4/18/24: Billions To Ukraine & Israel After Tax Day, Bibi Preps Iran Response, Kari Lake Total Abortion Ban, US Caught Hiding Israel War Crimes, Boeing Whistleblower Describes Criminal Coverup, UAW Expands In The South, Bob Menendez Blames Wife For Corruption, Trump Juror Drops Out

Krystal and Saagar discuss Congress sending billions to Ukraine and Israel, Israel vows response to Iran, Arizona Republicans block repeal of 1864 abortion ban, Blinken caught hiding State Dep report of Israeli violations of international law, Boeing whistleblower claims criminal coverup, UAW expanding in the South, Bob Menendez […]

Firing a real-estate agent

April 18, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Almost Friday! The complicated relationship between professional sports and legal gambling just took another twist. The NBA issued a lifetime ban to Jontay Porter for leaking info to known sports bettors. But it might ultimately be a good […]

Betrayal and Lies

Peter R. Quiñones Apr 18, 2024 “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” – Winston Churchill We are trained from an early age to trust authority. Of course, in a liberal democracy, that doesn’t mean your father and […]

A Harlem Renaissance Cornucopia

Sponsored by University of California Press Our May 9 issue—the Art Issue—is now online, with Julian Bell on Nicole Eisenman’s extravaganzas, David Shulman on Israel’s break with reality, Ingrid D. Rowland on Canova’s magnificent marbles, Darryl Pinckney on the abundance and eclecticism of the Harlem Renaissance, Marina Harss on […]

Google Fires 28

Google Fires 28 Plus: Europoor discourse, NPR’s woke CEO, a forgotten tech panic, and more… LIZ WOLFE No sit-ins on company dime: Yesterday, Google fired 28 of its workers after employees held sit-ins to protest the company’s contracts with the Israeli government. The employees were part of a group […]

Russia, Iran and The Changing Global Order – Caleb chat with Fiorella Isabel

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Khayelitsha’s day of murder

Thursday, 18 April 2024 “Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.” Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows STORY OF THE DAY Morning of murders — eight people shot dead in Khayelitsha By Velani Ludidi Eight people were found shot dead in three […]

Eurovision Hell

by Sietze Bosman Sietze Bosman Apr 17, 2024 Sietze Bosman delves into the underbelly of the Eurovision contest, where sinister forces in entertainment conspire to mold Europe’s cultural landscape with their grotesque visions of art and identity. Deep within the bowels of the modern machine of entertainment, the […]

Tesla short circuits

April 17, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway to the weekend! Budget cuts could spell the end of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Here’s a look back at some of the coolest photos taken by the $2 billion space telescope during its 25 years of service. […]

Fascism is not Patriotism

From The Editor’s Desk New York City, April 17 The first criminal trial of a former president got underway in a lower Manhattan courtroom this week, with Donald Trump reportedly dozing through early skirmishes over which of his public statements and private deeds would be admissible in court. […]

Female accused of stabbing 1-year-old in stroller in front of parents on Philly street was out on bail after NYC stabbing

AM Edition April 17, 2024 TRENDING NOW They ‘can save their apologies’: JK Rowling won’t forgive ‘Harry Potter’ stars for supporting gender transitions for minors Georgia man admitted to putting antifreeze in newborn baby’s milk because he didn’t want to pay child support, police say Don’t have control […]

SCOTUS Hears January 6 Case

Good morning, Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Fischer v. United States case, which pertains to the 1512(c) charge that has been levied against January 6 protestors. 1512(c) is part of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002, and it prohibits the obstruction of official proceedings […]

Democrat Life Raft?

Democrat Life Raft? Plus: Time to ax NPR’s funding, African migrants get mad at New York City, Gavin Newsom gets smart, and more… LIZ WOLFE Johnson’s alliance: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) is attempting to spend lots of your freshly forked over taxpayer dollars on several aid bills which will go […]

Eurosiberia Podcast #10: Isaac Simpson

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Eurosiberia Podcast #10: Isaac Simpson Constantin von Hoffmeister and Isaac Simpson Apr 17 READ IN APP Isaac Simpson and Constantin von Hoffmeister talk about the differences between various American cities, homelessness in Los Angeles, the credit system in the US, the […]

Tulips!

Sponsored by Hauser & Wirth A dispatch from our Art Editor, Leanne Shapton, on the art and illustrations in the Review’s April 18 issue. This art newsletter comes from my kitchen island, where I paused to paint some tulip studies before picking my daughter up from the bus […]