Jacob N. Kornbluh
@jacobkornbluh
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senior political reporter at @jdforward. Email: kornbluh@forward.com. RT's X endorsements.
Joined November 2008
Biden just announced his WH senior staff. His son-in-law is not on the list.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, asked if he’d accept offer to serve as vp for Harris, quips:. “Look, if they if they do the polling and it turns out that they need a 49-year-old, bald and gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado, they got my number.” . @DanaBashCNN: “😆😆. That was very funny.”
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Fetterman: . “I thought what Israel chose to do about blowing up the pagers, and then walkie-talkies, and then after targeting and eliminating membership and leadership of Hezbollah, I absolutely support that. “And in fact, if anything, I love it.”
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Emhoff at The Villages:. Harris “was the one who's encouraged me to live openly and proudly as a Jewish person. “She's the one who encouraged me to make sure we have a mezuzah at the vice president's residence, and if they let me — I hope they do — I'll have one at the WH too.”
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😥 Rachel Goldberg at her son Hersh’s funeral: . “Okay, sweet boy, go now on your journey. I hope it's as good as the trips you dreamed about. “Because finally, my sweet boy, finally, finally, finally, finally you're free!”
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Obama in Milwaukee:. If you’re a Jewish American “worried about the rise of antsemitism. Why would you place your faith in somebody . who sat down for pleasantries with Holocaust deniers, who said that there were very fine people on both sides of a white supremacist rally?”
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.@AOC in a speech on House floor: "This is not about both sides. This is about an imbalance of power." AOC adds: "The president stated that Israel has a right to self-defense. But do Palestinians have a right to survive?"
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2️⃣ for 1️⃣ — Gov. Josh Shapiro and former President Barack Obama will speak at a campaign rally in support of Harris in Pittsburgh tomorrow.
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Sen. Fetterman today: . “To anyone that is protesting or demanding for a ceasefire, let’s be honest here, why aren’t you protesting to bring them all home right now? Why aren’t you demanding that Hamas surrenders as well?”
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Breaking: Netanyahu has removed photo with Trump from his Twitter profile header.
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Yet another antisemitic attack against Hasidic Jew walking to shul on Shabbat
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Rudy Giuliani: . “The Palestinians are taught to kill us at two years old. They won’t let a Palestinian in Jordan. in Egypt. And Harris wants to bring them to you. “They may have good people. I’m sorry, I don’t take a risk with people that are taught to kill Americans at two.”
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Scoop: I obtained George Santos' position paper shared with Jewish and pro-Israel leaders during the campaign. In the two-page document, Santos called himself “a proud American Jew.” . cc: @nypmetro @ccampy @migold @gr_ashford @KFILE @matthewkassel.
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Hillary Clinton, on Morning Joe, says young critics of Israel lack knowledge of history on Israeli-Palestinian conflict: . “If Yasser Arafat had accepted [the BillClinton/EhudBarak peace proposal at Camp David], there would have been a Palestinian state now for about 24 years.”
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib announces the death of her grandmother Muftia who lived in the Palestinian village of Beit Ur Al-Fauqa west of Ramallah. Tlaib wanted to visit her in 2019 but cancelled after Israel barred her and Ilhan Omar from entering the country.
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Jewish delegates at the DNC will hold up these posters when Doug Emhoff speaks tonight ⬇️ . “Doug for First Mensch”🧍♂️
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My 94-year-old grandmother Perel — the only remaining Holocaust survivor in my family ❤️ #YomHaShoah
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More than 200,000 Israelis, according of estimates, attended for 12th consecutive week the Sat. night protest against judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv. Activists held up banner with images of Netanyahu, Putin and Trump wearing jail jumpsuits with slogan “No one is above the law”
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“. it appears Santos is not Jewish — and lied about his family fleeing persecution during the war. Neither of his maternal grandparents appear in Brazilian immigration cards in the 1930s or 1940s, or in the databases of Yad Vashem…”
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Former Speaker Pelosi says she doesn't think campaign against Shapiro as VP stems from antisemitism. "I think it's probably more about policy. But the decision will be made by our candidate for POTUS. I think that it would be better if they weighed in more privately."
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Rep. @RitchieTorres at roundtable with CUNY students: . “If you disagree with the policies and practices of the Israeli gov’t, then peacefully protest the Israeli Consulate. But if you're targeting a Jewish institution like Hillel simply for being Jewish, that is antisemitism.”
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Harris to protesters repeatedly heckling at Michigan rally (about Gaza war): . “Everyone’s voice matters. But I am speaking now…. “You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.”
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Sen. Fetterman on campus protests:. “Of course, it's a great American value to protest. But I don't believe living in a pup tent for Hamas is really helpful…. “I can't end that war, Joe Biden can’t end that war, Netanyahu can’t end that war. But Hamas could end it right now.”
