Commentary Culture Investigations

Sleight of hand on the Michigan ballot could chill free speech.

Each day brings new evidence that the New York Times is abandoning nonpartisan independence and instead embracing the hard left.
It’s not entirely clear whether this is intentional or accidental. The “intentional” interpretation sees the shift as a deliberate business choice aimed at achieving revenue growth by courting an international far-left audience of paying subscribers. The “accidental” interpretation sees it as a failure of the paper’s publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, and his well-intentioned if imperfect top editors to enforce their old-fashioned standards on the younger and more ideologically motivated staffers who make the day-to-day decisions that shape the news and opinion coverage.
Whatever the reason, it’s increasingly and glaringly apparent.
The latest example comes with the paper’s advice on what to watch on election night. Under the heading “Election Night Coverage,” the “This Week on TV” column recommends NBC News and notes, “ABC, CBS and CNN will also carry live coverage and analysis, beginning at 8 p.m.” Fox News doesn’t get a mention? It’s strange—as if the Times is trying to pretend that Fox News, which gets significantly higher ratings than CNN, doesn’t even exist.
The TV column appears under the byline of Shivani Gonzalez.
Here is Ms. Gonzalez, according to her Instagram account:

Her LinkedIn profile lists her as a volunteer for the Liberal Party of Canada, basically Canada’s equivalent of the Democrats, and the rival to the more pro-American Canadian Conservative Party.

Her LinkedIn profile also lists her as having served from June 2019 to February 2021 as a communications coordinator and director of communications in the New York State Assembly. State government records show she worked for a member of the Assembly, Yuh-Line Niou, who was a Democrat and also a candidate of the far-left Working Families Party. In a May 2026 interview in connection with a campaign for state Senate, Niou said “We have seen government that has become more fascist daily” and said she was running to “fight this fascist regime.” Niou added, “We have to tax the rich.”
“The politics job allowed me to go back into journalism, understanding the impact of the stories that were being told and how stories can really garner support for legislation. Politics and journalism are really cyclical,” Gonzalez explained to her college newspaper, which described her as “living every creative’s dream in New York.”
Gonzalez did not reply to my email about why Fox News was left off her list.
I don’t want to pick on some lowly news assistant from Canada. It’s not her fault if she doesn’t understand the difference between news and politics. But where is the Times management? A.G. Sulzberger and Times executive editor Joe Kahn take themselves super-seriously. It seems like every other day they are giving a lecture at a journalism school or participating in a podcast interview about how irreplaceable and valuable the Times is, in this, its 175th anniversary year, precisely because it is independent and nonpartisan and therefore credible. Where is the adult supervision?
And it’s not just the television listings. Today’s Times front page includes two above-the-fold articles boosting the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed. Both articles carry the byline of Tim Balk, who in 2015, as the assistant opinion editor of the Daily Northwestern, called Donald Trump a “clown” and declared, “In a Republican primary field littered with climate-change deniers, xenophobes and out-of-touch political dinosaurs, Trump might be the worst.”
One Times article by Balk declares, “in Michigan, Republicans have targeted the Democratic Senate nominee, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, with Islamophobic attacks. President Trump has described Dr. El-Sayed as a ‘vicious, violent jihadist.’” The Times, which is constantly reminding us that not all criticism of Israel is antisemitic, can’t seem to wrap its mind around the possibility that not all criticism of an extremist Senate candidate who is Muslim is Islamophobic.
Another front-page Times article by Balk, about a Democratic member of Congress from Michigan endorsing El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, was originally headlined online by the Times as “Democratic Feud in Michigan Escalates as Senate Primary Loser Joins Republican.” That one bends over backward to euphemize and soft-pedal El-Sayed’s positions. For example, it says, “Ms. Stevens, a moderate and a strong supporter of Israel, often clashed with Dr. El-Sayed, an outspoken progressive critic of the country, during their contentious primary race.” El-Sayed is not just a “critic” of Israel; he’s falsely accused it of genocide, said it’s as bad as Iran, said he’d cut off all arms to Israel, and has been refusing to condemn a bizarre commercial aired by his allies that groundlessly blames the U.S.-Israel relationship for the cost of groceries in American supermarkets. Josh Gottheimer, a Democratic congressman from New Jersey, called it “the Jew-hating ad.” Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, called it an example of El-Sayed’s “fixation with Jewish money.”

