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With much regret, I have canceled my
@washingtonpost subscription. I will look for ways to support the extraordinary reporters there, and may very well re-subscribe in the future. But for the moment, the message must be sent. Democracy dies in darkness.
A statement from Post Guild leadership on the Washington Post's decision to not endorse a presidential candidate
ALT Statement from The Washington Post Guild: We are deeply concerned that The Washington Post — an American news institution in the nation's capital — would make the decision to no longer endorse presidential candidates, especially a mere 11 days ahead of an immensely consequential election. The role of an Editorial Board is to do just this: to share opinions on the news impacting our society and culture and endorse candidates to help guide readers. The message from our chief executive, Will Lewis — not from the Editorial Board itself — makes us concerned that management interfered with the work of our members in Editorial. According to our own reporters and Guild members, an endorsement for Harris was already drafted, and the decision to not to publish was made by The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos. We are already seeing cancellations from once loyal readers. This decision undercuts the work of our members at a time when we should be building our readers’ trust, not losing it.
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Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in a major prisoner swap, report says trib.al/AICdITP
When I first moved to our Brooklyn neighborhood, I attended all the local meetings I could make, to understand what was going on and see what kinds of projects were coming up. You know who was always there? @bradlander . He gets it. At all levels. I'm thrilled he's running.
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Trump and Vance are just too weird for America . And I attend Trek conventions. #TrumpIsWeird
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I want to take a minute and address why tonight's White Dudes for Harris call is so important.
Donald Trump and the MAGA world have, depressingly, done an incredible job of creating a permission structure that allows white men to easily embrace Project 2025 policies and the divisive tone that has gripped our politics. The left hasn't done an especially good job creating a similar permission structure for white men to support the policies we believe in and candidates like Kamala Harris.
There are many factors at play, both within and outside our control, but even a sliver of movement in our direction from white men would shift the political landscape for a generation. It would make it dramatically easier to advance the policies we care about and shift the tone to something far more productive and healthy.
Tonight's call represents a promising attempt to create a movement and a permission structure to lift many white dudes out of the MAGA whirlpool they've gotten sucked into. It will allow for tough but necessary conversations that can create healing, movement, and unity around Kamala Harris and Democratic candidates like her.
The guys organizing tonight’s call were inspired by the Black women and men, as well as all the other folks, who've organized calls over the last week. White men haven't organized ourselves well around Democratic values, which has been detrimental to the country and our ability to win elections. We’re changing that. We believe white men have an important role to play in electing Kamala Harris, taking back the Senate, flipping the House, and winning elections up and down the ballot.
We can stop our country from heading down a dangerous path once again. We can organize ourselves in a positive way that heals and creates progressive change. I believe we can do better and I invite anybody who wants to be a part of it to join the 75,000+ of us who have signed up for tonight's call. See you tonight.
P.S. There two white dudes will be on the call tonight 👇
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So I hear Tucker Carlson, arguably the greatest hypocrite on the planet, is trying to make his comeback. Perhaps a good time to re-up this.
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silicon valley genius: i am building a talking robot
journalist: you are a great man, the colossus of our age, the world spirit on horseback
silicon valley genius ten years later: i am building a talking robot
journalist: can we see it
genius: how dare you. i am a nazi now
The artist's rendering leaves out the flying cars, which will obviously be overhead by the time this project is finished.
CityLab Daily: Fixing a crumbling double-decker highway trib.al/d8NeK8H
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"MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!"
My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.
This is great news and a wonderful first step. Local journalism is essential. Not only for keeping the public informed but for fostering public trust in journalism as a whole.
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The irony here is that Musk has run headlong into the Streisand Effect. I wasn't particularly interested in checking out Don's new show. Now, I'll most certainly watch this episode. I doubt I'm the only one.
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Hey folks, I'm sure a lot of you on here know @SarahPerezTC, an amazing writer, single mother and human. She suffered a total loss house fire this morning. She and her daughter are safe but if you can help at all please do so. gofund.me/1cb5484a
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Hey folks, I'm sure a lot of you on here know @SarahPerezTC, an amazing writer, single mother and human. She suffered a total loss house fire this morning. She and her daughter are safe but if you can help at all please do so. gofund.me/1cb5484a
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Five months of writing in one tweet: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all hostages now. Let the aid flow. Neither the Jews nor the Palestinians are leaving. Without hope and a vision for a shared future, this does not end.
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Newspapers owned by @Gannett refused to publish this @DoonesburyComic strip this past Sunday.
Make sure everyone sees it.
