The Racket
Explore the unseen connections behind world affairs, politics, disaster, and more. By Jonathan M. Katz
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This Yom Kippur will be an uncomfortable one for many of us.
Malicious propaganda between hurricanes, and what can be done to stop it
Answers to your questions about exploding pagers, support for an arms embargo, and Trump's next Haitian targets
Send your questions! Socratic or otherwise.
A Haitian perspective from Springfield, Ohio
A big Substacker gets Tucker, Elon, and JD Vance in hot water. A littler one goes to jail.
Trump tramples a hallowed military cemetery for clicks and votes
Steps forward and a fumble at the DNC
Come for the scientific racism. Stay for the praise for Jeffrey Epstein.
What Israel's assassination spree means for U.S. politics, and you
And I try to fact-check the PM's strange new story from Oct. 7