, many of those powerful people being part of NYT management. We only publish what's fit to print, like Zohran's application to Columbia that was leaked by a white nationalist"
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The Biden administration had evidence showing Israeli officials used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, but officials only raised minimal “concerns” as the military operation continued through the final weeks.
Biden Administration Had Evidence That Israel Used Palestinians as Human Shields
Biden administration officials raised “concerns” that amounted to nothing over Israel’s actions in its final weeks.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very unsettling when a friend reveals they do good impressions of people they know because that means they have an impression of you.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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"There’s an iconic image of Hillary Clinton on the 2016 campaign trail looking out of place and conspicuously uncomfortable in an East Harlem working-class apartment. Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor was the exact opposite of that, all the time."

I'm on this team
The relentless negativity and performative cruelty of American politics is exhausting.

Following Zohran Mandani’s lead, leftists can distinguish ourselves with a concrete political program paired with genuine enthusiasm for ordinary people.
The Zohran Mamdani Model of Exuberant Good Cheer
The relentless negativity and performative cruelty of American politics is exhausting. Following Zohran Mandani’s lead, leftists can distinguish ourselves with a concrete political program paired with genuine enthusiasm for ordinary people.
jacobin.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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and that can be true! but then you open the actual newspaper and it's soft-focus profiles of Chris Rufo, a frenzied transphobic crusade, an all-out effort to get the first Black woman president of Harvard canned over bullshit, Get Zohran, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The NYT is so good at this, that’s why they are Empire’s preferred method of communication
I've just gone through SO MANY NYT editors and writers just openly talking with Epstein post conviction, making it clear they're very aware of crimes the general public were not aware of and being friendly and jaunty with him, and then they drop this article today. INTERESTING.
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Are any of you freaks watching Task?
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
To the people defending the NYT today or saying that they don’t intentionally publish/kill/obfuscate stories… consider this mondoweiss.net/2025/07/a-ne...
A new ‘dossier’ reveals extensive pro-Israel bias among reporters, editors and executives at the ‘NYTimes’
New York Times reporters are supposed to follow a strict code of ethics to avoid even the appearance of bias. A new report shows how the paper ignores this when it comes to covering Palestine.
mondoweiss.net
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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QAnon: The powerful pedophiles have invented elaborate codes to secretly discuss their crimes that require decades of interpretation

Actual powerful pedophile: Hey Jeff hope this email find you well last week was great so when we meeting up to do pedophilia again
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s pretty crazy that those DNA tests revealed that Adolph Hitler would have been a Dallas Cowboys fan.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
guy, who is just starting to get into astrology to impress women: oh cool you have the same sign as my mom
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The New York Times is an evil institution.
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
No one is more maligned than bisexuals. Now we’re getting compared to bipartisanship????
Rep. Sarah McBride: "It goes both ways. A big tent is bisexual. It goes to the left and the right . And that starts with us being kind to one another, being respectful to one another and being welcoming to one another."

www.advocate.com/pol...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
Sarah McBride explains how Democrats’ ‘big tent is bisexual’
The Democratic congresswoman from Delaware told an audience at Crooked Con, "You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
www.advocate.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I take this as a challenge!
Sports posters for all their emotions are waaaay more stable
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Philly killed Santa, PitchBot, and now the Penny.
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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it is a victory of Hitlerite thought that people are attempting to use Hitler’s own logic to explain the man himself, looking at his genes rather than from the socio-political factors that allowed him to rise
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists

It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder

www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Find a new slant!
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Alexander thing is sad. I can’t imagine being an elite athlete and have the whole relationship with your body and skill changed by an injury. I’m sure it’s quite difficult. I hope he gets what he needs!
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM