“The Western intellectual who parrots Israeli talking points does not experience themselves as evading the truth. They experience themselves as being on the side of reason. The stupidity is not felt from the inside as stupidity. It presents itself as judgement.” www.equator.org/articles/mor...

Gaza and the Problem of Moral Stupidity • EQUATOR

Forty years after Edward Said demanded ‘permission to narrate’, the truth from Palestine has never been more widely known. And yet the annihilation continues.

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“DiBranco says that scholarship and news coverage of violence that is partly rooted in anti-women conspiracy theories has failed to keep pace with the spread of those dangerous beliefs.” www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: Women

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

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“There’s only one thing that individuals can do to prevent the worst of climate change from becoming a reality-and really, it’s the only way out of this mess: stop voting for politicians who don’t treat climate change like the immediate, existential threat that it is.” theoutline.com/post/6388/th...

The only individual action that matters is voting for people who care about climate change

There is only one way out of climate catastrophe, midterms are less than a month away, and even many liberal politicians don’t have strong, defined stances on how they will protect the planet.

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“You can call this state “pro-business” all day long, but no serious company is going to move top talent into a place where their employees and their families are put at risk like this.” frogmorestew.substack.com/p/south-caro...

South Carolina’s Abortion Laws Are Driving Workers and Families Away

Extreme anti-abortion legislation is pushing out the workforce and jeopardizing the state’s future, writes former state Sen. Katrina Shealy.

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“AIPAC and the NRA are both ugly orgs lobbying for ugly things. But their power has been in the fact that voters like those ugly things and even see those ugly things as an important part of their partisan identity.” www.everythingishorrible.net/p/aipac-does...

AIPAC Does Not Control the Democrats

Overstating AIPAC’s influence only helps AIPAC

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Men Like Cesar Chavez Are Not Exceptional

It’s not just the Epsteins of the world who are capable of monstrosities.

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Content warning: child sexual abuse, rape, misogyny katemanne.substack.com/p/the-story-...

The Story Trump’s War is Meant to Distract You From

It’s time to listen to the woman who alleges that Trump as well as Epstein sexually abused her as a teenage girl

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Nice job, Post and Courier! jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/it-takes-a...

It Takes A Village

SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story

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“They also document his funding of Israeli groups, including Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces, and the settler organisation the Jewish National Fund, as well as his ties to members of Israel’s overseas intelligence services.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

What were Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Israel?

New documents show some thought disgraced US financier had links to Israeli intelligence services and settler groups.BI

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“The hard fact is that socialized to view their own standpoints as “neutral” and “rational,” men contemplating what theEpstein case represents are more likely to ignore the ways they benefit from the system that Epstein leveraged so effectively.” sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/22-epstein...

22. Epstein: Why are We Talking about “Elite Complicity” and not Male Supremacy?

Understanding the engine is the only way to stop this machine

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“The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information. Women exist at the periphery, tolerated because they organise the diaries of the busy men, they arrange food, they grace a table, they provide sex.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club

Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

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“Reclassification will allow these zealots to use the mechanisms of the DEA and other law enforcement agencies to track, monitor, imprison and punish people.” hotfeminism.substack.com/p/south-caro...

South Carolina House Passes H. 4760 Criminalizing Abortion Medication

Insecure legislators try to look the most pro-life by endangering girls and women

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“The world wants women to have more kids. Apparently, it’s our fault that birth rates are dropping and we’re in danger of letting men die without passing on their DNA – shock, horror, what will we do about this injustice?” www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/fall...

Have we tried asking women about the ‘birth rate crisis’ yet?

As podcast bros debate falling birth rates, one writer has a radical new suggestion.

glamourmagazine.co.uk

Late February 2019, Epstein represented to an associate that he had gotten advice from Chomsky over how to navigate “the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public”-11 years after Epstein pled guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship

Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein

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“In one message, Chopra asked Epstein, “Did you find me a cute Israeli?”—a line that has drawn widespread condemnation online.” www.timesnownews.com/india/epstei...

Epstein Files: Deepak Chopra Responds After ‘Cute Girls Are Real’ Emails Go Viral

Deepak Chopra denies Epstein wrongdoing after emails surface with "cute girls" banter, God dismissal—calls tone poor judgment, condemns abuse amid viral backlash., India News, Times Now

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“I get that money and power are appealing, but the sheer number of people who seem to have a connection with Jeffrey Epstein tells me that a lot of people have a high tolerance for ignoring the abuse and degradation of women.” open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

DOJ-Released Files Include Emails Between Dr. Peter Attia and Jeffrey Epstein

A Closer Look at the Correspondence and some Lessons about Longevity

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“In an email dated June 24, 2015, Attia wrote: “You know the biggest problem with becoming friends with you? The life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul…” The subject line of the exchange reads: “Got a fresh shipment.”” www.medboundtimes.com/daily-pulse/...

