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- 1Trump Rally Attendees Voice Support for Public Execution●'Not Pleasant' but 'Necessary': Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/politi
Supporters at a Donald Trump rally in Tennessee said they backed the idea of a public execution, with some calling it 'not pleasant' but 'necessary'. The New York Times reported the comments, prompting widespread debate about attitudes toward punishment and political rhetoric at the former president's events.
- 2Trump Rally Attendees Back Public Execution as 'Necessary'▼‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution
The New York Times reports that supporters at a Donald Trump rally voiced approval for the idea of a public execution, describing it as 'not pleasant' but 'necessary'. The remarks have drawn attention as an example of hardening rhetoric among segments of the former president's base, raising debate about political violence and punishment in American public discourse.
- 3A contrarian case for cheering the Dodgers●Cheering for the Dodgers; or, it became necessary to destroy baseball, in order to save it.
A baseball writer has argued that rooting for the Los Angeles Dodgers may be the only way to save baseball, riffing on the famous Vietnam-era line that it became necessary to destroy a village in order to save it. The piece suggests the Dodgers' big-spending dominance is forcing the sport to confront its competitive-balance problems, even if it breaks the game's traditions along the way.