Avi Steinberg
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I wrote a piece on getting arrested at a Ceasefire action
“The recent shift toward antizionist mass organizing must be succeeding, given how much it unsettles people.” New:
@avi_steinberg
on JVP and tactical arrests.
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My father and former Harvard Hillel director, Bernie Steinberg, just wrote an op-ed on "the cynical weaponization of antisemitism by powerful forces who seek to intimidate and ultimately silence legitimate criticism of Israel"
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@CIJAinfo
This was *my* tweet, quoting my father, longtime Harvard Hillel director and a beloved teacher of Torah. You will NOT use it to smear Amira Elghawaby. If you actually care about "the lived experience of Jews" address your asinine comments to me or my father
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@CIJAinfo
Once again: the tweet in question was my tweet in which I was quoting a respected Jewish leader and longtime Harvard Hillel director who was writing from his “lived experience as a Jew.”Characterizing it as antisemitic is an absurd lie. Nobody is buying your smears. Move on
My father and former Harvard Hillel director, Bernie Steinberg, just wrote an op-ed on "the cynical weaponization of antisemitism by powerful forces who seek to intimidate and ultimately silence legitimate criticism of Israel"
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My
@UChicago
faculty colleagues have turned up evidence that admin have meddled with disciplinary procedure in order to withhold diplomas from pro-Palestine organizers, an extraordinary escalation in this campaign of repression
They will be doing a presser at 10:30am CT
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The passion here is real - but what it signifies is the depth of desperation among Israel's so-called moderates to blame everything, their military losses, their isolation, their bankrupt ideology, their own unforgivable crimes, all on Netanyahu and thus to absolve themselves
💥Yair Lapid telling the crowds in Tel Aviv tonight that not even dust will be left of Netanyahu. "There won't be a Benjamin Netanyahu Square. There won't be a Benjamin Netanyahu fountain. Only that filthy smile will remain of him." (
@UnxeptableD
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Ever since learning about it in 2005, I've dreamed of visiting Gaza's famous Samir Mansour bookshop. Now it's gone.
This is the Gaza bookshop destroyed by Israeli bombing using US-provided weapons. The shelves over to the right carried Abdulrahman Munif's books:
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what's sad about kids' love of dinosaurs is how unreciprocated it is
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@skjask
@joshualeifer
Shoshanna, I grew up in this yeshiva culture. They know exactly what they're doing and saying (go ask them: they'll happily tell you exactly what they mean). So you're either lying or you're ignorant on this topic
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The sides in this war are not Israel vs Palestine but liars vs truth-tellers
Israel has issued a censorship order directing media to “submit to the Censorship all materials dealing with the activities of the Israeli Defense Forces.”
Read the full order here:
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@BL_Balthaser
Iran floated de-escalation on even easier terms than that: a simple condemnation in the UN
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The
@PENamerica
awards are officially a shitshow
29 out of 87 nominees have withdrawn, incl 9 writers who were up for a $75K prize
Support these writers!
@Bookshop_Org
has posted to their homepage a list of the withdrawn books, put together by
@wawog_now
, with all profits going to support
@TheWordIsChange
and
@UNRWA
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@edburmila
Seems like just yesterday the Senate voted to confirm Clarence Thomas 52-48 on the strength of 11 Dem votes
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a theory: academics use the phrase "unpack" so often because they're forced to move so frequently
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@rachsyme
@ambernoelle
he wasn't even a good bff to hm. just kind of no homoed their relationship into utter lameness
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US unconditional guarantee to actively shield Israel defensively *is* a way of providing support and incentive for Israel to act offensively
Rep. Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of House Foreign Relations Committee:
Biden’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel was “for their self defense. But we do not want an offensive.”
+ Meeks:diplomacy should lead to Iranian recognition of Israel’s right to exist and two state solution
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Whenever I see Labor come out for Palestine I feel real hope 🥹
We have adopted a fundraiser along with
@UofCJ4P
to help the 9 members of Mahmoud's family leave Gaza!
Please sponsor them with us – donate, share, tell their story, be loud about why you support! Together we will see this fundraiser to the finish line.
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well looks like I need to re-post this
My father and former Harvard Hillel director, Bernie Steinberg, just wrote an op-ed on "the cynical weaponization of antisemitism by powerful forces who seek to intimidate and ultimately silence legitimate criticism of Israel"
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The president of
@UChicago
where I teach won’t acknowledge the simple fact of Gaza scholasticide.
