DDJ4A - Data Driven Journalism for America

DDJ4A is a data-driven media platform built on a simple but radical editorial rule: every piece of content must put American domestic interests first.

[DDJ4A - Data Driven Journalism for America @ddj4usa]

I just published A Tale of Two Races — $26M KY House Race VS. $2.8M TX Senate Race https://t.co/nkogodmdoO

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Sending American tax dollars to other countries is like watering the neighbor’s yard while your house is on fire. 🔥

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

I am proud to be the first Democrat to take this pledge to reject money from AIPAC and affiliated groups, recognize the genocide in Gaza, and oppose aid to Israel and military sales that kill civilians.

[Movez @0xMovez]

Claude Code creator:

"100% of our pull requests at Anrtopic are run by Claude Code. 80–90% of code review too.

The feature I’m using the most today is /loops. I’m not prompting Claude anymore - I’m building loops"

in 1-hour interview, Boris reveals his setup, which helps him build the #1 coding tool of this year.

Worth more than a $500 vibe-coding course.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

If you look at the people who have transformed our nation, they are not conventional. The naysayers called them unelectable.

A man in a wheelchair who had polio led the New Deal. A Black man with a Muslim name inspired a nation. A Jewish Democratic Socialist started a movement.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Only 16% of Americans support arming Israel without restrictions.

So what is Congress doing? Burying a provision in the defense bill that would give Israel more military integration than any NATO ally.

We must strip Section 224 from the Pentagon budget.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

The evolution of American people.

[RyanMatta 🇺🇸 🦅 @Ryanmatta]

This should be the most viral documentary on the internet!

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

🚨 Senate Wants to Force U.S. to Share Sensitive Intel with Israel

Section 622 of the Senate’s Intelligence Authorization Act, put forward by @SenTomCotton, ”is one of several recent moves by those in Washington who carry the Israeli government’s water to keep the United States tied to Israel despite plummeting support for the country among the American public.”

"It would require the president, acting through the director of national intelligence and as necessary the secretary of defense, to “expand and enhance intelligence sharing with the Government of Israel” on a list of subjects that encompasses almost every topic of intelligence interest in the Middle East."

- via @RStatecraft

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

New - Michigan Senate poll

🔵 El-Sayed 46%
🔴 Rogers 41%

Tulchin #B (🔵) - LV

[Middle Eastern Affairs @OpsHQs]

🚨Mexican President Sheinbaum shatters the wall of silence:

'I am against the American-Israeli war axis. Bombing schools full of girls is not self-defense; it is a full-fledged war crime.' 🇲🇽💀

'Whoever calls the killing of children self-defense is an agent of genocide... and whoever remains silent about it is an accomplice in the blood.' 🔥🇵🇸"

[Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace]

I was one of only four Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files.

I stood my ground while others folded. I stood strong when the pressure came from every direction and others wanted me to stay silent. I did not flinch.

If the vote were held again tomorrow, I would cast the exact same vote. Every. Single. Time.

I will never stand on the side of a cover-up. I will never protect the powerful from accountability. Not for either party. Not for anyone.

My moral compass does not bend to Washington. It never has. It never will. It points in one direction: toward what is right.

I did not come to Congress to protect a broken system. I came to fight for YOU. To expose the corruption. To tell the truth. To demand accountability. And to stand up for the people who sent me here.

And I will continue to do it for every last day I serve.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

I’m skeptical that President Trump can secure a deal with Iran at this point in the war — I’ll explain why that is below, but let me first caveat my skepticism by reiterating: we don’t need to a deal to just declare victory and walk away. It’s the only way out of this mess in the short term that will deliver anything that looks like a win for the U.S.

Why can’t we reach a deal with Iran?

1. Iran believes they are winning—and they are not wrong to think they are. Iran is exploiting powerful leverage, which we delivered to them: closing the SOH has obviously significantly hindered the flow of oil/gas, putting massive pressure on us and the global economy.

Today, President Trump announced that the U.S. Navy has secretly escorted 200 oil tankers out of the SOH. While this is positive news and may have helped temper rising oil prices somewhat, the impact is not substantial enough to prevent a major energy crisis. These 200 tankers transiting the SOH over the past 100 days represent only about 2% of the normal volume—roughly 10,000 ships every 100 days—prior to the war. Furthermore, the U.S. has to deploy major naval and air assets to keep the SOH open. This is not sustainable and works to Iran’s advantage in the long run: Iran can disrupt commerce through the strait with relatively little effort, while the U.S. must risk two carrier battle groups simply to move 2% of the normal amount of oil and gas.

2. The Iranian hardliners have been emboldened and have no interest in reaching a deal. For years before the war, there was major tension between the moderates—who were open to dialogue with the U.S.—and the more militant factions of the Iranian government, primarily senior officers in the IRGC. At the outset of the war, we killed the leading moderate figure (moderate by Iranian standards), Supreme Leader Khamenei, along with several of his civilian counterparts like Ali Larijani. We’ve used the cover of peace talks as a ruse to launch attacks on Iran on two separate occasions. All of this bolstered the hardliners’ standpoint that we cannot be trusted in negotiations and that Iran had no choice but to fight.

3. Israel. Despite reports of tension between Bibi and Trump, the Israelis remain the spoiler of any progress towards a deal and prove it every time there are serious talks of peace. President Trump has made public statements urging Israel to show restraint, but has been ignored and, in many cases, outright defied. The Israelis consider any peace deal with Iran to be unacceptable and a major threat to their nation. Until President Trump takes away some U.S. military support from Israel, they will continue to sabotage any chance of a lasting peace.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

AIPAC is dropping $2 million for just one week of ads.

I don't take corporate money. So I rely on the people to back this movement.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

I am supporting @grahamformaine today because of his passion for opposing war.

An honest conversation about the human toll and his journey.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Netanyahu is lobbying for Section 224 in the national defense bill, a provision that quietly expands U.S.-Israel military cooperation and weapons development with almost zero oversight.

The American people do not want more U.S. military aid to Israel. We must defeat Section 224.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

Today is the day South Carolina!

Get out and vote @MarkLynchSC !

Dump Lindsay Graham!

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

This is INSANE.

AIPAC controls 76% of the members of Congress, regardless of which party they belong to.

There’s def a uniparty, but it looks much different than I could have ever imagined.

I NEVER looked or paid attention to any of this until they took out Thomas Massie.

[Stew Peters @realstewpeters]

LINDSEY GRAHAM: “I go back to S.C. and I’m asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Middle East. To all the isolationists: I’m not with you, I’m with Israel. God bless Israel. We should move all of our stuff to Israel.”

He actually said this on live television.

[Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna]

This is a simple question. Do we do more for Israel now or less? I introduced an amendment to strike 224 because I am for the American people calling the shots, not Netanyahu. I am for Team America.

[DDJ4A - Data Driven Journalism for America @ddj4usa]

@TRHLofficial That’s why Israel lobby descended on KY-04 to defeat Massie.
It’s crazy KY-04 house race drew 9.2× more outside spending than a Texas Senate primary. Its virtually unheard of
#CampaignFinance #MoneyInPolitics #KY04 #TexasPolitics #DataJournalism