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Mazel Tov, it’s a boy. I am a first-time zayde. Mom and baby are doing well. 😊.
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Cuomo: “The NYPD and the mayor did not do their job last night.”.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres at DC rally for Israel, after receiving JFNA’s ‘Courageous Leadership Award’: . “I see my freedom as a Black Latino from the Bronx as inextricably bound to the freedom of the Jewish people…. “It is progressive to defend Israel's right to defend itself.”
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) at the Jewish Federations’ General Assembly: . “I can't imagine what it's like to be a Jewish college student today. “And I think any college president who cannot keep all her students or his students safe should be fired.”
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Full-page ad in the NYTimes signed by Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Ben & Jerry’s, Peter Beinart and 350 liberal and progressive rabbis against Trump’s Gaza plan.,. “Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!”
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Doug Mastriano asked by an Israeli reporter (@nathanguttman of @kann_news) to respond to antisemitic attack on Josh Shapiro and association with Gab. His wife Rebbie steps in and says: “I'm gonna say we probably love Israel more than a lot of Jews do.” #PAGov
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Radio host Sid Rosenberg, who called Doug Emhoff a ‘crappy Jew’ at Trump’s MSG rally:. “I just got back from Israel. and they go, Sid, you want to speak at this MSG thing? I go, ‘Sure — out of character for me to speak at a Nazi rally. I was just in Israel.’ But I took the gig.”
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Emhoff:. “I must be direct. This is hard, this is raw. I'm gutted. “I stand before you as the first Second Gentleman and the first Jewish principal ever in the White House. But in this moment, I'm here as a fellow congregate, fellow mourner and as a Jew connected to all of you.”
Second Gent. Emhoff is expected to deliver remarks at a national vigil in honor of the slain hostages at Adas Israel in DC. Earlier, Emhoff said on a call with Jewish supporters, “I have not stopped thinking about Hersh and the other hostages… This is hard. I'm feeling raw.”
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NY Gov Hochul last night on local opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza:. “If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry my friends, there would be no Canada the next day. “That’s a natural reaction. You have a right to defend yourself and to make sure it never happens again.”
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Fetterman at Pennsylvania Farm Show:. “I would ask anyone that believes in a ceasefire. let’s call for Hamas to surrender and put down their guns, and then that would end all of the misery and the killing and everything…. “I believe to be on the right side for Israel on this.”
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Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, who were arrested today on campaign finance charges, visited Israel with Anthony Scaramucci and Mike Huckabee last summer
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Hot mic: In chat at start of World Holocaust Forum, Pence and Bibi chat about impeachment. “We are contending. He’s unstoppable,” Pence tells Bibi about Trump. “Like somebody else I know.”
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👀 Santos on Feb. 28, 2022: “For a lot of people who are descendants of World War II refugees, or survivors of the Holocaust, a lot of names and paperwork were changed in the name of survival. So I don’t carry the family last name — that would’ve been Zabrovsky.“
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House Dem leader Jeffries says Speaker Johnson messed up June 13 invite to Netanyahu: without notifying him and Schumer. “I would have known better than to extend an invitation on a Jewish holiday to the Prime Minister of the State of Israel.”
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaking on CNN, on “uncommitted”: . “They are asking to be heard and that's what they should be doing… Their message is clear that they think this is an intolerable situation and that we can do more. And I think the president is hearing that.”
Minnesota Dem primary — 75% reporting: "Uncommitted' at 19.8%, will send at least one delegate to the Democratic National Convention. "Listen to Michigan" campaign manager Layla Elebad: "Minnesota proved to the country that the 'Uncommitted' movement is not going away.".
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Exit poll of Jewish vote: . Harris 78%. Trump 22%
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Fetterman to Politico:. "I would be the last man standing to be absolutely there on the Israeli side on this with no conditions."
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I want to thank the people who got in harm’s way — and might have gotten injured — to protect me. I am filing charges against Heshy Tischler for incitement and physical assault and will seek charges against any individual who hit me.
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I was just brutally assaulted, hit in the head, and kicked at by an angry crowd of hundreds of community members of the Boro Park protest — while yelling at me “Nazi” and “Hitler” —after Heshy Tischler recognized me and ordered the crowd to chase me down the street.
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In rally for Lee Zeldin tonight, FL Gov. DeSantis invoked Jewish billionaire George Soros, who's been the target of antisemitic tropes. "We have a major problem in this country with rogue prosecutors in the office, usually funded by people like George Soros," DeSantis said to 👏.
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Israeli PM Bennett announces sanctions on people who decline to vaccinate — entry to malls, theatre, wedding halls etc will only be allowed with a self-paid negative COVID test.
