The Free Press
Fauci Denies He Wanted to Close Schools
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- Fauci Denies He Wanted to Close Schools
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Dr. Fauci denies that he wanted to close schools during the Covid-19 pandemic. 1,000 pages of his diary tells a different story.
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- Why Would Fauci Keep His Diary on a Government Computer?
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Why did Dr. Fauci put all his self-obsessed thoughts to paper...on a government computer, no less?
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- Women Are Identifying with the Mom Who Killed Her 3 Children
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Lindsay Clancy killed her three children. She's admitted that she did, it's not in dispute. Instead, her trial centers on the question of whether she's not just guilty but culpable, or whether she was so deranged by postpartum psychosis that she can't be held criminally responsible for the murders.
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- A City's War on Surveillance Cameras
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Flock Safety's 100,000+ license plate cameras are supposed to fight crime—but from Troy, NY to cities nationwide, people are pushing back hard, and River Page went to find out why.
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- The Lies Uncovered in the Fauci Diaries | Dr. Vinay Prasad
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- 48:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- It’s not every day that the diary of one of the most polarizing figures of a global pandemic gets released to the public. But that’s exactly what happened last month to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
In late July, Senator Rand Paul publicly released over 1,000 pages of notes that Fauci had kept—on a government server—during his time as Covid-19 czar, between 2019 and 2022. Shortly thereafter, Fauci was forced to testify before the Senate, on July 29. Then in early August, Paul and fellow Republican senator Ron Johnson released a set of texts, obtained from Fauci’s government-issued cell phone, between him and other health officials. In the following weeks, the “Fauci Diaries” sparked a new debate over Dr. Fauci’s legacy.
The pages, as well as Fauci’s testimony and subsequently released text messages, revealed an alarming gap between what Fauci told the public and what he told others privately and admitted to himself—about the virus’s possible origins...
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- I'm Gay and My Mom Doesn't Think I Can Raise Kids
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- This reader’s mother had always been supportive of his homosexuality. But she had concerns about two gay men raising a family. What should he do?
Read the full response from Abigail Shrier at TheFP.com.
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- My Daughter Is Having Premarital Sex. What Should I Do?
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- “Numberless women of every faith sleep with their college boyfriends. Most of us don’t call them ‘unmarriageable sluts.’ Most of us call these women ‘mom.’”
Read the full response from Abigail Shrier here: https://www.thefp.com/p/tough-love-my-catholic-daughter-is
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- Why Dems Don't Want to Tax Billionaires
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Should California tax its billionaires, or could this blow up in the state’s face?
Of all the demographics you could tax, billionaires are the one group with a lot of funds to move out of state and avoid a one-time tax. @austynjeffs reports.
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- Would Taxing Billionaires Ruin California?
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Should California tax its billionaires, or could this blow up in the state's face?
Of all the demographics you could tax, billionaires are the one group with a lot of funds to move out of state and avoid a one-time tax. Austyn Jeffs reports.
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- Is AOC Wrong to Freeze Her Eggs?
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez simply talking openly about something that’s already happening—or is she normalizing putting off motherhood?
Dr. Debra Soh tells The Free Press's Rafaela Siewert: “What I noticed actually in the comments on those posts is the number of women who would say, ‘I don't feel so alone now.’”
Watch the full interview at TheFP.com.
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- AOC and the Harsh Reality of Egg Freezing at 36
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's decision to freeze her eggs at 36 sparked debate. Debra Soh gives her credit for being candid about the process—and says more women should know what they’re getting into.
“There are women who go into egg freezing, and they may not fully understand what the drugs are, what they're doing to their body, why they're taking them, and what the true rate of success is," she tells The Free Press's Rafaela Siewert.
"Not only is it really expensive and extremely painful," she adds, "but there are all these side effects that you have, and then you also don't know: Is it actually going to work eventually?”
Watch the full interview at TheFP.com.
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- The High School Not Tackling Antisemitism
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- When Jewish students at an Arlington, Virginia, high school were mocked, threatened, and chased, their desperate requests for help were met with indifference by school officials.