Meanwhile, the Israelis:
Israeli sergeants walking through the now blown up & destroyed Al-Azhar University mock
#scholasticide
, suggesting that a new academic semester in Gaza is never to start again.
From the ruins of Azhar their genocidal intent is yet again live-streamed
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In addition to the Cop, Construction Worker, and the Cowboy, the Village People should have included a morose guy who writes short stories
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For the record, I co-sign the notion that 'Somewhere Lies the Moon', the novel Courtney Milan was suspended for saying was a "fucking racist mess," *is a fucking racist mess*. Go ahead and suspend me,
@romancewriters
. I'm member number 33538
#IStandWithCourtney
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A sacred space used for oppression is the opposite of sacred. This according to the prophets whose books line your shul:
"You come to my temple...you trample my courts...when you pray I will not listen for your hands are covered in blood...your leaders collude with thieves..."
There are appropriate places to demonstrate. In front of a synagogue and community centre in the heart of a Jewish community is not one of them. That is not freedom of expression or protest against the conflict between Israel and Hamas - it is antisemitism.
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For all the journalists out there concerned (for good reason) that telling the truth about Israel’s atrocities will come at a high personal cost, take strength from your courageous colleagues in Gaza
"As far as I am concerned, this is just a first message...I plan to be back to work tomorrow morning." Praise be to Allah, Mr. Wael Dahdouh is still alive, and reporting from his hospital bed on the very strike that nearly took his life and killed his cameraman, Samer Abu Daqqa.
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Hasbara guy just gave his tired talking points and "urged" me to visit Israel, as if listening to their lies my entire life + years spent in the country, seeing the truth with my own eyes, weren't exactly the things that made me anti-Zionist
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Of course the chair of today’s circus hearing on “antisemitism” recently voted against a resolution to condemn white supremacists and their antisemitic theories
"Antisemitism must have no safe harbor in American universities."
-Dr
@virginiafoxx
, chairperson of the Committee on Education and the Workforce
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If it wasn't so inflammatory, the characterization of this gathering as antisemitic would be laughable. I was there. It was a lovefest between Jews and Muslims - so many inspiring moments, so many big and small acts of solidarity. Kamala Harris and the Dems will not divide us
Read my full statement on the protests in Washington, D.C. yesterday.
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Instead of 'Happy Hanukkah' the Hebrew in Times ad says: “her earlobe tag which has died” - best hanukkah gift ever?
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In the past year I've learned so much from reading
@aptly_engineerd
. She is one of the most important voices speaking now. The racist attack against her, and other Jews of color, sponsored by
@TimesofIsrael
, cannot be tolerated. It shows exactly why her voice is so critical now
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BREAK THIS LAW
The SHALOM Act (HB 942) is now law. Here's what you need to know:
The SHALOM act codifies into law the IHRA definition and examples of antisemitism. This vague definition wrongly conflates criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism. 1/
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Powerful moment in this action: to shout at the tops of our lungs, in the reverberating acoustics of the Capitol rotunda, “Stop Supporting Genocide,” within earshot of the very officials who continue to arm the Israeli mass murder
Hundreds of protesters were arrested today at the Capitol Hill Cannon Rotunda for staging a sit in led by Jewish activists with
@jvplive
to demand Congress stop funding the ongoing genocide of Palestinians 🇵🇸
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If there’s anyone who can crack this journalistic riddle it’s America’s legendary New York Times
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@HeerJeet
For me, the sign of Mailer’s fame was that Life Magazine hired him to write about the moon landing in 1969 and put *him* on the cover, not an astronaut or, say, the moon
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A genocide by the sea, ethnic cleansing by the river
BREAKING: Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, anti-settlement watchdog says.
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this is how white supremacy maintains its hold in publishing.
@JenniferAWelch
@LATBermudez
Ms Magazine asked me to review the book. I did. They are assholes because then they did this...
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Hats off to any bookstore that keeps its Fitzgerald behind the counter like the potential public health risk it is
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All my life I've heard Israelis say things like this
🚨 The [
@zeteo_news
] documentary trailer is out, and even the brief clips are shocking. The trailer features interviews with soldiers that reveal some shocking details.
