Scott Imberman

Yikes

The “people” here include *checks video from a couple hours ago* the US Secretary of State.

Big if true.

Israel simply does not have the power to force the US government to do something it does not want to do. What Rubio is doing here, by claiming Israel forced the US hand, is making Israel the scapegoat for a US policy he knows is unpopular. This framing is going to be so bad for Diaspora Jews.

Well, the President’s wife who is a former model who has no national security experience is running the UN Security Council now so is this any less likely?

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In a functional administration, these warnings, and embassy evac plans, are put in place before you start shooting off the tomahawk missiles.

The stupidity will continue until morale improves.

IDK. Maybe these guys are just complete morons.

So I really don’t like this “we did it because Israel was going to attack” thing for… obvious reasons.

antisemitism among young people is:
-heavily rewarded on tiktok and other youth-heavy social media
-not confined to any one ideology
-often directed explicitly at jewish people and jewishness, not israel

No way

A clip from the moment Hillary Clinton found out Lauren Boebert took an unauthorized photo of her deposition: 'I'm done!'

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Still true and still relevant

(this is a Platner post)

You can try connecting through Russia instead... oh. Right.

I changed it to allow quotes. Thanks for the heads up.

I really don’t think they timed this to their advantage. Which is strange because they literally picked the time.

And yet, the Pod Save guys are struggling with it.

Casual antisemitism should not be implicitly endorsed - repeatedly - by a candidate running for the United States Senate. This is not hard.

Clearly, this is the kind of logic that requires a PhD in global relations and not... a basic knowledge of the history of modern warfare that you would learn in 8th grade.

Damn

wut

Tweet from Ryan Grim: "Understand what Neera is arguing for here: she thinks that no Democratic candidate should appear on any podcast where a host has flirted with conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk and Israel. I don't think she understands how many podcasts that includes. And if you make the opposite argument, and say no, actually, tens of millions of people love those shows, Democrats should be on them, she says I'm "defending anti-semitic conspiracy podcasters." The good news is that this stuff doesn't work anymore. Save your breath, nobody cares."

I really don't think "There are so many antisemitic podcasts out there that you just can't help but appear on them" is the defense they think it is.

Welcome to the anti-war resistance, *checks notes*,

Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

Vigilance and pressure, through your MOCs, Senators, and the Courts is key to ensuring these next three years are a bump in the road and not a long-term catastrophe.

I expect awards to pick up now that the budget is passed and OMB is starting to lift restrictions. But make no mistake Vought (OMB Director) will try to slow-walk and impound funds, even if he may not do the latter explicitly so as to avoid court injunctions.