Pete Hegseth, host of Fox & Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City on March 31, 2019.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA

On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was his pick for secretary of defense. The choice is iconoclastic to say the least. Although Hegseth served as an Army National Guard officer, he has no experience in government leadership that could inform the management of the federal government’s largest agency.

Pete Hegseth, host of Fox & Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City on March 31, 2019.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA

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I couldn’t help but think as I tried to fall asleep the night of the election last week, after we were assaulted with the news that Trump had somehow won — Trump who wailed for four years that the 2020 election was “Rigged!” “Stolen!” and claiming that he, “Trump!”, was “The legitimately elected President!”, that Biden had an “inside operator” who “fixed the whole thing” to ensure Trump would lose. I haven’t been able to sleep for over a week now, pissed off that that guy the Dems hired to steal the election again from Trump… HAD FAILED TO DO HIS JOB! WHERE WAS HE?!

Palestinians, including children, living in the Nuseirat refugee camp wait with empty pots to receive food distributed by an aid organization as they are unable to meet many vital needs, including basic food supplies, in Gaza City, Gaza on November 08, 2024. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

This is the most difficult period I have endured since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began last year. Everyone is so hungry.

To wake up the morning after Election Day was to understand the appeal of oblivion. Regaining consciousness meant assuming the crushing weight of the darkest knowledge. The Motherfucker is back.

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard,” wrote American journalist H.L. Mencken in 1916. 

To wake up the morning after Election Day was to understand the appeal of oblivion. Regaining consciousness meant assuming the crushing weight of the darkest knowledge. The Motherfucker is back.“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard,” wrote American journalist H.L. Mencken in 1916. Now, everyone will unleash their theories. Salvaging comfort in a situation like this means smoothing down the events so that they conform to our own world view.

That's how it is when you live in the warm, cozy bubble, completely disconnected from reality, in complete denial, that the Israeli media builds for us: We are always the victims and the only victims; there was a massacre only on 

There is no getting around it: the 2024 election was a sweeping win for former President Donald Trump and his political allies. Trump's victory will impact people's lives across the country and the globe. For those who don't align with Trump's far-right ideology, this is a disturbing prospect.

Crossing point at the Allenby/King Hussein bridge to Jordan (background), in the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank. January 28, 2021. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

On September 17, 1787, the last day after the drafting of our Constitution in Philadelphia, Ben Franklin was leaving the building when a prominent resident, Elizabeth Willing Powel, asked him “Well Doctor, what have we got – a republic or a monarch?” Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

‘Musk’s SpaceX has nearly total control of the world’s satellite internet through its Starlink unit.’ Photograph: Julia Nikhinson/AP

One day after Donald J. Trump declared victory in the presidential race, Gov. Gavin Newsom resurrected efforts in California to thwart the president-elect by asking state lawmakers to pre-empt potential Republican actions that could impact the Democratic-led state.

Every election is a Judgment Day, but this one more so than any other in the history of the nation.

Cuba is in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian crisis, and October’s widespread power outages are only adding to the Cuban people’s troubles. For the last six decades, Cuba has been on the receiving end of myriad sanctions by the United States government. This blockade has proved devastating to human life.

No matter who is president, everyone living in the U.S. has certain basic rights under the U.S. Constitution – regardless of immigration status.

Understanding and asserting our rights is a powerful way that we can protect ourselves and our communities. If you ever encounter Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or law enforcement, here are some guidelines to keep in mind:

*Note: These are general guidelines, not legal advice. For legal help, consult a lawyer.

As Israel continues to block lifesaving humanitarian aid from entering northern Gaza, humanitarian organizations are describing its siege as “apocalyptic” and warning of mass Palestinian starvation and death. “The situation is absolutely desperate,” says Rachael Cummings of the aid group Save the Children International. Cummings joins us from Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, where aid organizations have been halted from entering the north.

After announcing they requested the federal government verify the citizenship status of nearly 600,000 Hoosiers on the state’s voter roll, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales have resisted calls to release the names to the public. (Photo/file)

Ralph welcomes Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union. They'll discuss the crucial role that the Postal Service plays in our democratic process, and how organized labor is impacting this year's elections. Then, Ralph is joined by journalist James Bamford to talk about his latest article in The Nation: "Israel Is Killing Whole Families in Gaza—With Weapons Made in America." Plus, how candidates' positions on Israel may win or lose them voters on Election Day. 

The head of JPMorgan Chase and a potential Treasury secretary candidate says he’s gearing up for a “knife fight” wit

Jeff Bezos has finally taken the halo off of his head. It should have never been there in the first place.

The architects of Project 2025 at the conservative Heritage Foundation have drafted a plan to break the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S., in anticipation of a victory by Donald Trump victory in next week’s presidential election.

It’s supremely unhelpful of the New York Times (Upshot, 10/26/24) to compare income of white men without college degrees to white, Black, Latine and Asian-American women with college degrees:

After a year of genocidal war on the people of Gaza, some 130 Israeli soldiers who had been called up from the reserves signed an open letter saying they will no longer serve in the Israeli army unless the government works towards a captive and ceasefire deal.

The author made these posters in honor of his immigrant grandparents, using photographs from the Library of Congress and working with Andy Outis of Shift7 Studio.

When former President Donald Trump describes immigrants as “garbage” or “vermin,” my third thought is of the ugly strains of nativism and intolerance that have always polluted America’s bloodstream. My second is of Trump’s general loathsomeness. My first, though, is of Yosef Margolick, Chena Silver, Max Shragowitz and Rebecca Ribner.