As if all that were not enough, Sunday’s Times book review carried a review of a book by Sequoia venture capitalist Michael Moritz about his Jewish family’s history as refugees from the Nazis. The Times review, by Julian Borger, a journalist from the far-left British Guardian, manages to fault Moritz’s family Holocaust memoir for, of all things, failing to include condemnations of Israel’s war in Gaza.
The Times review reports, “Moritz does not mention considering moving to Israel, never having ‘felt kinship with the odious Israeli settlers and their vile political representatives’ who have ‘plundered’ the lands of the Palestinians.”
Even that denunciation, though, doesn’t go far enough, in the Times reviewer’s view: “A memoir of the Holocaust is under no obligation to assess current events, but Moritz’s book explicitly sets out to find contemporary parallels. It seems important how we, the descendants of the victims and survivors alike, confront the ongoing conflict in Gaza.”
The review concludes, “Moritz says that after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, he felt ‘emotionally connected with Israel’s fate’ for the first time; he doesn’t linger on the wholesale destruction of Gaza that followed. Given the book’s contemporary framing, I would have liked to learn Moritz’s views of his former company Sequoia Capital’s investments in an Israeli defense industry start-up dedicated to integrating artificial intelligence into military hardware, for instance. The omission feels striking in an otherwise thoughtful work on coming to terms with the long shadow of the Shoah.”
Unbelievably, the Times machine-generated content-suggestion system, based on the text of the review of a Jewish family Holocaust memoir, serves up “See more on: The Israel-Hamas War, Donald Trump” and “More on Gaza and the West Bank.”

This is gross and just the latest example of how the Times has become ridiculous.
The post The New York Times Is Getting Really, Really Ridiculous appeared first on .

Leave it to the hacks in the liberal media to dress up Democrat consultants as virtue-signaling Republicans supposedly choosing country over party by voting left-wing.

YouTube

The Dallas Morning News published an anti-Greg Abbott op-ed by author Suzanne Bellsnyder October 31 headlined, “I’m a Republican, but Gina Hinojosa has my vote,” presumably to illustrate party crossover in the Texas gubernatorial race. However, it was later revealed that Bellsnyder was a paid consultant of the Democratic Hinojosa campaign, which wasn’t disclosed by The Morning News prior to publication. According to Transparency USA, the Hinojosa campaign paid at least $57,000 to Bellsnyder for consulting services, adding to the egregiousness of the newspaper’s acute negligence.The newspaper added a humiliating editor’s note to the piece, “After the publication of this column, the author confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that she is a paid consultant of the Hinojosa campaign. She did not disclose this at the time of submission or during the editing process.” The newspaper pontificated that it was supposedly committed to make readers “aware of all conflicts and potential conflicts. Had we been aware of this conflict, we would have declined to publish this piece. We regret that we were not.”  Guess what: The piece is still live on the website.Talk about trying to cover your rear end! 

Image

Transparency USA

Hearkening to the shenanigans plaguing the Alaskan senate election involving alleged attempts by Democrats to defraud voters, Bellsynder told independent media platform Current Revolt that the Hinojosa campaign “knew I was writing” the op-ed. This points to a last minute attempt to deceive Texas voters about Republicans turning their backs on the party, with the Morning News editors effectively being complicit. Bellsnyder’s own words prove the point:No governor can rebuild public confidence in education alone. It will take legislators from both parties, business leaders, educators, parents and communities willing to do the work together. When Gina reached out to me on that tractor, she began building trust. Politically, we root for different teams. But as two moms, we found that we shared a passion for public education and preparing our kids for the future they deserve. That is the kind of leadership Texas needs.Queue the canned laughter. Turns out Bellsnyder is about as much of a “Republican” as Ana Navarro.

