The adage "If you're making both sides angry, you must be doing something right" is overused, but in this case, the fact Mayor Mamdani's statement is angering both those mad he mentioned Israel's genocide in a statement on 10/7, and those mad he is mourning Israeli civilians at all, is... telling.

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Mayor Mamdani is actually our most centrist politician, if by that you mean, "Getting absurd and bad-faith criticism from all sides."

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HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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I really wish I could pinpoint into words the kind of internal fury and resentment I still carry about the total collapse of the academic humanities. Most days I don't think about it at all. But sometimes, I'm left with an overwhelming sadness about missing the work.

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Today would’ve been my father’s 95th birthday. In search of a better life, he came to America with only $2.43 and a Korean-English dictionary. He had no friends or family here. Like many immigrants, he dreamt of the promise of what this country could offer. Each day I work to honor his memory.

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