Read this excellent piece from Megan K. Stack (and if you like it, I can't recommend more highly her 2010 book "Every Man in this Village is a Liar," a beautifully written and haunting account of her time reporting in the Middle East.

Citizens United ripple effects: The line between super PACs & campaigns is getting even more blurry. A new The FEC opinion allows candidates to form joint fundraising committees with super PACs, as long as they don't "engage in coordinated communications…" fec.gov/resources/cms-…

There's a striking contrast between the Israeli and U.S. response to the killing of the hostages. Israeli press contains significant condemnations of Netanyahu for not taking the hostage deal when it could've saved their lives 🧵:

🚨 Scoop from jeremy scahill: Internal ceasefire documents show the talks ought to have effectively revolved on July 2, when Hamas accepted the ceasefire-hostage framework put forward by Israel and the US on June 24. The US has since allowed Netanyahu to undermine the deal,

These are text messages, exactly as they were written and sent, between a mother and her two daughters during yesterday’s shooting at Apalachee High School. The family shared the texts with The Washington Post. Both daughters were unharmed and now safe.

4 weeks ago: Israeli forces shoot American teacher protesting illegal settlements *US silence* This week: Settlers attack, Israeli forces throw stun grenades at, American peace demonstrators *US silence* This morning: Israeli forces kill 26-year-old American peace demonstrator

I wrote on parents of shooters: “These prosecutions set a murky legal precedent for questionable parenting while camouflaging the abject failure of government. Going after parents in the absence of adequate gun laws is, in truth, a kind of scapegoating.” nytimes.com/2024/09/06/opi…

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If I were running for office and Dick Cheney endorsed me, I’d probably just end the campaign.

Gìsele Pélicot was raped by 70 men: local councillor, nurses, journalist, former cop, prison guard, soldier, firefighter and civil servant. Ages 26-73. Arranged by her husband. The overwhelming majority of the people I see tweeting her name are women. theguardian.com/world/article/…