NEW: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for years has publicly said that he’s a physician — but there’s overwhelming evidence that he’s had no experience as a licensed medical doctor. W/ @dlippman politico.com/news/2026/05/12…

Hollywood has organized around blocking the Paramount-Warner Brothers merger. @HaroldMeyerson writes that putting a film treasure up for sale was unwarranted and reveals the eclipse of enterprise capitalism by shareholder capitalism. prospect.org/2026/04/20/deal…

Being half-Jewish has been one of the most painful experiences of my life. I just spoke with a rabbi about the possibility of taking Hebrew classes—he was lovely, but when he learned that my mother is not Jewish, he told me he’d have to check to make sure I could still attend. I tried not to cry, apologized, and hung up. It’s not unlike being mixed race—the gentiles think you’re too Jewish, and the Jews think you’re not Jewish enough. So I feel like I'm nothing. And the world often agrees—friends, especially non-Jews, have told me I’m “not really” Jewish. And I see why they think that. For generations, my ancestors were Jews. My great-grandfather came to America to escape pogroms in Europe. His son, my grandfather, married a Jewish woman named Thelma, and they raised their three sons to be Jews. My father, like his brothers, was bar mitzvahed and still attends temple. But he fell in love with my mother, an atheist, and they both decided religion wasn’t important—what mattered was that they raised their kids to be good people. They might have succeeded there, but what they failed to realize is that their daughter might want to be Jewish—and that their decisions would make that nearly impossible. Some family members have encouraged me to hit the books, to find groups to attend. But when I try, I’m either embarrassed by how little I know or am asked about my lineage. When I was a reporter in Montana, I used to volunteer with girls from the Northern Cheyenne nation—they would tell me that they didn’t feel like “real Indians” (their words, not mine). Many of them had light skin and were ashamed at not knowing their native language. It is strange to say, but I could relate. They didn’t even know where to start—how do you learn as a teenager what you should’ve learned as a toddler? And would their elders even take them seriously? I ask myself the same things (except I’m an adult, not teenager). I used to think my journey would be embracing my Jewish heritage, learning Hebrew, and growing closer to God. But I think I am getting pointed in the opposite direction: maybe I am not Jewish, and my family hasn’t been for a long time. I’m embarrassed of what my ancestors might think—but maybe what’d they’d judge the most is that I ever thought I was Jewish at all. This is the pain of being half-Jewish.

Jewish students should not be subject to constant hate and intimidation on their own campuses! Individuals should not score political brownie points by platforming antisemites! Where is the leadership at @UMich and @michiganstateu? Silence is unacceptable! Federal funding should go to institutions that prioritize education, not ideological agendas or tolerated hate. @StopAntisemites @realDonaldTrump @realDonaldTrump @AGPamBondi @ChadGilmartinCA @GatesMcgavick @N_Baldassarre

As we were saying--

First we lost Grok. Then we lost Elmo. Now we lost Olivia Rodrigo. 40 million followers on instagram and posted this today. Rough week for the Jews/Zionists. We survived slavery in Egypt. We survived the Holocaust. Not sure we can survive this.