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Inbox: Yeshiva University will award the Presidential Medallion to Sen. John Fetterman at its annual commencement ceremony at the Louis Armstrong Stadium on May 29. “Fetterman is one of the true heroes of our time for his unwavering and courageous commitment to moral clarity.”
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THIS ⬇️. CNN’s Abby Phillip: Do you believe that anything that Israel has done in these six weeks of fighting has amounted to a war crime?. Sen. John Fetterman: “Of course not. Of course not. ”
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Rabbi Yosef was recently condemned by the ADL for comparing black people to monkeys
Jared and Ivanka also received a blessing from Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef (photo by Shloimy Cohen)
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Fetterman: . Iran’s attack “demonstrates how it's astonishing that we are not standing firmly with Israel. And there should never be any kinds of conditions…. Fetterman said he disagrees with Biden not assisting Israel w/counterattack. “We should follow and have Israel's back.”
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Trump escalates attack on American Jews: . “Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian.”. Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in America.
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.@SenSchumer becomes the first Jew to serve as Senate Majority Leader and the highest politically ranking Jew in America
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Nancy Pelosi: Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza "is Mr. Putin's message. Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see. "I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some I think are connected to Russia."
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I was saved by heroic police officers and several community members. I’m safe right now.
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On MSNBC with @Lawrence, Sen. Richard Blumenthal says a "senior Israeli diplomat" told him that the statement today by President Biden "was the strongest statement by an American president that he has seen in his lifetime.".
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📝 Group of 33 Orthodox rabbis signed letter of support for Harris. “While one can certainly engage in debate regarding certain policies, the risks posed by former President Trump’s character make clear to us as Torah-abiding Jews that we should support VP Kamala Harris.”
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👀 The Republican vice presidential nominee retweets a former Trump speechwriter who was fired over white nationalist ties.
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Brad Lander, mayoral candidate and the city’s highest-ranking Jewish elected official, at protests against Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir outside Wall St Grill: . “We stand here and say as proud Jewish New Yorkers: Get the hell out of our city.”
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Nikki Haley: Supporting Israel was “one of the easiest things I did in the UN.”
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Zohran Mamdani, an Israel critic running second to Cuomo in the NYC mayoral race, is making a pitch to Jewish voters. He believes he can win over some, despite his views on the Gaza war and support for BDS. I sat down with him last week. Interview below ⬇️
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WH’s John Kirby: . “It is not the Israeli Defense Forces' strategy to kill innocent people. "It's not like the Israelis are sitting around every morning and saying, 'Hey, how many more civilians can we kill today?'. “They are not doing that. They are trying to go after Hamas.”
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🎥 Sen. John Fetterman presented with the Yeshiva University’s highest award, the Presidential Medallion, at its annual commencement ceremony at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.
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Former President Obama criticizes Israel for cutting off water and electricity to Gaza. In a statement, he says "it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s enemies."
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The woman Mayor Adams baited last night and compared to a plantation-owner is an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor, my colleague @literarydj reports
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HAPPENING NOW: NYC Mayor Adams visiting the @novaexhibition to express solidarity following antisemitic displays at pro-Palestinian protest yesterday. “What we saw yesterday was despicable…“
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Fetterman on Fox News re: war in Gaza:. “I've never supported the ceasefire, and that was the right thing. I said I was going to follow Israel. “And since they refused to have that ceasefire, they have eliminated and broken Hamas.”
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The American Jewish Committee: . “Jews – roughly 2 percent of the U.S. population – cannot and should not be blamed for the outcome of the election. Setting up anyone to say “‘we lost because of the Jews’ is outrageous and dangerous.”
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Michigan Jewish Dems say several headstones at the Ahavas Israel Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids were vandalized with pro-Trump messages ahead of the president's rally tonight
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Zeldin surrounded by Hasidic supporters — treated like a rock star — as he leaves the rally. Before the event, Zeldin met with Orthodox leaders and activists and several Hasidic rabbis. He’s now headed to another rally in the Hasidic neighborhood of Williamsburg
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Santos also falsely claimed he’s the grandson of Holocaust survivors in his campaign launch video on June 10, 2021 (with imagery of the death camps): . “I've seen how socialism destroys people's lives because my grandparents survived the Holocaust.”
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Bowman: “Major part” of why Congress is pro-Israel is AIPAC money. “AIPAC writes resolutions and bills for us to vote on. And they also fund the reelection campaigns of like the majority of members. And if you do something against them, they’ll come after you very aggressive.”
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“I’m trying to do my job in explaining them what the data shows, how serious this problem is, but also how to deal with it. And if I can save even one life, let the hate come at me.”
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The two Jewish Democrats from New York, Reps. Nadler and Goldman, call for “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza in joint statement on #IsraelAtWar . “Israel’s war is against Hamas, not the Palestinian people.”