Screenshot via NBC/Snapstream

Since the broadcast networks have turned up the wick over the last month in terms of midterm coverage, NBC’s Today has consistently stood apart (such as here, here, here, and here) from ABC’s Good Morning America (GMA) and the supposedly MAGA-coded CBS Mornings with attempts or glimmers of balance.Monday’s show was no different as, while GMA and CBS Mornings sought to downplay or attack Congresswoman Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers for Senate, NBC played both sides and let viewers decide. When it came to Tuesday’s outlook, NBC also suggested both parties face “headwinds.”Co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin remained steady in the teases, referring to the Stevens endorsement as “a rare November surprise” as one of two “last-minute twists” — with the other being the Alaska Democrat chicanery with Dan J. Sullivan — that could “determine control of Congress.”
Just look at Monday’s ‘Today’ and its Election Eve coverage.Co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin remained level in the teases, referring to the Stevens endorsement as “a rare November surprise” as one of two “last-minute twists” — with the other being the Alaska Democrat… pic.twitter.com/rDS3YoJXHE— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 2, 2026

Just look at Monday’s ‘Today’ and its Election Eve coverage.Co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin remained level in the teases, referring to the Stevens endorsement as “a rare November surprise” as one of two “last-minute twists” — with the other being the Alaska Democrat… pic.twitter.com/rDS3YoJXHE— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 2, 2026

Chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles even framed Democrats as entering Election Day on the back foot: “[I]t’s no secret that, in order for Democrats to win back a Senate majority, they need a nearly perfect night, and, for weeks, they appeared to be headed in that direction. But now two different problems have emerged in states that are keys to their hopes of a historic evening.”“Stevens, who narrowly lost a bitter Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, turning against the nominee and her party, endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, even attending a service at a Black church in Detroit with the GOP nominee…creating a last-minute controversy for Democrats in this close race,” Nobles added, noticeably not taking a shot at Stevens personally. Nobles did have a notable flub in his script when he accidentally said it was Stevens being tagged as anti-Semitic by el-Sayed: “Stevens and El-Sayed had clashed multiple times, most recently over an ad from an outside progressive group supporting El-Sayed that called Stevens anti-Semitic, and his campaign asking her not to attend events.”The NBC correspondent did give space to el-Sayed, whom he said “call[ed] the move a distraction,” as well as President Trump.Unfortunately, he used one of those phrases conservatives have long turned into an almost drinking-game word: “President Trump campaigning in Iowa, pouncing on the divide among Democrats.” The second half of his story was about Alaska. Nobles showed balance by outlining both sides, both the GOP warning of fraud and Democratic denials (click “expand”):NOBLES: Also weighing in on another key race, Alaska —TRUMP: This behavior in our elections cannot be allowed to continue.NOBLES: — after claims Democrats and their Senate nominee Mary Peltola recruited a candidate with the same name as the incumbent Dan Sullivan in an effort to confuse voters. The Trump administration looking for an avenue to deny the certification of the results if the incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan loses. A federal judge tossing out a lawsuit filed by the Trump DOJ that would have separated the ballots for the other Dan Sullivan. The judge writing, the Justice Department provided no workable plan to separate the ballots, which are cast privately. Peltola maintained she had nothing to do with the other candidates —FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARY PELTOLA (D-AK): I am not interested in tricking voters.NOBLES: — while the President last night closed out his run of campaign rallies.TRUMP: I’m closing this sucker down. I’m getting out of here. I have to get a little sleep.Having embarrassed herself over the way she’s covered the Michigan Senate race, it was going to be interesting to see how Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker was going to play out on Monday’s Today.Asked by Guthrie if the Stevens endorsement would make a difference, Welker surprisingly gave both parties something to hang their hats on. For the GOP, she said it was “a bombshell” that could “have an impact around the edges” since Michigan “is a purple state” and thus trigger “dramatic developments.”
Having embarrassed herself over the way she’s covered the Michigan Senate race, it was going to be interesting to see how ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker was going to play out on Monday’s Today.Asked by Guthrie if the Stevens endorsement would make a difference,… pic.twitter.com/gnFYIqfOZ6— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 2, 2026

