Frida Ghitis

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[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

"He passed away suddenly." No details from the Russian government.
Russian ambassador to the US dies, Russia's foreign ministry announced https://t.co/MTY3VGjGTJ

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Outrage over Corruption has become the engine of political change around the world

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[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

If I’m reading this correctly, Jensen Huang, CEO of the top AI chip company, on whose hands the future of humanity may rest, was cheating on his wife. The woman he was cheating with was a spy for the Chinese government. Worst, President Trump was told in the spring and did nothing because Huang supports him.

[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

Who has a brighter political future in the US, Talarico or El-Sayed?
What do you think?

[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

@ClausVistesen And also go to war against Israel

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@sfrantzman I thought the pictures of women in various iterations of hijab voting in the Israeli election were evidence of a functioning democracy

[Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice]

This is insane. Huge national security threat. WTAF?

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Far left candidate in France promises to start a war against Israel if he wins the presidency. He’s in second place in the polls

[Zineb Riboua @zriboua]

Mélenchon tells the Israeli ambassador that, if elected, he would take France to war with Israel in defense of Palestine. That is, of course, assuming there’s anything left of France’s finances by then.

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@NickKristof @AbdulElSayed This analogy is so far off base that anyone who thinks it’s a good one clearly doesn’t understand the meaning of Israel for most Jews. Not now and not thousands of years ago.

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@JFDIAlready Furious but apparently still spineless.

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Republicans are furious at Trump for promoting Stephen Miller, according to Fox News. As I noted, this will crush the GOP in 2028. They say he should fire him instead.
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@simon_schama Lame duck, angry duck, or crazy duck? 🦆

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@MaxAbrahms It’s true but apparently he doesn’t want the job. Also possible that it was suggested to Trump to hire a much more qualified Dana White and he got mixed up. He’ll never admit it.

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@DanielBShapiro We know it’s a monument to one man. Everyone knows it has nothing to do with the American spirit

[Maria Popova 🇨🇦 @PopovaProf]

A solid majority of Americans know right from wrong.

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Unbelievable.

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

Trump has picked an even worse human being

[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

Can a Jewish Democrat win the nomination for the 2028 presidential race?

[Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) @speechboy71]

Spent a few minutes reading comments from winning Democratic candidates about Israel... and found some interesting, surprising results.

I could only find three winning Senate candidates who openly and falsely accused Israel of genocide (El-Sayed, Flanagan, and Jackson) and two House candidates in competitive races (Lawrence, MI-7, and Villegas in CA). All except Villegas underperformed vis-à-vis other Democrats, though I don't think it's because of their comments about Israel (I'm sure there are others who said it, but I'm on a train so this is not an exhaustive search).

But among Democrats in competitive Senate races, I couldn't find any who made the accusation. Hamilton in KS and Ossoff in GA refuted it (though Ossoff accused Israel of war crimes). However, all of them, like Turek and Talarico, were critical of Israel. If Andrews said anything about Israel, I couldn't find it (same for Colom). Brown, Cooper, and Peltola were more supportive of Israel than the rest.

But what's more interesting is that in Blue states that had competitive primaries, like Illinois and Massachusetts, Markey and Stratton avoided the "g" word, though Markey accused Israel of "war crimes." Interestingly, Stratton was asked the genocide question at a debate and refused to answer yes. In New Hampshire, Pappas's opponent accused Israel of genocide, but he did not (again, I'm sure I'm missing a few here).

To be clear, many Democrat candidates criticized Netanyahu; several accused it of committing war crimes, and a good number said they wanted to end offensive arms sales to Israel ... but pretty much all of them reiterated support for a Jewish State, a two-state solution, Israel's right to defend itself, and backed Iron Dome funding.

None of that leads me to think that a Jewish candidate, like Shapiro, who is supportive but critical of Israel, would face major impediments to the Democratic presidential nomination.

[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

A warning about @WellsFargo I’m opening a CD and just discovered that when it matures it automatically renews to one that pays something like 0.000001%. Very scammy. Beware.

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How Americans view G20 countries: Canada, Australia and Japan most warmly; Russia, Saudi Arabia and China chilliest. Russia in a freezer of its own

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Something I've noticed about exiles from Putin's tyranny is that no matter what happens in the U.S. since Trump was elected, they always say it's a prelude to something worse. @mashagessen is no exception. I'm not saying their reluctance to rejoice over any good news for democracy is wrong. Only history will have the answer.
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