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The Wall Street Journal reporter spent 491 days in Russian prison. The Free Press talks to him about hostage diplomacy, the FSB sting that caught him, and what Putin still gets wrong about him. https://t.co/PzSPNOcGog

[Maya Sulkin @SulkinMaya]

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When rioters set France aflame, the only winners were the coalition of bad actors behind the violence. @NoraBussigny’s latest report reveals who they were—and, surprise, they weren’t “just students.”

Read her full piece here: https://t.co/LOz61mfjPY

[Isabella Redjai @IsabellaRedjai]

"And in the wider culture, the form of Christianity that’s most adapted to late-modern America is clearly not the Church of Rome. It’s evangelical Protestantism. The vibes of a Catholic moment are real enough, but evangelicalism’s resilience is our era’s more fundamental fact." - @Douthat60

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Evangelical Protestantism is here, and American Catholicism has plenty to learn from it, writes @Douthat60.

Read Ross’s latest column here: https://t.co/MWUKWJpuVQ

[Frannie Block @FrannieBlock]

The booming rehab industry in southern Ohio is now rife with exploitation, abuse, and fraud, local officials told me.

People being forced to live in rat-infested homes that are falling apart. Rehab businesses are charging Medicaid for services like "decorating Christmas trees" and "playing cornhole."

And the bill is being footed by taxpayers.

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[Isabella Redjai @IsabellaRedjai]

I spoke with @GadSaad and asked him about how we stop "suicidal empathy" in America.

Here's his answer:

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In the first six months of 2026, 660 settler attacks killed six Palestinians and wounded 140, according to Israel.

These violent clashes bring shame on the Jewish state, writes @yardenas.

Read her full essay here: https://t.co/Qcbu2olGxe

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"Suicidal empathy" isn't just happening in Europe. America has been suffering from it for years, but how do we stop it?

@GadSaad gives his answer.

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For all the buzz around a ‘Catholic century,’ evangelicalism is the denomination best placed to thrive in contemporary America. https://t.co/e3hTYPNEmb

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There’s no guarantee that French culture and traditions will survive ceaseless attacks from discontents inside the country.

@DouglasKMurray dives into this in his recent column. Read it here: https://t.co/ctCXMPSfS2

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A mom’s blood boils when her kid says his classmates were ‘watching bubbles float across the screen and were supposed to count them.’ Is it time to take drastic action? Our advice columnist weighs in. https://t.co/5JicCasN98

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"We have a saying in the middle east, if you want to work, you go to America, if you want to live on welfare, you go to Europe"

@KonstantinKisin on why Europe can't curb its addiction to mass migration.

Watch his full conversation with @coldxman on Youtube.

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Harvard Medical School says obesity isn’t unhealthy. The Ohio locals who say drug rehab is destroying their city. And more. https://t.co/Wk9ZArfXTa

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What began as a high school protest movement spiraled into a violent uprising, organized by Islamists, antifascists, and radical environmentalists who wish to see the French Republic toppled, writes Nora Bussigny. https://t.co/5ycJUcv2KC

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The panelists claimed America lives under ‘body fascism’ and that fat-shaming, not fat, harms people’s health. None of the three main speakers at this event was a doctor or a scientist of any kind, writes Brad Polumbo. https://t.co/HyEDms61Xq

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Portsmouth, Ohio, used to be America’s pill mill capital. Now, it’s been taken over by addicts who are looking to get clean but end up falling into a system of chronic abuse, neglect, and fraud.

@FrannieBlock spent months talking to locals, politicians, and recovering addicts to get to the bottom of it.

Read her full report here: https://t.co/ulIyuLr1Js

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There’s no guarantee that French culture and traditions will survive ceaseless attacks from discontents inside the country.

@DouglasKMurray dives into this in his recent column. Read it here: https://t.co/ctCXMPSfS2

[Isabella Redjai @IsabellaRedjai]

I asked @GadSaad how his term “suicidal empathy” helps explain everything we’ve seen coming out of France and across Europe over the past week.

Listen:

[Oliver Wiseman @ollywiseman]

What happens when a town becomes 'the drug rehab capital of the world'?

A must-read @FrannieBlock story.

https://t.co/kfOEp511Mu