Hillary Yaffe (she/her)

*views expressed are my own

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

For all those still trying to justify the rioting in France: If protestors are just concerned about better conditions in schools, why are they targeting synagogues and Jewish businesses?

https://t.co/gwOMl793b5

[The Free Press @TheFP]

CNN, NPR, and the Times used photos of malnourished-looking children in Gaza without disclosing the complicated medical histories that help explain their stark appearances. @Olivia_Reingold and @TanyaLukyanova_ report: https://t.co/w8nA5dzpoY

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

Gavin Newsom is the first Democrat to realize that there’s absolutely no going back to the Obama-Romney civility world.

Get ready for 2028 to be an unadulterated clown show.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

“For the past several weeks, critics have fumed at The New York Times over a misleading photo of an 18-month-old boy in Gaza on its front page. It turns out that Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who was a symbol for a story about widespread hunger in Gaza, wasn’t simply suffering from malnutrition. He had pre-existing health issues ‘affecting his brain and his muscle development,’ according to an updated version of the story. But that detail didn’t find its way into print.

When the so-called paper of record updated its story with an editors note four days later, it also quietly deleted the mother’s claim that her son was ‘born a healthy child.’ There was still no mention of the boy’s brother, who appears healthy in the background of another photo that appeared online.

This incident wasn’t just a one-off.

An investigation by The Free Press reveals that at least a dozen other viral images of starvation in Gaza also lacked important context: The subjects of those photos have significant health problems. Those appeared all over social media, in the reports of leading international aid organizations, and on some of the most prestigious news outlets in the United States, including CNN, NPR, and the Times—without disclosing the complicated medical histories that help explain their stark appearances.” —@Olivia_Reingold and @TanyaLukyanova_

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to add to the discourse, but…

It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

Bless you @VanJones68 for your moral clarity!

Speaking on CNN:

"I think progressives underestimate how dangerous Iran is. Iran is not a normal country. Normal countries don‘t blind women because they showed some hair. They don't empower little gangs and proxies to surround a country and fire rockets and rape people.

They cannot have a bomb ... Because they say death to America, death to Israel and death to all the Jews. One of those should offend you if you're progressives — at least one should offend you.

We cannot have a nuclear-armed Iran."

[Richard N. Haass @RichardHaass]

All those critical of @potus for not getting congressional authorization before attacking Iran are overlooking the historical record that since WW2 99% of the time US presidents have used military force it was without explicit prior approval from Congress.

[James Chanos @RealJimChanos]

I can’t remember the last time a company lost almost $200B in equity market cap, on no official corporate news.

[Luai Ahmed @JustLuai]

Islamofascists and neo-Nazis think that calling me “a Jew” is an insult.

Einstein was a Jew. 20% of Nobel Prize winners are Jews even though they’re around 0.2% of the world population.

I’m not a Jew, but calling me “a Jew” is not an insult. It’s a compliment.

Thank you.

[Luai Ahmed @JustLuai]

Why doesn’t @GretaThunberg sail to Yemen where more than 10 million children are starving?

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Are men maybe too emotional for positions of leadership?

[Louis KC @notlouisckk]

We could never have a woman president. They are too emotional.

[Stephanie Ruhle @SRuhle]

One thing IS CLEARLY up today….. Twitter usage

[Clifford Asness @CliffordAsness]

The world may be imploding but it’s the best Twitter day ever.

[David Collier @mishtal]

Breaking.

BBC accepts serious failings in the Gaza Hamas documentary. It has been pulled and will not be aired. The BBC takes full responsibility.

Those 500 media people who wanted it to be kept up sure look stupid now.

We see you. We will remember your names!

[Yoav Kaufman 🇮🇱 @yoavkaufman]

Can anyone explain to me like I'm 10 years old, why we are still allowing any sort of humanitarian aid into Gaza after what they did to the Bibas family???

[Ian Haworth @ighaworth]

It still blows my mind that not one Palestinian in Gaza saved one hostage.

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

Shining in orange tonight to honor the memories of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

📷: jerseyportraits/IG

[Brigitte Gabriel @ACTBrigitte]

"Palestine" does not deserve a penny of US tax dollars.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

The Palestinian playbook:

1. Start a war.
2. Start losing the war.
3. Start calling it genocide.
4. Declare victory.
5. Pledge to start another war.
6. Rinse and repeat.