Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
MOSCOW — A funny thing happened in Russia this past week: President Trump’s face, once ubiquitous on the talk shows and evening news programs that tack closely to the Kremlin’s political agenda, was suddenly absent. Gone. “Like they flipped a switch,” said Alexey Kovalev, a journalist at the Moscow Times who covers Russian state media. It’s not…
John McCain—the original Maverick, ol’ Walnuts, the brave teller of truths—is somehow once again positioning himself, to credulous journalists, as a renegade Republican who isn’t afraid to buck his party, despite his three-decade record of not ever actually bucking his party in any meaningful way. “John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump’s entire worldview,” the…
Hate crimes against Jewish people in the UK rise to record levels Anti-Semitic attacks are at a record high in the UK (Picture: Getty) Jewish communities in the UK are being subjected to more hate crimes than ever before. Anti-semitic incidents have surged to record levels in the UK, new figures have revealed. Image of a…
Internet turns to @Sweden on Twitter after Trump appears to invent terror attack So, what’s going on in Sweden?Image: MORI/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK/@Sweden composite By Ariel Bogle2017-02-19 05:03:40 UTC If you needed extra evidence the world’s quickly sliding into the Upside Down, here it is: People are turning to a country’s Twitter account for details about a terror…
/interesting times February 17, 2017 02/17/2017 7:00 a.m. The White House Mole By Andrew Sullivan Share Share Tweet Share Pin It Email Print Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The question that remains, of course, is the motive. Why on Earth would any campaign for president be in constant, secret touch with the intelligence agents of a…
We have to just come out with it, those of us who are American Jews in the media. It’s time we made Trump bathe in his own batshit. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, February 16, 2017. Evan Vucci/AP If you’re Jewish and you’re still…
Pope Francis speaks in Malmo, Sweden in October 2016 (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images) The Pope has been critical of President Trump’s treatment of immigrants. But some American Catholics think the Pope needs to slow his roll. Yes, some Catholics are trying to explain to the Pope why God believes in the so-called “extreme vetting”…
An enemy of the American people came into my office Friday night to talk about a story he was working on. The story was about a 17-year-old kid involved in a controversy at his school. The enemy of the people was concerned because the kid is going through a difficult time. Telling the story could make…
In 2013, tropical-fruit tycoon David Murdock, who was the chairman, chief executive officer and biggest shareholder of Dole Food Co., took it private for $13.50 a share. A lot of shareholders felt that that price was way too low, and that Murdock had sandbagged the shareholders by driving down the value of the company so he could…
US Ambassador to Somalia Stephen Schwarz presents the President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed with a hat that reads “Make Somalia Great Again” (Twitter) Donald Trump’s campaign hat, which reads “Make America Great Again” has become the icon of a movement. So much so, that the US Ambassador to Somalia just gave the President of…