Extra, Extra
Gavinizing the Opposition: Trump is threatening to cut federal funding to universities if they don’t sign his highly partisan Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. Gavin Newsom just said the schools will lose state funding “instantly” if they do sign it. California vows to ‘instantly’ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump ‘compact.
+ No Mas From Hamas? Trump gives Hamas Sunday deadline to accept Gaza peace plan or face “all hell.”
+ Temple Attack: “Mr. Telzer said he could hear someone pounding from outside, trying to get in the synagogue. Some of the roughly 20 congregants who had gathered for morning services on Yom Kippur, including the rabbi, used their bodies to barricade the large black doors, he said.” NYT: Shouts and Pounding at the Doors: How a U.K. Synagogue Came Under Attack.
+ Health Nuts: “The health insurance subsidies at the center of the US government shutdown fight disproportionately benefit areas of the country represented by Republican lawmakers, posing a potential vulnerability for President Donald Trump’s party in next year’s midterm congressional elections.” (In a odd twist, Democrats could save health care and save Republican lawmakers from themselves if they win this shutdown.) Bloomberg (Gift Article): GOP Districts ‘Supercharged’ Obamacare Use Is Risk in Shutdown Fight.
+ Bari Bari Quite Contrary: WaPo (Gift Article): Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News. (She has never been a reporter and has no experience in TV news. But her politics are what the new parent company wants.) And related: Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.
+ The War on Dinghies: “It’s the fourth deadly strike in the Caribbean and the latest since revelations that President Donald Trump told lawmakers he was treating drug traffickers as unlawful combatants and military force was required to combat them. The assertion of presidential powers sets the stage for expanded action in Latin America and raises questions about how far the administration will go without sign-off from Congress.” Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs.
+ Bodies in Motion: A weird story from USC: USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel. “Medical professionals are also raising questions about whether families of the dead have any idea that their loved ones might be used to train soldiers.”
+ It’s Saudi Doody Time: Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival. “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.” (We are living through the most stupid of times.)
