The Definite Article 6
making up for lost days
Listen, I think sometimes that BW is a little full of herself, but I cannot deny that TFP has steered a clear path to reasonable and reliable journalism. She understands what’s going on, and I recommend you listen to this podcast.
A Palestinian from Gaza who has lost 31 family members to Israeli raids talks about the hypocrisy of the pro-Palestine activists in the West
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/israel-succeeding-gaza
Making progress and reducing both Israeli and Palestinian casualties - the IDF is going slowly but winning.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/06/10/the-eu-has-been-shaken-to-its-core/
EU elections reflect a growing popularity for right-oriented populism - and like in America, much of it is fueled by ham-fisted left policies that have alienated their own base.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-145456481?source=queue
America’s best test of truth, says David Volozko, is the market-place of ideas. I love this guy - I don’t agree with him A-Z (as you’ll see if you read the comments section) but he’s brilliant, and clear moral thinker, and astute as hell. If you’ve not yet subscribed to his substack, do it.
The Liberal Patriot is the place where 1970’s democrats go to mourn the present-day Democratic party. In this essay, the difference of Trump’s and Biden’s campaign websites make one wonder whether Biden’s camp is really into these elections at all.
Ruy Teixeira is one of the guys who runs this site and he’s good. Try this article
where he is really talking about what he calls elsewhere epistemic closure - i.e., support for Biden means that nothing Biden says can be criticized, else you are supporting Trump.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/12/good_trump_bad_trump_151090.html
I don’t know if I completely agree with him here, but there is a good deal to what he is saying. I think most people agree that if the Don were not such a horse’s ass, he’d win easily, and if the Democrats could nominate virtually anyone else except for Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, they would win easily. It’s come down to not wondering who is going to win this election, but who is going to lose it for themselves.