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October 7 and Our Changed World | Niall Ferguson & Bari Weiss
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- October 7 and Our Changed World | Niall Ferguson & Bari Weiss
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- 7 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/4eEDisl
Two years ago today, Hamas slaughtered some 1,200 Israelis—and took another 250 hostage.
It was the single worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It was the beginning of a war between Israel and Iran. It was also a litmus test for the civilized world—one that too many have failed.
As peace negotiations continue in Egypt, there is nobody better suited to make sense of this moment—the lessons learned, America’s role in the war, and the changing global order—than Niall Ferguson.
Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, join Niall and Bari Weiss for a live conversation on our post–October 7 world.
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- He survived 491 days in Hamas captivity.
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- 7 months ago
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- Eli Sharabi’s wife and children were killed on October 7. He survived 491 days in Hamas captivity. Today on Honestly, he tells his story.
Watch now at TheFP.com.
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- He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.
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- 7 months ago
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Two years ago today, five terrorists broke into Eli Sharabi’s safe room on Kibbutz Be’eri. He had been sheltered there for hours with his wife, Lianne, and teenage daughters, Noiya and Yahel, reading horrific texts flooding in from neighbors and hoping somehow his family would be spared.
They were not. The terrorists shot and killed their dog, then dragged Eli away, leaving his family behind. As they pulled him out the door, he looked back and shouted: “I’ll come back!”
After 491 days in Hamas captivity, Eli did come back. He survived—with most of his time buried deep underground, shackled, starved, subjected to constant humiliation, and psychological and physical torture—all because he believed he would one day be reunited with his wife and daughters. That belief kept him alive.
But when he was released on February 8 under a ceasefire agree...
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- The Free Press Is Joining Paramount.
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- 7 months ago
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- The Free Press uncovered an America hiding in plain sight. People who want to be surprised. People who want to learn. People who are open to changing their minds in the face of new facts. People who believe that curiosity is a virtue and who crave common sense in a world that feels upside down. People who resist the warmth of political tribalism even as they seek community with one another. People who want logic and wit, not conspiracy theories and demoralization.
Most of all, Free Pressers are people who want to face the truth. Because we understand that knowing it is the only way to improve lives—our own and those of our fellow citizens.
Being almost entirely a subscription business has kept us honest. We publish stories, we get subscribers. We build trust, we get subscribers. Story by story, hire by hire, that’s what we did.
I won’t list the news this team has broken, the brilliant pieces by our writers that made sense of a roiling and co...
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- Peace in Gaza?!
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- 7 months ago
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- Is Hamas about to release the remaining Israeli hostages as part of Trump's peace plan for Gaza?
Rafaela Siewert on everything you need to know about the developing situation.
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- The Beginning of the End for Hamas?
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- 7 months ago
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- As anti-Hamas militias rise up in Gaza—and Hamas apparently agrees to Trump’s peace plan—are we witnessing the beginning of the end of this terrorist regime?
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- UK Woman Arrested for Praying
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- 7 months ago
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- The UK’s clampdown on free expression snags 75-year-old Rose Docherty—for the second time. Her alleged crime: offering to chat outside a hospital that performs abortions.
https://www.thefp.com/p/arrested-againfor-holding-a-sign?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=video&utm_content=article
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- Trump Unveils 20-Point "New Gaza" Plan
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- 7 months ago
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- On Monday, Trump unveiled an unprecedented 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza and transform the Middle East.
Here’s what you need to know about what he’s calling “New Gaza.”
Watch the full conversation at TheFP.com.
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- When Freebirth Ends in Death
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- 7 months ago
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- The Free Birth Society encourages women to have babies without medical assistance. The Free Press investigates why some former members now say it is a cult. Read her piece at the FP.com.
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- Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Everything You Need to Know
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- 7 months ago
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- Yesterday at the White House, President Trump and Israeli prime minister Netanyahu announced that they had reached an agreement on a 20-point peace plan for Gaza put forth by the U.S. An official has said that Hamas is now reviewing that plan.
To discuss this development, Rafaela Siewert is joined by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who is also from Gaza, along with Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States.
