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Keith Preston

4/3/23: Trump’s Lead Explodes Post Indictment, Anti-Trumper Enters 2024, Marianne Williamson Polls Surge, Pro-Russian Blogger Blown Up, Fox News Faces Massive Payout, Elon Strips NY Times of Checkmark, Meme Lord Convicted, Biden Kills Healthcare For Millions

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump’s lead over Desantis exploding after the indictment news, Trump en route to NYC for surrender, Asa Hutchinson enters the 2024 GOP primary race, Marianne Williamson has a surge poll despite media blackout, a Pro-Russian blogger is blown up by a bomb in St. […]

The Legend of the Longshoreman Labor Leader

E. Tammy Kim The Safe Harbor The longshoreman labor leader Harry Bridges may no longer be widely known, but his philosophy of inclusive, democratic unionism imbues much of today’s most ambitious organizing campaigns. Miranda Seymour Consider the Publisher Behind Mary Wollstonecraft was a courageous publisher and his network […]

A hacker stole my life

 View in browser Subscribe April 2, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories.   On the agenda today: “First, they hacked my phone — then they took […]

A Texas House committee hearing was derailed after prank names like ‘Connie Lingus’ and ‘Anita Dickenmee’ were called for public comment

Aditi Bharade Mar 31, 2023 A Texas House committee meeting on March 29 took an unexpected and hilarious turn. The meeting went awry when people submitted prank names like “Anita Dickenmee” and “Holden Middick.” “OK, you got your moment. Hope you enjoy it,” Rep. Jeff Leach said after […]

Macron Unreformed

On January 19 protests and strikes broke out in cities and towns across France in response to an unpopular proposal by President Emmanuel Macron to raise the basic retirement age from sixty-two to sixty-four. Last month the measure was forced through parliament despite widespread opposition from the left […]

The Renters’ Revolt

Our April 17/24 Issue Read Online Read as PDF FEATURED The Revolution Against Shady Landlords Has Begun In New York, the real estate industry and the politicians in its pocket both reign supreme. These tenants have a plan to change that forever. MOLLY CRABAPPLE FROM THIS ISSUE What […]

Female rage

Katherine Dee 17 hr ago Hi friends. Next week, we’re back in business with some very cool guest and archival posts. Substack recommends I throw these in. But in the meantime, here’s what’s been on my mind. Quite possibly nothing new. Just a new format. Female rage. Since […]

Aboriginal artist is looking for an Australian of British descent to donate their ‘dead body’ for a morbid art installation ‘atoning for the sins of colonialism’

By Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia Aboriginal artist requests Australian’s ‘dead body’ Applicants must be of British descent Artwork will aim to ‘atone’ for sins of colonialism  Several people have responded to artist’s request An Aboriginal artist has asked an Australian of British descent to donate their […]

‘The Meltdown of a Gay Bank’

— Nick Summers, features editor, New York It was a solid idea for a start-up: an online bank for the LGBTQ+ community, offering specialized loans, revenue-sharing deals with queer-friendly businesses, and payment cards bearing any name customers wanted. (No more seeing your deadname every time you swipe.) The […]

Life After Climate Change

(Illustration: National Review)   “Global warming is real, but it is not the end of the world.” Does that statement scandalize you? It surely scandalizes the climate-alarmist lobby. But that’s just the case Bjørn Lomborg lays out in the new cover story of National Review magazine. “Climate change […]

The Sunak-Starmer Re-Balancing Act

There’s a British version of the Biden-DeSantis “post-populist” moment. Andrew Sullivan 2 hr ago (Carl Court/Getty Images) If you recall the last British general election, back in 2019, you may remember a — how to put this? — colorful contrast. The bumptious buffoon, Boris, for the Tories, and […]