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Abu Ghraib Shocked the World. Brutalization of Palestinians Barely Inspires a Shrug 🔗bit.ly/3SoEaqa
So many parallels to the US' war on terror: accusations of torture, dehumanization of captives, flouting of international law, brutality of occupation. Yet, no one of note was held accountable. Remember the outrage over images from Abu Ghraib? For Palestinians? Silence has been deafening.
#Gaza #Palestine #WarCrimes
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NEW: Chuck Schumer is preparing to lead the Senate with a network of former aides lobbying for private equity—including two former policy chiefs and his top health adviser. Their clients include Blackstone, Apollo, and the industry’s top trade group. readsludge.com/2026/11/06/th…
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“The national Jewish vote didn’t budge, and that’s because the underlying politics of the Jewish community do not match the politics of the people who purport to speak for Jewish Americans.” jewishcurrents.org/newslette…
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Three in five American Jews believe that Jewish organizations are exploiting fears of antisemitism in order to defend unpopular Israeli policies.
You can’t say it loud enough: these people do not speak for us.
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Looks like the business world and the stock market are having a tough time right now. I thought all day about what they could do about it. Here's what I came up with:
Make something people want to buy
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🚨 Zohran Mamdani is way more popular than Benjamin Netanyahu among Jewish voters — a 29-point gap ⬇️
J Street-sponsored exit poll conducted by GBAO Strategies:
Mamdani 49% favorable / 43% unfavorable
Netanyahu 20% favorable / 72% unfavorable
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🇵🇸 Israeli settlers seize Palestinian homes near Jericho, say they are “dismantling the Oslo Accords”
Around 30 Israeli settlers, some of whom were armed, took over eight homes in Ein Al-Duyuk Al-Tahta on the outskirts of Jericho in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Activists warned that settlers could be reproducing the situation in Hebron, where armed Israeli settlers live in enclaves inside the Palestinian city, contributing to displacement and severe restrictions on Palestinian freedom of mobility
🔴 The operation near Jericho was organized by the Nachala settlement movement, which claims to have secretly purchased the properties.
🔴 Sixty-five Palestinian residents fled after settlers attacked them with stones, an activist told the Times of Israel. Residents said that Israeli forces subsequently blocked access to the area, leaving homeowners afraid to return.
🔴 Yisrael Gantz, head of the West Bank settler council, framed the move as an effort to dismantle the Oslo Accords, declaring: “Today we begin reversing the trend, dismantling the Oslo Accords through actions, house by house, family by family.”
🔴 Palestinian National Council Speaker Rawhi Fattouh condemned the takeover as “organized terrorism” carried out under Israeli government protection, charging Israel of encouraging settlement expansion and forced displacement.
🎥 @DalalIRIQAT / X
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➡️ Actor Mark Ruffalo, an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights, is urging people to sign a petition calling on House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries for speaker and choose another candidate.
Jeffries has remained a staunch supporter of Israel throughout its genocide in Gaza, backing U.S. military aid and describing his commitment to Israel’s security as “ironclad and unbreakable.”
Sign this petition if you want a new speaker of the house.
change.org/p/house-democrats…
"We congratulate Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries..."
AIPAC congratulates the hundreds of pro-Israel Democrats and Republicans who won their elections last night. More than 234 candidates supported by AIPAC members have already won, with many additional races still too close to call. We congratulate Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on the resounding victories for their caucuses.
AIPAC members are determined to expand their political activism in the cycles ahead. Our community will increase its support for Democrats and Republicans who recognize that a strong partnership with Israel helps keep both countries secure, advances peace and stability, promotes democratic values, and grows our economy through trade and innovation.
Some election observations:
- MAGA is fading, if not dead. (If you’re a Trump supporter, you can be angry, but Trump did this to himself with his war of choice in Iran, incessant corruption and cozying up to tech oligarchs.)
- People are pissed about the Iran war and its collateral consequences, particularly its impacts on the economy, and they let it show
- There may be a new political coalition forming against AI and data centers — and that likely will be huge going into 2028
- Candidate quality matters. Even for some people (like myself) disillusioned by the duopoly, Democrats simply put up a better slate of options.
- Schumer and Senate Dems suck for barely lifting a finger to support Angie Nixon, who nearly won a Senate seat in Florida (!!!!!) with her grassroots campaign.
- This is not 2018. This is not just an anti-Trump rebuke. This is not the fake resistance. This is a historic revolt, which may cause some political realignment. The Iran War, the economy (which was bad for normal people prior to the outbreak of the war) and, I can’t underscore this enough, the AI/data center backlash (which may end up being the defining moment of this election), all led to this historic trouncing.
- I wrote this after Trump won in 2024: the election was a referendum on neoliberalism. In 2028, it may be a referendum on imperialism and hegemony + the oligopoly. It’s early and 2028 is a long way away, but the ostensible leaders on the GOP side, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, will be tethered to Trump’s decisions whether they like it or not. They’ll be afraid to disavow Trump within the next year, and by the time they do it (if they do it), it’ll be too late. MAGA is also in bed with the obsequious tech/AI oligarchs that America increasingly despises — and the candidates who are against data centers and the AI boon will reap the benefits.
- Israel. This is it. Americans are tired of genocide, they’re tired of Palestinians being slaughtered and dehumanized. They’re tired of the fear-mongering and Benjamin Netanyahu’s years-long propaganda campaign (how long has Iran been two weeks away from a nuclear weapon?).
- And there’s so much more to digest as exit polls continue to drop. I can’t recall a midterm in which so many serious issues came together at once. This does feel like a pivotal moment for society.
I will never not get annoyed at political leaders referencing their Constitutional responsibilities when they've allowed multiple presidents to fight wars without authorization for more than two decades.
There’s little reflection on NY during major elections, but a Dem winning the TOH is the biggest sign that Dems enjoyed a huge night nationwide. As machines go, not sure any is more entrenched and powerful than TOH GOP.
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So about as many Jewish people voted Democrat as usually do. I look forward to seeing this perennial discourse next election anyway.
