Jonas Du

Fellow @TheFP // Alum @Columbia @Sundial_CU @joinyoungvoices // tips: [email protected]

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Personal news: I'm joining @TheFP as a full time fellow, starting today! I'll be based out of their growing DC bureau. Have something I should know? [email protected] or DM

[Ed Tarnowski @edtarnowski]

Firstly, this headline is an exaggeration of Anthropic’s statement.

But more importantly, there will be no global pause. Our adversaries will continue full steam ahead.

Either America leads, or our enemies develop the next Mythos first and weaponize it against us.

The best way to defend against adversarial AI threats is to lead in innovation and outwork those threats.

[Frannie Block @FrannieBlock]

In 2024, I exposed how Qatar Foundation International, an education nonprofit run the Emir of Qatar's wife, was funding classroom activity in NYC's public schools. One of their classrooms in Brooklyn hung a map of the Middle East — which completely erased Israel.

https://t.co/3c2RarF4LT

[Ed Tarnowski @edtarnowski]

One for the books @SamRaus1 @JonasYDu

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

More in @TheFP https://t.co/4XedBSv0TE

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Democrats are divided on fraud and government waste—some, like Mamdani, seem to acknowledge it's a problem (framing the working class as the victims). Others, like Tim Walz and Gavin Newsom, are publicly condemning the Trump admin's fraud crackdown while quietly mass prosecuting fraud in their states.

Walz called Nick Shirley a "conspiracy theorist" and said the fraud crackdown was "white supremacy." Then he raced to terminate 18,000 inactive Medicaid providers.

CA Dems advanced the "Stop Nick Shirley Act" to make it harder for people to publicly document immigrant support centers suspected of fraud. But the state AG was simultaneously filing charges against 14 hospice providers that allegedly used stolen identities to fraudulently bill more than $267 million in claims.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning we are introducing COGE — the Commission on Government Efficiency.

This Commission will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people. 

New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are.

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

https://t.co/4XedBSut46

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

This week, California Dems advanced the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” which would make it more difficult to publicly document immigrant services centers suspected of fraud. It’s not just CA—blue state Dems across the US are picking fights with the people exposing fraud. But quietly, they’re executing the very prosecutions they condemned. As Vance goes after fraud, the Dems’ confused response has become a showcase in asymmetric warfare.

[Audrey Fahlberg @AudreyFahlberg]

Thrilled to announce that today is my first day as Washington Correspondent for The Free Press!

Hill, admin, and campaign folks: let's grab coffee & catch up! Add me to your mailing lists at [email protected] & reach me via signal: AudreyFahlberg.77

@TheFP 👋

[The Free Press @TheFP]

College president Sian Beilock had protesters arrested, defied faculty, and has said American universities lost their way.

They can fix themselves, or, as she told The Free Press’s @JonasYDu, “someone else will try and do it for us.”

Read the full story here: https://t.co/lR4f7gBH5f

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Read the full piece in @TheFP https://t.co/pcPwBqItjD

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Something different is happening at Dartmouth. It avoided the anti-Israel chaos the engulfed the rest of the Ivies, was the first to bring back the SAT requirement, and is prioritizing viewpoint diversity on campus. Much of this is thanks to president @sianbeilock, who is focused on what colleges can do to restore public trust in higher ed. Profile in @TheFP ⬇️

When an encampment went up in May 2024, Beilock had protestors arrested within two hours. Under her leadership, admissions has prioritized students who can act as "bridges between people" and students with "underrepresented" viewpoints—the admissions director used as an example someone who led his high school's Young Republicans club and was dialogue-focused. Her Dartmouth Dialogues project has spent hundreds of thousands bringing in speakers from both sides.

Above all, Beilock believes schools should be "in service of truth," not "ideology," and cannot allow disruptions to free speech. "If we as leaders can’t take responsibility for what we’re doing and be held accountable for outcomes, I worry someone else will try and do it for us," she said.

[Nikos Mohammadi @NikosMohammadi]

“How’s the pro-Palestine omnicause going”

“They want Epstein off Columbia’s campus”

Beyond parody.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

Dartmouth College president Sian Beilock had protesters arrested, defied faculty, and has said American universities lost their way. They can fix themselves, Jonas Du writes, or ‘someone else will try and do it for us.’ https://t.co/hQi4GUYvAW

[Tanner Nau @tannernau15]

If you read one thing today, it has to be this from @SnoozyWeiss. https://t.co/kLETPDJceq

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Full piece in @TheFP: https://t.co/MiKtUMr8Zf

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Geoff Duncan, former Republican Lt. Gov of Georgia, is running for governor as a DEMOCRAT. He won't stop apologizing for his past positions on abortion, guns, and healthcare. And he might just have a shot at the Democratic nomination. New profile from me in @TheFP https://t.co/9rXirKRgMw

[Jonas Du @JonasYDu]

Duncan is polling in second or third place for the Democratic nomination. He may be able to force a runoff with Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and as the candidate favored by the establishment, that might just be enough to make him the nominee.

[Columbia Jewish & Israeli Students ✡️🇮🇱 @CUJewsIsraelis]

NEW: UAW has REJECTED @Columbia's graduate student union's strike approval, due to a lack of bargaining progress. This is basically unprecedented, and is due to the many extreme demands they were making that are unrelated to working conditions, such as BDS.