Who Is Dr. Peter Attia? Celebrity Longevity Doctor Named in Newly Released Jeffrey Epstein Files

Dr. Peter Attia, a prominent voice in longevity medicine, is among several public figures named in newly released Epstein investigation records.

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“That we might start seeing more of these kinds of assaults is merely the logical progression of a society that has encourages everyone - but especially men - to confuse virality with virility.” open.substack.com/pub/clementi...

Men aren't funny

but they ARE awful

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“While neither major political party is popular with the majority of Americans, Democrats’ unfavourability rating is twice as high as Republicans.” www.postandcourier.com/politics/sc-...

A progressive and a moderate scored upsets over incumbent Republican mayors. Their strategies were the same.

A progressive’s win in Lyman and a moderate’s win in Georgetown offered S.C. Democrats a glimmer of hope amid fears the party lost its competitive edge.

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“Instead of fixating on a grossly misdiagnosed male loneliness crisis, the media might want to ponder the relationship between men’s baseline and growing anti-feminism and women’s desire to spend time with people who think they are equals and treat them as such.” open.substack.com/pub/sorayach...

18. "Quiet, Piggy" isn't about Scolding a Reporter. It's About Giving Other Men Permission to Denigrate Women with No Consequences

No wonder 40% of American women would leave the US if they could

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““These lawmakers wanted to throw people in prison and force extreme harms onto people in emergency pregnancy situations rather than let them have abortions,” Nimra Chowdhry, Senior State Legislative Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement.” www.jezebel.com/south-caroli...

South Carolina’s Push for the Country’s Most Extreme Abortion Ban Just Got Nuked in Committee

Four GOP legislators decided against voting to advance it after Sen. Richard Cash refused to amend it.

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Every race. It’s basically been every race. Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers. Just everything.

“A woman’s accomplishments go unrecorded and unnoticed, or she is reduced to her relationship to a man and child. Wife, mother, blank. Her contributions are man-washed.” open.substack.com/pub/dinahono...

How to Erase a Woman

One line at a time

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“I’ve been criticizing liberal democracy my whole life for subtending capitalism, racism, sexism, and the rest of it. The question for the left is: How do we consolidate into a force that can actually do things? That’s what the right has figured out.” www.thedriftmag.com/theyre-using...

“They’re Using Megaphones”

In the first issue of The Drift, we kicked off our interview series with Wendy Brown, one of the foremost political theorists in the United States.

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“His death, for thousands—if not millions—of (young) people (on the left), wasn't a senseless tragedy that demanded unity. It was a predictable, if horrific, consequence of a system he spent his career building.” open.substack.com/pub/historyc...

Millions of Gen Z’ers Don't "Feel Bad" About Charlie Kirk's Murder. Here’s Why.

The online reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals a generational (and partisan) disconnect on issues of gun violence, systemic injustice, and the nature of political hatred.

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“To say that I am angry with the liberal response to Kirk’s murder would be an understatement. Exemplified by Ezra Klein’s NYT op-ed, and prominent in my Facebook feed, the thought is that Charlie Kirk deeply disagreed with them, but was nonetheless a hero.” open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

What Charlie Kirk's Death Means to Me

Liberals are rushing to participate in his canonization. Don't let them.

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“Even when it comes to ‘excess’ money, women and men differ in their approaches. When investing, women are more likely to align their choices with their values, prioritising sustainability and social good.” open.substack.com/pub/thenoosp...

How Women’s Growing Wealth Could Change the World

And how it might not

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“I mean, I guess we should be thankful Dick Cash decided to take out the death penalty for abortion seekers. In February, I wrote about how he literally proposed sending women to the firing squad for having an abortion.” open.substack.com/pub/emilytay...

Three Old White Men in South Carolina Want More Women and Babies to Die

SC Senators Cash, Rice and Garrett Sponsor Anti-Abortion Superbill

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“There are truly no bounds to the desperation of the planet’s most fortunate people. So hungry are they to experience one actual minor inconvenience so they can crow about being victimized that they’re forced to pull fake problems out of the ether.” open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/he...

Dingus of the week: Malcolm Gladwell

And the ourodingus

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“As Genovese and Trump demonstrate, the excuses and explanations and deflections that shielded white men from accountability during slavery are still in many ways in place. The vicious mechanics of rape culture under slavery remain hidden.” open.substack.com/pub/noahberl...

Slavery Was Defined by Sexual Violence

Trump doesn’t want you to know that.

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