Rupa Subramanya reports.
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- Trad Wives, Girlbosses & the Death of Dating
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- 55:18
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Over the weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a viral video to Instagram, sitting alone with a table of medication in front of her, talking followers through the first steps of her egg-freezing process. She was upfront about why she was sharing it, saying she hoped “to show more depictions of women having full lives in every context and every choice.”
The announcement was met with a firestorm—critics accusing her of putting career, and even an alleged presidential run, ahead of starting a family.
On the one hand, women are better off than ever before—58 percent of college students in the United States are women, and they are out-earning men in cities like New York and Washington, D.C. But on the other, a cultural reckoning is underway: The girlboss ethos of the 2010s is under scrutiny, as many wonder whether climbing the corporate ladder is really better than starting a family.
Today, Rafaela Siewert sits down with sex researcher ...
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- Why Is Everyone Taking Mental-Health Leave?
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Why is everyone taking the day (or the month) off from work?
Mental-health leave has never been easier to get—and never easier to abuse.
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- Did Fauci Mislead America About Covid Miscarriage Risk?
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- In private, Anthony Fauci told America's most senior health officials that the Covid vaccine could theoretically be associated with miscarriage. In public, he said there were no red flags.
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- Confessions of a Former DSA Organizer
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- 34:36
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- On this latest episode of Confessions, former Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) organizer Jake Altman joins The FP's Maya Sulkin for an inside look at one of the most influential political movements on the American left. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience inside the organization, Altman explains why he joined, the radical revolution that drove him out, and how the DSA transformed from a small group into a major force shaping Democratic party politics.
Jake exposes the movement's internal culture, organizing tactics, and what its growing influence could mean for the future of the Democratic Party.
Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity. The views and opinions expressed by guests of Confessions are solely those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, policies, or positions of Confessions or The Free Press.
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- The Great $20 Burrito Debate
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Great Burrito Debate: Are $20 burritos a sign of the cost-of-living crisis?
It might be the one thing that defies inflation.
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- Are RFK Jr.'s Fish Cakes Really Under $5?
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- 2:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- HHS Secretary RFK Jr. just launched a cooking show promising affordable, healthy meals for every family. His first recipe: fish cakes for under $5.
We sent River Page grocery shopping to see if the math checks out.
Read River's full piece on how the recipe turned out at TheFP.com.
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- Democrats Vilified White Men
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Former Democratic operative Evan Barker recalls how, during the 2020s, her colleagues explicitly vilified white men. "I would see the men have to self-flagellate."
She says having her son in 2022 made her start to question this ideology within her party.
Watch the full episode on YouTube.
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- Literature professor fired for teaching literature
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Professor Vinita Prabhakar shared an award-winning short story with her freshman English class. The narrator is a drug-using, heavy-drinking Catholic school teacher who gets bored with teaching, and fills up class time talking about her sex life instead.
The University president called the story “political,” and fired her.
And now, she’s suing to get her job back.
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- What El Sayed's Win Says About America
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In 2008, Obama had to renounce his association with an anti-American preacher to win his party’s nomination. In 2026, El-Sayed embraced an anti-American streaming star—and the Democrats didn’t care.
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- Working People Don't Want Handouts
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Former Democratic operative Evan Barker grew up in a working-class family in Kansas City, Missouri. She says her family has no interest in handouts and doesn't hate billionaires.
"They don't want everything to be free. They just want better opportunities... and I think Zohran can't fathom that because he's never worked that hard."
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- Working for Abdul El-Sayed
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Former Democratic operative Evan Barker reflects on working for Abdul El-Sayed.
"I don't understand what he's doing. All he does is talk about abolishing ICE, AIPAC, and corporate PAC money."
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- Flock Safety cameras don't want anything to do with law-abiding citizens
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Ever feel like you're being watched? You might be right.
But Flock Safety cameras aren't interested in you—unless you're a kidnapper, a thief, or up to no good.
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- Is Hasan Piker's Hype Manufactured?
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- "Hasan Piker and someone like Nick Fuentes are just different flavors of the same thing."