Having embarrassed herself over the way she’s covered the Michigan Senate race, it was going to be interesting to see how ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker was going to play out on Monday’s Today.Asked by Guthrie if the Stevens endorsement would make a difference,… pic.twitter.com/gnFYIqfOZ6— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 2, 2026

But on the other side (i.e. her actual team), Welker reassured Democrats that “two million people, roughly, have already voted early,” which is “about a quarter of the voting population.”“Republicans very notably say, look, do we welcome this? Yes. But they’re looking at those early voting numbers, and they’re a little jittery about whether this will have an impact. Just zoom out for one second, though. This feud is over the broader issue of Israel. It’s a real sign Democrats are going to have to contend with this after Tuesday,” she added, leveling another dose of both-sides-ism.But when it came to the final pre-election NBC News poll, she also suggested no party has a reason to go into Tuesday night worry-free, citing “headwinds” that, on the left, include the fact that Democrats are even less popular than the GOP (click “expand”):Let’s do President Trump’s approval rating first, if you take a look. 40 percent approve of the job he’s doing. Compare that, Craig and Savannah, to 2018, the midterms during his first term, when he was at 46 percent approval rating. In that midterm, Republicans lost 40 seats, but they still held on to the Senate. Now, let me take a look at the congressional ballot. It shows people prefer Democrats, 52 percent to 45 percent. That’s up just a tick from September. They’re also getting slightly higher marks on the issue of inflation, which is, of course, the top issue for voters, but ever so slightly. And then here’s what’s really notable: headwinds for both parties. If you take a look at this party favorability, check this out, guys. Democrats actually more unpopular than Republicans. So, what does that mean? That means we are looking at an election on Tuesday night, largely a referendum on President Trump. He said that himself, by the way. He said ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ in all of these campaign stops that he’s made, but it’s also a real sign to Democrats. And I think both of these parties after Tuesday are going to have to do some real soul-searching. How are they going to regain the trust of voters when you see numbers like that, when you see voters basically saying, “we’ve lost faith in all of you”?Nobles came back in the second hour for a truncated report (click “expand”):The final sprint is on. And, while it’s expected to be a good night for Democrats, the party is facing controversy in two different states are key to their hopes in winning back the Senate majority. In Michigan, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost a close primary for Senate to Abdul el-Sayed, shocked her fellow Democrats by announcing that she’s voting for the GOP nominee, Mike Rogers. Stevens and el-Sayed had clashed over a number of issues, but Democrats were confident that she would stay loyal to the party. Now, President Trump is asking her to join the Republican Party. The President, meanwhile, wrapped up his intense travel schedule with stops in Iowa and Kansas yesterday, and in Alaska, voters waited nearly two hours to vote in a very tight race there. Many of them reacting to the controversy surrounding the two Dans. Most voters telling our crew there that the accusations that Democrats recruited a candidate with the same name as the incumbent Dan Sullivan will not impact their vote. All we have to do now is count the votes, guys, and it’ll happen tomorrow.To see the relevant NBC transcript from November 2, click here.

Media Research Center (Original)

