The Arabs did not understand what they were creating. When Jews were kicked out of Arab lands with little money, no protection, and no future, many believed they were permanently removing their Jewish populations. They told the Jews to “go back to Israel,” convinced that the new Jewish state would collapse under the attacks of the ummah and that the Jews would not survive or fight back.
But when that effort failed, and Israel survived instead of disappearing, the narrative was reversed. The same voices that supported the ethnic cleansing of the Jews and justified the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries began accusing Israel of what they tried to do, while simultaneously telling Jews whose families were expelled from Arab lands to “go back to Poland.”
The lack of self-awareness is just stunning.
He had no special talent. He will easily be replaced and the product improved. The Free Press roster alone presents some wonderful candidates, who already effectively work at CBS, in-house.
Also think about @coldxman.
Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss needs to be removed from CBS News because she, not he and CBS News, are biased: “She brings an ideology into CBS News where that is just anathema.” And he equates running CBS News to flying a 747.
@LuluGNavarro, @NYTimes The Interview podcast host: “Do you think Barry Weiss needs to be removed?”
Pelley: “Oh, gosh, yes. She’s a lovely person. And her Free Press organization that she founded has been very successful. She’s proven that, great for her. But television’s not her thing. She brings an ideology into CBS News where that is just anathema. And so it’s a terrible fit. It’s probably not her fault. But it’s just a terrible fit. She doesn’t know television. She doesn’t understand how it works. She doesn’t have management experience for a large organization like CBS News. So yes, I do think that we would be far better off without her. Maybe she goes back to the Free Press and has a sterling career. But this is like somebody walking up to me and saying, there’s a 747. There are 400 people on it. We need you to fly it to Paris. I’m going to decline because I don’t have a clue.”
Right war, maybe the wrong president. The war against the Islamic regime in Iran is the right decision, but it is being led with the wrong strategy. Negotiating with a terrorist regime is seen by many allies as a betrayal. Offering Iranian assets to compensate Gulf countries for Tehran-linked damage looks less like a solution and more like paying for a temporary ceasefire. The Islamic regime in Iran attacks the region for decades, funds militias, launches missiles and drones, threatens global shipping, and then the solution is to hand over some of its frozen assets and call it peace?
That's not strategy. That's paying the arsonist to stop playing with matches. The regime's assets would not cover a single day of the damage it has caused across the Gulf.
If the regime is the problem, why keep negotiating with the problem? Why save the virus instead of curing the disease?
The Iranian people deserve freedom. The region deserves security. The world deserves a solution that lasts longer than the next press conference.
@jpodhoretz@mtracey Tracey has been right about the circus show that became the Epstein files and the clowns like Massie, Khana and MTG that tried to perform in it. Perhaps he sees this as consistency. But not every case is the same. This isn't the Epstein circus, this isn't Kavanaugh.
@_EagleTimes Yes. 💯. Don’t see Nolan as one of the keepers post rookie contract. Big money for JC, Q and Coop, obviously.
But more likely they secure the services of Hunt for that second contract. Meanwhile, with Maxx that D Line would be insane.
@NolteNC John, although this is right, by the witness' own account, what is the point of piling on? It just lends to the narrative of a victim of violence being complicit in her own victimhood because she often shows poor judgment.
She is not complicit. The NYT is.
With the attack on the USS Liberty coming up... as a US Navy veteran, I do not like people using our fallen brothers as a tool to spin their BS narrative like lives are just a tool at their disposal.
Below is one of the greatest debates I have ever seen and Cam dismantles every single talking point that is brought up! If you are someone who cares about the truth, but avoids watching this... you're probably also the same one that I am mentioning above.
“Tiffany Justice read from explicit books.”
Yes, I did. Watch my lips when I’m reading and you can see me say dildo and vagina.
I stopped at one point and asked @ScottPelley if he wanted me to continue. He said yes, if I wanted to.
So I did.
Incest, rape, pedophilia- multiple excerpts, multiple books, and @CBS cut all of it.
We showed evidence of passages of explicit sexual content found in elementary to secondary public school libraries and @CBS hid all of it.
Please consider showing the whole interview @bariweiss.
