@DanielBShapiro You cannot understand Israeli politics without understanding the unholy alliance between Bibi, Ben Gvir and Smotdich or “BBS” - this is just another ugly but not surprising product of BBS.
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Keith Michael Harper
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Keith Michael Harper
@AmbHarper
US Amb (ret.) to UN Human Rights Council (2014-2017), husband, father, Cherokee Nation citizen, progressive, litigator. UN Independent Expert to PFII (2023-26).
Washington, DC Katılım Kasım 2016
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Watching Ben Gvir cheer passage of this law, which applies the death penalty to Palestinian terrorists but not Jewish ones, is dispiriting. Expect the High Court to strike it down. Meaning, Israel will take the blow to its reputation for this cost of a gross Ben Gvir election ad.
Ynet Global@ynetnews
Knesset approves death penalty for terrorists with Netanyahu backing Parliament passes measure by 62-48 vote after push by Ben-Gvir, despite opposition warnings that the law could trigger legal challenges and international fallout ynetnews.com/article/rjrssh…
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@RpsAgainstTrump Marco is too smart not to the know the difference between aiding Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s war of aggression and conquest and Israel and Trump’s war of choice against Iran.
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Rubio: “There was a couple of leaders in Europe who said that this was not Europe's war. Well, Ukraine is not America's war and yet we've contributed more to that fight than any other country in the world."
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@thomaschattwill Given the affordability crisis most Americans are dealing with, that giving off “let them eat cake” vibes
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@TVietor08 Portnoy is a clown, expect clownish things will be said.
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I think starting a war with Iran is a bad idea, and Trump specifically ran against regime change wars in the middle east. Reasonable people can disagree on the merits, but calling opponents "borderline traitors" is a reprisal of the dumbest Iraq-war era political bullshit.
Dave Portnoy@stoolpresidente
I always laugh at yo-yo’s who don’t have the 1st clue what information the President had that forced this decision. Even politicians who despise him but were briefed on the situation seem to agree with this operation. I guess lotta podcasters know better. 😂. Gotta keep the lights on somehow. Borderline traitors if you ask me. Iran is a terror nation with a long history of some of the worst human rights atrocities in the world. Nobody disputes that fact.They hate Americans. They hate Israel. They hate all Jews. They hate the West. They would kill us all if given the chance. They just murdered tens of thousands of their own people. The rest of the Middle East is on our side. The Iranian people are on our side. It isn’t that complicated to support our Troops and our country this morning. We are on the right side here. God Bless America . 🇺🇸 x.com/WhiteHouse/sta…
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@EricDKoch @AJentleson Highly deceptive, out of context tweet as this poll is a clear outlier. Every other poll has Flanagan considerably up, mostly in double digits. See @nytimes
And it’s no surprise since the Lt Gov has remained forceful against gross federal overreach and Craig not so much.
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MN Sen poll has it tied up among D's w brutal quote:
“Republicans are very much hoping that Flanagan is the nominee because they believe they have a much better chance against her than against Craig” Steven Schier, Carleton College political analyst kstp.com/wp-content/upl…
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To my friends in #NJ11, here’s why I’m supporting my good friend Tom @Malinowski. I hope you’ll vote for him in the upcoming primary. He will serve New Jersey well as he returns to Congress!
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@shaunmmaguire @ch402 state-sponsored violence under international norms are treated far differently than criminal activity of individuals in society. The ICCPR is a restraint on state power. As for Iran, it’s a grotesque atrocity but as an American, I care far more more about what’s happening here
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@ch402 Hey Chris, I'm curious:
This meets your threshold but what about the tens of thousands slaughtered in Iran over the last month?
What about the murder of Iryna Zarutska?
Or the murder of Laken Riley?
What is your criteria for commenting vs not?
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I try to not talk about politics. I generally believe the best way I can serve the world is as a non-partisan expert, and my genuine beliefs are quite moderate. So the bar is very high for me to comment.
But recent events – a federal agent killing an ICU nurse for seemingly no reason and with no provocation – shock the conscience.
My deep loyalty is to the principles of classical liberal democracy: freedom of speech, the rule of law, the dignity of the human person. I immigrated to the United States – and eventually cofounded Anthropic here – believing it was a pillar of these principles.
I feel very sad today.
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we spend billions on projecting America power in all kinds of ways - e.g., ambassadorial residents / state dinners / Air Force 1. And we are too cheap to provide one of the 2 Art 2 Constitutuonal Offices with their own bathroom? Seems counterintuitive.