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👀 Netanyahu gave Sen. John Fetterman — who’s visiting Israel this week and met the prime minister for the third time (I think) since Oct. 7 — a silver-plated beeper to commemorate the Sept. operation that caused thousands of Hezbollah’s pagers to suddenly explode.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams at the Celebrate Israel parade on 5th Ave: . “Our message is extremely clear: destroy Hamas, bring home the hostages. let's bring peace so we don't lose lives of innocent people. “Today you're seeing solidarity. The loudest is not the majority in the city.”
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👀 In radio interview today with @sidandfriends77, Trump repeated his attack on Jewish Americans voting for Dems. THEN…. He agreed with the interviewer that Doug Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, is a “crappy Jew” and “a horrible Jew.” . Listen 🎧
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Columbia U arrests, congressional hearing: . “Palestinian freedom is not a threat to Jewish safety. And pretending that it is, makes a mockery of our shared humanity and progress toward our collective liberation.“
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Fetterman to Mishpacha, a Orthodox weekly mag, on Gaza war:. “It’s been disappointing to me that people in my own party didn’t respond in the way that I have chosen to do. I wouldn’t say that it’s made me feel unwelcome. I just think it makes me solitary”
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Inbox: Over 240 members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish-American community released a public letter today supporting Democratic nominee Summer Lee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 12th district – and condemning the right-wing group AIPAC for its $1 million ad campaign attacking Lee.
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This is NEW YORK . "New York State officials are starting to suggest synagogues consider closing Friday out of an abundance of caution and making Erev Shabbat services virtual."
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1/2 Axios poll of college students:. 67% say occupying campus buildings is unacceptable. 58% say refusing a university's order to disperse is unacceptable. 90% say blocking pro-Israel students from parts of campus is unacceptable.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders calls the Israeli government "racist" on @FaceTheNation and suggests the U.S. should condition aid to Israel. "I think you say, sorry, but it's not acceptable. You want our money? Fine. This is what you got to do to get it.".
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👀 House Speaker Mike Johnson moments ago: . “Shamefully, since October 7, Joe Biden has transformed into an anti-Israel president. “He is more concerned, seemingly, with placating the antisemitism in his base than standing with our historic and vitally important ally.”
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👀👀 from the lawsuit: . “Giuliani said, ‘Jews want to go through their freaking Passover all the time,.man oh man. Get over the Passover. It was like 3,000 years ago. The red sea parted, big deal. It’s not the first time that happened.’”
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“Behave yourself. Be a good boy, young man. Be a good boy.” — Speaker Bercow at his best
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CNN’s Dan Bash asks John Fetterman about his Yeshiva University commencement appearance. “Senator, is that a stage you ever thought you'd be standing on?”. JF: “I was incredibly honored to be there. And I'm going to continue to stand for Israel in this awful situation in Gaza.”
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MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year. "Most of us came out of that conversation very troubled by the answers we received."
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Rep. @VoteRandyFine (R-FL), who is Jewish, says his teenage son told him to wear his yarmulke for House hearing on antisemitism. He says he doesn't do it often, "but that may change in honor of all of the students at these campuses that don't feel safe to wear it themselves."
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Josh Shapiro: “I can tell you that antisemitism had no impact on the dialogue between the vice president and me, period.”.
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Fetterman to The New Republic: . “Standing with Israel and thinking that we should have a secure border, I don’t know why either one of them is controversial."
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Doug Emhoff to Jewish Dems: . “Maybe we’ll put a mezuzah on the White House.”
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The split screen
Air Force One takes off from Joint Base Andrews en route to Florida with Sinatra's "My Way" blasting for the couple hundred or so assembled Trump supporters. CUT TO: . INTERIOR -- CHURCH. President-elect Biden stands with bipartisan leaders at Mass.
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Marching behind Mayor Adams is @RudyGiuliani who gets into a shouting match with a Democrat. “You are a jackass… You are a brainwashed asshole… you are probably as demented as Biden,” Giuliani told the guy . Watch the video 👇
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This. Is. A. Republican. Senator. ⬇️.
Tommy Tuberville: "If somebody wants to call them white nationalist, to me, it's an American."
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Every antisemitic thing Marjorie Taylor Greene has said and done (so far)
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Cuomo: “It is very simple: anti-Zionism is antisemitism.”
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VIDEO: Trump tells the crowd at the Hanukkah party that with the help of “certain very important people, if they have wisdom and if they have courage, we are going to win this election.” — remarks followed with loud chants of “four more years.”
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👀👀 this exchange between @donlemon and @MessageFromLen . “Do you condemn the former president for meeting with antisemites, for entertaining antisemites and antisemitism? . It's a very simple question,” Lemon asked repeatedly. (Exchange went on for 10 minutes)
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