Emily Tamkin

These “DC elites shouldn’t deny crime” takes are so…did you just land here from the moon. First of all who are you talking about. Second of all the point isn’t that there is no crime, it’s that Trump is clearly describing a fictional dystopia for political gain while making our real city less safe.

It’s good to signal virtue, actually. It encourages others to do the same in support of people with less power. Also, the alternative is signaling vice.

To me the striking thing here isn’t that this is not true, though it’s not, but how from job numbers to crime stats Trump says you can’t believe the facts. I think the logic is that, when you can’t really believe anything, why not believe him since he’s at least telling you that?

Not going to defend Peter Magyar but yes it's good that person whose rule has been marked by (excuse me, alleged) corruption and dismantling of rule of law, and who at one point seemed like he'd be in power forever, lost

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Not the big inspirational news of the day but it is nice that my close personal friends, the Toronto Raptors, are going back to the playoffs.

For @forward.com, I wrote about the Hungarian elections and what American Jews should remember about reactionary power and the function of antisemitism. forward.com/opinion/8181...

For @haaretzcom.bsky.social, I wrote about the current flowering of American Jewish lifestyle content, and whether it constitutes avoidance or engagement www.haaretz.com/jewish/2026-...

This is a great profile

Nothing smart to add really but it is wild that he's threatening genocide on social media and the response is "well it's a day ending in y"

Wrote a little thing for Passover emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/authoring-...

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This is horrific www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/n...