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 "If you won't talk about Israel, you can't talk about Bari Weiss." I would say that in the context of Weiss' politics and how she expresses those politics through her career and connections, this is true.  Also, here's Zaid Jilani on old Taibbi vs new Taibbi , and here's a copy of  Taibbi's 2001 write-up about Palestine .

  Pretty much everything in the current political news cycle connects in some way to Israel (Gaza, Epstein, AIPAC influence on Congress, media coverage). If you want to avoid mentioning Israel and still come off as credible, write about sports and entertainment.  

  Good question !

 Via ScheerPost, Taibbi himself goes over this latest development from the "Twitter Files." It would be one thing if I really made the mistake. In that case, Plaskett’s letter would merely be an outrageous attempt to intimidate a witness by threatening a charge of intentional lying over a miscue. But that’s not the case. I did of course make an error, but what Plaskett is referencing is actually a mistake by Hasan, one she’s now repeating. I’m not sure what to do but explain and show this as clearly as possible. Which he does. One thing to note: it's not just Democrats; both parties have problems with people questioning or challenging the status quo. By the way, Rep. Stacey Plaskett was a Republican (who worked in the Bush Administration) before switching parties in 2008. 

 It appears that the working relationship between Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk has reached an end:

 Including social media: Seems like most people (but not everyone ) thinks that Jim Baker was simply a rogue Twitter employee.