@Moms4Liberty
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim: "We feared that our returning might be construed as an endorsement of the existing power structure. That is simply, categorically not the case. Here's why we're are staying: We don't want to see 60 Minutes die..."
If Graham Platner were pro-Israel, he would not be receiving such soft treatment from the media and Democratic operatives. He is insulated by their shared disdain and, in many cases, outright antisemitism.
Jew-hatred really does cover a multitude of wrongs.
NEW EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FOUND ON WOMAN BEHIND SAVAGE NYC SUBWAY ATTACK
Diana Smith, identified by police as the suspect in the antisemitic subway assault, is a New York creative who works under the name “Lädy Millard.” She currently serves as a creative director for BRIC (Block Realty Investment Coin).
But this is not her first run-in with the law. 🧵
🎥 @CombatASemitism
Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn’t clean or easy.
I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the “cool girl” or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, coercively controlling behavior by Graham.
I also know how dangerous it is to become the target of a narcissist — so even long after our relationship ended I continued to be upbeat any time he reached out, though I would also immediately shut down any attempts on his part to initiate flirting or romanticizing of the past.
Yes, the day I saw him announce he was running I wanted to make sure people knew he had a Nazi tattoo — and I was terrified he would find out it was me.
But of course he knew it was me.
What’s ironic is I absolutely never would have shared my story if he hadn’t been relentlessly attacking my character behind the scenes for months once the tattoo story came out.
I tried to signal that I wasn’t the source and stayed completely silent about him on social media even as most of my friends posted regularly about what a bad person he is.
But then in early April the New York Times came to me. I asked how they got my number. I said I was not interested in sharing my story. They said but wait—there are other women. Women terrified to tell their stories, too, and you need to band together. WE will help you. We will protect you. Men can’t keep getting away with this.
Hours before their first call to me I saw Eric Swalwell’s name plate get removed from his office door in Cannon. It felt like fate.
I welcomed the two journalists into my home days later, nervous and overwhelmed. Justin Fairfax had just murdered his wife and himself the previous day and even conservative pundits were conjecturing that “if only those women hadn’t accused him of abuse, this never would have happened…”
But I told them my story. I let them take pictures of my diary pages. I sent them screenshots of messages and gave them phone numbers and contacts. It was excruciating. I was surprised by what details I remembered, and as I poured through old messages I was horrified by how much I had forgotten.
I explained very clearly that, like many women abused by their partners, I had not told anyone about his violence at the time—I had covered for and defended it. I accepted his earnest apologies. They said that’s fine because the diary entries and my on the record story was enough.
They connected me to two of the other victims so we wouldn’t feel so alone. I insisted to each of them that I trusted the NYT journalists and that we were doing the right thing despite their (sadly very accurate) sense that something was wrong.
One of the victims and I realized our relationships with Graham overlapped completely - he had been cheating on both of us the entire time we were together.
I should note here that my life is just… beautiful. These are the best years of my life. Raising two young girls in a safe, beautiful neighborhood where I work from home and shuffle my children from dance classes and soccer to church events — I am blessed far beyond what I deserve with wonderful friends and family and the most loving, brilliant husband in the world. Why would I blow my life up like this? Why would I risk the psychotic doxxing from violent leftist activists?
Because while I have been terrified to come forward I decided this was the “hard right thing” to do. The guilt of staying silent has nagged me.
Most therapists recommend a “gray rock” approach to extracting yourself from narcissistic abuse — it works really well, but it is a gift to the abuser, allowing them to persist in their delusion that they’ve done nothing wrong.
I couldn’t stay silent as he continued to lie and lie and lie. I want my daughters to boldly speak out if they’re ever abused as I was.
I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.
As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.
But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.
After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)?
Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?
Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).
Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?
The editors said it was too much, they explained.
The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.
It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.
And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.
Still fawning after all these years.
I’m grateful for President Trump’s announcement today that provides significant federal funding for the coal industry in Kentucky. The President’s continued support of coal is a welcome contrast from the Obama-Biden years, when the federal government actively undermined the livelihood of thousands of miners and industry professionals. Those days are no longer. People across the country still depend on coal-fired power for reliable and affordable energy, and it still helps keep the lights on in Kentucky. Support for coal is critical to our nation’s security and the economic well-being of everyday Americans.