David Glasner

An economist of catholic tastes. Author of Studies in the History of Monetary Theory: Controversies and Clarifications.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Richard Nixon worried the United States would act like “a pitiful, helpless giant.” Under Donald Trump that is, sadly, what we have become. The path back will be steep and difficult. For now we have to minimize the damage. The first step is to end Trump’s disastrous Iran war now.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A Japanese man named Hirotaka Saito has gone viral after selling his Ferrari to fund a shelter for abused and traumatized dogs.

The 54-year-old former company executive closed his business to dedicate his life to the Wansfree Canine Rescue Centre in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. The shelter specializes in caring for dogs that have suffered severe abuse, animals so traumatized that they are often aggressive, fearful, and considered nearly unadoptable by most people.

Saito’s decision was deeply personal. Twelve years ago, after his company collapsed, he fell into deep depression and contemplated suicide. On the brink of leaving the house to end his life, his own dog physically stopped him from going. Saito credits that moment with saving his life.

Inspired by the unconditional love and support he received from his dog during his darkest time, he resolved to repay that debt by helping other dogs in need. Selling his prized Ferrari was his way of turning gratitude into meaningful action.

This heartwarming story beautifully illustrates the profound bond between humans and dogs, and how one man’s act of kindness, born from personal pain, is now giving dozens of abused animals a second chance at life.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

22 July 1928 | A German Jewish boy, Klaus Hugo Hirsch, was born in Breslau (today Wrocław in Poland).

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 1 October 1944. He did not survive.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Masked men rushing your car from unmarked vehicles with weapons drawn can look less like law enforcement and more like a kidnapping.

https://t.co/du9bv2U4pY confirms: When agents hide their faces, use unmarked vehicles and create panic, fear is not irrational. It is predictable.

Remember 28-year-old Juan Jairo Coronilla, a husband and father of two who was legally visiting the United States on a tourist visa? No? Let me remind you.

He ran from masked gunmen, crossed a Florida highway and was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer.

MAGA asked: Why would someone here legally run?

This is what happens when law enforcement makes itself indistinguishable from a gang.

Juan had a return flight booked to go home to his family. Instead, an ICE encounter ended with him dead on the highway.

PAXIS helps you prepare for ICE encounters and deal with the aftermath: https://t.co/Hi5Yo2N2N2

[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

A dog rescued from underground fighting—after undergoing a rehabilitation process—meets a young girl who isn't scared by his scars.

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

Gretel is a very pregnant rescue pig mama who gently and lovingly built a cozy little nest for her babies soon to arrive. Can you guess how many little piglets she has? They are such an adorable family! 🥰💗

She is the happiest mother in the world. The whole time she was preparing the birthing spot, her tiny tail was wagging nonstop with pure joy and excitement she couldn’t contain. Then she hopped out of the nest so innocently and playfully, just like a little girl frolicking in the morning sunshine ✨

So heart-meltingly sweet! ❤️

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🇨🇦🧑‍🦼🇺🇦 Friends, we need a little help getting through another difficult week.

My husband is a Ukrainian veteran who became disabled after a serious accident. We are raising three children, and right now our family is struggling to cover basic expenses and groceries.

If you are able to help, even a small donation can make a real difference. If not, a share or repost would mean a lot to us.

❤️ Thank you to everyone who continues to support our family.

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[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

The shelter said he probably only had a few weeks.
His name was Henry then, though nobody knew if he recognized it.
He was a fifteen-year-old spaniel with a sunken face, infected teeth, and the tired eyes of a dog who had been uncomfortable for so long he had stopped expecting relief.
Most visitors walked past his kennel quickly.
Not because they were cruel.
Because it hurt to look at an ending before choosing a beginning.
A bakery volunteer named Lina saw him on a Tuesday after dropping off leftover bread for the shelter staff.
She had no plan to adopt.
Then Henry lifted his head.
Very slowly.
His ears barely moved, but his eyes stayed on her.
Lina asked to meet him.
The worker warned her gently.
"He's old. He may not have much time."
Lina sat on the floor.
Henry walked three careful steps, leaned his head against her knee, and sighed.
She took him home that evening as a hospice foster.
The first night, he slept beside the oven while Lina baked. Maybe the warmth helped. Maybe the smell of bread felt like comfort. Maybe he was simply too exhausted to move.
At the vet, Lina learned something unexpected.
Henry was sick, yes.
But not hopeless.
Much of his weakness came from untreated dental infection and pain. Surgery was risky because of his age, but without it he would keep fading.
Lina chose to try.
For two days after surgery, Henry barely moved.
Then, on the third morning, he stood in the kitchen while Lina was shaping dough.
He sniffed the air.
His tail moved once.
A week later, he ate a full meal.
Two weeks later, he barked at a squirrel.
A month later, he trotted across the bakery floor before opening time and stole half a roll from a cooling tray.
Lina cried harder at that than she had at any diagnosis.
The dog everyone thought was dying had mostly been hurting.
Once the pain lifted, life came back in small golden pieces.
Henry never became young again. But he became himself.
Now he spends every morning on a soft mat behind Lina's bakery counter. Customers know him as the old dog who smells every loaf like he is blessing it.
He still sleeps a lot.
But sometimes, when the oven door opens, he lifts his head with bright eyes and remembers there is still warmth in the world.
Sometimes second chances are not long.
But they can still be full.

[This Account Makes You Happy @FeelYouHappy]

The autistic child meets the living being that will change his life 🥰🥹

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

I don’t know how to stop these executions anymore.

