
Co-founder, Optimistic Labs š Co-founder, @Independent_LC šļø Sr. Advisor, @independent_cen ⨠past: Chief Impact Officer @ Forbes š#OptimisticUpstate
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I havenāt agreed with all that @JGreenblattADL has done with the ADL, but there is no daylight between on this. Blaming the price of bananas on Jews? THATāS Bananas.
Well, Peter is close.
Exit Democrats = Independents š
In the future, we'll view people like Stevens as exit Democrats -- Democrats who were stepping away from the party at the same time as they were insisting they were members of it. She still believes that this is her party, that El-Sayed is a fluke. She's confused. This party is no longer her party. This is not a matter of an election or two. This is characterological. A sea change has taken place, and she cannot see it.
āThe views expressed by contributors are their own⦠(except when they are paid by foreign governments like Qatar). š¤·š»āāļø #justsayin
The #Jewish voters that feel politically homeless because of the antisemitism in both parties DO have an alternative: turn independent⦠we welcome you. š@Independent_LC
Jewish Democrats deserve to feel safe within our own party.
Nonnegotiable is about reminding Democratic leaders that we are a moral and political force, and that abandoning us in the face of rising antisemitism is a moral and political loss.
Amanda Berman, founder of the Zioness Action Fund, spoke with The Detroit Jewish News about how rising antisemitism in the Democratic Party is harming our ability to fight authoritarianism on the right.
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I met Haley Stevens today. I thought she was charming. I'm sure we disagree on much. But I think it's pretty obvious, she'd be putting Michigan away right now if she won the primary.
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The thing that I canāt figure out is why AES supporters expect @HaleyforMI to fall in line behind El-Sayed after his campaign demonized her so much that there was an actual threat on her life. And when she doesnāt they compare her to #MAGA? Sounds like a purity test to me. š¤·š»āāļø
Absolutely bananas that Trump is saying this out loud. Who actually is making the money? Thatās really the question. #IAmIndependent
Love this thought by fellow optimist @PeterDiamandis. It has me thinking: what would be a good reading/watching list for inspiration in pursuit of this call to action? Letās crowdsource a syllabus
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āhurt people hurt peopleā is no different than āvery fine people on both sidesā #leaveitblank Letās not become what we fight against.
No party is entitled to blind loyalty. #VoteIndependent
Why are they protesting Seinfeld? Because he is part of the government of #Israel? Well, heās not. Itās simply because heās #Jewish. Hint: there is a word for that. (And itās not anti-Zionism)
Call these protests what they really are.
Adam gets it exactly correct.
According to the PAC supporting Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate, the reason Americans canāt afford groceries is because the U.S. is paying for āIsrael to kill Palestinians.ā
Blaming Americaās problems on Israel isnāt simply criticism of foreign aid.
Thatās why they donāt care about the billions of aid going to Egypt, Jordan and Ukraine. Or about US military forces defending Europe, South Korea and Japan.
Israel is central to the identity of most American Jews.
Singling out Israel as the cause of American suffering is a thinly veiled attempt to turn Americans against their Jewish compatriots, portraying their support for Israel as evidence of divided loyalties and their political influence as a threat to the interests of their fellow Americans.
It is an old antisemitic tool dressed up as a foreign-policy argument.
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Jonah is šÆ
I think it's weird how few people are troubled by the gist of Sayed's Islamophobia defense. If you say that asking about support for the Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamophobic attack on your religion, then at some level you're suggesting -- or at least encouraging the inference -- that the MB's form of Islam defines or informs your interpretation of Islam. There are lots of Muslims that don't subscribe to the MB version and when you ask them about the Muslim Brotherhood, they don't respond by saying "how dare you attack my religion?"
PSA: if you are worried about PACs but only call out AIPAC, then maybe you should watch this and ask yourself: āam I really seeing the entire picture?ā And if #Israel is the only foreign country you obsess about - maybe ask āwhy?ā #JustSaying
To be precise: El-Sayed is intentionally bridging the divide between the far left and far right through a populist anti-#Israel message that veers into anti-#Jewish conspiracies and tropes. Pass it on.
It kinda makes you wonder why AIPAC (an American org supported by Americans) gets all the attention. Maybe there is another reason?
Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo has a new documentary out on AIPAC, asking whether the "Israel lobby" is really an agent of a foreign power.
A shadowy, fabulously rich network pulling Washington's strings: it's one of the most enduring antisemitic tropes of our age. So I did Mehdi a favour and checked the numbers.
Over the past decade, Israel ranked tenth for registered foreign lobbying spending, behind China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and even the Marshall Islands. AIPAC came 191st among Washington's lobbies. The entire pro-Israel lobbying category spent less than gun-rights groups, and a fraction of what the drug companies spend.
Elections? AIPAC's super PAC spends serious money. But it competes in a system where outside groups have poured in nearly $2 billion this cycle, and six organisations have each spent over $60 million.
Strangely, Zeteo seems far less curious about Riyadh, Beijing or Doha.
The truth about the Israel lobby. Link to my new column here š
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As usual, @havivrettiggur keeps it real on whatās happening in #Israel. And as usual, I agree with him.
šØ Israeli journalist and host of the Ask Haviv Anything podcast, @havivrettiggur joins the conversation to discuss his criticism of the Israeli government and weigh in on the ongoing battle over information, media narratives, and how the conflict is being presented to the public. Listen live ā”ļø breakfastclubonline.com/list⦠or stream on @Netflix RN! šŗ























