Hannah Morris

Born a Texan, always a DCist. Love history, politics, foreign policy, &🎾! Fmr @northwesternU & @GeorgetownSFS, now Director Gov. Affairs @jstreetdotorg.

[UnXeptable @UnxeptableD]

1200 Israelis killed, another 1000 fallen, tens of thousands of Gazans killed, all of Israel's borders broken… Netanyahu is asked "How've you changed since October 7?"
His answer, chuckling, haha, well, "I lost some weight."
@netanyahu

[Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר @AnshelPfeffer]

Former IDF General Nitzan Alon confirming now that the war in Gaza could have ended at least year earlier with essentially the same deal that eventually ended it and accuses the Netanyahu government of prolonging the war while selling the public the lie of a “total victory”

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Don't know how CO will shake out tonight but my pre-primary take is if Bennet/Hick/Degette had stepped aside for Crow/Neguse/TBD State Rep the results would've been v diff. Dem voters want new blood/more fight if the only ppl giving them that are DSA then DSA is gonna do well.

[maya roman @mayaroman16]

האם דמעתי קצת כשצפיתי בסרטון הזה? אכן כן. ולא רק כי אני הורמונלית, אלא כי מדובר באחד האנשים שעשו הכי הרבה עבור החטופים, המדינה ובכלל בשנים האחרונות, בענווה ובשקט. עצוב שהוא עוזב.

[Daniel Bral @DanielBral]

J Street could easily punch down given that AIPAC is currently the favored punching bag. But this is what happens when your mission is less about the “competition” and more about improving the lives of the people who call the land home. This is class—and AIPAC should reciprocate.

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

“It’s not just that the Senate is overwhelmingly full of people of a certain age for whom parenting is a distant memory. It’s also full of people who have been senators for decades, which equally distances them from the daily reality of American life.”

👀👀👀

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Congratulations to the great @Yair_Rosenberg who is joining the New York Times!

[The Nexus Project @NexusProjectUS]

We condemn this physical intimidation and antisemitic harassment of @Scott_Wiener – from the demonstrators shouting about his “Zionist handlers” to the fact that he was not able to safely attend a solidarity Shabbat service as a result. It’s unacceptable.

Recall that in December of 2023, a stalker waited for Wiener on a plane and yelled at him about his “tainted bloodline.” It has to stop. These antisemitic actions are not a productive part of the democratic process. They are intimidation tactics – and in a disproportionate number of incidents, Jewish elected officials are the ones targeted.

We commend @Scott_Wiener for his refusal to escalate the situation and for putting his community’s safety first in the decision to leave the rally and miss the solidarity Shabbat service. We hope organizers, elected officials, and all candidates can see this disturbing scene as a sign that tactics must change, lest they poison the fight for pluralistic progress.

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

Senator Wiener’s Statement on Physical Intimidation and Harassment of Political Leaders

SAN FRANCISCO – In two separate incidents this week, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) was harassed, threatened, and physically intimidated while attending public events to engage with the San Francisco community. Both incidents were sparked by people who had previously targeted Senator Wiener with aggressive behavior in the past. Senator Wiener issued the following statement on the incidents:

”Last night I attended the trans march, as I’ve done each year for the past 22 years since the first march in 2004. I attend each year in solidarity with our trans siblings, who are facing existential threats from right wing extremists, including the President. It has been a deep honor to partner for many years with trans people to advance legislation and budget requests to support the community.

”As I walked through Dolores Park to participate in a trans-led Pride Shabbat service in connection with the trans march, a group of people began screaming at me, ran up to me, surrounded me, and began harassing me, both verbally and physically, including physical contact. They made statements about my ‘Israeli handlers,’ among many other inaccurate, extreme, and vile statements. They were so physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible for me to safely remain in the park. As a result, I left the park and, for the very first time, did not participate in the trans march.

“This follows an incident Wednesday night at a bar in the Mission where I’d gone to watch a World Cup game. During the game, a man accosted me in a corner of the bar, effectively cornering me and the young women staffers who were with me. He screamed abuse at me and our staff before being ejected by the bar’s employees. After being ejected, the man remained outside the bar, shouting my name and pounding on the side of the bar near where I was sitting for several minutes. The same individual, in December 2023, stalked me on a plane and in an airport, shouting at me about my ‘tainted bloodline.’

”I have no objection whatsoever to anyone disagreeing with me, opposing me, or protesting me. All of that is core to democracy. I also have no issue when people talk to me on the street and ask questions or express opposition. That’s democracy, even when the people engaging in this conduct misrepresent my views.

“But when opposition and disagreement transition to harassment, including cornering me, touching me, or trying to physically bully me out of a public event, that crosses a line.  We’re living in a time when violence is all too often threatened or used against people in public life. In San Francisco, we’re better than that.”

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

.@michelleinbklyn: "Mamdani has usually embodied a practical, optimistic sort of left politics....Chevalier represents something different, academic leftism rigid in its refusal to accept trade-offs or make concessions to ordinary people’s moral intuitions." https://t.co/2YLBUPh9UC

[Ben Samuels @Bsamuels0]

🚨 @haaretzcom is looking for a US Jewish Life correspondent to authoritatively tell the story of Jewish communities across America. 

This is THE job to cover this fraught moment — wherever the story takes them, whatever story is to be told

Reach out: [email protected]

[Yehuda Shaul @YehudaShaul]

Former Israeli political and military leaders and public figures threaten legal action against the 🇮🇱 gov’t should their demands to put an end to Jewish terror in the WB not be met.
See the unofficial translation of the first 6 pgs of a 40+ page letter:
https://t.co/ypXCgbmnSw

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ansari: I didn’t think I could be shocked by anything he does, but he was literally handed a bipartisan housing bill that would lower costs on a silver platter. It was such an easy win for him at a time when he’s so unpopular because of his cover-up of the Epstein files and this illegal war he screwed up. He could’ve said, “I did this big housing bill,” and because he is so committed to rigging the election, he chose to blow it all up. Their party is a mess. Trump is a joke.

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

Senior Senate GOP aide on Trump abruptly canceling signing ceremony for housing bill:

“We saw glimpses of this during Trump’s first administration, but never in my lifetime have I seen a president so deliberately attempt to lose majorities for his own party.”

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

Micah Lasher in victory speech: "I have some news for the two big AI companies who’ve taken such an unusual interest in who won this congressional seat: I won’t be taking my cues from either of you when it comes to protecting our kids, our jobs, our environment." #NY12

[Hannah Morris @morhannah]

Really thoughtful, important read by @rabbijilljacobs —>

[J Street @jstreetdotorg]

“AIPAC absolutely deserves to be criticized, sidelined, and rejected for its decades of negative influence on American foreign policy... We can do this without dehumanizing language,” writes CEO of T’ruah @RabbiJillJacobs. https://t.co/eeDM3pjsJi

[J Street @jstreetdotorg]

What if the greatest legacy of Trump’s war against Iran is proving that the hawks were wrong?

@Rob_Malley and @StephenWertheim argue that after years of promises, the advocates of pressure, escalation and war finally got their chance – and exposed the limits of military force in the process.
https://t.co/HXdsTkkbz7

[Yehuda Shaul @YehudaShaul]

Senior settler leadership publicly supports settler violence, calling on the Israeli police to release two settlers detained after this attack in Hawara.
https://t.co/Pbg3uVNVxO

[bryan metzger @metzgov]

but actually, i think my biggest takeaway from this book is that there's such a shocking gulf between JD Vance the author (overall thoughtful, introspective, somewhat humble) and the way that the Vice President actually behaves in public on a day-to-day basis