Forty-five-to-one. That is the ratio of negative to positive headlines about President Donald Trump among the top 20 stories Google News promoted from Oct. 1 through Oct. 28, in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, according to a new Media Research Center analysis.A day after MRC found a pronounced negative slant in Apple News’s Trump-related headlines, a new analysis found a fairly similar pattern on Google News. The headlines reviewed by MRC show that Google News repeatedly promoted negative portrayals of Trump, including coverage that characterized him as antisemitic, dishonest and petty, while emphasizing criticism of his administration, foreign policy decisions and political conduct.MRC President David Bozell said about the findings, “Eighty-seven Trump headlines. Forty-five negative. One positive, and a Fox News story about Karoline Leavitt supplied it. Google News had 28 days to find a second nice word and came up empty. It’s time for Google News to aggregate some balance.”MRC’s Key Findings:MRC identified 87 headlines that included the word “Trump” across Google News during the reviewed period: 45 were negative, 41 were neutral and just one was positive.Negative headlines emphasized Trump’s clashes with foreign leaders, legal setbacks, GOP divisions and voter dissatisfaction with his economic policies. Others amplified criticism from Democratic opponents, highlighted controversies surrounding his conduct and administration, and included an NBC News headline accusing Trump of hurling an antisemitic slur.Google News had several alternative headlines from outlets across the ideological spectrum, with their bias ratings determined by independent media bias firm AllSides. These story headlines presented more favorable perspectives on Trump, his administration and its policies, but Google News did not promote them in the reviewed sample.Google News’s “Trump” HeadlinesSimilar to its recently published analysis of Apple News, MRC reviewed Google News’s top 20 stories each day from Oct. 1 through Oct. 28 to identify all headlines that included the president’s name “Trump.” After identifying 45 negative and 41 neutral headlines, MRC found that the sole positive headline came from Fox News and featured former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reflecting on her experience working with Trump. “Karoline Leavitt opens up about life changes, calls Trump kind and uplifting,” the headline noted.The single favorable portrayal was an exception. Like Apple News, Google News promoted negative story headlines about Trump across a wide range of issues, with several themes overlapping with those identified in MRC’s Apple News analysis.

Media Research Center (Original)

Some headlines offered little legitimate public interest, while others relied on what could be considered misleading framing or clickbait. For instance: “‘Shut That F**king Mouth Of Yours’: Robert De Niro Threatens Jimmy Kimmel Over Trump,” and an opinion piece sarcastically headlined, “Trump says economy is great. We should definitely trust him.”  

Media Research Center (Original)

Several repeated false claims that Trump had suggested allowing Iran to “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, despite a clear distinction between what he actually said and how the headlines characterized his remarks. “White House defends Trump comment to let Iran ‘take out’ LA and San Diego,” read a BBC headline promoted on Oct. 6.

Media Research Center (Original)

Another headline attempted to link Trump to a sexual assault case at Cornell University, even though the alleged incident occurred during the Biden administration.On foreign policy, negative headlines largely emphasized criticism of Trump’s policies and opposition from his political and international rivals. In the dispute between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Google News promoted headlines that emphasized Zelenskyy’s defiance of Trump and portrayed the president as losing influence over Ukraine: “Zelenskyy defies Trump as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries,” “Ukraine hits Russian refinery as Zelenskiy says ‘we’re done’ with Trump’s energy truce” and “Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Russian Refinery Strikes, Defying Trump.”Google News also promoted headlines emphasizing Zelenskyy and Republicans’ criticism of Trump’s diesel deal with Russia. An Axios headline promoted Oct. 10 quoted the Ukrainian president calling the deal “‘Not fair and not honest,’” while a BBC headline promoted the same day characterized it as “a gift to Putin.”

Media Research Center (Original)