Dan Pfeiffer@danpfeiffer
I know it seems dumb, but it does suck that the VP has to use the bathroom in the hallway where large groups of staff gather for their next meeting. It makes for all kinds of awkward encounters.
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@mdubowitz I understand. appreciate that perspective and take it in good faith.
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@AmbHarper That’s the difference. I seek to understand it so I can criticize it and alert those impacted to how they need to understand it. You can’t counter what you don’t understand.
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Read The Art of the Deal. Trump is using his standard playbook on Greenland.
1. Aim high — anchor the negotiation. “I want to buy Greenland,” not “let’s cooperate in the Arctic.”
2. Create leverage — make yourself indispensable. Arctic shipping. Rare earths. Missile defense. Space & undersea cables. From “we’d like access” to “we’ll pay, but we want control.”
3. Control psychology — force the other side to react. Everyone calls it absurd. Create chaos and fear. Now move to negotiate on better terms.
4. Walk away — power comes from not needing the deal.
Open questions:
1. Will a deal actually get done?
2. How much lasting damage was done to NATO and trust among allies?
3. Could Trump have secured the same or even better terms without all of this friction?
4. Do his negotiating opponents understand the playbook and how to defeat it?
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@mdubowitz Fair enough. I guess where I differ is that I don’t buy the idea that I need to understand Trump’s rationale / approach, to know that it is simply and clearly insane to take actions which threatens close allies + potentially destroy the most successful alliance in human history.
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@AmbHarper Here’s my clear take on Denmark and Greenland: x.com/mdubowitz/stat…
I think his approach is wrongheaded — but if you want to counter it, you first have to understand it.
Analysis is about explaining what’s actually happening.
Mark Dubowitz@mdubowitz
We should be clear-eyed about Greenland’s strategic importance—for Arctic security, transatlantic defense, and countering Russian and Chinese influence. But this is an issue suited to diplomacy, not threats against the territory of a NATO ally. Denmark has been a reliable U.S. security partner for decades — contributing to American security across many decades and multiple wars. Serious allies resolve strategic questions through negotiation and partnership. If we’re going to talk about coercive action, it’s worth asking why that rhetoric is aimed at strong and loyal allies—rather than at states like Qatar and Turkey that host U.S. air bases while backing Islamist extremists — and, in doing so, threaten our security and way of life.
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The courage demonstrated by Iranian women and men protesting this brutal regime in the face of deadly crackdown - 3000 dead and counting - is extraordinary. Knock on wood but this time feels different. #IranProtests
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This is precisely wrong on at least three levels. First, the thug cop was not in a life or death situation. Second, in a civilized society, there must be a check on the state’s use of force. Juries decide the line of what’s reasonable. To me, killer cop here was not reasonable.
Robert J. O'Neill@mchooyah
Let me give you some advice: If you've never been in a life and death situation where a major decision had to be made in the blink of an eye, it is not wise to judge the actions of those who have. You panic when it's your turn to order coffee...
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@SteveSchmidtSES @ryandbusse Could not agree more. We need more candidates like this who fit their districts. Big tents obtain power. Restrictive, prescriptive, and narrow parties with a laundry list of litmus test are destined to polical minority status. It’s not that hard.
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If Democrats are serious about building a majority, they need candidates who can win where Trump won.
This is a Trump +5 district.
@ryandbusse is exactly the kind of Democrat who can win it.
Ryan Busse@ryandbusse
Montana is my home. It’s made me who I am — and I’m running for Congress to fight like hell for the people who make this place so special. Join us.
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@mattyglesias There is of course evidence of an obsessive blame on Obama by the neo-Brandeis bunch, but that failure shouldn’t distract from the credible diagnosis re the vagaries of massive economic centralization and wealth inequality as well as the failure of the Chicago School framework
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@WajahatAli This is a stupid tweet. If Buttigieg - an individual decides to run - you conclude something about the party? Holy non sequiter Batman.
What does Pete’s decision to run or not to have anything to do with where the Dem Party is? Do better.
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If he runs for President in 2028, then Democrats truly don't want to win and they have no understanding of how pissed off the majority is at the establishment and institutions.
Political Polls@PpollingNumbers
News - Pete Buttigieg is the most positive viewed politician (Atlasintel)
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CBS is doomed for failure in the hands of @bariweiss who thinks Epstein friend @AlanDersh is a voice that should be elevated.
Drop Site@DropSiteNews
Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”
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@mattyglesias Curating news would be useful. Curating by Bari Weiss with her highly partisan views n a number of issues would not be. It’s about whether the curator can be trusted. Is that hard to understand?
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