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It would be a crime against nature to miss this. There will be free popcorn.
Sideshow: Uneasy Listening with Populuxe
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It’s impossible to refute.
Like a murder scene where the victim is stabbed and beaten with a blunt object 78 times, this was/is an electorate expressing itself across wide demographics with deeply personal rage.
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this is a very fragile coalition; those new voters are looking for effective, sober leadership that alleviates real problems, and with such wide demographic shifts from more reliably conservative voters — rural, suburban, men, etc. — those solutions are just as wide.
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Remind yourself of this argument next time you complain about the GOP cozying up to white supremacists as a conveyance to power; there’s absolutely no difference between the two. None.
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Rob Shapiro retweeted
Well, that’s a shitty thing to say.
Troy Jackson on Gaza "genocide":
"It’s unfortunate that there are people here in Maine that don’t like to use that term only because they’re Jewish"
Maine Dems have got their Graham Platner replacement, alright.
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Shul yesterday morning. On arriving, we glide past a police cruiser parked out front. Two armed security guards and a local officer stand before the entrance; everyone has to pass through.
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Bin Laden took responsibility, saying that the attack was in response to America’s support for Israel, this roughly a year after Arafat refused a sovereign Palestinian state with 97% of what he wanted, effectively ending the Oslo Accords,
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That this requires stating to people who predicate their self image as “caring, anti-racists” is tragic and farcical simultaneously. But well done. It’s appreciated.
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Rob Shapiro retweeted
🚨To every Black person tempted by the antisemitic wave sweeping right now:🚨
Back when white mobs lynched us in the streets...
When we had no money, no power, and literally no movement...
Who stood with us? Who risked everything?
The Jews.
They weren't just allies—they were family in the fight.
- Jewish leaders co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and funded/led it for generations when no one else would.
- When Dr. King and our people were arrested, beaten, jailed—Jewish lawyers defended us for free, and Jewish money paid bail bonds and court fees while others turned away.
- In Freedom Summer '64, half the white volunteers risking death to register Black voters? Jewish.
- Rabbi Heschel marched arm-in-arm with MLK in Selma—our struggles linked forever.
Without their blood, treasure, solidarity, and courage—there is no Civil Rights Movement as we know it. No Voting Rights Act. No dream realized.
That's why I stand with the Jews.
They were our only true friends when this country hated us—when doors slammed shut and ropes hung high. They showed up, bled, and built with us.
So to my people joining this demonic, divisive hate today:
Pause. Remember. Honor the alliance that freed us.
Our histories are bound. Our freedoms were won together.
Betray that, and you betray the very martyrs who died for our rights.
Black-Jewish unity forged the dream. Don't let hate destroy it.
I stand with my Jewish brothers and sisters—always. ✊🏾🤝✡️🇮🇱
Repost if truth > trends. If gratitude > division. If history matters.
#BlackJewishAlliance #RememberOurAllies #StandTogether #CivilRightsTruth #NoToAntisemitism
Rob Shapiro retweeted
Hamas’s fascist secret police and Islamist enforcers went after a close and dear friend of mine and ally, Ashraf Naser Shallah, in Gaza City. The terrorists took him from his tent, which I helped secure for Ashraf thanks to some trustworthy Gazan fixers, and they proceeded to severely torture and beat him. They took his phone, threatened to kill him, and offered his wife as a potential widow up for “grabbing” by Hamas terrorists while making his baby girls orphans. Gaza’s Islamonazis went after Ashraf because he has been a consistent, steadfast, unrelenting, nonstop, and uncompromising dissident voice against Hamas, their Jihad, October 7, and hateful displays of “pro-Palestine” activism in the Middle East and around the world.
Ashraf supports peace with Israelis, normalizing relations, and establishing bonds that replace hate. He worked in Israel for years and yearns for the days when he and his father could return to being connected with their Jewish Israeli partners, and desires an end to violence and the pursuit of peace and reconciliation. As you can imagine, this is beyond courageous and brave to write on social media in the heart of Hamas-controlled territory. Sadly and tragically, and while I’m amazed that he’s been able to say this for 2 years, it was a matter of time before Hamas’s Islamofascist terrorists caught up with him.
Ashraf is currently in a Gaza hospital in critical condition, having experienced severe lacerations, broken limbs, and internal bleeding due to torture. I call on all my allies, friends, partners, and capable individuals worldwide, in the Middle East, in Israel, in the U.S., in Europe, and beyond: please help me evacuate Ashraf, his wife, and his baby girls out of Gaza so he can receive treatment and speak freely without endless persecution. Help get Ashraf Naser Shallah out of Gaza now!
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Students for Jihad in Palestine (SJP) is hosting an event at New York City’s public law school (CUNY) with Columbia University professor Dr. Hadeel Assali to discuss how tunnels in Gaza are part of the 'resistance to colonization' and how the Gaza underground serves as an example of 'decolonial land use.' She is an anthropologist who examines "the ongoing colonial legacies of the discipline of geology and anti-colonial ways of knowing and relating to the earth in southern Palestine." This ridiculous PhD of hers was overseen and advised by Mahmood Mamdani, father of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Needless to say, Dr. Assali, SJP, and a whole network at CUNY and Columbia students and faculty are overly and openly pro-Hamas, celebrating the tunnels as the ultimate marvel of Palestinian "resistance." They do not know the number of children killed digging these tunnels; they don't seem to care about the intimidation, corruption, theft, killings, and massive abuses that went into the establishment of these tunnels, not to mention the empowerment of a fascist Islamist organization like Hamas through these dungeons.
When I want to speak at CUNY, Columbia, MIT, and countless other schools, University administrators often reject my requests, tell me I'm not "pro-Palestine" enough, or that we have to seriously worry about security, interruptions, and horrific student and faculty behavior that can disrupt any possible event - free speech is suspended, and academic freedoms are constrained. But when pro-Hamas Jihadis and neo-terrorist students and faculty want to host activities and events that are the worst possible expressions of "pro-Palestine" sentiments, endorsements of designated terror orgs, and support for violence, somehow, they end up with the full support of university administrators, and free speech becomes a central consideration to ensure that such events are held without any disruption.
There is no justice in this world ...
Rob Shapiro retweeted
I can't comment on every single act of antizionism and anti-Jewish hatred, but I must say, what Spike Lee did during the @NBA All-Star Game was one of the more deplorable things I've seen in a long time.
Sadly, though, it was very on-brand for the Palestinian movement. Indeed, Spike didn't wear a Palestinian outfit to celebrate a Palestinian player. Rather, he wore it with the soul-purpose of signalling to the only Jewish player that he isn't welcome. This is the very ethos of Palestinianism. It's not about love, celebration, and a shared future. Instead, it revolves around hatred, demonization, and returning to a past now long gone.
But in my mind, this isn't about Palestinians. It's about a young Jewish man who has spent his entire life mastering his craft, only to have the symbols of his slaughterers visible in the front row of his first All-Star Game. It's absolutely disgusting and I really hope that one day, these despicable acts of bigotry come to an end — it’s got to stop.
I disagree, Senator.
This administration, through DHS, has trampled constitutional rights, ignored judicial orders, imprisoned and murdered citizens without cause, and is building internment camps.
It must be stopped; stark lines MUST be drawn.
This shutdown literally has zero impact on ICE functionality.
Country over party is refusing to hit the entire Department of Homeland Security.
Democracy demands a way forward to reform ICE without damaging our critical national security agencies.
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