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- Comey, Government Shutdown, Charlie Kirk Fallout & More | Mark Halperin
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- 7 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
This afternoon Mark Halperin, Joe Nocera, and I joined the Free Press livestream to chat about the latest in American politics.
Top of mind was electoral politics after the news yesterday that incumbent New York City mayor Eric Adams would be suspending his reelection campaign. We talked about what this means for the New York race and what’s happening in key gubernatorial races coming up in New Jersey and Virginia.
We discussed last week’s indictment of former FBI director James Comey and what can be done to stop the cycle of lawfare.
Amid the growing divide between red and blue America, we discussed the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and if there is a road forward to increased unity in American politics.
Finally, we discussed the looming government shutdown and Chuck Schumer’s calculations for 2026.
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- How One Man Overcame His Autism
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- 7 months ago
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Leland Vittert is one of America’s most recognizable television correspondents. You’ll know his face from years of frontline reporting in places like Egypt, Libya, Israel, and Ukraine.
You may have followed his tumultuous exit from Fox News in 2021, after clashing with the network over its coverage of Donald Trump—and then his redemption arc, becoming the host of On Balance and the chief Washington anchor at NewsNation.
But what you might not know is that Leland is autistic. He just wrote a book about it, called Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, a Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism. In it, Leland explains that he didn’t talk until age 3, was born severely cross-eyed, and struggled with basic concepts like eye contact, humor, conversation cues, and social rules. Middle school and high school were nothing short of hell.
So how did the kid I just...
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- NYC Mayor Eric Adams Drops Out
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- 7 months ago
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- On Sunday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams finally dropped out of the race.
Now, the four-way fight for City Hall is down to three: Curtis Sliwa, the eccentric Republican. Zohran Mamdani, the socialist rising star. And Andrew Cuomo, the independent ticket.
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- The MAGA Fight Brewing Over Antitrust
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- 7 months ago
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- Should MAGA break up big companies like Google and Live Nation?
Many in Trump’s orbit say MAGA has a populist mandate to break up monopolies, while others are less inclined to touch them.
The FP’s Gabe Kaminsky reports on the “enormous infighting” inside the MAGA coalition: https://www.thefp.com/p/feuding-factions-and-lobbyists-drive-trump-antitrust-policy?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=video&utm_content=article
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- When Freebirth Ends In Death
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- 7 months ago
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- When Freebirth Ends in Death
The Free Birth Society encourages women to have babies without medical assistance. The Free Press’s Kara Kennedy investigates why some former members now say it is a cult.
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- Are We Headed for War with Iran?
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- 8 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
Iran is once again at the center of global attention.
During the 12-day war, Israel, with American support, bombed key Iranian nuclear facilities and killed top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists. It sent the country into chaos.
Since the war, the status of Iran’s nuclear program remains uncertain. Eight hundred and eighty pounds of uranium, enriched to 60 percent, is still unaccounted for and the extent of damage at key nuclear sites—and whether Iran can secretly build a nuclear weapon—remains unclear.
Meanwhile, the rhetoric has only escalated. This week U.S. President Donald Trump defended the June war, declaring, “The world’s number one sponsor of terror can never be allowed to possess the most dangerous weapon.” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused Israel of “dealing a grievous blow” to peace negotiations. Iranian Supr...
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- Leland Vittert on the Rise in Autism
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- 8 months ago
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- TV host Leland Vittert, who is autistic, weighs in on Trump and RFK’s recent autism announcement.
Full episode premieres, Tuesday 9/30.
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- Hollywood Discovers the Virtue of Free Speech
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- 8 months ago
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- Better late than never. Now that the celebs have defended Jimmy Kimmel, how about Alex Berenson?
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- Should Brigitte Macron Have to Say, ‘I’m Not a Man’?
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- 8 months ago
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- Brigitte Macron is providing photographic and medical evidence in court to prove that she’s a woman. As Kat Rosenfield notes, when the first lady of France has to debase herself to fight lies, even winning still feels like losing.
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- He’s Christian. In Nigeria, That Meant Torture and Prison.
