Eye on hate: The APA’s Silence on Antisemitism
“More than 3,500 mental health professionals have sent a letter” calling “upon the president and the board of the American Psychological Association” to address anti-Jewish hate in the APA, reports Sally Satel at The Free Press. The letter claims “Jewish APA members have been harassed, marginalized, and silenced on APA community forums even for attempting to challenge antisemitic rhetoric” and calls out the APA for failing to “take meaningful action or respond in any significant way” to complaints of antisemitism. It also, she notes, flags how “the organization has been quick to speak out on behalf of other marginalized or minority groups,” but not Jews. The letter warns: This “has severe consequences for . . . the welfare of Jewish patients” and mental-health professionals “and the credibility of the psychology profession as a whole.”
Media watch: Hysteria on Musk’s Cuts
The media reaction to Elon Musk’s efficiency cuts is just “hysteria,” argues USA Today’s Ingrid Jacques. Exhibit A: The Washington Post reported that Yosemite’s only locksmith had been sacked amid National Park service layoffs, possibly leaving visitors locked in restrooms. Huh? Intended as an “example of how awful and harmful Trump and Musk’s cuts are,” this instead “showed just how inefficiently the national park operates. Why in the world would you have only one person who has access to the park’s keys? That’s absurd.” The press ignores the fact that “the majority of Americans support what DOGE is doing.” “A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found Trump’s approval rating is at 52%,” with one action most pleasing to voters: “Reducing government costs.”
Conservative: Anti-DOGE Protests = Astroturf
“George Soros-funded groups Indivisible and MoveOn were at the center” of anti-Elon Musk protests at House GOP “town halls and district offices that garnered widespread media coverage,” writes the Washington Free Beacon’s Collin Anderson. “Local outlets mentioned Indivisible’s role in organizing the protests,” but not The New York Times, Washington Post nor CBS. Yet in advance, “the Associated Press reported on Indivisible and MoveOn’s plans to host [such] rallies.” And an Arizona swing-district focus group “found that 8 of the 11 participants approved of ‘Musk’s efforts in the administration’ ”; several, Axios reported, said “government agencies can be slashed or eliminated without hurting services on which they depend.”
Poll patrol: More Bad News for Democrats
Just when Dems were cheering some polls showing dropping Trump popularity comes a new Harvard-Harris survey with “nearly across-the-board good news for the Trump administration and nearly across-the-board bad news for Democrats,” observes the Washington Examiner’s Byron York. It’s an outlier in showing higher approval for the prez, “52% approve, 43% disapprove,” but that’s likely because unlike others, it actually adjusts its sample to reflect the new electorate. That is, “Republicans have almost always trailed Democrats in party affiliation until quite recently.” And the new, narrow edge, 46% GOP to 45% Democratic, “represents a big change.” The poll also shows solid Trump support on key issues from deporting criminal illegal migrants to having the government recognize just two genders to imposing “reciprocal tariffs.” Also: 33% “of Democrats disapprove of their own party.”
Marine vet: How To Lure Military Recruits
“When it comes to military recruitment, President Biden left President Trump a flaming bag of you-know-what,” sighs Mike Gallagher at The Wall Street Journal. Resolving that crisis is now “as important as securing our borders.” To lure recruits, “the president and defense secretary must fundamentally rethink the military’s pitch to young Americans.” Rather than stress the perks of enlisting, “why not launch a campaign presenting military service as the highest expression of national duty and personal honor?” But be honest: “War is hell. Those who volunteer to serve may be called to fight and die. Expect bad food, little sleep and long deployments. Yet the rewards of answering the call, serving your country with honor and holding the line against America’s enemies are incalculable.”
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board