In The Times, Dwight Garner note how little a certain conservative cable network was affected by the revelations of its bald fictions and blatant exaggerations: “Fox News, at this point, resembles a car whose windshield is heavily inlaid with traffic quotes. Yet this car (probably a Hummer) manages to speed away every day, plowing through six more mailboxes, five more school crossing guards, four elderly scientists, three community businesses, two trans children and a solar panel. (Thanks to Steven R. Strahler of Oak Park, Illinois, and Barbara Walker of Rapid City, SD, among others, for nominating this gem.)
Matt Flegenheimer trace the trajectory of Russell Brand: “With his mid-length hair, his multi-faith tattoos and his promises of unspecified revolution, Brand, 48, had in recent years touched millions of people daily through a media empire and good -being, merging the downward-oriented dogmatism of a true guru. with the cold efficiency of the YouTube algorithm. (Mika Cooper, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Peter Pruim, Easton, Pennsylvania, among others)
Jamelle Bouie diagnostic the problem with the Florida governor’s presidential campaign: “Ron DeSantis cannot escape the fact that it makes no sense to try to present himself as a more competent Donald Trump, for the simple reason that the whole question of competence is orthogonal to Trump’s call.” (Pat Marriott, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Ross Douthat Reheated Vivek Ramaswamy: “Behind all the attention-seeking, trolling, and performative obnoxiousness, there’s a guy making some interesting points that no other Republican is making. Beneath the guy making interesting points, alas, is an attention-seeking troll. (Bob McNabb, St John, Virgin Islands and Dan Stone, Centerport, NY, among others)
And Nicolas Kristof reported with emotion after a trip to the Middle East: “If you only cry over Israeli children, or only cry over Palestinian children, you have a problem that goes beyond the tear ducts. » (Michael Rubin, Napa, California)
