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Practically all of the few things in this thread I haven’t written somewhere this week are things I have thought. And, scene? Nope. This is our America right now folks. Plus I suspect Putin is pushing Iran to create a pretext for Trump to run as a wartime president. Whiskey time!

@Therealjohnrp @VanJones68 It amazing what people will believe about Jews — Hamas live-streamed their torture and murder and people in real time are like “stop the genocide” against Hamas!

@VanJones68 So are you saying that Hamas failed the test of lowering them themselves to the people that they were fighting? Because still hamas is the moral better of Israel who comes up with new ways to break humanitarian laws every day.

Hasan Piker says the designated terrorist organization Hamas is 1,000 times better than Israel. His statement outraged many — who now just want to write him off. That's a mistake. He has a massive audience and is emerging as one of the major voices of his generation. Those of us who disagree owe him — and his audience — a real argument. Here's mine … And my position doesn’t come from ignorance about oppression. For a big chunk of my life, I was a grassroots activist — because of the pain of my own people. During those years, I was lucky enough to learn from elders who had been in the Black Panther Party, in SNCC, in the ANC. These were people who had to choose whether to pick up the gun — and how to use it if they did. They taught me this: even in armed struggle, there are principles. No women. No children. No rapes. No kidnapping. Mandela held that line. Amílcar Cabral held that line. You don't become what you're fighting. Hamas fails that test. They are not fighting for MORE freedom for Palestinians. They're fighting for less. They want theocracy, not democracy. And their means? They don’t use principled armed struggle (hitting military targets). They use terrorism (targeting civilians). The vast majority of Americans — including those who sympathize with the Palestinian cause — reject terror tactics. Reasonable people would agree on three principles: secure homelands for both peoples; no hatred for Jews or Muslims; and protection for all civilians. Hamas’ approach undermines all three. That's the conversation Piker's audience deserves. Not name-calling.

@wilnerhotline The best time to delete this was immediately, the second best time is now

Arizona is in the Final Four for the first time since there were Twin Towers

@emzorbit Considering all religious sites with security risks are closed as Iran targets civilians specifically, restricting Jews as well — maybe this is not leadership as much as it is pandering

Oh, look. An actual LEADER.

@0FreeRadical0 @sfchronicle Jews are told their views are welcome, as long as they start by denouncing Israel. Ask @Scott_Wiener

@sfchronicle Teaching people to stop being racist and discriminating against a group was not in my bingo card for 2026 Berkeley. How far we've fallen... Isn't the whole point of education... Becoming educated by learning new information from voices you may not agree with? 🤔

UC Berkeley has settled a Zionist organization’s lawsuit by agreeing to instruct students, faculty and staff on the dangers of antisemitism and to pay $1 million to cover the group’s legal fees. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…

@sfchronicle Things the Zionist organization has supported: • Title VI protections • Defining free speech vs harassment on campus • Academic freedom & faculty rights • Workplace/corporate discrimination • Human rights frameworks • Legal training & policy guidance

@PeterBeinart Islamic Republic doesn’t want to just control Iran, they want a caliphate over the entire Middle East which they can’t have with Israel existing. This is why they irrationally choose arming their proxies and pursuing nuclear weapons to destroy Israel over developing a G14 economy

The Islamic Republic has long threatened its own people. But it's never posed an existential threat to Israel. jewishcurrents.org/iran-is-not-an…

@Toms89581695 @AssalRad The NYT routinely holds Israel to a different standard— and repeated Hamas “facts” until they got caught

@AssalRad The NYT is the voice of Israel - like so much of the media in the U.S.

The difference is by design.

@__Saranya______ @AlinejadMasih @grok Ask from *how long* it took to respond to Islamic Republic crackdown

@AlinejadMasih He did condemn that. Google is free. Or atleast ask grok. @grok didn't Zohra Mamdani condemned Iranian regime?

To you, Zohran Mamdani! You stayed quiet when we have faced massacre, when Islamic Republic assassins were sent here in New York to kill us, stay quiet now! STOP lecturing us Iranians about peace. I don’t feel safe in New York listening to someone like you, Mamdani, who sympathizes with the regime that killed more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians in less than 24 hours. You talk about “safety” of this beautiful city? Listen carefully; Safety without justice means nothing. We Iranians do not allow you to lecture us about war while you had nothing to say when the Islamic Republic shot schoolgirls and blinded more than 10,000 innocent people in the streets. You were busy celebrating the hijab while women of my beloved country Iran were jailed and raped by Islamic Security forces for removing it. And NOW you find your voice to defend the regime? No. I will not let you claim the moral high ground. The people of Iran want to be free. Where were you when they needed solidarity? New York belongs to people who stand against terrorism not those who excuse it. This city is stronger than fear. Stronger than propaganda. Stronger than you think.

