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The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 183 The people of Israel live. Am Yisrael Chai. In this moving episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay talks about his recent (first ever) trip to Israel and what he learned most. Join him for a powerful story.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to fund food stamps in full for roughly 42 million low-income Americans, after admonishing the government for delaying aid under the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the shutdown. The order, issued by Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, marked his second legal rebuke of the administration for actions that threatened to leave millions of Americans at risk of financial hardship. Reading his directive from the bench after a short but tense hearing, Judge McConnell sharply criticized the administration for ignoring his...

Explanation: This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. The featured image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is presented in three colors chosen for scientific interest. The Crab Nebula spans about 10 light-years. In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the Sun but...

The latest battleground in the war over MAGA’s future is one of the conservative movement’s most illustrious think tanks: the Heritage Foundation. On Thursday, its president, Kevin Roberts, released a video to defend the honor of Tucker Carlson only a few days after the former Fox News host interviewed white Christian nationalist and proud antisemite Nick Fuentes. In his video post, Roberts began by saying, “Christians can critique the state of Israel without being antisemitic. And of course, antisemitism should be condemned.” He then went on to attack supporters of President Donald Trump who had been attacking Carlson. “We will...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is set to hold a vote Friday with an eye toward ending the government shutdown. The GOP leader told lawmakers over a conference lunch that he will hold another vote on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) that has failed to advance 14 times so far. This time, however, Thune is putting it on the floor with an eye toward amending it to attach a three-bill spending package — known as a minibus — that has been part of negotiations with Democrats, one Senate GOP aide said

A mom of four from Indiana was fatally gunned down after arriving at the wrong address for her cleaning job — and her grieving husband, who watched her die, is now demanding justice. Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez, 32, was shot dead just before 7 a.m. Wednesday as she and her husband, Mauricio Velázquez, arrived at a Whitestown home they’d been hired to clean, IndyStar reported. The couple, who are self-employed cleaners, checked the address twice and circled the neighborhood — a tiny suburb about 22 miles from Downtown Indianapolis — to make sure they were in the right place, the...

Lefty MSNBC news anchor Joe Scarborough revealed he’s brokering a meeting between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt after the anti-Israel socialist was accused of refusing to work with the organization. Scarborough made the announcement during a breakfast with reporters following a heated on-air exchange with Greenblatt on Wednesday, during which the ADL chief claimed Mamdani vowed not to work with the group to fight antisemitism, Mediaite reported. The “Morning Joe” host pushed back during the interview, alleging Greenblatt was “blurring and bending” his criticisms of Mamdani, even though the incoming mayor has been a vocal critic...

Over one full term and less than a year of a second term, Trump has had confirmed: 3 justices of the Supreme Court (33%) 60 judges to the Circuit courts (34%) 187 judges to the district courts (28%) 29% of the judiciary overall Trump has filled all the existing vacancies on the Circuit courts this year. But there are five Circuit judges appointed by Reagan and four by HW Bush that should be retiring (they are all late 70's 80's and one who's 98). There are also several Clinton judges in their late 70's or 80's. There are currently twelve...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Coldwater Mayor Jose “Joe” Ceballos, who was reelected on Tuesday, was charged by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach the next day. In a news conference Wednesday, Kobach said Ceballos was facing criminal charges for three counts of voting without being qualified and three counts of election perjury. Both are non-person felonies. “He is not a United States citizen,” Kobach said. “He is a legal permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Mexico.” Kobach said if Ceballos is convicted, the crimes can carry a maximum of 68 months in prison and a fine of...

After New York City’s race for mayor catapulted Zohran Mamdani from state assembly member into one of the world’s most prominent progressive voices, intense debate swirled over the ideas at the heart of his campaign. His critics and opponents painted pledges such as free bus service, universal childcare and rent freezes as unworkable, unrealistic and exorbitantly expensive. But some have hit back, highlighting the quirk of geography that underpins some of this view. “He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek in the wake...

To understand this week's election, look to economic and political lessons from Argentina.To understand why Democrats overperformed in this week's elections, look to Argentina. Last month, Argentinian president Javier Milei won an unexpectedly large electoral affirmation, as his party significantly outperformed expectations by more than doubling its congressional representation in what was widely seen as a referendum on his agenda. Over the past two years, Milei, the world's most libertarian national leader, has slashed spending, cut red tape, and made his top priority restoring economic order and prosperity to a country that has long been a socialist basket case. Critics...

