Opinion Today: Palestine, Nikki Haley and a congressional kerfuffle

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View in browser|nytimes.com May 24, 2024 SUPPORTED BY AMERICA MAGAZINE By Anna Marks Staff Editor, Opinion In today's newsletter, we're offering some of our favorite entries from The Point, Times Opinion's blog. This week, our writers told you what they think about the European countries that recognized Palestine, Nikki Haley's promise to vote for Trump and Representative Jasmine Crockett's viral defiance. Read the pieces below: Thomas Friedman on Western European Countries and Palestine → Katherine Miller on Nikki Haley and Donald Trump → Charles Blow on Jasmine Crockett and Marjorie Taylor Greene → Programming note: The newsletter will be off Monday, May 27, and return on Tuesday, May 28. A MESSAGE FROM AMERICA MAGAZINE A Catholic President and a Jesuit Pope How does Joe Biden's Catholic faith influence his politics? How is Pope Francis changing the Catholic Church? Get a Jesuit perspective from America magazine. For over 100 years, America magazine has bridged the gap between the Catholic Church and global issues. With theological essays, political analysis, book reviews and more, America interprets the world for the church and the church for the world. From Congress to the Vatican: Get a smart, refreshing Catholic take on the news. Subscribe for $1 Here's what we're focusing on today: Editors' Picks Yasmin Yassin for The New York Times Michelle Goldberg Minnesota Republicans Just Endorsed an Alex Jones Acolyte for Senate Alex Jones, Steve Bannon and the left-to-right pipeline. By Michelle Goldberg More From Opinion Jamelle Bouie Trump's Taste for Tyranny Finds a Target Once you start talk about immigrants "poisoning the blood of our country," what comes next? By Jamelle Bouie This Is the Democrats' Best Shot in 2024. And They Are Spending Like Crazy on It. Democrats have continued to leverage abortion rights as a powerful culture-war wedge issue against Republicans, seen in their ad campaigns. By Lakshya Jain and Harrison Lavelle Guest Essay A Federal Judge Wonders: How Could Alito Have Been So Foolish? Displaying an upside-down American flag shouldn't have happened. By Michael Ponsor Guest Essay Do You Want a 'Unified Reich' Mind-Set in the White House? Young Republican staff members appear to be developing terminal white nationalist brain. And they will staff the next Republican administration. By David Austin Walsh David Brooks We Haven't Hit Peak Populism Yet Americans have traded their faith in the American dream for the same sour, populist mood as pretty much everybody else. By David Brooks Paul Krugman America Is Still Having a 'Vibecession' Most voters say that they're doing OK but that the economy is bad. By Paul Krugman Guest Essay Try Living in Elon Musk's Company Town To some, Elon Musk has given Brownsville, Texas, a reason for being, a future. To others, he's a colonizer, flirting with white nationalists online while exploiting a predominantly brown work force. By Christopher Hooks and Mike Osborne Frank Bruni How to Buy Yourself a Longer Life If price is no object, neither is death. By Frank Bruni ADVERTISEMENT John mcwhorter The Pop Songs You Hate Are Good for Democracy Or, what I learned from my roommate's unconscionable taste in music. By John McWhorter Haley as Veep? Don't Bet on It A Haley-Trump partnership would reek of rank opportunism. By Frank Bruni The Importance of a Personal Bridge Between the U.S. and China The U.S. ambassador's ties to former students in China could prove significant at a time of tension. By Farah Stockman When Antitrust Law Rescues Olivia and Taylor Fans God, it's brutal out here. By Rollin Hu Damon Winter/The New York Times letters Why Biden Is Behind in the Polls Readers discuss a column by Ezra Klein. Also: Benjamin Netanyahu's fate; Madonna at 65; a pediatrics group on gender-affirming care. We hope you've enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times. Games Here are today's Mini Crossword, Wordle and Spelling Bee. If you're in the mood to play more, find all our games here. ADVERTISEMENT Forward this newsletter to friends to share ideas and perspectives that will help inform their lives. They can sign up here. Do you have feedback? Email us at opiniontoday@nytimes.com. If you have questions about your Times account, delivery problems or other issues, visit our Help Page or contact The Times. Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for the Opinion Today newsletter from The New York Times. 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