Several headlines amplified attacks by Trump’s Democrat opponents, including criticism from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Rep. Ilhan Omar and former President Barack Obama. Others highlighted purported instances of misconduct, including one headline accusing Trump of using an “antisemitic slur.” These headlines specifically read:“Newsom, Bass respond to Trump’s ‘take out Los Angeles’ comments,” by KTLA, promoted Oct. 10. “Ilhan Omar Accuses Trump Of ‘Lies And Smear Campaigns’ After DHS Raids Her Home,” by Forbes, promoted Oct. 13.“Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas,” by NBC News, promoted Oct. 20.“Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump and Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail,” by The New York Times, promoted Oct. 25.“Obama attacks Trump as he campaigns for Democrats ahead of midterm elections,” by the BBC, promoted Oct. 25.“In first midterm rallies, Obama assails Trump administration,” by The Washington Post, promoted Oct. 25.Google News repeatedly framed the Trump administration as facing defeat in legal battles, using phrases such as “Federal judge orders,” “Judge halts” and “judge slams” to emphasize judicial opposition to the administration.On the economy, headlines highlighted voter dissatisfaction and regret, including: “‘Everything got worse’: Gen Z expresses frustration, regret after Trump vote,” by NPR, promoted on Oct. 16. On White House controversies, Google News promoted headlines emphasizing embarrassment and scandal, such as “Why the Katie Zacharia debacle is a huge embarrassment for Trump,” by CNN, promoted Oct. 17.Fact-checking headlines also cast doubt on Trump’s statements, including: “Trump’s Dubious Claim About the Ilhan Omar Search.” Other headlines emphasized personal disputes and political setbacks, including “Trump lost control and ordered me to be ‘quiet’ in the Oval Office. Then it got personal,” “Trump turns the GOP’s Ramaswamy ad headache into a migraine” and “‘No one ever heard of her’: Trump goes off on petty rant after Nobel Peace Prize snub.”Google News had a substantial selection of alternative, more favorable headlines available to promote but did not feature them.To verify that alternative, positive story headlines were available on Google News, MRC confirmed that each headline appeared in the news aggregator’s search results. These headlines came from outlets with varying ideological leanings, as reflected in their media bias ratings from independent media bias firm AllSides. Mediaite and USA Today are rated as left-leaning, The Times of Israel and ABC 2 Baltimore (WMAR-2 News) as center and the New York Post as right-leaning.These headlines included:“CNN’s Daniel Dale Comes to Trump’s Aid After Critics Claim He Threatened LA Again: ‘Obviously Takes Him Out of Context,’” by Mediaite, published Oct. 8.“The media is losing it over Trump’s ‘take out’ LA remark,” by USA Today, published Oct. 7.“Trump cheered in prerecorded video address to Michigan synagogue about antisemitism,” by The Times of Israel, published Oct. 15.“Supreme Court Hands Trump Admin 7-2 Win in Political Ad Dispute,” by Newsweek, published Oct. 15. “’A tremendous victory’: Trump visits Baltimore County to announce new $3.7B shipyard plans,” by ABC 2 Baltimore (WMAR-2 News), published Oct. 6“Crime’s way down thanks to Trump — Dems will fight to send it back up,” by the New York Post, published Oct. 27.MRC Free Speech America interns Madison Van Zant and Preston Hoffman contributed crucial research for this report.Methodology: MRC reviewed the top 20 stories promoted by Google News each morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. from Oct. 1 through Oct. 28. MRC researchers reviewed and identified the headlines of stories with the president’s name “Trump” in them. Headlines about other Trump personalities (e.g., First Lady Melania Trump) were excluded. MRC then analyzed the story headlines, examining how the issues were framed, whether crucial context was excluded, which perspectives were emphasized or excluded, which sources and viewpoints were given prominence through quotes and whether potentially inflammatory language was used.

The New York Times reports that running is too expensive.

Despite intense economic pressure, Tehran remains as committed as ever to defying the United States.

Today’s pro-life politicians are not being pro-life because they’re afraid of the consequences. They’re being pro-life despite the consequences.

The former president of the leading professional psychology association in the United States, the American Psychological Association, reacted to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel by likening Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to racist police officers, internal emails obtained by the House Committee on Education and Workforce show.
Counseling psychologist Cynthia de las Fuentes made the comparison in an email sent to another association leader, Pepperdine University psychology professor Thema Bryant, on Oct. 12, 2023, five days after Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 innocent Jews. Bryant, who served as association president at the time, sent de las Fuentes, the organization’s president-elect, the group’s statement on the attack, which condemned “the recent violent attack by Hamas on Israel” but added that the “situation is complicated.” It did not include the word “terrorism.” De las Fuentes responded, referencing criticism from “writers” who pointed to a more pointed statement the association issued after the death of George Floyd, declaring a “racism pandemic” in America. Those critics were wrong, de las Fuentes argued, because unlike Floyd, “Jews” aren’t victims.
“Members of the police are equivalent to members of believers of ‘by any means necessary’ in achieving the goals of Zionism, similar to other terrorist groups’ missions,” she wrote. “Not all police and not all Jews.” De las Fuentes continued: “George Floyd is representative of Gazans. Not all Black people and not all Palestinians are victims or terrorists. But the themes of domination and submission are clear in both cases. And we stand against systems of oppression and the cultivation of misery.”

