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Opinion | How Trump's ‘antisemitism’ deal with Brown University actually endangers Jewish students The agreement, the latest between the Trump White House and major universities, raises pertinent issues about who is protected and who is not.

"...if other universities follow Brown’s lead and enact similar programs, they will be sending the message to students of minority identity and communities that theirs are not concerns worth learning about — but Jews’ are." - @emilyctamkin.bsky.social, Nexus Fellow

We're trying!

If you hear about Mike from PA and don't know Twitch culture, understand this: these platforms are major battlegrounds of political influence. This incident is part of a broader shift in how messaging spreads, especially with inadequate guardrails.

Right now, those guardrails are proving too thin.

Context matters: This is Mike's FIFTH suspension since 2019.

He was previously banned in November 2024 for appearing to offer a "$100,000 bounty" on Destiny.

This pattern of escalating violations highlights inadequate enforcement creating a culture of impunity.

This isn't just a one-off slip: it shows how unchecked rhetoric in one corner of left online politics can go viral without mainstream awareness.

Mike from PA's ban is significant, but the larger issue is structural and ideological:

• The left-wing streaming ecosystem is powerful and often self-reinforcing
• It sometimes allows overtly antisemitic framing, especially in contested issue zones
• Platform responses are inconsistent and reactive

If you're only consuming news through cable, Twitter headlines, or traditional media you're missing where some of the most potent political persuasion happens among younger audiences.

These streamers build parasocial relationships that outpace traditional influencers in intimacy and impact.

Platforms like Twitch reach 30+ million users daily; political streamers like Mike from PA operate in the same range as mid-level news outlets.

Streaming represents a massively influential, but under-regulated media ecosystem: it's where discourse happens in real time, frames political debate, and shapes listener beliefs.

The response was swift: Asmongold (one of Twitch's biggest streamers) rallied his audience to contact Jewish advocacy groups & Amazon advertisers.

This shows how community pressure, not just platform policies, drives enforcement, highlighting the inconsistent, reactive nature of content moderation.

What you're witnessing isn't just antisemitism at the individual level, it's an example of a growing pattern in parts of left-wing online discourse, especially around Israel/Palestine debates.

Mike's rhetoric echoes criticisms from some political "left" spaces that veer into ethnic erasure.

Why does that matter? Because his audience isn't fringe: these are engaged viewers, often younger, politically curious, and trusting of streamer commentary over traditional journalism.

That means antisemitic rhetoric can spread fast and be normalized through group chats and meme culture.

On Wednesday, during a "Just Chatting" broadcast, Mike paused Netanyahu's 2024 UN speech and said:

"Jew is not a f**king ethnic. Jewish is not an ethnicity... this constructed ethnicity, this demonic ethnicity, wholly invented."

A 21-second clip went viral, triggering his fifth Twitch suspension.

His channel ranks among the top few hundred English-language streams on Twitch, with around 95,000 followers.

His viewership regularly overlaps with audiences who follow other high-profile progressives like Hasan Piker, meaning he's plugged into a vast, politically aligned network.

Mike from PA (Michael Beyer, aka Central_Committee) has built a left-wing political streaming brand, with an average of 3,500+ live viewers, peaks around 4,200 to 7,200, and nearly 400,000 hours watched over the past month alone.

That level of consistent engagement rivals small cable network shows.

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Left-wing political streamer Mike from PA (Central_Committee) called Jewish identity a "demonic ethnicity" during a live broadcast.

This isn't just about one hateful statement. It's emblematic of big, ideological trends. And most people don't realize how massive this ecosystem is.

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...

Oh yeah cancelling funding for science and medical research will really put a stop to antisemitism 🙃

Let's be serious. Trump is using "Jewish safety" as pre-text to wage his war on democracy and higher education.

We aren't falling for it.

Opinion | How Trump's ‘antisemitism’ deal with Brown University actually endangers Jewish students The agreement, the latest between the Trump White House and major universities, raises pertinent issues about who is protected and who is not.

For MSNBC Opinion, I wrote about Brown’s agreement with the Trump admin and how promoting the idea that “DEI” is bad for Jews and also simultaneously that only Jews are entitled to it is totally counter to promoting understanding of Jewishness/fighting antisemitism

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

What is Project Esther? Unpacking the effort to curb pro-Palestine activism It's a set of recommendations by The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025.

We're quoted in @snopes.com's explainer on #ProjectEsther, the Heritage Foundation's authoritarian blueprint to "combat antisemitism" that was developed with minimal Jewish input and lacks support among most American Jews.

Senate Approves Trump’s Pick for Top Counterterrorism Post

It’s deeply alarming that someone with a long history of ties to white nationalists and Nazi sympathizers was sworn in to any government position, let alone as director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

The Nexus Project's Washington Director, @sikevin99.bsky.social, explains how the Trump administration is weaponizing antisemitism.

Head to NexusProject.us for our strategy for keeping Jews safe and protecting democracy in the Trump era.

Trump administration promotes official with history of antisemitic ties to lead U.S. peace efforts Darren Beattie, once fired and blasted for speaking at white nationalist event, appointed as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace.

ICYMI: The Trump administration has appointed Darren Beattie, who spoke at a white nationalist event, spread the “Great Replacement” theory, and ran a January 6th conspiracy site, to lead U.S. peace efforts.

A promoter of antisemitic hate is now shaping America’s global diplomacy.

Screenshot of a tweet by Kyle Langford, dated July 25, showing him smirking in a suit in front of the Auschwitz death camp gate. The tweet reads: “My 0% Unemployment Plan” with emojis of paper, a factory, and an American flag. The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign is visible behind him.

A neo-Nazi is running for governor of CA, using trolling to draw attention to his campaign.

But the rage bait isn’t a joke. It’s a tactic used to make far-right antisemitism seem less dangerous than it is, even humorous. We know better.

They’re not joking. They’re telling us exactly who they are.

"...anyone genuinely concerned about the civil rights of Jewish students should be outraged that this administration claims to champion antisemitism while dismantling the infrastructure needed to combat it."

A civil rights attorney who worked in the office that combats campus antisemitism explains how Trump’s antisemitism taskforce is a cover for an ideological attack on universities.

The Nexus Project's Ella Messler unpacks The Washington Post's recent exposé on how the Trump administration's antisemitism task force is carrying out the President's anti-DEI agenda — and why this is bad news for Jews.

Truly saying the quiet part out loud here.

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