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Is the U.S. Stabbing Israel in the Back?
Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss the crisis in relations between Washington and Jerusalem
March 28, 2024
Build Back Better Palestinian Authority
This week, Walter and Jeremy talk universal basic income, the decline of New York City, the Houthis as the greatest naval threat since Imperial Japan, and why the Palestinians need a Konrad Adenauer
March 22, 2024
Number of the Day from The Scroll
$50M
→ That’s how much money a member of the Qatari royal family invested in the conservative news channel Newsmax from 2019 to 2020, as the Gulf emirate was jockeying for favors from the Trump administration amid its falling-out with its rivals in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to a report in The Washington Post based on leaked documents from Genesis Trust, a Cayman Islands-based financial company, Qatari royal Sheikh Sultan bin Jassim Al Thani made the investment, which was not publicly acknowledged prior to the leaks, through his London-based firm Heritage Advisors (Heritage also, separately, provided Formula 1 tickets to the family of embattled New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez). According to two anonymous former Newsmax employees quoted in the report, “Before and after Sultan’s investment, the outlet’s top editorial brass urged staff to soften on-air coverage of Qatar.”
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DEI on Campus
The Writing Is on the Wall for Jewish Students
We must challenge professors and students who tacitly endorse antisemitic violence in the guise of ‘resistance’
BY THOMAS ULLMAN
The DEI Complex Will Never Protect Jews
The problem isn’t that the system—of affinity groups, diversity officers, microaggression policing, and more—hasn’t included Jews until now. It’s that the system itself is dangerous.
BY ARMIN ROSEN
It’s not about diversity, equity, or inclusion. It is about arrogating power to a movement that threatens not just Jews—but America itself.
BY BARI WEISS
Michael Lind
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Michael Lind chronicles civilizational shifts and national trends, writing about American politics and culture with a deep understanding of history and appreciation for America's highest ideals.
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