Zack Beauchamp
Senior Correspondent, Vox. Host of the Worldly podcast. (((Globalist))). "Low serotonin lobster."
Last synced from Twitter 350d ago
The profound bad faith in the campus free speech debate, in 2 screenshots
Two Fox News segments accidentally exposed what’s really going on here.
Iran's foreign minister says Netanyahu got Jewish scripture wrong
"It is unfortunate that Mr. Netanyahu...distorts his own scripture."
Trump’s free speech executive order isn’t about free speech
It’s actually about power — specifically, the conservative attempt to seize it on college campuses.
The 'free speech' debate isn't about free speech
America doesn't have a free speech problem. It has a moral conflict problem.
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Zack Beauchamp
While we're on the subject of free speech, I liked this @DamonLinker piece quite a bit
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‘Replacement Theory,’ a Racist, Sexist Doctrine, Spreads in Far-Right Circles
A conspiracy theory predicated on the idea that white women are not having enough children appears to be bubbling up across the globe.
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Zack Beauchamp
This @NellieBowles piece is, as usual, fabulous. I've been immersed in the incel world for a reporting project and a lot of what she writes here really resonates
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Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog
David Sirota had been working unofficially for Sanders while savaging the other Democratic candidates on Twitter.
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Zack Beauchamp
Setting aside Sirota's merits, this is...pretty unethical on both his part and the campaign's theatlantic.com/politics/archi… pic.twitter.com/X7zPaqgQqR
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Netanyahu to Rotem Sela: Israel is not a country of all its citizens
The prime minister responded to an Instagram post from Israeli actress Rotem Sela, who said the government must stop delegitimizing its Arab citizens.
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Zack Beauchamp
So are Netanyahu's comments here, incidentally — an example of just how threatened Israel's already-frayed liberal democracy is by the current government
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Jeanine Pirro: Ilhan Omar’s Hijab May Be ‘Antithetical’ To The Constitution
In a thinly disguised show of Islamophobia on Saturday, Fox News host JeaninePirro questioned whether the hijab worn by Rep
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Zack Beauchamp
Was mostly offline this weekend, so I'm getting to this now. But I want to be extremely clear: This is so much more offensive than anything Ilhan Omar has ever done, and an example of why minority communities in the US can't afford to be divided
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The Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explained
Why her comments about "allegiance" to Israel created such a firestorm — and why it all matters.
A Clinton-era centrist Democrat explains why it’s time to give democratic socialists a chance
"The baton rightly passes to our colleagues on our left."
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Zack Beauchamp
Spoke with @delong about his claim that neoliberals need to cede leadership of the Democratic Party to the left
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Spain investigates raid on North Korean embassy: sources
A group of unidentified men entered North Korea's embassy in Madrid last Fr...
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Zack Beauchamp
I'm obsessed with this utterly insane story, which isn't even the biggest North Korea item on this nutso morning reuters.com/article/us-spa… pic.twitter.com/VhCUyakQBV
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The new reactionaries
Two new books reveal the coalition of far-right nationalists and anti-PC warriors who define the modern political right.
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Zack Beauchamp
My review of two new books that reveal the fundamental similarities between Trumpism and anti-PC “Intellectual Dark Web” types
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Watch Rep. Ilhan Omar grill Elliott Abrams, Trump’s Venezuela envoy, over his dubious past
A rare example of elite accountability.
Howard Schultz’s CNN town hall revealed the emptiness of elite centrism
Schultz’s vacuous politics are a reflection of his class.
Ilhan Omar’s tweet revealed core truths about anti-Semitism in America
Omar’s tweet was bad. But the Republican reaction was profoundly hypocritical.
Donald Trump's speech to Republican Jews was filled with anti-Semitic stereotypes
"Is there anyone in this room who doesn't negotiate deals? Probably more than any room I've ever spoken."
We pressed Jill Abramson on plagiarism charges. Here’s what she said.
"What we’re talking about here are sets of facts that I borrowed."
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Zack Beauchamp
Go read @seanilling's interview with Jill Abramson straight away vox.com/2019/2/8/18206… pic.twitter.com/3h6xJ5SdKA
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Trump’s 2019 State of the Union was an ode to an imaginary America
A kind of faux populism that’s really about race.
A major democracy watchdog just published a scathing report on Trump
American democracy is as threatened as it’s ever been sure "in living memory," according to Freedom House.