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⭕️ As someone who voted for Trump three times, it is painful for me to say that Trump is not a partner anymore. This situation is no longer sustainable. Trump's obsession with his JCPOA 2.0 deal is making him act unhinged. He is now falling for anything coming out of Iran. The Iranians had a goal today, and they 100% achieved it thanks to Trump. Bibi's judgment is exactly what Israelis would expect of him: to defend them from attacks. Trump humiliating Bibi in public too many times now, and this marks the point where it is time for the US and Israel to go their separate ways. Bibi must declare that Israel is not part of any JCPOA 2.0 and is free to act in its own best interests to protect its citizens. Trump can keep throwing tantrums and punishing Israel, but as bad as it is, it won't be worse than capitulating to Iran. It is time for Israel to take its own destiny into its hands and become truly independent.

What are the most overused “I have to mention it while we’re watching” pieces of movie trivia?

This stuff is so weird. Just make arguments, not everything is about clicks or boogeymen. Sometimes it’s just good faith disagreement.

Netanyahu is lobbying for Section 224 in the national defense bill, a provision that quietly expands U.S.-Israel military cooperation and weapons development with almost zero oversight. The American people do not want more U.S. military aid to Israel. We must defeat Section 224.

Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn’t clean or easy. I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the “cool girl” or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, coercively controlling behavior by Graham. I also know how dangerous it is to become the target of a narcissist — so even long after our relationship ended I continued to be upbeat any time he reached out, though I would also immediately shut down any attempts on his part to initiate flirting or romanticizing of the past. Yes, the day I saw him announce he was running I wanted to make sure people knew he had a Nazi tattoo — and I was terrified he would find out it was me. But of course he knew it was me. What’s ironic is I absolutely never would have shared my story if he hadn’t been relentlessly attacking my character behind the scenes for months once the tattoo story came out. I tried to signal that I wasn’t the source and stayed completely silent about him on social media even as most of my friends posted regularly about what a bad person he is. But then in early April the New York Times came to me. I asked how they got my number. I said I was not interested in sharing my story. They said but wait—there are other women. Women terrified to tell their stories, too, and you need to band together. WE will help you. We will protect you. Men can’t keep getting away with this. Hours before their first call to me I saw Eric Swalwell’s name plate get removed from his office door in Cannon. It felt like fate. I welcomed the two journalists into my home days later, nervous and overwhelmed. Justin Fairfax had just murdered his wife and himself the previous day and even conservative pundits were conjecturing that “if only those women hadn’t accused him of abuse, this never would have happened…” But I told them my story. I let them take pictures of my diary pages. I sent them screenshots of messages and gave them phone numbers and contacts. It was excruciating. I was surprised by what details I remembered, and as I poured through old messages I was horrified by how much I had forgotten. I explained very clearly that, like many women abused by their partners, I had not told anyone about his violence at the time—I had covered for and defended it. I accepted his earnest apologies. They said that’s fine because the diary entries and my on the record story was enough. They connected me to two of the other victims so we wouldn’t feel so alone. I insisted to each of them that I trusted the NYT journalists and that we were doing the right thing despite their (sadly very accurate) sense that something was wrong. One of the victims and I realized our relationships with Graham overlapped completely - he had been cheating on both of us the entire time we were together. I should note here that my life is just… beautiful. These are the best years of my life. Raising two young girls in a safe, beautiful neighborhood where I work from home and shuffle my children from dance classes and soccer to church events — I am blessed far beyond what I deserve with wonderful friends and family and the most loving, brilliant husband in the world. Why would I blow my life up like this? Why would I risk the psychotic doxxing from violent leftist activists? Because while I have been terrified to come forward I decided this was the “hard right thing” to do. The guilt of staying silent has nagged me. Most therapists recommend a “gray rock” approach to extracting yourself from narcissistic abuse — it works really well, but it is a gift to the abuser, allowing them to persist in their delusion that they’ve done nothing wrong. I couldn’t stay silent as he continued to lie and lie and lie. I want my daughters to boldly speak out if they’re ever abused as I was.

A major problem plaguing the right is outsourcing cultural commentary to grifters and morons. A smart conservative movement would engage a Tory artist like Nolan, whose Dark Knight Rises was basically a sequel to Burke’s Reflections. Instead, we’re fed this low IQ slop.

This is what the editor of Jewish News wrote in October 2023. "This is plain and simple historic Islamic bloodlust, passed down through the generations from birth." This sums it all up. These are the people accusing us of racism because we object to Palestinians being killed.

I'm Deputy Editor of Jewish News. And I'm respectfully asking you to fuck right off.

what’s a film that had the BIGGEST PLOT TWIST EVER and it still blows your mind just thinking about it ?