NotableThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship this week. “To exclude children born here from citizenship because their parents are temporary or undocumented immigrants is to betray both the letter and the spirit of the 14th Amendment.” — Martha S. Jones, the author of “Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America,” and Kate Masur, the author of “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction.” Billionaires, stop whining and give your money away. “Making money isn’t proof to me that I know something any better than someone else. Wealthy people who believe that they do aren’t as smart as they think. I’m sort of the Forrest Gump of the internet in that way. I was in the right place, at the right time, and I don’t exactly know why.” — Craig Newmark, a philanthropist and the founder of Craigslist MAGA was supposed to be antiwar. Nope. “If you want to know who’s most worried about the risks of American entanglements overseas, don’t look to MAGA — look to the rest of Mr. Trump’s 2024 coalition.” — Kristen Soltis Anderson, a contributing Opinion writer Spotlight
Rasputin. Roy Cohn. Jeffrey Epstein. Every Elite Has a ‘Dark Connector’The journalist Jacob Weisberg writes that Jeffrey Epstein flourished by helping elite men reconcile their private desires with their public appearances. ICYMIGoodbye, “Queer Eye.” Goodbye, queer acceptance. “Now we are caught up in an era of backlash-whiplash, when the gains of the past few decades seem to be at increasing risk of slipping away.” — Rosa Rankin-Gee, a novelist More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “Trump Said This Policy Would Make Manhattan a ‘Ghost Town.’ He Was Wrong.” I was very against this practice and now can say I think it has been a huge success. Midtown is no longer a mystery of horns and cars. Quality of life has improved well beyond expectations and with the rise in gas prices I think the change will continue to benefit the lives of new yorkers and the environment. — A comment posted by Callie B from Connecticut Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor. We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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