I woke up again to the news that another young protester had been hanged.

Yes, every morning I wake up wondering whose name I’ll have to write next, and whether anyone will care enough to read it.

Today, right after the call to prayer, the regime hanged Mehdi Khaneki. 26 years old. A law graduate. Arrested during the January uprising in Karaj.

The regime released a video of men raiding his “hideout,” his head shaved, staged for the cameras. A production shot after his arrest to build the case against him. This is what passes for evidence in the Islamic Republic.

His family was put under pressure and warned to stay silent and cut off all contact with the media.

This is their answer to international pressure. Not stopping the killings. Hiding them.

Mehdi Khaneki’s name has been added to the long list of people murdered by the Islamic Republic inside its prisons.

How can I ask the international community, especially those leaders who claim to stand for human rights and democracy, to put pressure on the Islamic Republic and demand that it #StopExecutionsInIran?

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

22 July 1920 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Pomeranc, was born in Radom. A mechanic.

In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942.
No. 37565
He perished in the camp on 28 July 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://t.co/WjqF9riy8m

[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

Filmed yesterday at Springs Shelter. The man is Daniel, 47. Came to "just look." Spent 20 minutes with a dog named Murphy. Three-year-old mixed breed. Returned twice for "clinginess." Visit ended.
Daniel stood up to leave. Murphy panicked. Didn't bark. Didn't bite. Jumped into Daniel's arms. Like a toddler. Wrapped his legs around Daniel's torso.
Pressed his face into Daniel's neck. Then went completely rigid. Frozen. Daniel tried to put him down. Murphy's grip tightened. Claws digging into Daniel's shirt. Staff watched. Nobody moved. Daniel said: "I can't just leave him like this." Carried Murphy to the tront desk. Signed adoption papers while Murphy was still wrapped around him. Shelter director told us: "Murphy wasn't being aggressive. He was holding on like someone who's been dropped too many times. Daniel couldn't put him down because Murphy wouldn't let go. And Daniel couldn't leave someone who needed him that desperately." Sometimes a dog doesn't beg. They just refuse to

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley:

"The last weeks we as a law enforcement community have been receiving endless complaints about civil rights violations in our streets from US citizens. What we're hearing is they're being stopped in traffic stops or on the street with no cause and being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they are here legally.

We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty. Every one of these individuals is a person of color ... it has to stop"

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.”

[Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer]

I’ve been inundated with hate mail and death threats since I testified against Todd Blanche in Congress last week. It’s all thanks to Senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt, who chose to use their time at the hearing to spread dangerous misinformation and rage-bait their followers—instead of confronting the issue at hand, which is Blanche’s failed leadership of the Justice Department. https://t.co/oPBnsiHrmT

[David Glasner @david_glasner]

@Adderabbi @JRBooks Very insightful and very appropriate. I think the DR would approve.

[Elli Fischer @Adderabbi]

Ever think about why an important discussion of mourning for the Jerusalem Temple appears in "Hezkat HaBatim," a chapter on property disputes?
Mourning and Real Estate
@JRBooks
https://t.co/Bi5QktfuO5

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Many Americans have "simply succumbed to the myth of Russian immensity, power, and strength—the same characteristics that have so long convinced Trump that Russia is the side to bet on," writes @ccaryl https://t.co/aw7OoKlGcu

[Maarten Boudry @mboudry]

Few things have shocked me more than the open acquiescence—or even outright support—of the international "humanitarian" community for Egypt's decision to seal, and even reinforce, its heavily fortified border with Gaza throughout the war.

Early on, Israel tried to negotiate with Egypt to allow Gazan civilians out of harm's way so it could target Hamas more effectively. The international "humanitarian" community reacted with outrage to the very suggestion. Meanwhile, Egypt threatened to tear up its peace treaty with Israel and declared that it was "ready to sacrifice millions of lives so that nobody would approach a grain of sand [in Sinai]."

You expect that kind of cynicism toward "fellow Arabs" from a corrupt and authoritarian regime. But from self-proclaimed Western "humanitarians"? Apparently, they'd rather keep Gazan civilians trapped in an active war zone, where Hamas could exploit them as human shields, because evacuation would supposedly amount to "ethnic cleansing."

And all this while they were hurling the obscene "genocide" libel at Israel. Because that's obviously how you would behave if you sincerely believed a genocide was taking place, right? Prevent people from escaping? It's either callousness, mendacity, or both.

By way of analogy, imagine that Poland had sealed its border with Ukraine after Russia's invasion in 2022, telling the world: "Why should we let in Ukrainian civilians? We don't want a bunch of Nazis in our country." Bad enough. Now imagine the "humanitarian" community supporting that stance—insisting that Poland bore no responsibility for Russia's aggression, and that admitting Ukrainians would amount to "ethnic cleansing" because Moscow might never allow them to return.

In this brilliant article, my good friend Shany Mor (@ShMMor) uses a series of clever thought experiments to expose the revealed preferences of the "humanitarians" in the Gaza war. The conclusions are deeply disturbing. They reveal an astonishing level of indifference—whether intentional or not—to the very people these organizations claim to care about. If they have to chose between helping Palestinians and demonizing Israel, they always choose the latter.

I will never, ever, ever donate to any of these organizations again—even though I supported many of them regularly in the past.

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: What do you make of Pete Hegseth refusing to promote qualified women of color?

Raskin: He’s a straight-up racist and misogynistic guy. I don’t know why we never followed up on his promise that he would stop drinking because that seems rather dubious at this point.