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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 💀 The "Merchant of Death" is back in action. Two years after his release in a prisoner swap for the American basketball player Brittney Griner, notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout Viktor Bout vivicis reportedly brokering a deal to supply weapons to Houthi terrorists in Yemen. Bout, who has since joined a pro-Kremlin party, is now leveraging his old network, proving he hasn't left the arms trade behind. | 🏛 The Supreme Court sided with Texas on abortion law. The Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging Texas' abortion restrictions, effectively upholding a state law allowing hospitals to deny emergency abortions. The Biden administration argued that federal law mandates hospitals to provide abortions in certain instances, and recently secured a win to allow abortions in Idaho. | 🚨 Category 5 Hurricane Milton is barreling toward Florida. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton's imminent landfall near Tampa Bay with winds of 175 mph, just days after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the state. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is urging millions to evacuate, and just yesterday, denied a phone call from Kamala Harris to discuss the matter. | 💸 The porn industry launched an anti-Trump campaign. Over one dozen adult film actors launched a $100,000 campaign targeting men in key swing states, claiming Project 2025 — which Donald Trump has distanced himself from — aims to ban pornography and criminalize its producers. Ads will run on popular porn sites in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia. |
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| | | WHAT WE'RE HEARING | Donald Trump said he would "100 percent" use the DOJ to protect Jewish students on college campuses. Elon Musk believes a Kamala Harris administration would "try to shut down X by any means possible." Nate Silver thinks it's "straight-up misinformation" to claim that Biden led the strongest economy in decades. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called it "misinformation" to assert that the Biden administration prioritizes funds for Lebanon over North Carolina.
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| | | IN THE LOOP | Palestine supporters swamped New York City on October 7. Donald Trump and Ben Shapiro observed the October 7 anniversary together in New York. Have you noticed the rise of foreign students in America? Read our breakdown of foreign enrollment here. (Member-only) Donald Trump threatened a 200 percent tariff on Mexican vehicles. American Water Works, which provides water to over 14 million people, was hit with a massive cyber attack.
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| | | MY THOUGHTS | The West Sleepwalks | Good morning. Yesterday marked one year since the October 7 massacre. I chose to write today, because I believe the day after that horrific event signaled a profound change — not just for Israel or the Middle East, but for the entire West. | The day after the brutal slaughter of Israelis — broadcasted on social media for all to witness — major cities across the West erupted with pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests and marches. From London to Paris, Berlin to NYC, the very forces responsible for 9/11 and the war on terror were celebrated in the streets. | These anti-Israel movements were not just anti-Zionist but openly anti-Western and anti-American. They thrived in elite universities, with students and professors alike joining the outcry. They flourished online, amplified by social media algorithms that gave these voices a global platform. | One year later, after the initial shock has worn off, many in the West seem to have grown numb to it. The media certainly has. The West is abandoning the principles that once defined it — and few seem to care. | |
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| | Read Dr. Ron Paul's urgent warning | | Dr. Ron Paul recently shocked his audience by revealing that "the worst financial disaster in history" is happening right now. Worst of all, he says Americans with an IRA or 401(k) will be hardest hit. Click here to read his urgent warning. | |
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| | | MEDIA | EXCLUSIVE: X Algorithm Feeds Antisemitic Content to Israel Skeptics | | The Israel-Hamas war has been a catalyst for antisemitism on Elon Musk's X Anti-Israel users gravitate toward posts villainizing "the Jews" and defending violence against them X's algorithm specifically brings them this content to profit from audience engagement
| The scoop | The social media platform X, meant to be a beacon of free speech, connects users skeptical of Israel to a vast movement of antisemitism and pro-terrorist content fueled by war in the Middle East, according to an analysis by Upward News. | Before billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter, now X, the platform censored numerous accounts promoting extremist views. Now, X's algorithm notices that pro-Palestine users are interested in such content and sends it to their personal feeds, Upward News learned by creating test accounts. | Antisemitism on social media has skyrocketed in the year since the Israel-Hamas war began. A July report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that far-right users on X dramatically boosted their engagement after leaning into anti-Zionist sentiment. | The algorithm suggests posts based on popularity with other users, revealing more evidence of this ideological connection — a hatred that knows no partisan boundaries. | The tests by Upward News showed that users who follow an assortment of prominent figures and organizations that criticize Israel, such as Students for Justice in Palestine and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), may receive a flood of posts in their "For You" pages explicitly attacking Jews as a group. | The algorithm promoted posts to Upward News pushing the idea of malicious Jewish conspiracies controlling the music industry, pornography sites, local governments, and political leaders. | One thread of posts described a "secret relationship between Hip Hop and Jews" and referenced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs after he was accused of sex trafficking and rape. | Other posts showing up on the feeds mocked Jewish suffering during the Holocaust and Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel. | X's users are overwhelmingly young people, who are statistically more pro-Palestine and thus likely to be targeted with this content… | |
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| | | OUR QUESTION TO YOU | 📊 Does suppressing antisemitism online compromise free speech? Poll results will be in tomorrow's newsletter. | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Who should Republicans support? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Businesses/the free market (548) | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Union workers (52) | 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Other (114) | Business/free market: "Free enterprise is what got us to be such a rich nation. Certain unions are too strong and corrupt." — J.A. Union Workers: "Corporate power has grown beyond anything healthy. Corporate greed affects all of government and society as a whole." — Glen Union Workers: "GOP leaders need to support unions to boost American workers rights, but need to crack down on the corruption of unions leaders." — Rob Other: "Aren't we all Americans? Why should Republicans have to choose one side or the other?" — Anonymous Other: "Both! One can't exist without the other!" — Salvador | | | | 714 votes |
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| Today's newsletter was written by Brandon Goldman, Hudson Crozier, and Ari David. | |
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