Philip Gourevitch
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
this wsj article is much better than the Times "showdown" article. but i resent the media gaslighting of this whole storyline, as though there was ever even the slightest question about why the pool bottom fell apart or that somehow Burgum had kept anyone in the dark. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Pirro’s About-Face in Pool Case Followed Prosecutors’ Private Concerns
The U.S. attorney defended the dismissal of charges in a meeting with President Trump, but people close to the president say it is too early to say whether Pirro’s job is safe.
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sure seems like AIPAC may have helped rather than hurt El-Sayed and if so let’s hope they bet it all on the GOP in the midterms
My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
Let's all sit with the fact that the president wants to jail some random person who is self-evidently innocent. It's not surprising, but it's amazing that much of the media is almost completely disinterested in this fact.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h agoIt's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
Data Centers for A.I. = dirtier air and dirtier water. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.
A mother dolphin in Western Australia has been carrying the body of her 2-week-old calf through an estuary. Researchers say the behavior is believed to reflect a period of mourning that has been documented in dolphins before the mother eventually lets go to feed and survive.
Judge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."
Before stephensi arrived in 2013, Djibouti was on the cusp of declaring malaria eradicated. In 2012, there were just 27 cases. Two years later, cases shot up to nearly 1,700... and in 2020, there was an explosion: more than 70,000 cases. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
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credit to NYT photo editor for illustrating this abysmal news with this telling image by Kenny Holston www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
every day he finds new ways to degrade the united states
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
really good news for New York and beyond — mega-MAGA donor, who has bankrolled NYC & NYS right wing pols & agendas, and is credited for giving Trump the obscene NATO-wrecking idea to buy Greenland, Lauder has lost a ton of family money & shut down political spending: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/n...
Ronald Lauder, a Billionaire G.O.P. Backer, Closes His Wallet
Ronald S. Lauder, a major funder of conservative political causes, has not given a single dollar this year to Republicans in his home state, and his super PAC has gone idle.
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The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
This “deal” sure sounds like articles of surrender in which Trump’s totally gratuitous and appallingly costly war of aggression will formally and officially have strengthened Iran and weakened the US - an unmitigated debacle by every measure. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
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excellent informed and informative @ichotiner.bsky.social interview
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 2d agoThe Cockroach Janata Party, founded by young Indians frustrated with a weak labor market, successfully forced the resignation of a top government official—a shocking concession from an increasingly authoritarian government. What does the movement mean for Modi? www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
“Axios previously reported that the congressman gave the two women matching handguns, one pink and the other blue.”
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: A House panel recommended that a GOP lawmaker be censured after finding that he likely violated sexual harassment rules.
11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
wonder how ambassador Mike Huckabee is spinning this to the evangelical/Christian nationalist Netanyahu fan club back home www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Spitting Attacks Show Rise of Anti-Christian Hate in Israel
Negative attitudes toward Christianity are becoming more common among young Israelis.
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Cornyn: you gotta say yes to this if you wanna be AG Blanche: Yeah yeah.
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoDonald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said late Sunday he is formally rescinding the president's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," after Senate Republicans threatened to block his nomination over the controversial agreement. https://cnn.it/3U8d7DW
Trump: "I'm not looking to kill people. Because people die. A lot of people die."
