SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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Over on Substack I’ve been posting some of Zhang Xueben’s photos of the Yi people of Sichuan (I colourised them)

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One metal magazine of the 90s actually coined the phrase "Hetfield Effect" to describe the tendency of rockers to switch from "anti-war / anti-establishment" to "patriotic / conservative" pretty much the second they passed draft age

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Not at all a novel observation but if pro Israel people are not capable of seeing that Talarico et al are actually bending over backwards to limit their criticism of Israeli policy to one man and that this is the most charitable light for Israel possible then they are simply doomed.

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Call me a masochist, but I'm returning to this issue, as I feel it has been poorly understood. Please read the whole thread before responding. First, I hope we can agree that the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza and horrific crimes in the West Bank and the wider region.

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