I have never met anyone on earth - and I travel a lot - who lies as shamelessly as an elected Republican. No one refers to Tim Scott as Timothy Eugene Scott. Just absurd he has to say this with a straight face, in order to be the Black Republican defending GOP racism.

To those few loud people on this hellsite, claiming to be pro-Palestine but now performatively attacking Abdul El-Sayed for welcoming a much-needed endorsement from Kamala Harris (it’s a swing state, he only won half of the Dem primary vote and needs the other half to win the general, and he especially needs Black voters), and thereby increasing the chance of pro-Israel, pro-war Mike Rogers winning in November, I can only say this:

Actually at the time I called it a ‘terrorist atrocity’ and ‘horrific attack.’ But these people are so gripped by hatred of Muslims, so deranged, so bigoted, so unhinged, that they’ll lie and fear-monger about anything to do with Islam or Muslims. Gad Saad blamed Islam for his family’s plight; the same people mad at me for my snarky response to his bigotry would never be okay with a Palestinian refugee blaming Judaism for his plight. The hypocrisy, alongside the bigotry, is brazen.

Caring about the state of Israel ‘is part of Jewish practice,’ according to Ben Shapiro. If a non-Jew said this, they’d (rightly) be accused of antisemitism, of conflating Jews with Israel, of saying Jews have dual loyalties. But Shapiro just says it. Proudly.

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Hi Dan, thanks for the serious question. Here is the serious answer: Gadi Eisenkot is opposed to a two-state solution and equal rights for the Palestinians; he also helped conceive of the brutal 'Dahiya Doctrine' which has killed countless civilians, and was a member of the Netanyahu war cabinet when the genocide was at its worst in the first few months after Oct 7th 2023. Naftali Bennett has made racist anti-Arab remarks over the years, backs Israel's illegal wars in Iran and Lebanon, and was actually the prime minister of Israel when Amnesty published its lengthy report accusing Israel of apartheid in February 2022. Yes, they may sound less hawkish and racist than Netanyahu and his coalition allies; they might make more conciliatory noises and gestures, especially to western governments; but at a policy level they just don't differ from Netanyahu that much on the key issues (Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, equal rights, etc). Or do you disagree? Do you have evidence that they do? Happy to hear it. But so, look, there is a simple way for Israel to change my "perspective" - not by swapping one hawkish, anti-Arab leader for another, but by NOT engaging in genocide and apartheid. Actions speak louder than words - or personalities.

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There is zero evidence the Mayor of New York hates Jews. Zero. But the President of the US, who is Huckabee’s boss, has made multiple disparaging remarks about *Jews* and hosted a Holocaust denier for dinner.

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