You must watch this! ->>
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The buried lede of Israel’s rejection of ceasefire deal: cabinet minister Smotrich calls for escalation in Palestinian cities in West Bank, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Qalqilya should be “turned into ruins exactly like Gaza, that’s the only language they understand in the Middle East”
השר סמוטריץ' מצטרף לבן גביר ותוקף את עסקת החטופים שעל הפרק: "ההצעה שניתנה בידי קבינט המלחמה בחוסר סמכות ובניגוד לחוק לא מחייבת את ממשלת ישראל. אם הממשלה תאמץ את הצעת הכניעה, לא נהיה חלק ממנה ונפעל להחלפת ההנהגה הכושלת"
@yaara_shapira
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For context:
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@UChicago
is blocking the graduation of at least 5 seniors without justification. Just a week before their June 1 graduation, admin emailed 4 of them that their degrees are being withheld. Admin claims these students may have been involved in the UChi Gaza solidarity encampment.
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Coming soon: the novel in the form of a single, long, at times maniacal, increasingly confessional voice mail message left for a senator
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@imeveryonesjoy
@omarsakrpoet
@amyschumer
Should be another key category represented here: Palestinians refugees pushed into exile (in Lebanon, Jordan etc)
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Hard to imagine a bigger failure for a university president than to curry favor with a McCarthyite congress by bragging about kicking out more undergrads than any predecessor, touting your success at creating an authoritarian chill on campus ("they are getting the message")
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Millions of lives broken by Biden, by the arms he rushes to Israel, by the political coverage he gives them
A Palestinian boy has spoken about living on his own in Gaza after his mother had to leave with his injured sister.
UNICEF says there are thousands of unaccompanied children in the besieged enclave after 5 months of Israel’s war ⤵️
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Sacred space used to oppress is the opposite of sacred.
This according to the prophets whose books line this synagogue:
"You come to my temple...you trample my courts...when you pray I will not listen for your hands are covered in blood...your leaders collude with thieves..."
(The synagogue was hosting a sale of Palestinian land, a strange choice for a place of worship that seems intended to make protests against the land sales look like they’re targeting a place of worship for no reason)
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wow love seeing a labor-led ceasefire march
BREAKING: Thousands are marching on AIPAC headquarters in NYC, led by workers from
@UAW
,
@APWUnational
, and other unions.
The people demand a ceasefire!
Banners at the front show how much $
@ChuckSchumer
,
@HakeemJeffries
, &
@SenGillibrand
have taken from AIPAC.
🎥
@StatusCoup
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My heart explodes 20 times a day with this 1 yr old. How do people do this??
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I flew around the polar ice cap with NASA's Operation IceBridge and wrote this piece for
@gdnlongread
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The
#1
and
#2
bestsellers
@HarvardBooks
But don’t waste your time and money on Wolff’s palace gossip. The goddess via
@EmilyRCWilson
sums it up in one line, and in no-nonsense iambic pentameter.
"They have no brains and no morality.”
(Odyssey 2. 282)
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So touching to see young people and elders listening and learning from each other at these encampments
Beth Massey, vet of 1968 at Columbia, reminds us of the danger of the National Guard. She remembers Kent State and Jackson State. But she tells the students not to cower—“this needs to get bigger and bigger and bigger!”
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This was one of three times I was assaulted last night by
@UChicago
’s police
UCPD THREATENING PROTESTERS
UCPD, KKK, IOF, YOU'RE ALL THE SAME
ALL OUT TO THE SUPPORTER RALLY, 970 E. 58TH STREET
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@jdgtranen
@PENamerica
And still using the genocide-denial propaganda term of “Hamas Health Ministry”
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Kafka wrote about mice. Reiner Stach wrote about Kafka. I wrote about Stach, Kafka, and Mice.
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The baby has spoken - she's going hybrid on Russian and English: apple is 'applaka'
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Kafka's diary, 100 years ago, today: 2 August 1914. Germany has declared war on Russia – Swimming in the afternoon
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A rebel cow escaped her farm in Poland and is now living with a herd of wild bison. So far, she has been able to successfully find food and thrive in the wild.
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@jesmimi
@JoyceCarolOates
@angiecthomas
@KieseLaymon
Some of them even used to read
@JoyceCarolOates
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If you or someone you love is ever tempted to take Jonathan Chait seriously please point them to this tweet (“interest group” = public school teachers, “donors” = Bain, Walton family, hedge fund people)
@BenMathisLilley
The donors to the charters schools may be rich, but their interest in this issue is philanthropic, making it quite different than an interest group protecting its own income.