@SaddexAddinLe @AlinejadMasih Foreign policy is not in a mayoral portfolio

@AlinejadMasih Mamdani is a mayor in a city in the US. He is not speaking out in internal Iranian matters; he is only opposing the US govt from engaging overseas wars - wars that take resources away from American citizens.

@ColdLlogic @AlinejadMasih That took what, 2-3 weeks? Mamdani was protesting the Israeli government on October 8.

@AlinejadMasih He wasn’t exactly silent, to be fair.

@scottiev @DanielLurie Would you ever say that black or queer people posting about discrimination should STFU?

At an event this afternoon, a group of individuals that were chanting "tax the rich" began to shout "tax the Jews." This was an event I put on with Supervisor Mahmood, labor leaders, and dozens of workers to announce a plan that creates more jobs for those workers and housing for San Franciscans. Suggesting that Jews are wealthy is a tired trope, and targeting our community at an event focused on creating economic opportunity for San Franciscans is decidedly antisemitic. I will never accept hate directed at the Jewish community or any community in our city. Those are not San Francisco values—we’re better than that.

@DSA_SF @DanielLurie Antisemitism is the Othering of Jews from the American right. Antizionism is the Othering of Jews from the American left. @DemSocialists @DSA_SF, you know who you are.

@DanielLurie DSA SF members at the protest were similarly disgusted and horrified by this woman's rhetoric, and want to make clear her words came from her alone. While we disagree on policy, we join you in condemning antisemitism.

@Abu_Salah9 Hamas did this ⬇️ Israelis built tunnels to protect civilians, Hamas built tunnels protected by civilians and the infrastructure you (understandably) mourn then started a war.

The saddest sunset in the history of mankind. Israel did this.

@SR_eth @RexVolcano Maybe you should learn how jesting works

@RexVolcano Even in jest, cal people come off as pretentious, preachy, and insufferable. Truly, a liability on the resume in 206.

I love the Olympics, but I don’t love the surge of reactionary nationalism that comes with it. We should be standing together as a united human race against the true enemy: people who went to Stanford

@BalzacHangman @RexVolcano You married well

@RexVolcano So true, my wife grew up and went to college on the East Coast and didn’t grasp this. We went to a football game and she saw that Tree and was so revolted she got downright angry and wanted to go down and attack it. (alcohol was involved)

@Acyn @WajahatAli How should Israel defend against Hamas?

Question: Should the Democratic presidential candidate reevaluate military aid to Israel? AOC: This isn't just about a presidential election. The US has an obligation to uphold its own laws. Unconditional aid, no matter what one does, does not make sense. I think it enabled a genocide in Gaza, and I think that we have thousands of women and children dead that was completely avoidable.

@JimothyBucket @TheDunkCentral Hamas uses the Gazan children as human shields and hopes for the propaganda benofit of their deaths

I have tried to learn the Israeli side of this situation many times and NEVER have I gotten any clear answer or justification as to why I should not condemn the glorification of killing children. He can continue to perpetuate the stereotype and victimize himself and complain, or he can use the platform he has been blessed with to educate people better as to why he thinks it's ok to commit genocide.

Deni Avdija says he’s fed up with the hate he receives for being from Israel, calls out the lack of education on the topic, and demands respect, saying those outside the Middle East shouldn’t speak on it “You don’t have to love what I stand for or how I look, but if I’m a good player, give props. All this hate … for no reason. Like, I’m deciding things in the world. I’ll be honest: What do people expect me to do? This is my country, where I was born, where I grew up. I love my country; there are a lot of great things about my country. But obviously, not everyone is educated and knows what is going on, and that’s what pisses me off. Because if you are educated and know what is going on, it’s fine to say what you think and say who you think is right or wrong. But if you are not educated and you are not part of the Middle East, and you don’t understand how long this goes back and understand the consequences and everything … just don’t say anything.” (Via nytimes.com/athletic/69752…)

@Saghar409 30

How many squares....!!! 99.9% will fail..?

@Scott_Wiener “As a Jew” — always proceeds trying to appeal to people who don’t value Jewish lives

For years, I’ve condemned Netanyahu and his extremist government and the devastation they’ve inflicted on Gaza. It’s why I’ve been clear I won’t support U.S. funding for the destruction of Palestinian communities. I’ve stopped short of calling it genocide, but I can’t anymore.

Last year, AIPAC Spent $100M Lobbying the US Govt. That same year, China spent $460M Japan spent $410M Pharma spent $387M Saudi spent $310M Qatar spent $256M And unlike those other lobbyists, AIPAC is entirely funded by Americans who uniquely support the U.S.-Israel alliance.