A criminal case that had been held against Boeing for the fatal crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 has been dropped. Federal Judge Reed O'Connor made the move in the state of Texas, as they dismissed the case upon a request from the Department of Justice. The two aircraft crashes, which occurred in October 2018 (Lion Air) and March 2019 (Ethiopian Airlines), were deadly for all onboard, resulting in a total of 346 fatalities, including passengers and crew. These incidents led to the global grounding of the MAX aircraft, with their airworthiness revoked after the...

Stonington — A social media video showing a local business operator using a racial slur sparked immediate and universal backlash from her fellow merchants. The video, which emerged last weekend, shows Michelle Stone, 54, of Mystic, using the n-word during a verbal altercation with several people, at least one of whom is Black. Stone began operating the Velvet Espresso Bar in the Velvet Mill last month and celebrated the business' ribbon-cutting on Saturday. New London firefighter and amateur food critic Al Mayo initially posted the video to a Facebook group, but it was taken down, according to Mayo. On Wednesday,...

From the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, this depressing statistic: 34% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 have a favorable opinion of communism: To say you like communism, you have to be a moron. And you have to know absolutely nothing about history. And you must be getting your information from ill-intentioned, malicious sources. What sources might those be? The public schools. What other explanation is there for young people developing a fondness for communism? I think we have reached the point where it is a serious question whether, on balance, our public schools do more harm than...

Ford is considering scrapping the electric version of its F-150 pickup — once billed as the future of American trucks — after racking up billions in losses and watching demand collapse. Executives are in active talks about axing the money-losing F-150 Lightning altogether, sources told the Wall Street Journal, in what could become the first major casualty of America’s faltering electric vehicle revolution. The Lightning, launched with fanfare in 2021 and hailed by CEO Jim Farley as a ‘smartphone that can tow,’ was supposed to mark a new era for Ford. President Joe Biden even took one for a spin,...

Within academia, there seems to be a growing consensus that the peer-review system—once the backbone of academic scholarship—is broken. But is it irreparably so? Perhaps. At the very least, the breakdown of its current form is worth exploring. However, rather than abandoning the entire endeavor, we believe we have a novel solution. First, though, let us examine where the system went wrong. In the Middle Ages, most scientific research was self-published, as scholars shared their findings among themselves. But, as the profession grew, that became impractical, and the scientific journal was born as a way of disseminating information. A scholar...

Roy Woods Jr., of Daily Show fame, and Shannon Sharpe seem a little insane in this clip. [Warning: Language] VIDEO AT LINK.............. Wood: I found the white family that purchased the first black Wood of my bloodline off the slave ships in Charleston ... if I wanted to today I could find the white Wood descendants in southern Georgia and pull up on they ----ing house. One day I will. They ain't got no money, though. [Shannon bursts out laughing] I Zillowed they crib, they broke ... how you broke and you had slaves? What do you bet he'd...

**Media blackout** Delano Middleton, 48, fatally stabbed 18-year-old JT Schroeder at a Walmart in Georgia on Whitemarsh Island late last month after the teen supposedly kicked his shopping cart. According to WTOC, Middleton pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2021 after he repeatedly stabbed a woman in a grocery parking lot in an unprovoked attack. Middleton was released early from prison and put on probation in 2023 after he stabbed a woman in a grocery store parking lot. Schroeder died four days after he was stabbed. “J.T.’s precious 18 year old son was murdered recently at the Walmart on Wilmington...

There will be plenty of warmth on display as US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House on November 7, but alongside the strong personal chemistry there will be a full plate of issues as they sit down to lunch. Long united by ideology and words, the two leaders are on opposite sides of the policy fence when it comes to imports of Russian oil. Meanwhile, plans for Orban to host Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Budapest have been placed very much on the back burner. An exemption from...

Why do New York City voters want to repeat this disaster from the 1960s and 1970s? https://reason.org/commentary/rent-control-laws-nearly-destroyed-parts-of-new-york-city-they-could-do-the-same-to-california/