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Category Archives: America
The Golden Age For Jews In America Was A Historically Contingent Alliance That Has Now Fractured
Many Jewish essays note that the golden age for Jews in America has passed, and that Jews no longer possess the power, influence, status, and safety they once enjoyed. If this is true, what explains the golden age of Jews … Continue reading
NYM: Inside the Helicopter That Caused the Potomac Air Disaster
New York magazine says: Though talented as a manager, she wasn’t much of a pilot. Helicopter flying is an extremely demanding feat of coordination and balance, akin to juggling and riding a unicycle at the same time. For [Rebecca] Lobach, … Continue reading
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The Battle To Define Reality (1-28-26)
01:00 Who has the power to define reality? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16734005:00 Mark Halperin: How MN Sparked a National Immigration Debate, and Intra-GOP “War” Fight, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSp_iBFc1Fk18:00 Megyn Kelly Breaks Down Multiple Videos of Alex Pretti’s Past VIOLENT Clash with Law Enforcement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0L9JUjcwo023:00 The … Continue reading
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The Vetting Of Josh Shapiro
Since it was revealed in 1985 that American Jew Jonathan Pollard had stolen American national security secrets and given them to Israel which may have then traded them to the Soviet Union, Jews in national security have undergone more intense … Continue reading
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The Bridge and the Moat: Jewish Survival Inside Gentile Nationalisms (1-28-26)
01:00 Will Trump push for mandatory e-verify? https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-trouble-with-trumps-deportations02:00 Tucker Carlson is The Most Powerful Man on the Right (w/ Jason Zengerle), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hcq2n26oY10:00 Israel has never been stronger nor more unpopular, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16730212:00 Yoram Hazony on Anti-Semitism and the American Right, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16729014:00 … Continue reading
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Mark Halperin: Why Trump Changed Course on Minnesota, and How Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Took Over After Limbaugh
Gemini says: Alliance Theory suggests that political belief systems do not stem from deep-seated moral values or objective truths but from the shifting structures of social and political alliances. In this framework, the elite mainstream media functions as a core … Continue reading
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Oy Vey! They’re Assaulting Our Norms! (1-27-26)
01:00 NYT: Employment Commission Chair Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/eocc-dei-employment-discrimination.html02:00 Trump targets anti-white discrimination, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16721510:00 WP: Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16721315:00 How Do You Survive A Racist Text Published In The New Yorker?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16720822:00 … Continue reading
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NYT: Employment Commission Chair Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image
The New York Times reports: In December, a 9,000-word essay about white male millennials shot across the internet. The author, a ticket scalper and frustrated screenwriter, marshaled interviews and data to describe how the professional trajectories of members of his … Continue reading
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WP: Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The Washington Post reports: Composer Philip Glass has joined the list of artists, musicians and performers pulling back from previously scheduled engagements at the Kennedy Center, withdrawing his anticipated Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln” from the National Symphony Orchestra, which was … Continue reading
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The Blob Fights Back
Two academics write this op/ed in the New York Times against Trump’s foreign policy: To resist neo-royalism the first step is to “name the reality,” as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned at Davos. He noted that those who “compete … Continue reading
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