Introduction to Gazology

@MattiFriedman has identified a new genre of books that is refashioning the ruins of Gaza into a metaphor of Jewish evil.

These are the books that have transformed the discourse in the last two years. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against this By Omar El Akkad

The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine

When The Free Press started reporting on gender ideology, it was a third rail. Today, the tide has turned.

thefp.com/p/the-rise-and… “Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex,” by @kittypurrzog , published in July 2021 was our first story about a gender mania that was sweeping the country and undermining institutions.

thefp.com/p/med-schools-…

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is the latest escalation in a terrible upsurge of political violence that threatens to tear our country apart.

Today, we’re offering a series of stories about his death—and what it means for America. First, @RubensteinAdam recalls spending time with the activist when he was 24, and marveling at “how someone at such a young age could command the attention and respect that he did—and in such a short period.”
thefp.com/p/the-charlie-…

Israel Strikes Iran. What Comes Next?

We’ve gathered analysis from former Secretary of State @MikePompeo, former Prime Minister of Israel @NaftaliBennett, Iranian in exile @RoyaTheWriter, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. @DrMichaelOren, and others. thefp.pub/43JHNhr Our Israel correspondent, @MattiFriedman—writing from a bomb shelter—gave us a sense of the mood in Israel, a country bracing for Iran’s response: thefp.pub/404ECyl

1/ Qatar has spent nearly $100 billion to buy influence in the U.S.—in Congress, universities, media outlets, think tanks, and corporations.

Here’s where the money goes, and what it buys. 🧵 2/ Universities: Qatar is the largest foreign funder of American higher education. It has spent $6.3 billion since 1986, more than China or Saudi Arabia.

Top recipients: 🎓 Georgetown ($760M) 🎓 Cornell Med ($1.8B) 🎓 Texas A&M ($700M) 🎓 Northwestern ($600M)

All operate satellite campuses in Doha.

The intended message was clear: “Hamas is coming.”

These images were captured during anti-Israel protests Wednesday in Washington, D.C.—mere blocks from where Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing a joint session of Congress:🧵 “The disorder on Washington’s streets made Netanyahu’s point for him. In his address to Congress yesterday afternoon, he argued that Israel’s enemies were America’s enemies,” @OllyWiseman writes in today’s Front Page for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴.

Mob lootings. Random shootings. Elderly people beaten in the street.

Oakland, California has descended into lawlessness.

@LWoodhouse reports for The FP: 🧵 thefp.pub/4eXHsem
On Juneteenth, 14 people were shot and injured in a gunfight by Oakland’s Lake Merritt. As one victim lay bleeding on the sidewalk, a stranger stole his phone. At 4:30 a.m. July 5, a mob broke into a gas station mini-mart to casually loot merchandise and steal $22K from the ATM.

As soon as we read the first draft of Niall Ferguson’s debut Free Press column, we knew it would ruffle some feathers.

“We’re All Soviets Now” was vintage @nfergus: a thorough, audacious provocation. And, unsurprisingly, it drove some people crazy.

Rebuttals poured in:🧵(1/9) “Soviet Amerika? Nyet!” exclaimed professional optimist and @AEI fellow James Pethokoukis: “I understand the temptation to be shocking in an opinion-crowded media environment but...” (2/9) fasterplease.substack.com/p/soviet-ameri…

Nonprofits are making billions off the border crisis: @Maddie_Rowley_ investigates how federal funding has turned the business of resettling migrant children into a goldmine for a handful of NGOs—and their top executives. 🧵 The FP examined three of the most prominent nonprofits that have benefited: their combined revenue grew from $597 million to an astonishing $2 billion three years later. thefp.pub/3UXyfLm

On Sunday, @rupasubramanya went to a pro-Palestine rally full of people outraged by what they called the genocide and ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza. This is what she heard from the people in attendance.

🧵 thefp.pub/48UVwCu @rupasubramanya “What Hitler did to the Jews, the Zionists are doing worse now to the Palestinian people.”