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WOMP WOMP
The Intellectual Dark Web’s twisted “Twitter Files” fantasy has ended with a thud.
Jay Michaelson writes about law, politics, and LGBTQ issues for The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, CNN Opinion, and his newsletter, Both/And with Jay Michaelson. He was the Daily Beast’s Supreme Court columnist for eight years. Michaelson holds a J.D. from Yale, a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination. The author of nine books, including the bestselling, God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality, he won the New York Society of Professional Journalists’ “Deadline Club” Award for opinion writing in 2023.
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NO DECENCY
The ex-president—an ally to antisemites—has appointed himself the arbiter of good and bad Jews.
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OPPOSITE OF ANTISEMITISM
The “Zone of Interest” director’s comments at the Academy Awards were not antisemitic, not anti-Zionist, and not even all that left-wing.
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CANCELATION FOR THEE (NOT FOR ME)
At a hearing with university presidents, the congresswoman exploited Jewish pain for political gain, and tried to blur the lines between offensive speech and harassment.
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A TRUE AMERICAN HERO
Where Donald Trump’s corruption and deceit have torn apart this country, Santos’ was merely laughable.
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VICE VERSA
“Free Speech Warriors” are AWOL now that it’s pro-Palestinian voices getting canceled, and leftists have suddenly dropped the premise that ideas make people unsafe.
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THE ‘MIDDLE’ ISN’T MAGA
Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election is going on trial. And the more the public learns the gory details, the worse it’ll be for Republicans.
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FALSE CHOICE
Ex-GOP Rep. Justin Amash, a stalwart Trump opponent, wants him punished at the polls, not the courtroom. But the ex-president committed crimes, beyond politics.
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NO WEDDING WEBSITE FOR YOU
“You can’t refuse services to gay people, but you can refuse a gay wedding,” the Court essentially said in its “303 Creative v. Elenis” decision. Is there a difference?
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DRIP, DRIP, DRIP
On its own, the case about a religious web designer is narrow. But in context, it’s about denigrating gay marriage and paving the way to eliminate it.