@RealSabiJoy argues that both speak to real grievances—but offer destructive answers.
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- Former Democratic Operative Tells All
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- 58:56
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Former Democratic fundraiser Evan Barker spent years working alongside some of the biggest names in progressive politics. In this conversation with Lucy Biggers, she reveals what she witnessed behind the scenes—from campaign fundraising and donor influence to the ideological shifts that ultimately led her to walk away from the Democratic Party and write Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative.
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- Abdul El-Sayed Wants to “Get Money Out of Politics”…Or Does He?
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has attacked his opponent for benefiting from millions in PAC spending. He did not respond when we asked about the nearly $5 million in outside spending supporting his own campaign.
Olivia Reingold reports.
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- Is GiveSendGo Incentivizing Hate?
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- When people involved in controversies need money, they turn to GiveSendGo.
From Kyle Rittenhouse to Karmelo Anthony to Daniel Penny, the platform has raised millions for those at the center of news stories that divide America.
But is the company incentivizing hate?
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- Get in, boys. We're Nixonmaxxing!
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Get in, boys. We're Nixonmaxxing.
Why is Gen Z suddenly obsessed with our 37th president—the man who resigned in disgrace over Watergate? Mostly, it's a vibe.
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- This Is Dangerous.
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- @JillianMichaels argues that telling young white Americans they’re inherently racist isn’t reducing racism—it’s creating a new generation of it.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/P9tbJEVX9qg
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- Is Ozempic a Miracle Drug?
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Ozempic can help people lose weight. But Jillian Michaels argues there's a better way.
"If we could facilitate an individual's ability to simply eat less food and to simply move more often... we would get all the benefits that these medications provide with none of the side effects."
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/P9tbJEVX9qg
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- Data Centers Don't Need to Be Controversial
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Almost overnight, data centers have emerged as one of the most controversial issues in America. But do they need to be?
Read our full story at TheFP.com.
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- She Only Wanted Two Kids, So I Dumped Her
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- ABIGAIL SHRIER: “Marriage is not about getting a series of deliverables out of the woman you choose"
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- Dr. Fauci's "Dear Diary"
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Over 1,114 pages of Dr. Fauci's "dear diary" have been released, revealing not only the contrast between what he said publicly and admitted privately during the Covid-19 pandemic, but also a fame-obsessed man who cozied up to a media complicit in his untruths
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- The Ideology Responsible For The Berlin Attack
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Last weekend in Germany, a terrorist attacked a Pride parade in Berlin.
But Germans still seem unable to call out the ideology that caused it. Esther Krakue reports.
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- Can I tell my daughter she's fat?
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Can I tell my daughter she’s gotten fat?”
A mom wants to know if she can encourage her mid-20s kid to ‘actively lose weight. @AbigailShrierxo weighs in.
Read Abigail’s full piece at TheFP.com/tough-love.
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- Meet the nuns suing New York
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A group of nuns that provide care to the terminally ill are suing the state of New York.
On Friday, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne filed a complaint over the state’s new assisted dying law, arguing it forces religious workers to compromise their faith.
Madeleine Long got the exclusive on their lawsuit.
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- California's OTHER failed train line
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- California’s struggle to build high-speed rail has been well-publicized, but did you know there’s a second train line that's also not getting built?
Austyn Jeffs investigates Brightline West, a rail project that’s supposed to link Las Vegas to California in three years’ time, but not a single foot of track has been laid.
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- Curtis Sliwa tries to save Central Park's horses
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Last month, 18-year-old tourist Romanch Mahajan was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park and killed. Now people—including Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa—are advocating for "Romanch's Law," which would ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City. This push comes amid other complaints about mistreatment of the horses.
We talked with Curtis Sliwa about what he's trying to do to save the horses in Central Park.
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- There's been a gay cruising scandal in international waters
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- There’s been a gay cruising scandal in international waters—but it’s not what you think. Earlier this month, a cruise ship called Scarlet Lady carrying 2000 gays and Patti LuPone was barred from docking in Turkey and Egypt.
But there’s something missing from the story: the obvious cause of the ship’s rejection.
