Despite what Donald Trump suggests, Alvin Bragg pursued him as an elected prosecutor, not as part of some arrangement to “get Trump,” as the former president imagines. bit.ly/4aLB4DE

If Trump wants to win the White House on a Bad Dude image, @abramskysasha writes it’s not a bad idea for the Biden team to roll out someone who has played tough guys awesomely well for a very, very long time, to serve as his foil. bit.ly/3V7w3j0

You may have seen headlines claiming that the death toll in Gaza has been dramatically overstated. Don't believe them, writes Adam W Gaffney. All the evidence shows that civilians have borne the overwhelming brunt of Israel's assault.
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In Mexico, many people, writes Tamara Pearson, will vote for Claudia Sheinbaum and other Morena candidates, because their baseline expectations are so low.
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After October 7, Palm Beach County, Florida, bought $660 million in Israel bonds. A new lawsuit argues that it’s a bad deal for taxpayers.
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Refreshingly, 'Long Live Queer Nightlife' refuses anguish—Amin Ghaziani's jubilation at the emergence of new forms of queer nightlife outweighs his sorrow at the molting of the old.
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Trump was convicted. The rule of law prevailed. And we still we have so much more work to do before November:
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The great irony and horror of Samuel Alito’s sojourn on the Supreme Court is that it almost didn’t happen. Here, Elie Mystal reminds of what might have been if Harriet Miers’s nomination hadn’t been railroaded by the right (and derided by the left).
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‘See How They Run’ is The Nation’s newest podcast. Join host D.D.Guttenplan and a rotating cast of Nation columnists and contributors, plus pollsters, election experts, and special guests dissecting the high highs and low lows of the campaign trail. bit.ly/3KqKxWi

The Washington Post whiffed on the Alito family’s flag-provocation story. Chris Lehmann writes that it reveals how delusions of journalistic impartiality prevent basic news reporting.
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Everything that made rural America uniquely vulnerable to Covid-19 still exists. And now, a new threat from a well-known pathogen, influenza, is brewing in America’s rural heartland.
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It’s the start of summer season—and with it, the annual ritual of tick checks & Lyme anxiety. But summer didn’t always herald a spike in tick-borne illnesses. For this, writes Jimmy Tobias in this Babytron classic, we can thank our own human actions.
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A fantastic piece about the Tortilla War, a battle between the US and Mexico over corn and whose stakes could not be higher. The conflict is about corporate capture, food sovereignty, trade agreements, and the health of everyone in Mexico. thenation.com/article/world/… With The Food & Environment Reporting Network.

Pls read my new column in The Nation on rape and consent. Then call NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to ask him to move forward Bill A01065 before state leg closes June 6. 518-455-3791 or 718-654-5836
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'Will they come back to Gaza ever again? Will I feel the warmth of my parents’ embrace again? I doubt.'
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Ella Fitzgerald made singing feel like thinking.
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