Every noncitizen in this country now knows that if they merely voice strong opposition to Israel, they risk deportation. They need commit no crime. They need only hold a view disliked by Marco Rubio and government men in masks will find you, imprison you and deport you.
This is a very dark day for the First Amendment - gutted for noncitizens to protect a foreign country from criticism.
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
Edit: thank you sooo much to everyone for all the support! I REALLY appreciate your kind words and encouragement. I was originally determined to respond to every comment but I don’t think I’m going to be able to. Please know I appreciate you though!
I haven’t had a drink in 474 days. I stopped using cannabis 27 days ago. This is the longest time I’ve spent utterly sober since I was 16 (back in the 1980s!).
Today I went to my first AA meeting. As a neurodivergent woman with rampant social anxiet…
Esquire’s EIC Michael Sebastian pens a great weekly newsletter, and while he touches on the incredible cover story on the legendary Denzel Washington (and by him, as it’s written by him himself), he also touches something so important here: male friendships.
“Male friendships can be built on seemingly vaporous foundations—a shared sports fandom, the recitation of lines from Wedding Crashers. Rarely do we delve into more personal matters: relationships, loss, mental health. But that doesn’t make the friendships less meaningful. We still get into the important stuff; it just might be under the cover of discussing a Wilco show we saw twenty years ago.”