103 House Democrats voted today to eliminate US military aid to Israel.
Not to condition it. Not to distinguish between offensive and defensive systems. Not to suspend specific weapons pending review.
To them I say: grow up.
For decades, support for Israel rested on a simple proposition: Israel is a democratic ally in a region where America has few dependable friends. You can oppose settlements, criticize military operations, and vehemently dislike the Israeli government without abandoning that strategic reality.
For too many in the Democratic caucus, strategic thinking has given way to ideological politics. Israel has become a symbol onto which a broader discomfort with American power - and a worldview rooted in oppression, grievance, and moral absolutism- is projected.
Members of Congress have a duty to exercise independent judgment in the national interest, not to succumb to the mindless chants of the TikTok mob.
When the world seems close to pear shaped,
When leaders fill you with despair
When things look dark and dreary
And love seems far too rare -
CUDDLE A DUCK
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This is legit INSANE. Israel offers 1000s of work permits to provide economic opportunity to Palestinians (whose own gov doesnt)—thousands then massacre Israelis (incl their very employers!) on 10/7 starting a 2-yr war, & the complaint is Israel isn’t giving them jobs??
@btaylor@Shell@Shell_USA has lost tons of longtime customers including me over this disastrous rollout! Imprint refuses to mail out extra Shell cards despite multiple requests and there is zero customer service. I would NEVER use a card that has been linked to Imprint.
This is what happens when you sit on your hands and do nothing.
Horses have died and now a young man’s parents will never see him again. This was 100% preventable.
Ryder's Law was supposed to get a vote in December. It didn't. Now, after yet another preventable tragedy, we're joining @nyclass in calling for an emergency stoppage of horse-drawn carriage operations immediately, until Ryder’s Law is passed.
@SpeakerMenin, @Lynn4NYC, @NYCMayor: pass Ryder’s Law NOW!
The best lawyers I know read constantly. Fiction, psychology, history, biography. The courtroom rewards the broadly educated. The law rewards the curious. Read everything.
Too bad hundreds if not thousands of @shell credit card customers are canceling their accounts after this absolutely disastrous move to @ImprintPayments
Imprint made the @Forbes#Fintech50! This is a great validator in our mission to modernize the co-branded space.
And we’re just getting started…
You can see the full list here: https://t.co/yixI1Lwtfa
@kleinerperkins@KPGrit Too bad thousands of @Shell credit card customers are canceling their accounts after the absolutely disastrous move to Imprint. Including me.
Neomi Shetrit Azoulai, 53 years old, from Sderot.
Neomi was murdered while going for a run with her group On the morning of the seventh of October.
She hid from the terrorists for 6 hours until she was found and murdered.
May her memory be blessed.
"Change medication."
Carolin Bohl was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7. In a new article, her mother recounts the harrowing details of her final moments. She also speaks about the humiliation she faced in a room with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and many Free Palestine activists.
In response to a post with the quote, Francesca's writes to a mother who lost her innocent child, "Change medication."
This is not some random person spreading hate on the internet. This is a United Nations Special Rapporteur, who would rather post a retort to a grieving mother than condemn terrorists who murdered, raped, and kidnapped civilians.
Dogs on Skid Row are being bred in violation of spay & neuter laws, traded for drugs, physically abused, and denied the care they need and deserve.
We teamed up with @SWOTNonprofit, @JesseKove, @NathantheCL, @TheRealChokachi, & @joey_tuccio to show what they're living through is unacceptable.
Please urge the @MayorOfLA to enforce the law and help these dogs immediately!
A second Israeli woman has received a package from Alo Yoga that did not contain the items she ordered, but a delivery slip with messages including:
“Victory to Hamas”
“From the river to the sea”
“Death, death to the IDF”
Paging @aloyoga - please wake up your comms team.
Hours before the #Eurovision final, Noam Bettan walked onto the stage for rehearsal.
The arena booed him.
He sang anyway.
That is the entire Jewish story. They jeer. We sing. They try to drown us out. We get louder.
Tonight an entire nation is standing on that stage with you, Noam. 💜
This is an ALL GIRLS Jewish school in my district. I’m all for prayer and free speech, but why do a bunch of GROWN MEN need to do this right outside of a school full of little Jewish girls??? Is not this what MOSQUES are for? Is this intentional? Mayor Mamdani @NYCMayor any words of wisdom on why all of a sudden they’d feel compelled to do this?