Antisemitic hate crimes are up 8% so far this year and make up more than half of the incidents in New York City, even as officials tout record low numbers for shootings and murders, according to statistics released by the New York Police Department https://t.co/A6KVXYxVtF
Hasan Piker: “In a totally just world, I think that, regardless of your background, any kind of fucking Zionist tendency should be treated in the same way as being a fucking rabid neo-Nazi. You shouldn’t even let someone be the fucking local dogcatcher, okay, if they’ve ever exhibited any sort of positive feelings about the state of Israel. I’m so serious about this.”
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Tuesday, Sept. 8, is Firearm Suicide Prevention Day.
On average, 74 people die by firearm suicide every day. Practicing secure firearm storage — locked, unloaded, and separate from ammo — is a key way to prevent firearm suicide.
Interesting that in this entire article about Neera Tanden, every single person quoted or relied on for context about her is a man: Jonathan Cowan, Tim Miller, Rahm Emanuel, Hasan Piker, Howard Wolfson, Wajahat Ali, Faiz Shakir, Ryan Grim, Matt Duss, and Jared Bernstein.
Hung Cao has an incredible personal story, however, he is ineligible to serve as Secretary of the Navy under 10 U.S.C. §8013, which requires Service Secretaries to be retired from active duty a minimum of 7 years.
Mr. Cao has only been retired 5 years. The law was changed in 2021 under a bipartisan and bicameral amendment to the NDAA following the waiver of Generals Mattis and Austin to serve as SECDEF.
The current chair of HASC said at the time; “Congress should not have to entertain these waivers. Presidents need to follow the law as written. They need to stop asking Congress to waive a statute.”
Antisemitism and misogyny (and white supremacy, of course) fuel each other in a constant cycle — sowing division and distrust in order to undercut the very coalitions we need to advance our shared rights and safety.
Gloria Steinem knew that.
(via @jdforward)
"Feminism is a Jewish conspiracy." "Gun violence prevention is a Jewish conspiracy." "Desegregation is a Jewish conspiracy." Antisemitic/antizionist hate is weaponized against social movements when hatemongers of all stripes feel threatened.
Antisemitism is a problem of extremists on the right and the left. When @RonDeSantis throws out the name Soros to attack protesters, he is being an antisemitic prick and should be called out for it.
Republicans don't get to use the issue of antisemitism when they all do this.
To be a Dem woman right now is to constantly be told (mostly by male podcasters, politicians and pundits) that you’re overreacting or hysterical for having an opinion about the hypermasculine direction the party is moving in.
My bipartisan, bicameral Jewish American Security Act would increase the non-profit security grant program to $1 billion — and it is available to any non-profits with security concerns.
It also provides guidance, processes and training for educational institutions to combat antisemitism, and requires transparency from social media companies about antisemitism online.
Let’s pass this narrowly targeted bill before year-end.
LOL then you don’t know what I’ve been standing up to for 14 years — threats of death and sexual assault to me and my kids, armed men arrested at my house and dragged out of my events, having to get retraining orders and take legal action against harassers. Only difference is it’s now coming from men who call themselves progressive.
In my experience, many people do not know what the "blood libel" is, which is true of most antisemitic myths! But it leads to the term being misused. That's why I wrote this short piece that explains the libel clearly and why it still matters today. Free: https://t.co/X43dzM0w5X
The more I watch this, the more pissed I get. As someone whose brother died because of 9/11, I would expect that this asshole who happens to be our VP would at least understand why this moment matters. Instead, @JDVance is using it to mock @JoeBiden. JD, my brother didn't die to enable sewer dwelling scum like you. I can only hope that every elected person who enables you is voted out in November.
I'm thankful all of the students, teachers and employees can go home tonight, but as more details are disclosed in the coming days, I'm appalled that this happened at all and that another school community has been traumatized by gun violence.
A film about 'cancel culture' has been cancelled.
"Cancelled" is an Australian 🇦🇺 documentary that tells the stories of over 600 Jewish artists being cancelled after Oct. 7, which led to their alienation and even doxing.
Major film festivals in the country and two public broadcasters are now refusing to screen the film, according to the producer and director of the doc. Thankfully, it will instead air on News24 Australia.
Jews have frequently been accused of 'playing victim', especially post-Oct. 7, and now people are refusing to showcase that very evidence.
Absolutely correct. The use of the word "retarded" by MAGA I unfortunately expected. However, the DSA bunch using that offensive word I did not expect. As I keep saying, they are exactly the same.
Jews wildly overestimate what the world knows about us.
Most people on earth will never meet one. Their only touchpoints are news stories where we're villains or corpses, one-dimensional characters onscreen, and rumors passed down the grapevine.
That's it. That's the whole picture most people have.
Two British Jews are murdered in an antisemitic terror attack.
And @guardian’s former senior journalist Michael White is “startled” that the BBC memorial focuses on antisemitism rather than Gaza.
Apparently, even murdered British Jews must share their memorial with a political justification for why someone wanted them dead.
Shameful.
https://t.co/4QdlojD9cM