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- 8 months ago
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- More than 7,000 Nigerian Christians have been slaughtered by Islamists so far in 2025. We spoke to one of the survivors.
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- Former Mossad Head on Palestine Statehood
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- 8 months ago
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- Former head of Mossad Yossi Cohen addresses the countries—France, Australia, Canada, and more—that have recognized Palestinian statehood: “By whom? Who’s going to run the state? Do you see a prominent government that can do that?
“You can’t really translate these words into action.…There isn’t anyone to negotiate with.”
Watch the full interview: https://thefp.pub/4myFJyO
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- Greta Faces Fallout Over Gay Flotilla Member
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- 8 months ago
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- Greta Thunberg’s alliance with Free Palestinian activists is under pressure over the presence of a gay man on their flotilla.
“For anyone with an ounce of understanding of the region, this collision between Western progressivism and a far more conservative Muslim population was inevitable,” says Lucy Biggers.
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- Bari Weiss on Charlie Kirk
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- 8 months ago
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- Hours after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Bari Weiss appeared on a stage in Pittsburgh—and opened with a forceful defense of free speech.
“The murder today of Charlie Kirk, whatever you think of his views, is an assault on everything that makes America exceptional… Free speech should be defended for everyone, especially those that you passionately disagree with.”
Full debate: https://thefp.pub/4gKEYBG
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- Is Designing Babies Unethical? A Free Press Debate
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- 8 months ago
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- Live in Pittsburgh, four thinkers clashed over the ethics of editing embryos.
On September 10, Free Pressers gathered in Pittsburgh for our latest live debate, the third installment of the Freedom Debate series we are presenting with support from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
The question was: Is designing babies unethical or a moral imperative? Most parents would do anything for their children. But what if they could start earlier—at the molecular level? What if we could ensure that our babies were healthier, smarter, and stronger before they even take their first breath?
Arguing in favor of gene editing were Jamie Metzl, a former member of the World Health Organization’s expert advisory committee on human genome editing, and Allyson Berent, chief science officer at the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST). They faced off against Carter Snead, a University of Notre Dame law professor, and Lydia D...
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- Former Mossad Head on Jeffrey Epstein
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- 8 months ago
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- Former head of "Israel's CIA" Yossi Cohen denies any link between Israel and Jeffrey Epstein or Charlie Kirk's assassination. https://thefp.pub/4mvswXG
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- Sitting Down With Former Head of Mossad
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- 8 months ago
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- Bari Weiss sits down with the former head of Mossad, Yossi Cohen.
Watch it now: https://thefp.pub/4mvswXG
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- Inside the Mossad
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- 8 months ago
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Yossi Cohen—the former director of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency—spent most of his 38-year spy career in the shadows. He was known only by a letter: Y, or sometimes “The Model,” apparently for his looks. He was, as he writes, “a ghost, never to be seen and unable to be heard. I was invisible, a breath of wind in human form.”
Cohen operated under dozens of different identities in some of the most dangerous places for an Israeli, and he personally orchestrated some of the most daring operations in Israel’s history: stealing half a ton of Iran’s most secret nuclear documents from a warehouse in Tehran; assassinating Iran’s top nuclear scientist using an AI-powered machine gun operated remotely via satellite; setting the stage for the pager attack that crippled Hezbollah last year; creating secret relationships with Arab leaders—relationships that changed ...
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- Trump: $100,000 for Immigration Visas
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- 8 months ago
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- On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order raising the application fee on H-1B visas to $100,000—sparking immediate panic among skilled foreign workers and companies that rely on them.
The Trump administration insists that this “commonsense action” prioritizes American workers by “discouraging companies from spamming the system and driving down wages.”
But critics of the new proclamation say it risks backfiring—choking off innovation, shrinking opportunities for foreign talent, and putting U.S. firms at a global disadvantage, with start-ups hit hardest.
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- Charlie Kirk's Assassination Has Shocking Civil War Echos
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- 8 months ago
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- The fallout from Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been frightening in many ways. We’ve been here before: a political reality where opponents are dehumanized—and debate gives way to violence.
And last time, it resulted in the deaths of 750,000 Americans.
