David Klion
@davidklion.bsky.social
Working on a book about the legacy of neoconservatism. Columnist for The Nation, contributing editor at Jewish Currents, writer for many lefty mags. KLEE-on
On October 11, cohosts @samadlerbell.bsky.social and @mattsitman.bsky.social are joined by Andrea Long Chu and @davidklion.bsky.social for a live taping of Know Your Enemy: Neocons, the Far Center, and the Politics of Jewish Reaction. Register at jewishcurrents.org/live to attend.
On October 11, cohosts @samadlerbell.bsky.social and @mattsitman.bsky.social are joined by Andrea Long Chu and @davidklion.bsky.social for a live taping of Know Your Enemy: Neocons, the Far Center, and the Politics of Jewish Reaction. Register at jewishcurrents.org/live to attend.
I'm doing a live taping of Know Your Enemy with @andrealongchu.bsky.social, @samadlerbell.bsky.social, and @mattsitman.bsky.social for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social Live next month, and you should come! We're talking neocons... jewishcurrents.org/live
I talk to @davidklion.bsky.social about GOP foreign policy divide: restrainers versus neo-cons, but both sides subservient to a larger chaos. www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy
David Klion on restrainers, neo-conservatives, and a flaky president.
thenation.com
"There’s a lesson here, not only for restrainers and neocons but for anyone who imagines (including elements on the left) that Trump can be an instrumental champion of their preferred policy agenda.
David Klion@davidklion.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy latest column for @thenation.com, on Donald Trump's unique talent for humiliating both neocon warmongers and paleocon restrainers
My latest column for @thenation.com, on Donald Trump's unique talent for humiliating both neocon warmongers and paleocon restrainers
Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Making All His Cronies Look Like Fools
Two foreign-policy camps are claiming Trump for themselves, while the Middle East fiasco humiliates every single one of them.
thenation.com
I've been thinking a lot about neoconservatives in the age of Trump (shoutout to @davidklion.bsky.social keep grinding on that book) and the impulse to center your politics on opposing an oppressive form of statism ends up making you find your way back to liberalism
Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 3mo ago20-year-old me will forever be shocked that Bill Kristol is now to the left of like 80% of the Democratic leadership on ICE.
Need a break from the World Cup? Watch our latest video exclusive with @davidklion.bsky.social on the politics of antisemitism! Topics include: the antisemitism panic after 10/7, conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, antisemitism on the right, and more. youtu.be/ovymmN_3zVQ?...
The Politics of Antisemitism w/ David Klion
YouTube video by American Prestige
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"No leopards are eating anyone’s faces; genies can be neatly stuffed back into bottles." @emilyctamkin.bsky.social profiles unrepentant dweeb Ben Shapiro, editor of the failing Daily Wire.
Ben Shapiro Has No Regrets. Except Hiring Candace Owens
‘The Daily Wire’ is losing audience, Shapiro’s former friends are on the attack, and even he’s started to notice creeping antisemitism on the right. But the pundit tells ‘VF’ he’s sticking to his guns...
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Is Bari Weiss winning? A talk with the world's foremost Weiss expert @davidklion.bsky.social www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
Is Bari Weiss Winning?
David Klion on the right-wing pundit destroying CBS.
thenation.com
I'm in this @aljazeera.com documentary on Stephen Miller, if you can stand to watch the guy
The most powerful man in the US you've never voted for | Fault Lines Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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For my latest column in @thenation.com, I wrote about the symbiotic relationship between the neo-Nazi right and the Jewish institutions that insist on equating Zionism and Judaism.
Israel’s Supporters Are Playing Into the Hands of the Antisemitic Right
By conflating Judaism and Zionism, institutional leaders have made Jews everywhere less safe.
thenation.com
Join IPK & the Global New Right Working Group on April 9th for a hybrid seminar with @davidklion.bsky.social. Klion will discuss the legacy of neoconservatism with @ajbauer.bsky.social and Hannah Gurman. ipk.nyu.edu/events/globa...
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
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I spoke with @davidklion.bsky.social about Epstein and the Jews and then Twitter vs. Bluesky. Which part of the conversation will make people madder? Stay tuned! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Epstein and the Jews, with David Klion
Podcast Episode · Culturally Determined · March 10 · 1h 35m
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My first byline in @equatormag.bsky.social, part of a package of reactions to Trump's mad war on Iran. I wrote about how the neocons have diverged into two camps over this, and how the scarier camp is winning.
Death and Destruction From the Sky • EQUATOR
Responses to the American-Israeli war on Iran
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„In this rhetorical world, Jews were at once the ultimate in-group and the ultimate outsiders; Epstein relied on the power of this bond to cultivate friends who at the very least overlooked and covered for his crimes, in some cases may have partaken themselves.“ jewishcurrents.org/the-line-bet...
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
this is a brilliant piece by @davidklion.bsky.social. a real model for how to do careful and insightful analysis in areas where people easily slip into unhinged conspiracy theorizing or choose to ignore an entire range of phenomena. jewishcurrents.org/the-line-bet...
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
This is a pretty good illustration of how to talk about the "Jewishness" of Epstein and some of his network. It's important to do this because antisemitism thrives on the claim that you "aren't allowed" to talk about when Jews in powerful positions commit crimes. Room to go deeper on gender, tho.
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
Enjoyed chatting with @wajali.bsky.social about Epstein and the Jews and the nuances of talking about that without indulging in antisemitism davidklion.substack.com/publish/post...
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jewishcurrents.org/the-line-bet... Interessante esse artigo (de um site judaico alinhado à esquerda) sobre o Epstein. Analisa como ele manipulou laços judaicos para se projetar em círculos de poder - o q virou um prato cheio pro conspiracionismo antissemita. cc @nietzsche4speed.bsky.social
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
Ah sinon, il est tout à fait possible de parler d'Epstein, y compris de son instrumentalisation de son identité juive pour se constituer un réseau en partie communautaire, et de l'insérer dans l'histoire des Juifs aux Etats-unis, sans le moindre relent antisémite jewishcurrents.org/the-line-bet...
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
I hope someone is working on a big Madoff-Epstein project paralleling their path through the upper floors of American Jewry in the '90s and 2000s
David Klion@davidklion.bsky.social · 7mo agoFor @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, I wrote about Epstein and the Jews
Appreciate David for this but he’s a bit timid for my taste. Since I was a teenager it’s been clear to me that our defining ideologies, out dominant institutions, and our core rhetorics of peoplehood are deeply warped: we articulate ourselves in malign narcissistic delusion.
David Klion@davidklion.bsky.social · 7mo agoFor @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, I wrote about Epstein and the Jews
“There are lots of shocking revelations in the Epstein emails, but speaking as an American Jew myself, one of the most unsettling is just how familiar Epstein and his friends sometimes sound.” brilliant and important article by @davidklion.bsky.social in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
Good piece by @davidklion.bsky.social. As he notes, Epstein was an identity fraudster who ingratiated himself with rich alter kakers. But Epstein's inner circle included Prince Andrew, a sultan from Dubai, a former Norwegian premier, a Japanese American tech bro, and other non-Jews.
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
“I am happy you are back among the ‘free,’” the soon-to- retire TNR editor-in-chief Marty Peretz emailed Jeffrey Epstein in September 2010, weeks after the end of the house arrest part of Epstein’s 18-month sentence for procuring a teenage girl for prostitution jewishcurrents.org/the-line-bet...
The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy
Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.
jewishcurrents.org