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- If Mamdani froze the rent, why did NYC rent hit an all-time high?
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Mamdani “froze the rent.” So why did NYC rent just hit an all-time high? We break down exactly why your rent keeps climbing.
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- America's politicians are using Israelis as props
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- “They’re using us as props… It’s disgusting.”
Haviv Rettig Gur argues American politicians like Ro Khanna and Rahm Emanuel have turned Israelis and Palestinians into stage props for their own, self-serving political theater.
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- Ro Khanna is a liar
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “It’s an extremely irrelevant event… The congressman is a lying liar.”
Haviv Rettig Gur says Representative Ro Khanna grossly exaggerated what happened during his West Bank visit for his own political purposes.
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- Haviv Rettig Gur: Ro Khanna Is LYING About His Israel Detainment
- Runtime
- 44:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Representative Ro Khanna's recent visit to the West Bank ignited a political firestorm after he alleged that Israeli settlers detained his delegation while Israeli security forces stood by. But did events unfold the way they were initially described?
Journalist Haviv Rettig Gur joins Rafaela Siewert to examine the facts of the incident, the competing narratives that emerged online, and what the controversy reveals about the growing role of Israel in American politics. Their conversation explores the incentives driving political messaging, the information war surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and why debates over Israel have become increasingly central to the future of the Democratic Party.
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- What Has The Media Missed About Lyndsey Fifield's Story?
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- What has the media frenzy missed about Lyndsey Fifield’s story?
“I have been totally transformed. My life is radically different,” said Fifield, one of Platner’s ex-girlfriends who accused him of physical abuse, to The Free Press’s Frannie Block.
Read more of the story at TheFP.com.
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- Who is Graham Platner?
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Who is Graham Platner?
He is a “dangerous, charismatic, charming, delusional narcissist,” said Lyndsey Fifield, an ex-girlfriend of Platner’s who has accused him of physical abuse.
“That’s who he was when we dated, and that’s who he is still today—not contrite, not reflecting, not taking accountability, but doubling down and claiming that none of this ever happened, and he’s the victim,” she added.
Fifield spoke with The Free Press’s Frannie Block about her relationship with Platner and his decision to suspend his campaign.
Read more of the full story at TheFP.com.
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- Lyndsey Fifield on Graham Platner Dropping Out
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- How does Lyndsey Fifield, one of Graham Platner's accusers, feel now that he's dropped out?
"This isn't a victory," she told The Free Press's Frannie Block.
Read more at TheFP.com.
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- Little Italy forgotten by Mayor Mamdani as immigrant neighborhood
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his map of New York City’s “immigrant enclaves.” Except, he forgot a few spots.
Little Italy—one of the oldest immigrant communities in New York City—didn’t make the cut.
Here’s what the Italian-Americans whose families have been a part of Little Italy's history had to say about it.
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- Trump’s ‘Ceasefire’ Collapses | Niall Ferguson
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- 31:32
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Is the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran over? Is the memorandum of understanding dead? On Wednesday, those questions were put to President Donald Trump at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, a gathering that came on the heels of renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Here, to make sense of the fragile state of the strait, the stalled negotiations in Iran, and the big ticket questions about the European alliance, Turkey, and China, is Free Press columnist Niall Ferguson. He breaks down how the ceasefire fell apart, why the pathway to managing the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on cooperation from the Gulf States, and what the new status quo looks like—plus: Will the U.S. let Turkey buy F-35 fighter jets, after it was previously barred from doing so? How have hostilities between Russia and Ukraine escalated? And what is China learning from the sidelines?
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- What's a Death Doula?
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In an overstressed, understaffed system of care for dying patients, a new kind of caregiver is stepping in—one who wants to bring humanity back to a process that’s grown cold and corporate. Even Nicole Kidman has signed on.
These are caregivers who help people die. They’ll plan your funeral, walk you through medically assisted dying laws, and sit with you at the end.
They’re called death doulas, and they’re on the rise across America. Kat Rosenfield spoke to some of them for her column in The Free Press this week.
Read the full story at TheFP.com.