The email reflects what the House committee referred to as a “troubling” rise of antisemitism within the association sparked by “radical activist-academics” who “successfully co-opted the APA to politicize the association and promote ideology that demonizes Israel, minimizes Hamas terrorism, and portrays Jews as white oppressors.”
The APA is the largest and most influential organization of professional psychologists in the United States. It sets professional standards, including ethical guidelines, that set the guardrails for how psychologists practice, and it publishes over 90 scholarly journals. The organization also routinely weighs in on public policy: It has weighed in, for example, in support of “reproductive justice,” hormone treatment for transgender children, and even affirmative action in college admissions, arguably lending a veneer of scientific credibility to what are in reality hotly contested political and scientific debates.
The committee launched an investigation into the APA, which boasts more than 190,000 members, in December. It cited a series of Washington Free Beacon reports on former George Washington University psychology professor Lara Sheehi, who said all Zionists have a “settler psychosis” from which they must be “liberated” and who was accused of harassing her Jewish students.
Sheehi left George Washington University for Qatar’s Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in 2024, but not before she became a close confidante of de las Fuentes. Sheehi, who served as president of the association’s psychoanalysis division, routinely emailed de las Fuentes to lament Israel’s “all out genocide,” promote student protesters calling for the “total dismantlement of the apartheid regime,” and dismiss the notion that Jews are “indigenous” to Israel as “dangerous, ahistorical propaganda,” emails obtained by the committee show. De las Fuentes, in turn, expressed her “gratitude” to Sheehi, writing, “When you are ready, I will be willing and hope to be as you model so I can receive your edification.” Bryant, de las Fuentes’s predecessor, also praised Sheehi’s “heart, truth, challenge, and compassion.”
Hostility toward the Jewish state was not confined to de las Fuentes and Sheehi. On the association’s internal listserv, New York-based therapist Lama Khouri called the suggestion that Hamas hopes to “exterminate” Jews “quite hilarious,” adding, “This kind of talk leads to genocide and justification of mass murder. Whoever makes such [talk] has blood on their hands!” Another member argued that Hamas is “protecting civilians” and thus deserves “kudos,” according to the committee.

“For an organization dedicated to understanding human behavior, the APA has done a remarkable job of ignoring prejudice within its own ranks,” House committee chairman Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) said in a statement. “Its leaders have allowed antisemitism to fester and radical activists to turn a respected scientific institution into a platform for political agendas, while Jewish psychologists are ignored and ostracized. The APA has a credibility problem, and its leadership has no one to blame but itself.”
The APA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It dismissed the committee’s findings in an internal email obtained by the Jerusalem News Syndicate. “We don’t agree with this report,” association president Wendi Williams and CEO Arthur Evans Jr. wrote. “The American Psychological Association unequivocally condemns antisemitism in all its forms.”
The post In Wake of Oct 7, American Psychological Association President Likened Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to Racist Cops appeared first on .

Economic activity in the nation’s supply chain enjoyed broad-based improvement in October, a new Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®) Report reveals.September’s gains were extended in several areas of the supply chain last month, the Institute’s latest report finds:The manufacturing sector expanded for the 10th straight month.The overall economy expanded for the 24th straight month.New orders grew for the 10th straight month.The production index increased for the 12th straight month, hitting its highest level since November of 2021.Supplier delivers slowed, a sign that the economy is improving and customer demand is increasing.Five of the six largest manufacturing industries expanded (Machinery; Computer & Electronic Products; Transportation Equipment; Chemical Products; and Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products).Employment continued to grow, though at a slower rate.Three of the four “demand indicator” indexes tracked by the monthly study continued to expand.And, while customers’ inventory levels continued to shrink, that’s actually a good sign, since it suggests that production is set to increase, the Institute’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee Chair Susan Spence explained in a press release:“In October, three of four demand indicators (the New Orders, Backlog of Orders and New Export Orders indexes) remained in expansion, and the Customers’ Inventories Index remained in ‘too low’ territory, contracting at the same rate as last month. A ‘too low’ status for the Customers’ Inventories Index is usually considered positive for future production.”