Vibe Check in the Quiet Car

Before reading this, please wish Chris a Happy Birthday! And say good luck to his family as he subjects them to birthday McRibs. As for the show, we’re breaking down the drama at Daily Wire, Nikki Haley “scandals” and fashion trends emerging from the Israel-Hamas War.

Time Stamps:

4:21 Front Page

1:02:17 Obsessions

1:08:12 Reader Mail 

1:11:11 Favorite Items

Show Notes:

Curtis Houck on Twitter: WATCH: CBS's Gayle King LECTURES the father of a eight-year-old Israeli girl being held hostage by Hamas that "innocent children in Pales --Palestinians...are dying" too just as "innocent Israeli children" and, b/c of "politics," "no one seems to be able to say enough, stop" 

Powerline: The AP at work today 

AP News: Medics and patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

WFB: BEASTMODE: Gaza Hospital Patient Says Hamas Should 'Go To Hell and Hide There' Instead of 'Hiding Among the People' 

WFB: WaPo's Shipley Hand-Selected Hamas Cartoon He Pulled Amid Woke Blowback, Cartoonist Ramirez Says 

The Wrap: Ben Shapiro Dares Candace Owens to Quit After War of Words About Israel

Mediaite: 'I'm Gonna Have You Thrown Off This Train!' Senate Democrat Battles a Far-Left Blogger on Amtrak Ride 

Politico: Firm powering Haley’s presidential bid hit with harassment lawsuit 

AP News: Nikki Haley walks back her demand that social media ban anonymous posters after facing GOP backlash 

WaPo: Fani Willis: Georgia trial involving Trump might not conclude until early 2025

Variety: Univision Anchor Leon Krauze Exits in Wake of Network's Controversial Trump Interview 

NYMag: Selling Bidenomics Is Biden’s Only Chance to Beat Trump 

Axios: Speaker Mike Johnson calls separation of church and state a "misnomer" 

New Republic: Why Is Mike Johnson Flying a Christian Nationalist Flag Outside His Office? | The New Republic

NPR: Speaker Johnson's close ties to Christian right — both mainstream and fringe

WaPo:Florida’s laws, book bans drove this librarian to quit - Washington Post 

WaPo: A boom of ballot initiatives is reshaping this state’s democracy 

NYT: More Americans Say They’re in a Brain Fog. Long Covid Is a Factor.

NYT: Kaffiyeh: The Symbolism and History of a Checkered Scarf  

NYT:McDonald’s Growing Appetite for Fashion: Crocs, Moschino and More 

National Review: The BBC Humiliates Itself — Again 

Amichai Stein on Twitter: "Targeting medical staff"??? The daily @BBCNews Blood libel

Ofer Gendelman on Twitter: Hamas has hidden these weapons in the MRI unit of the #Shifa_Hospital and in its clinics.

The Guardian: ‘It never ends’: the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake | James Joyce 

Kotaku: YouTubers Put Anal Bead Chess Conspiracy To The Test 

Kicker: Favorite Items of the Week:

Poynter: Instead of Taylor Swift beat reporters, we need Nextdoor beat reporters - Poynter

WFB: Yale Law Students for Hamas