Journalist on hiatus from this n@zi-infested hellsite. Find me here: esensten.bsky.social

Joined January 2010
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The African Hebrew Israelites deserve Israeli citizenship after nearly 50 years in the country. My case @haaretzcom. haaretz.com/opinion/.premium…
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I can’t in good conscience use this site anymore. See you on Bsky, perhaps. Take care of yourselves and others. ✌️
23 Jan 2025
Don’t say Hess to Nazi accusations! Some people will Goebbels anything down! Stop Gőring your enemies! His pronouns would’ve been He/Himmler! Bet you did nazi that coming 😂
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“Lindy Waters III carries with pride his Kiowa and Cherokee bloodlines as one of three indigenous players — along with Dallas guard Kyrie Irving (Lakota) and Milwaukee forward MarJon Beauchamp (Mission, Luiseño) — active today in the NBA.” sfchronicle.com/sports/warri…
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On his final full day in office, President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and has pardoned immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir and criminal justice reform advocate Kemba Smith Pradia. apnews.com/article/biden-par…
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Chappelle name checks Jimmy Carter’s “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” and calls Carter a “great man” for visiting the Palestinian Territories after the book came out.
Dave Chappelle's monologue!
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“The story of the Jews was extremely important to [Zora Neale] Hurston, as important as her mission, far better known, to preserve and to celebrate the style, speech, and folklore of the African diaspora.” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
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In 1992, Tom Hanks played an aggressive (and apparently racist) Israeli game show host in an SNL skit. It’s pretty wild! youtu.be/_36z3Hk7wl4?si=AB6k…

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To be clear, I’ve never accused Ross or Kendrick of disparaging Drake’s Jewishness. I’ve reported what *others* thought about the questionable lines. In my own analysis piece, I argued that much of the online chatter has strayed far from the music. forward.com/culture/music/68…
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Colman Domingo was a b’nai mitzvah party motivator! newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…
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Tiffany Haddish has also talked about her pre-fame experiences as a party motivator, or “energy producer.” youtu.be/98CtvqiNfOo?si=y2Wo…

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It's called Utah
Imagine Israel but for white people
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Fun fact: That gold necklace has the lyrics of Debbie Friedman’s “Mi Shebeirach” engraved on it. jweekly.com/2024/07/26/why-m…
15 Jan 2025
It’s funny that Zuckerberg’s idea of getting more masculine is a perm & a necklace
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In his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, Drake alleges that the “colonizer” line in “Not Like Us” is indeed a reference to his Jewish heritage. Vindication for Thomas Chatterton Williams, who was clowned by Twitter for making that connection in an Atlantic piece?
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“They [Jews] stole the identity of the true biblical Semitic Israelites” is a belief associated with the Hebrew Israelite spiritual movement. Kendrick spotlighted the movement on his 2017 album, “DAMN.”
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This is like the Great Library of Alexandria going up in smoke
13 Jan 2025
Legendary producer Madlib and his family have lost their home to the California wildfires. "Decades of music and equipment" have been lost...
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