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This will go down among the notorious genocide sites of history - and many weeks after the ICJ ruling, weeks after the president of the United States, eating an ice cream cone, glibly declared an imminent ceasefire
I have been working nonstop for the past 6 months covering what’s happening in Gaza, but what I saw today while visiting Al-Shifa hospital was unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed before :
Israeli occupation forces executed 300 Palestinians in and around the hospital, and this
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The eternal capital of the Jewish people is the Torah. The city of Jerusalem is what it always was: a den of thieves, idolaters, and murderers
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Bowling Green Massacre is real: in 1921 Bowling Green football beat Findlay 151-0. Dark day for the Findlay squad. Thanks, Iraqi immigrants
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Big shout-out to the guy who came to my reading tonight. You rock, dude.
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I wrote this because there's no point in writing about humans anymore
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@DovWaxman
I can see why Nazarian was incl for divest. Your claim to "oppose occupation" is a posture without any meaning. This is High Hasbara. I give credit to the protestors for, among other things, drawing lines that force politicians like you to show their hand. We see where you stand
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@theroyalbob
@maimonides_nutz
@TheTonightSho
and yet does he dunk even once in the entire torah? i went to yeshiva with guys like him. all legs, no hops
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I wrote a piece about the Andy Kaufman death cult and why you should join
http://t.co/uQo7oVzDDo
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A party well-trained in cowardly support of Biden’s genocide has been perfectly primed for this moment
“I Wish I Was More Brave” is the Democratic Party’s epitaph
Listen here:
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I work closely with this lovely group -this fundraiser is legit and will be a lifesaver for this family
We at UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine are adopting a fundraiser to help the 9 members of Mahmoud's family leave Gaza!
With your help, we will see this fundraiser to the finish line, and this family will be able to go to Egypt.
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Every time I see news of Israeli atrocities at Nuseirat -- which is almost daily at this point -- I think of my friend, Mahmoud Alhaj, and his extended family displaced there, especially little Hamza, aged 9
Please help this family evacuate to safety
A Palestinian boy with critical injuries arrives at Al-Aqsa Hospital following a violent Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza.
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This one kind of gives me the chills
“Democratic Party,
we know what side you’re on!
Remember Hiroshima!
Remember Vietnam!”
#FreePalestine
protesters shut down Penn. Ave outside Capitol. People’s State of The Union (SOTU).
#SOTU2024
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I have discontinued my serial column with the Forward in protest of their unconscionable campaign to blame American leftists, especially POC, for white supremacist violence. I do this in solidarity with other writers, esp Jews of color, who have withdrawn work from the Forward.
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When life gets you down you can always fall back on hasid Louis CK matryoshka doll
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In this piece I hear the echoes of the harmful accommodationist bullshit they used to tell us in yeshiva. Really depressing
Mayim Bialik: Being a feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s world
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Biden’s election playbook: blame everything on Netanyahu (even tho there was broad support in Israel and US gov) and then position himself as the savior of Gaza
“I have been asked by a serious administration figure what it is that will force the Netanyahu coalition to collapse," said one Israeli expert who is frequently consulted by American officials.
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Times reports "extended gun battles with Palestinian militants" at Shifa Hospital. But here are the actual numbers: 3 Israeli casualties in 2 weeks, one of the *least* deadly two-week spans for Israel during their invasion. Were there really "extended gun battles" at Al-Shifa?
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@HannahLebovits
Note to anyone writing a screenplay: Tibor made some of the best chulent I've ever had. I begged him for his secret. Finally he said, and this is a direct quote "so much schmaltz, you won't believe."
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Using the word “barrooms” is definitely something they teach you in Boston mayor school
Mayor Walsh: "It's not a night to go out to barrooms, it's not a night to be out on the street." Asks people to stay inside, and be safe and aware of their surroundings if they need to be outside.
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Finally deferred to autocorrect of 'rabbits' for 'rabbis.' Sentence now begins "According to the rabbits of old..."
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Hey
@romancewriters
you might want to stay open tomorrow since your organization is two minutes from imploding
#IStandWithCourtney
Reminder! The RWA office will be closed December 24 and 25. We will reopen Thursday, December 26 at 8 a.m. CT.
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This is the DC equivalent of standing in front of a Jim Crow-era monument with a torch, chanting "you will not replace us"
#DACA
Attorney General Sessions said DACA "denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans" by allowing DACA recipients "to take those jobs."
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God forbid that Elena Ferrante turns out to be Philip Roth...but, if he is, can we agree that he deserves the
@NobelPrize
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being an author today means not being offended when *a fan* gives a higher amazon rating to a washcloth
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The old saying "it's not the crime or the cover-up but the openly boasting about it five times a day including to Lester Holt on TV"
Breaking: Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say
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@onthemainline
I like to imagine Kurt looking at the word ‘pareve’ and thinking, I’m just gonna let that one stay as is
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