The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.
Always a treat to hear vocalist René Marie, but a particularly special occasion @smokejazzclub with pianist @EricScottReed Trio, last night (and thru Sunday) performing unique arrangements of Ellington and Strayhorn, including some welcomed obscurities…Hard to believe it’s been a full decade since her last album ‘Sound of Red’, but this special project needs to be documented (hint, hint).

"Fare thee well, land of cotton...JUMP FOR JOY!"

(Although, beating Mitch McConnell to the brimstone portals of hell was not the news to which I expected to wake up.)
@ThisBetchYaYaYa@Patrickwebb “who else has been villainized”?!?
Nixon might not have been a crook, but he was definitely a racist POS: “Southern Strategy”, DEA/War on Drugs targeting Black Americans, convo with Reagan calling African UN delegates “monkeys", secret Cambodia bombing & Vietnam War escalation.
One of Hollywood's roles is to brainwash people...
The movie Exodus (1960), starring Paul Newman, was made to influence how millions in the West think about Israel.
This is EPIC BELT TREATMENT 🔥
Piers Morgan -- "Why won’t you condemn Hamas?"
Rania Khalek -- "Would you ask an Austrian Jew in 1940s to condemn resistance to Nazis?"
Man went for a trap…
Got the table flipped on him 🥶