Before the Civil War broke out, another near-assassination tore a divided country further apart. As author Stephen Puleo described, the 1856 caning of Charles Sumner “convinced each side that the gulf between them was unbridgeable and that they could no longer discuss their vast differences of opinion regarding slavery on any reasonable level.”
“Compromise,” he added, “had suffered a mortal blow. Moderate voices were drowned out completely; extremist views accelerated, became intractable, and locked both sides on a tragic collision course.”
We must do everything we can to ensure that we are not on a similar collision course today. Trading debate for violence exacts a ...
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- Erika Kirk and America’s Religious Revival
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- 8 months ago
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- At Charlie Kirk’s memorial, the speech from his wife, Erika, demonstrated one thing: America’s return to religion.
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- Erika Kirk's Battle Cry
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- 8 months ago
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- Critics of Charlie Kirk are taking aim at a new target: his wife, Erika Kirk.
Read Kat's article: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-battle-cry-of-erika-kirk
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- Woody Allen on history's greatest film maker.
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- 8 months ago
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- Woody Allen on history's greatest film maker. http://thefp.pub/3VmvsL6
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- The Hate for EriKa Kirk
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- 8 months ago
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- Was Charlie Kirk's killer Antifa?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Josh Code shares the evidence we have that Tyler Robinson may have been radicalized by Antifa ideology online.
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- Did Antifa Motivate Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin?
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- 8 months ago
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- Woody Allen on Antisemitism.
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- 8 months ago
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- Woody Allen on antisemitism.
http://thefp.pub/3VmvsL6
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- Defying the Assassin's Veto
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- 8 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/430eIOp
Listen to more episodes of Breaking History with Eli Lake: https://thefp.pub/4je6JmJ
In a week when America is grappling with the consequences of political violence, this episode confronts the hard truth: We are at risk of letting bullets replace ballots.
Just days after Charlie Kirk was gunned down while engaging in public debate, under a banner that read “Prove Me Wrong,” we’re reminded of another volatile chapter in American life: the 1970s. It was a time marked by bombings, assassinations, and ideological warfare.
Yet from that era comes an extraordinary story of moral courage and empathy.
In 1972, segregationist Alabama governor George Wallace was nearly killed by an assassin’s bullets in 1972. He was badly injured, paralyzed and left in a hospital bed. Many celebrated. But not Shirley Chisholm. The first black woman elected to Congress...
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- The Emmys Ignore Charlie Kirk--and Real Americans
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- 8 months ago
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- As a deeply divided nation struggled to make sense of Charlie Kirk's assassination, our Hollywood elite used the Emmys to publicly perform outrage at the state of Israel.
The divide, says @SnoozyWeiss, exposes the split-screen reality of America in 2025.
http://thefp.pub/4n22oV7
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- Woody Allen on Life, Death—and the Movies
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- 8 months ago
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You know the name Woody Allen. Everyone does. He’s made some of the most acclaimed films ever made: Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors—he list goes on and on and on. He’s made an astonishing 50 movies.
You see his influence everywhere, from sitcoms to stand-up to just about every rom-com made since Annie Hall premiered in 1977. And in the process, he turned himself into America’s most unlikely leading man: short, thinning hair, bespectacled, and exceptionally neurotic.
Now, at age 89, Allen is out with his first novel, What’s With Baum? Its protagonist is an anxious, smart Jewish writer with a messy personal life who gets himself in a great deal of trouble. Yes, it’s like a Woody Allen movie in book form. It’s also funny and delightful, and touches on a major theme of our age: the idea that an accusation, once made, is as good as...
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- The Students Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder
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- 8 months ago
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- The day before Charlie Kirk was killed, a survey found that 34 percent of American college students believe that it is acceptable to use violence to stop someone from speaking on campus. That’s up from 20 percent only three years ago.
Sean Fischer on the students celebrating political violence. Read more at TheFP.com.
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- Charlie Kirk's Assassination Must Wake Us Up
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- 8 months ago
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- Charlie Kirk's assassination must we a wake up call, says Konstantin Kisin.
