Today:
- Andrew Marantz on whether Trump can be considered a 'fascist,'
- Senator Liz Krueger on her NYS energy efficiency bill,
- The Trace's Chip Brownlee on rural gun violence,
- Listeners, have YOU returned to the faith you grew up with?

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“Besides, history keeps happening, and I’d be willing to change my mind. … The deflationists play a crucial role, but it would be a mistake to slide from deflationism to quietism.” 1/ newyorker.com/books/under-re…

Great overview by Andrew Marantz (with a mention of When the Clock Broke!)
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prompt: a journalist goes to the Bay Area to report an article about the strange and scary world of AI existential risk, trying to be candid and respectful and fair to all concerned, and to be legible by amateurs and experts, all without losing sight of what's important

On this week’s Critics at Large podcast, Vinson Cunningham discusses his début novel, “Great Expectations,” a bildungsroman that captures a particular moment in American life—and that offers some clues about where the genre is heading. nyer.cm/bA0ngvw

Today's the big day. I can't believe it, really, for so many reasons. All I can say is that Great Expectations is the best thing I've written so far, and I'm so happy to get to share it with you. Get it here, or at a bookstore near you: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690565/g…

It was an honor to be on Fresh Air this week. Grateful for the chance to discuss my new book— Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The US, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis—and to try to parse the current Washington standoff on immigration. npr.org/2024/01/30/122…

In a genuinely extraordinary turn of events, Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt prize has been revoked because of their essay on the politics of memory lithub.com/masha-gessens-…

🚨BREAKING: Biden says the U.S. is prepared to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers who are involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.
🚨Why it matters: This is a big deal. It's the 1st time the U.S. is publicly considering individual sanctions against settlers

NEWS — Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for conditions to be placed on U.S. aid for Israel.

“While Israel has the right to go after Hamas, Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government does not have the right to wage almost total warfare against the Palestinian people.”

“If it’s perceived as a Squad thing, and other members feel they can’t touch it, then so be it.”

How the word “ceasefire” divided the left

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Free speech!
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The Israeli military demand that 1.2 million civilians in northern Gaza relocate to its south within 24 hours, absent of any guarantees of safety or return, would amount to the war crime of forcible transfer.

It must be reversed.

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For Dissent Magazine, I wrote about why the left must be humane, or it is not a left at all. dissentmagazine.org/online_article…

Very good interview in the New Yorker with Nathan Thrall newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/c…

here we go! two episodes of our brand spanking new show have arrived. the first is on the 'cringecore' movement in recent comedy, and the second is on Elon Musk and the myth of the tech founder. check 'em out, then subscribe wherever you get your pods. link.chtbl.com/O7RLgc0g

so tired of both-sides journalism