jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social

journalist✍🏽for @theintercept //also poet// former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup // 🇵🇭 // Send tips - Signal: jonahmv.05 Proton📧: [email protected]

[Alex Colston @enoughformethx]

The actual specifics of the Camp David Summit were notoriously geographically intricate to the point of absurdity, and I don’t think most people—including Remnick, and outside a few scholars—could just rattle them off from memory.

It was a disingenuous question.

[Séamus Malekafzali @Seamus_Malek]

David Remnick last month wrote a glowing profile of Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu's electoral challenger. Eisenkot was the originator of the "Dahieh Doctrine", the IDF military strategy that disproportionately punishes/destroys civilian areas in retaliation for armed attacks.

[tanvi @Tanvim]

Just want to share this piece I did from a few years ago about what happened to a man who was deported to Haiti:

[Holly Otterbein @hollyotterbein]

New: The author of the DNC's 2024 election "autopsy" confirmed an Axios report that he concluded the war in Gaza hurt Kamala Harris politically — and that he'd privately shared that assessment with a pro-Palestinian group.

He said he drafted that finding late last year but never submitted it to party leadership. https://t.co/NJC9Ve4oRm

[The Intercept @theintercept]

In a Mississippi parking lot on a Sunday afternoon, a cop pulled a gun on a gray Ford Fusion and fired while 1-year old Kohen Wiley's mother held him in the passenger’s seat. A bullet struck the child on his right side, tearing through his small body and exiting his left. The driver, who was also hit, sped to a hospital, but it was too late. At 19 months old, Kohen was dead. But years before Kohen's killing, community members had been sounding the alarm about violent and abusive cops.

[Eoin Higgins @EoinHiggins_]

I give @jonathanchait, @mattyglesias, and @neeratanden a well-deserved scolding

New one for @theintercept

https://t.co/02RnzHCxKU

[Akela Lacy @akela_lacy]

NEW POD 🎧: We’re bringing you an early Intercept Briefing episode breaking down last night’s results. With @jessica_m_wash & @jonahmv https://t.co/AALboPDUBO

[Etan Nechin @Etanetan23]

A week ago, when Netanyahu was in DC, he didn't bother to meet Jewish leaders but had time to meet with AIPAC leaders who aggressively push a catastrophic pro-Israeli right agenda to Americans.

If calling this out is antisemitic, the term has lost all meaning.

[jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social @jonahmv]

I spoke with former Rep. Andy Levin about the #MiSen race. Levin lost his seat to Haley Stevens in 2022 after AIPAC spent $4 million against him over his stance in favor of Palestinian statehood. He had this to say about Michigan being a "swing state":
https://t.co/zXGtHtkLN3
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[jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social @jonahmv]

Read our full accounting of Abdul El-Sayed's and the left's major win in Michigan against AIPAC and the Democratic Establishment: @theintercept
https://t.co/1qEvqILBwC

[jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social @jonahmv]

I’m sorry but this quote from former FBI agent Rogers is more “radical” than anything El-Sayed or Piker have ever said

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

The money quote from Rogers: "I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11."

[Astead @AsteadWH]

To immediately focus on the general election is to miss the point — what @AbdulElSayed accomplished in this MI primary was historic. Winning his way against an establishment pulled all the stops, and a historic amount of outside spending.

Dem leadership plays Stevie Wonder at their own peril. They’re on the wrong side of a fundamental shift across their base

On @OutFrontCNN with @KateBolduan:

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

NEW: AIPAC signaling plans to spend for Republican Mike Rogers in #MISen

"Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."

[Akela Lacy @akela_lacy]

another incumbent down: state Rep. Donavan McKinney beats Rep. Shri Thanedar (who self-funded and was boosted by crypto $) by 3.8 points

[Akela Lacy @akela_lacy]

it's official: AP calls for El-Sayed

[jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social @jonahmv]

National Republicans using El-Sayed’s full name, calling him “radical,” tying him to 9/11 this AM — a continuation of anti-Arab and Islamophobic playbook used by AIPAC super PAC, Michigan GOP, Mike Rogers, Stevens supporters in the primary. Catch up here: https://t.co/6CAguaz1FH

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

The NRSC debuts first attack ad in the US Senate Michigan race against Abdul El-Sayed

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

Wayne County confirmed that no votes remain outstanding outside Northville City, population 6,000, and Detroit. Detroit separately confirmed that its Election Night reporting is complete and included in our totals.

[Waleed Shahid 🪬 @_waleedshahid]

The co-founder of the Uncommitted movement, which shook up the 2024 Democratic primaries, is now going to be a Michigan State Senator: @abbasformi.

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

DCCC indicates support for Will Lawrence after he wins the #MI07 primary. DCCC was publicly neutral in the hard-fought primary

[jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social @jonahmv]

State Sen. Mallory McMorrow endorsed Abdul El-Sayed minutes after NBC News called the race early Wednesday morning Michigan time. She had this to say about her one-time #MISen opponent (contrast with Stevens surrogates like Rep. Hillary Scholten and Shannon Watts)

“Abdul has my full endorsement and support.

This was a brutal primary (believe me, I know). And Trump and Mike Rogers are counting on us staying divided. Let's prove them wrong by beating Mike Rogers and taking our country back.”