"This has to be the moment when we all say, ‘Enough of your bullshit. Words are not violence. Silence is not violence. Violence is violence, and it’s completely unacceptable. And it has to end.’ ” https://www.thefp.com/p/charlie-kirks-murder-and-the-rise
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- Charlie Kirk Will Be a Martyr
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- 8 months ago
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- Charlie Kirk will be a free speech martyr, says Ben Shapiro.
"He was literally in the middle of using words to talk about vital issues when he was shot to death. He died doing the thing America was supposed to be about.”
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- Remembering Our Humanity
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- 8 months ago
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- The loudest and most radical voices do not—cannot—represent who we are. Not in this moment, not ever.
Tanya Lukyanova on remembering our humanity.
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- Charlie Kirk’s Murder: Bari Weiss, Ben Shapiro, and More
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- 8 months ago
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- Yesterday afternoon, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking onstage at Utah Valley University during one of his signature events: a debate for college students. The gruesome video made its rounds on social media.
At just 31, Charlie was one of the most important figures on the contemporary American right, the founder of the incredibly influential organization Turning Point USA, bringing conservative ideas to high schools and universities, a husband, and the father of two young children.
Charlie spent much of his time on college campuses, hosting conversations at his “Prove Me Wrong” table. He didn’t take the easy route of talking to only those who agreed with him, but went out of his way to engage with young people across the political spectrum, especially leftists and liberals—he was willing to talk to anyone. People lined up to challenge him, often fiercely disagreeing. That was the point. Charlie believed in the power of free speech and ci...
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- Charlie Kirk's Assassination Exposes America's Sickness
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- 8 months ago
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- Before Charlie Kirk's death was even confirmed, commentators—on both the left and right—took to social media to share sentiments that expose the sick state of our country.
“Words make worlds. When Americans respond to political murder with glee or with war cries, they feed a growing darkness.”
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- Gazan Boy Found Alive. The Whistleblower Hoax That Fooled the World
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- 8 months ago
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On July 28, a man named Anthony “Tony” Aguilar went on a small, YouTube-streamed Zoom call and, toward the end of an hourlong conversation, told a story that set the internet ablaze.
Aguilar, a former contractor with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.- and Israel-backed aid organization, recounted a heart-wrenching incident that took place in May, in the early days of GHF’s operations: A Gazan boy he called Amir had walked 12 kilometers to reach the aid site, thanked Aguilar for the food, kissed his hand—and moments later, was gunned down by the IDF.
Within hours of the Zoom call’s publication, Quincy Institute co-founder Trita Parsi shared an excerpt of it on X. His accompanying post, which focuses on the plight of Amir and erroneously states the boy is five years old, has been viewed more than five million times. The story spread like wildfire....
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- Israel Strikes Hamas in Qatar. What Comes Next?
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- 8 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/4hETwSP
Haviv Gur talks with Rafaela Siewart about the strikes on Hamas targets in Qatar—and what this watershed moment in the war means for Israel, Gaza, and the rest of the region.
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- Iryna Zarutska's Murder Was Completely Avoidable
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- 8 months ago
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- Read the article at TheFP.com
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- Amy Coney Barrett’s Message for America
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- 8 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/4hETwSP
In a rare interview, Justice Barrett weighs in on Trump’s clash with the courts, whether we face a constitutional crisis, and the biggest cases of her tenure so far.
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- Exposed: Al Jazeera “Journalists” Caught Working for Hamas
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- 8 months ago
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For much of the world, Al Jazeera remains a household name for frontline coverage of the Middle East. But for the people we interviewed in Gaza, the network represents something else entirely: an arm of Hamas’s repressive machinery, weaponized not only to broadcast the group’s message but to help enforce its rule through intimidation, arrests, and torture.
The Israel Defense Forces have previously accused several Al Jazeera journalists of being active members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad, pointing to documents recovered in Gaza as well as photographs with Hamas leadership as evidence of their affiliation. Among them was Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera correspondent killed in an Israeli strike in August, whom the IDF identified last year as a Hamas operative.
This complicity, CPC chief operating officer Michael Nahum said, is why Al Jazeera itself has become a target o...
