Executives from Israel's far-right Channel 14 told hostage families that a deal to release their loved ones won't happen because it would bring down Netanyahu's government / Rachel Fink haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

I feel like if people are unable to solve the mystery of “why am I getting paid six figures per YouTube video” then they may not be equipped to provide useful analysis on more complex political and cultural issues.

I just got back from 10 days in Germany and the biggest culture shock on returning was the size of vehicles. Ours are inexplicably enormous. Was nearly forced off the road by a wide-body (only a driver, no passengers) on my very first bike ride. Why do we all think we need them?

I wish this was better understood and appreciated. The recovery from COVID was the first time in recent memory when low-wage workers did better than high-wage workers. All wage groups are better off today than they were before the pandemic, even as wage inequality declined.

Great interview with Dan Osborn, the union leader running as an independent in Nebraska's Senate race "I hadn’t been a very political person until corporate greed came knocking on my door a few years ago, when I was president of my local union, and we went out on strike, at a

Everyone's RTing this but Haley has endorsed the guy who's very clearly going to cut off support for Ukraine and force them into concessions. So who's really the winner here?

this is, like, the modal first reply in the Elon Musk era twitter. Shocking advertisers are fleeing.

🚨Channel 12 poll: 60% of Israelis think a hostage deal is more important than maintaining IDF control over the Philadelphi corridor. 61% don't think the Netanyahu government is doing enough to bring the hostages home

The *only* reason the total level of employment for foreign-born folks is exceeding that of native-born folks is the native-born population is the baby boomers are retiring. If you look at working-age people, employment growth for foreign-born and native-born folks is identical.

the most intellectually dishonest dotted line you'll ever see

3 U.S. citizens have now been killed in the West Bank in 11 months. There MUST be justice & accountability. The Netanyahu gvt hasn't provided that & the Biden Admin needs to do more to obtain it. Those responsible must be held accountable & the DOJ must take action if necessary:

The New York Post ripping into "the increasingly fascist press office of the NYPD" and its "thin-skinned propagandists who spend their days lashing out at reporters" and things are entirely off the rails. nypost.com/2024/09/06/opi…

If only the Lord paid $100,000 per tweet.

In Wisconsin, a sheriff appears to have pressured local officials to not use drop boxes for mail ballots: The sheriff is Dodge County's Dale Schmidt, a Republican.

Fresh mail! Truly amazing that the worst scandal to hit the GOP all year, leading to ongoing and frantic damage control, is just that they went ahead and published their actual policies. (Though the claim that he didn’t write it himself is, um, believable…)

Absolutely vital outlet for our city. I’m a supporter and if New York matters to you, urge you to support it too.

I get asked why I went from being open to limited school voucher systems, to being a fierce critic now. Answers: 1) the results came in—and they were horrific. 2) what’s kept them going is a Christian Nationalist moment I reject and denounce. It’s okay to change your mind.

If Trump wins, the day he’s sworn in polling will show huge majorities say the exact same economy is now awesome because very partisan R will switch on a dime.

If you're a journalist in the U.S., and planning on interviewing Bibi Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו, and if you care about journalism and democracy, I hope you read this tweet (translated from The Seventh Eye, an Israeli media watchdog):

In June alone, Austin Texas permitted 1,156 units of new apartments—which is more than twice as many as San Francisco has permitted in the entirety of 2024. In total, Austin is on track to allow ~10x as many new units as SF this year SF's housing policy is suffocating the city