Melissa Weiss

Born & bred in the first capital of New York. Executive editor @jewishinsider Email: [email protected]

[Jewish Insider @jewishinsider]

👀 SCOOP: Rep. Ro Khanna traveled to Israel and the West Bank this week while Congress is in recess, according to two individuals with knowledge of the trip.

@melissaeweiss reports: https://t.co/rFb0iX2h3U

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

Scooplet from me: @RepRoKhanna is in Israel and the West Bank this week during the congressional recess

More here: https://t.co/MECZfBegit

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

Hard to feel bad for anyone who stuck with the guy after the Nazi tattoo became public. That tattoo made it clear who he was from the outset.

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

Nightmare situation for a political adviser. You start working for a politician. You’ve only know them briefly in politics. They assure you the allegations aren’t true. You defend them to the hilt. You suddenly discover you never knew them at all when it’s all too late.

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

I asked Rahm Emanuel about the members of the far-left wing of the Democratic Party who rallied in Times Square the day after 10/7.

“I have no place for the moral bankruptcy of those that found Oct. 8 as the day to cheer 1,200 people not only killed but sexually abused, and for taking hostage 250 people," he told me.

https://t.co/CKfUvmkb58

[Jewish Insider @jewishinsider]

Trump declares Iran MOU ‘over’ following Iranian strikes, @melissaeweiss reports.

https://t.co/ML7EhmpFLx

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

Maybe the Nazi tattoo was the first indication something was rotten in the state of Denmark.

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

In a short span of time, the 2017 rallying cry of “Believe all women” gave way to “Believe women whose politics align with ours.”

My latest analysis for @jewishinsider:

https://t.co/t3MH7baJog

[Gabby Deutch @GSDeutch]

The litmus test that progressive Jewish Dems now face — disavow Israel or get lost — is the same one I (& my @jewishinsider colleagues) have covered since 10/7.

It's showed up for years in fields as varied as mental health, abortion access & pediatrics. Now it's on Capitol Hill.

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

“The limits of partisan loyalty: Graham Platner and the politics of character” (via @melissaeweiss / @jewishinsider)

https://t.co/iMI00PN2Tg https://t.co/iMI00PN2Tg

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

In a short span of time, the 2017 rallying cry of “Believe all women” gave way to “Believe women whose politics align with ours.”

My latest analysis for @jewishinsider:

https://t.co/t3MH7baJog

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

A cautionary tale here for all the Dems who turned to character assassination to discredit one of multiple women - this is what that tactic got you:

“Racicot said she later felt compelled to go public about her experience because the reaction to the Times story was dominated by controversy about another woman, Lyndsey Fifield, who alleged Platner mistreated her and faced attacks because of her ties to the Republican Party”

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

Maybe the Nazi tattoo was the first indication something was rotten in the state of Denmark.

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

an ongoing challenge here is the trust problem.

Platner keeps saying nothing else is out there ... and then some new story drops.

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

An ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner who hadn't wanted to go public about having been sexually assaulted by him did so in response to the disgusting pile-on that happened to another ex-girlfriend of Platner because of her politics.

https://t.co/VQRrdMPZ2F

[Matthew Kassel @matthewkassel]

New from me @jewishinsider: Arizona Jewish leaders regret supporting Yassamin Ansari after she turns against Israel

Ansari is now rejecting support from Democratic Majority for Israel after the group championed her 2024 candidacy https://t.co/h01uiKhS6Z

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

@Marissa_Jae @NPR Congratulations!! They’re lucky to have you.

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

@Katie_Roof @BusinessInsider @politico @Telegraph Congratulations!!!

[Lahav Harkov @LahavHarkov]

I asked @pressfreedom *two years ago* why they include terrorists on their lists of so-called journalists killed in Gaza. They only adjusted the list now.

[Gabby Deutch @GSDeutch]

Sens. Schiff + Padilla both told me that SF state Sen Scott Wiener—who was accosted by anti-🇮🇱 protesters at a trans pride event—was targeted for being Jewish.

Other CA pols, including his congressional opponent, wouldn't go that far.

New @jewishinsider
https://t.co/eSD49a0Bz2

[CNN @CNN]

Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic congressional nominee endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who ousted longtime Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday's primary, maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and Soviet figures, including Vladimir Lenin. https://t.co/bKLvRfd09f