David F. Gorvitz

Lawyer (business litigation). Born, Kiev, Ukraine. Now, NY/NJ. Interested in history, politics, fishing, soccer, 90s-00s TV.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

More than 70 million Christians from 175 countries are expected to unite on October 4, 2026, in what organizers describe as the largest annual prayer gathering for Israel in history during the 24th Annual Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ).

Hosted by Eagles' Wings and its founder Bishop Robert Stearns, the event will be broadcast live from the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum and will bring together more than 500 senior Christian leaders from 50 countries in Jerusalem.

The gathering will include official delegations from Nigeria, Kenya, and Togo, featuring senior government officials, the First Ladies of Nigeria and Kenya, and the King and Queen of Togo, highlighting growing international support for Israel.

Also attending will be 175 Latin American Christian leaders, led by Rev. José Wellington Costa Jr., General Superintendent of Brazil's Assemblies of God, a denomination with more than 33 million members that forms part of a global Protestant movement of over 90 million believers in 212 countries. Together, the Latin American delegations represent more than 51 million Christians.

Bishop Stearns said: "This is far more than a prayer event. It is a global declaration that Israel is not alone. At a time when the Jewish people face extraordinary challenges, tens of millions of Christians are choosing to stand publicly with Israel, pray for her peace, and reaffirm the unbreakable bond between our people."

[Navid Mohebbi نوید محبی @navidmohebbi]

This particular plan was never realistic.

A few thousand guerrilla fighters, many of them middle-aged, could not have confronted a regime backed by roughly 350,000 trained soldiers. They would have been crushed.

And given how unpopular those groups are, most Iranians would have opposed their presence rather than rallied behind them.

It’s time to focus on serious, workable strategies for ending the regime—not fantasy.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@bonchieredstate All true and makes a pretty compelling case, and you even left off the biggest sin Russia is known for.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@SeanTrende The rabbi would have 0% chance of success here on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, even if all these adjectives applied to him. My neighbors would vote for Anthony Weiner over the rabbi in a heartbeat.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@EYakoby At least 20 times more.

[Charlotte Lee @cljack]

no professional economist has ever been or will ever be again this funny on purpose

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Sweden is choosing capitalism.

Social spending as percentage of GDP is now 24%, lower than most of Northern Europe.

Sweden has surpassed the US in billionaires per capita.

School choice is universal, one in ten teens goes to a school operated by a company listed on the Stockholm stock exchange.

Taxes have been cut three years in a row.

Sweden has seen "more than 500 initial public offerings over the 10 years through 2024, more than Germany, France, the Netherlands and Spain combined"

Nearly half of primary healthcare clinics are now privately owned.

The result? Same as always. Sweden is projected to grow 2% a year through 2030, which is the same as the US and double France and Germany.

How many times does this have to keep happening across the world? How many times does free market capitalism have to prove itself superior to socialism before the world accepts the truth?

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

"I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says, 'Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living," Trump says in Oval, referring to Iran.

[Kama @Kama_Kamilia]

USA: We’re removing 5000 troops from Germany

russia: hell yeah

USA: we’re moving them to Poland

russia: what the fuck

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

“By October 10, 10,000 police officers had been deployed to protect 500 Jewish sites across the country.
Before any Israeli response existed, the French government already knew that Jewish communities needed protecting. Not because of what Israel was about to do. Because of what had just been done to Jews. Antisemitic violence has one cause. Antisemitism.”

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@AstorAaron @VoteMarsha Ha! To be fair, the left does complain how unfair it is that each of those latter states has two senators. :)

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

India is throwing out Communists from power as America is electing them to govern their cities, states — and as members of Congress.

Yes, we’re that stupid.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@ReubenR80027912 Makes sense, tho, b/c (1) you can’t have this kind of pic w/o a reasonably hot chick but he’s just fired his 2 hotter cabinet sec’ys; and (2) it has to be w ppl he likes/considers smwht important rn, so ag/interior work (so would energy, but 70-yr-old Burgum in a pool is funnier)

[Pamela Paresky 🟦 (Habits of a Free Mind) @PamelaParesky]

Yarden Bibas apparently wasn’t available to write “I Miss My Old Life” for New York Magazine.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@JavierBlas @greg_ip This trade is making me hungry.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@AstorAaron @miadmaleki I have read (possibly in Malaki’s writings or from an ISW analyst) that the 5 Caspian ports have <150 bpd loading capacity put together. Plus, I believe Russia has had its own transshipment to China at pretty close to max capacity.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@AaronBMacLean @CBSMornings “It was blight man was born for” was probably an apt thought at the moment.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@AstorAaron Centcom itself is still reasonably professional and seemingly reliable and its communication communications.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@AstorAaron Interesting but unclear if the blockade applied to all these vessels. Per the 4/13 Notice to Mariners, it covers “the Iranian coastline” & is enforced vs any “vessels entering or departing” same. “Tankers with links to Iran” or even “carrying [its] oil” don’t all qualify.

[David F. Gorvitz @dgorvits]

@AstorAaron Perhaps just that it had to be on the new Iranian route (vs. the “mined” int’l route), not necessarily that it still required spec. permission/payment & was limited to a few ships per day; it was vague. My point was that it was more likely deliberately misleading than sloppy.