Dorian Finney-Smith was with Mikal Bridges when Knicks trade happened
LAS VEGAS — Nets teammates Mikal Bridges and Dorian Finney-Smith were working out in Dallas when they found out they were no longer teammates. The Nets traded away Bridges and their final competitive asset late last month, and the conversation changed during offseason workouts as the Nets went from discussing next season to talking about […]
What Happened to Trump Can Happen Here
Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders, long a target of political violence, warned that the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump could be repeated in Europe and urged his countrymen not to underestimate “hatred towards right-wing politicians.” The strongman behind the Dutch government, along with European populists such as Nigel Farage and Robert Fitzrove, blamed the […]
What really happened at the RNC platform committee
I’ve been in politics since 1988. Over the years, I’ve done everything from precinct caucus chair to statewide leader of the Texas Republican Party. I’ve seen the political game. I understand the interactions between campaign consultants, party officials and grassroots activists. I’ve lived it. But what I experienced at a closed-door meeting in Milwaukee on […]
A Brief Education in What Just Happened in Israel
Hamas’ terrorist attack this weekend took everyone by surprise, but it did not occur in a vacuum. How did we get here? Here’s a brief annotated reader. First, let’s look at the last major Gaza war, in 2021, which started, not coincidentally, shortly after Joe Biden took office: ADVERTISEMENT As with the conflagration before that, […]
WATSON: What Ever Happened To Patriotism?
What ever happened to patriotism? It’s difficult not to ask that question when surveying the cultural landscape of the United States. In a May 2023 survey, teenagers aged 13 to 17 were given a choice between their right to vote and giving up TikTok in a hypothetical scenario. Over 64% said they would prefer to […]
Naomi Alderman: ‘Whatever happened to talking? We’ve lost the ability to swap ideas’ | Naomi Alderman
The Internet has posed the biggest crisis in human communication since the printing press. Author: Naomi Alderman Said. Author powera feminist science fiction novel from 2016said we are living through a “third information crisis,” in which digital communication is eroding face-to-face communication and perpetuating differences of opinion. “When you have a person in front of […]
California hiker found bloodied, incoherent on trail with no memory of what happened
A first-time backpacker was found on the ground of a California hiking trail, bloody, wet, shivering and possibly cut, with no memory of what got him into such dire straits. Sashank Upadhyayula, 34, was found lying in tall grass on the edge of the Lost Coast Trail last Tuesday by a group of six teenage […]
School desegregation never happened, and no one noticed
July 4th of this year The fireworks will be special as we celebrate another important moment in American history. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the most significant U.S. Supreme Court decision in at least a century that found separate schools for white and black children to be wrong and illegal. of Brown v. Board […]
Whatever Happened to the Boy Scouts?
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‘Fearmongering’ by Reporting Things That Happened Is ‘Part of the Problem’ of Support for Mass Deportations
On Tuesday’s MSNBC broadcast of “The ReidOut,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and host Joy Reid blamed “fear mongering” in the form of factual reports about crimes committed by immigrants for contributing to support for mass deportations among Democrats and Hispanics. While discussing Democrats who support mass deportations and Hispanics, Reid said:[T]This is one of the […]