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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 9h

Last week John Roberts' Supreme Court took another step towards fully ending the Voting Rights Act.

In my newsletter I recalled Roberts' confirmation hearing, John Lewis's warning of the threat Roberts posted to the VRA, and media elites who called that absurd www.findinggravity.net/media-elites...

Media elites got John Roberts all wrong because they refused to see the Republican Party for what it is.

This week’s Supreme Court oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais, which the court’s MAGA justices appear poised to use to eviscerate what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, got me thinking about Chief Ju...

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, that, and I also miss the days -- far too short that they were -- when Jewish leaders recognized it was a bad idea to support sexual abusers.

Time to go back to vetting the candidates for local library trustee to see what their foreign policy views are; I'm sure they'll have lots of influence.

Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 3h

Where all the instructors are full of sh*t.

Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 3h

Harvard’s Trump School of Plumbing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump on Harvard: "We reached a concept of a deal but it's pretty complicated bc under this deal it would be $500m, they're gonna open up trade schools. I love the idea of trade & trade schools by Harvard. You know, they get into like a vocational-type school... we may just charge them a $500m fine"

Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7h

In a world where Jeff Bezos and Bari Weiss are key figures in the media, maybe not that surprising.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 8h

It’s actually pretty amazing that trolling being minimized as “just a joke” is still something that works against the media.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Obama sharing a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a King Obama jet that dumped shit all over Americans would have been the only thing the news networks talked about for weeks.

Meanwhile, Trump doing that very thing couldn't even warrant a discussion on the Sunday shows today.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, but those monsters were very much "real Christians." For non-Christians, the history of Christianity is very much a history of atrocities. Y'all need to own that, just like we need to own that we have monsters in our midst too.

Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 3d

I'm gonna put this as gently as I can, but... suffice it to say that a lot of Jews are really, really tired of hearing that most of our historical interactions with Christianity weren't with "real Christians."

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

To be very clear, they're not disbanding the group because of racist texts. They're disbanding the group because the texts drew *negative press*. This is CYA, not a principled stand.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Republican leaders in New York voted on Friday to disband the state’s young Republican group after racist texts among group members became public.

After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Disbands Young Republican Group

State party leaders eliminated the New York State Young Republicans’ charter, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

I do not expect the Taney court to give a damn about the religious freedom of people who minister to immigrants.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 2d

"I think we are going to pursue a lawsuit, to claim our rights as clergy and religious to be able to minister to anyone in these facilities," he said. "We're going to continue to push back in any way that we can peacefully to fight for what is right."

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“A group of Catholics who marched to a Chicago immigration processing center three days ago and were prevented from giving Communion to detainees said they are not about to back down.” www.ncronline.org/news/activis...

Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

I question the validity of a bar association that allows people who prosecute based on politics rather than criminality to maintain law licenses.

P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 2d

1/ MSNBC is reporting that the US Atty for Maryland, Kelly Hayes -- who just indicted John Bolton at Trump's behest -- is herself "bracing for being fired" by Trump when she refuses to bring a bullshit, Lindsey Halligan-style indictment of Adam Schiff.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Kelly O. Hayes, a career prosecutor serving as Trump’s acting U.S. attorney in Maryland, has been facing intense pressure and questions for weeks from Ed Martin, a Trump ally tapped to run the newly formed weaponization task force at the department, about when she will bring criminal charges against Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

She has chosen to move forward with a case she feels has merit and that will also be welcomed by the White House: to prosecute Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton on charges related to mishandling classified information. Hayes has told colleagues she believes some charges against Bolton are reasonable and warranted, a case involving mishandling of classified information that began under the Biden administration, according to MSNBC sources.

But Hayes’ office has been interviewing witnesses in a grand jury probe examining allegations that Schiff defrauded a bank related to financing for a second home in Maryland and is bracing for being fired herself when she explains that there are insufficient facts to bring such a case against the U.S. senator, the sources said.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

Penalties for all sorts of infractions ought to be compounded when the offender is in a position of authority.

Instead, we have this.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 2d

No one ever said Qusay was smart.

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 2d

Eric Trump accused Jack Smith of planting evidence in Mar-a-Lago to harm Trump. Smith wasn't appointed to work on cases involving Trump until three months later. RECEIPTS!

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 3d

If there's anything I look for when deciding for whom to vote for library trustee in my Massachusetts town, it's their foreign policy proposals. That's what really matters -- the area where they have the most impact.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 3d

As a Jewish New Yorker, can I humbly ask the moderators of this debate to ask the candidates about their city policies, not their foreign policies?

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 3d

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 4d

This is your periodic reminder that when JD Vance called Trump "America's Hitler," he was expressing admiration, not criticism.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 6d

I keep coming back to this article, from 2023, showing that far-right extremists use antisemitism and Islamophobia interchangeably to promote hatred of both Jews and Muslims. It's a game to them; whichever stochastic terrorist causes the most harm wins.

Screenshot of the title and abstract page for a 2023 article in Political Behavior, entitled "From Anti-Muslim to Anti-Jewish: Target Substitution on Fringe Social Media Platforms and the Persistence of Online and Offline Hate." The article documents how far-right "activists" use antisemitism and Islamophobia interchangeably to promote hatred of both Jews and Muslims.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 6d

I'll give you three guesses which Jew this POS thinks is paying the protesters.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

If only such catastrophes were avoidable...

NPR @npr.org · 7d

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

Just like the Civil War Battle of Antietam.

The horror.

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 7d

A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!

Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

Reminiscent of Fallujah, 2004.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

Even the ADL knows it's a terrible way to measure the threat, but it's an attention-getter. At an absolute minimum, anyone reporting counts is committing malpractice if they don't also report an awful lot of caveats.

Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

So, what's my point? There's no sense in counting incidents -- your count is definitely going to be wrong, and counting isn't the best way to assess how serious of a problem antisemitism is anyway. The count is used because it's easy to count incidents that get reported, but that's lazy.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

4) And that assumes no more than one incident per person who experiences antisemitism. The story that started this thread is about a self-declared Nazi assaulting a Jewish man.

There are Nazis in Montana. They're not quitting when they meet an imagined quota of committing one act of antisemitism.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 7d

3) Case in point: there's also evidence that over half of American Jews have experienced an incident in the past year. Let's say there are 1,400 Jews in Montana; that suggests at least 700 incidents, not "just" 21.

Source: a survey co-sponsored by the ADL. www.jewishfederations.org/blog/all/fed...

Federations-ADL Study: Over 50% of American Jews Faced Antisemitism in 2024 | The Jewish Federations of North America

www.jewishfederations.org

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