The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses. The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.

Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion. WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out. Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why

This is about right…

MAGA’s Mask-Off Moment.. such an important piece and reminder we have obligation to police fascism wherever it appears open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Wealth taxes !!!

No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion. Tax the damn rich.

No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion. Tax the damn rich.

Catholic bishops, even some aligned with the White House, are now speaking out forcefully against the Trump administration's policies about immigrants, respect for Native Americans and the Army's cancellation of support for uniformed priests www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

So another source of independent journalism in America is shut down.

ככל שמתקדמת החקירה הנגדית, רה"מ הנאשם נתניהו הולך ומסתבך ברשת הגרסאות הסותרות שטווה. ככל שגוברת מצוקתו מחריף הלחץ לסיכול ניהולו התקין של המשפט: נתניהו קילל את השוטרים, דוברו עופר גולן הפריע למהלך המשפט, עורך-דינו עלב בתובע והתחצף לשופטים, מחוץ לאולם שוב ארב בריון לעיתונאים www.the7eye.org.il/567296

This has always seemed like the key issue. Bezos and Lewis, understandably, want the Post to be profitable. But the actions they've taken with Opinion (killing the Kamala endorsement, firing their top talent, etc) have consistently undermined that strategy. bsky.app/profile/dave...

Some highlights from one of the founding documents of the Republic, the Declaration of Independence, 250 years old next summer. ‘He’ being George iii: “He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people.”

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power

Please repost: We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

It's all about getting to this:

American politics is in a totally good place

The primary and most pervasive form of speech suppression that this Administration employs is chill; it's pervasive but much harder to quantify than outright censorship. But stories like this must be happening everywhere. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The first two posts Mark Zuckerberg’s flagship app chose to show me when I logged in tonight. I don’t follow either account. For context, I’m Jewish. Amazing how sinisterly dark shit has gotten.

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Tom Paine, Common Sense #nokings

Pay attention to what’s not in picture: 1. Chief justice of Israel Supreme Court not invited to Knesset for Trump speech. Meaning: Netanyahu assault on court & democracy continues.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

It’s the inequality

For Israelis who have been in the streets, day after day, in the tens &100s of thousands, This is not the end of the struggle against Netanyahu's evil govt. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning. Now we must rise up, continue to struggle, repair.

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

For Israelis who have been in the streets, day after day, in the tens &100s of thousands, This is not the end of the struggle against Netanyahu's evil govt. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning. Now we must rise up, continue to struggle, repair.

Boycotting Israeli films is an ill-conceived means of achieving political change, Gershom Gorenberg argues. It targets “a vital source of artistic dissent rather than policy makers”:

Bingo

זה לא סוף המאבק בממשלת הרשע. זה אפילו לא תחילת סוף המאבק. אבל זה סוף תחילת המאבק. עכשיו לצאת, להיאבק, לתקן.

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Media normalcy bias: Getting journo's minds around the fact that things are *not normal.* They tell you "dog bits man" is not a story; "man bites dog" is a story. But if you come with a guy actually biting a dog or, say, a fascist takeover of the US, the editor is like "can't be, don't exaggerate."

"To change what Israel's doing", you must "lead more Israelis to question the country’s direction," writes @gershomg.bsky.social. With films such as 'The Sea' and 'Oxygen', he notes, Israeli cinema is a "vital source of artistic dissent" that mustn't be boycotted. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Boycotting Israeli films is an ill-conceived means of achieving political change, Gershom Gorenberg argues. It targets “a vital source of artistic dissent rather than policy makers”:

Why *not* to boycott Israeli films. Well argued by @gershomg.bsky.social : www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

If people who create films believe in the power of their art, they should be working with Israeli filmmakers—not boycotting them. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/bbdt001

Israeli cinema is a vital arena of dissent, raising the most basic issues of occupation & militarism. Boycotting it is ill-conceived, self-defeating political theater. The boycott plays into the hands of Netanyahu's government. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/bbdt001

If you want to end the occupation and the war in Gaza, boycotting the most effective dissident art form in Israel is really self-defeating. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/bbdt001

It always brings me such joy to click on an interesting-looking story and realize it was written by a friend! Nice piece, @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Important piece by @gershomg.bsky.social And anyone who knows ANYTHING about Israeli cinema knows that a boycott of it is misguided at best (charitable understatement) www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

If you want to end the occupation and the war in Gaza, boycotting the most effective dissident art form in Israel is really self-defeating. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/bbdt001

The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war. @gershomg.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

If people who create films believe in the power of their art, they should be working with Israeli filmmakers—not boycotting them. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/bbdt001

Israeli cinema is a vital arena of dissent, raising the most basic issues of occupation & militarism. Boycotting it is ill-conceived, self-defeating political theater. The boycott plays into the hands of Netanyahu's government. My latest @theatlantic.com tiny.cc/bbdt001

The first fascistic tactic to look out for is a hate campaign against a particular religious, racial, or ethnic group. Like, for example, let's say a candidate emerges who calls all people of one nationality "rapists" and "criminals," while promising to ban immigrants from only one religious group.

The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

At the same time, please switch to writing dates in the same order as the rest of the world.