@hissgoescobra It wasn’t that different- Rabin was shrewd enough to know they could only move so far without losing support.
Netanyahu is just more open over how disdainful they are of anyone who stands between them.
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Heberto A Limas-Villers
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Heberto A Limas-Villers
@LimasHeberto
Beltway Bandit by day, Conservative realist by night. RT =\= Endorsements; Views are my own
Washington, DC Katılım Temmuz 2019
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I have been struggling a lot, as have many other former Republicans who traditionally supported Israel, by the turn it has taken with figures like Ben Gvir. I will write about this, but suffice to say here the Yitzhak Rabin Israel feels so different from the Netanyahu Israel.
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The Spring 2026 issue of @AmericanAffairs is out. @SenToddYoung argues American sea power has deteriorated and what we can do to get it back, @sophiabulla1 examines whether Washington has any real framework for evaluating what frontier AI labs are building, and @LimasHeberto traces how American finance abandoned industry for private equity and asks what it would take to reverse that.
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Tonight in NYC, Club Reign is hosting an American Affairs Spring 2026 issue release party. RSVP's are open to Reign members and print subscribers of @AmericanAffrs
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@matthew_petti IR intersectionality lives only in DC. I’m surprised this wasn’t understood by English twitter until now.
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Israelis in general care way less about Ukraine (in either direction) than pro-Israel Anglophones. What you’re seeing is a crazy jilted lover’s reaction from people with 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 flags in bio.
A. Bartaway🇺🇦❤️✊✌️@Bartaway
Hebrew: We should probably stop this. Maybe boycott whatever company is doing it. English: Those ungrateful Ukrainian swine must learn their place.
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AOC says "rivers were on fire" because of corporations like Deloitte "pouring chemicals" into waterways.
Deloitte is an accounting, consulting, and tax services firm.
No idea what she's talking about.
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“I was recently in Shenzhen… talking to one of that country’s legendary businessmen. I asked him about the Iran war and his response surprised me. “For us, Trump’s attack on Iran is less consequential than his threat to attack Greenland,” he told me.” 1/9
Fareed Zakaria@FareedZakaria
In the United States, President Trump’s periodic insults hurled toward allies get treated as routine tantrums. But in those countries, the accumulation of abuse has reached a tipping point. My latest column: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
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This could have been prevented but now it’s almost too late. Before the Iran war, I thought the relationship could be salvaged through new elections. Now, I think the best Israel can hope for is a cordial relationship with no aid.
Financial Times@FT
Opinion: As boomers die off, America’s anti-Israeli tilt is likely to harden. Fewer and fewer Americans think of Israel as David standing up to the Arab world’s Goliath. More and more associate it with heavy-handed militarism. ft.trib.al/4ZwB8Pw
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Listen. I have lots of DC pride but it's not even that good
Jacob Wasserman@jacob_wass
DC people — there’s a place called Call Your Mother that makes an incredible bacon, egg and cheese. That is all 🫡
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@SohrabAhmari @SohrabAhmari you described ~80% of commentators and writers today. They’re utterly useless and proof of our intellectual decadence. They’re defending a system that’s no longer defendable.
Some still do great work because they’re not tied to a system.
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Do we need Jonathan Chait as a writer? At what point does it become incumbent on us to admit that he’s describing — and offering prescriptions for — a world that simply doesn’t exist.
It’s like if I, as a writer for car fans, devoted myself to the horse as a means of transport.
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@SohrabAhmari Ironic that he is supportive of large economic champions though I would say the issue with Europe is that it is too sclerotic and regulatory- big law with big government. US has big law too, but there is some dynamism left (in some areas at least).
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Why are the US and Chinese economies so much more resilient than Europe's?
Michael Lind has a surprising answer: because American and China have corporate titans, while European regulators cut their giants down.
Iconoclastic Lind as ever!
unherd.com/2026/04/why-th…
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@EvansRyan202 I have my doubts Tisza would be able to deliver on their promises, but Orban’s continued see-sawing over Europe and Russia is not helping end the conflict or deterring future attacks. He’s becoming a liability.
We’ll see how it goes tomorrow.
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"Magyar’s insurgent reformist Tisza party is promising to raise defense spending to NATO’s 5 percent of GDP target by 2035, invest in Hungary’s army, review defense industry contracts for corruption and carry out sweeping reforms aimed at rooting out Russian influence across government."
Rod Dreher@roddreher
Peter Magyar might oust Viktor Orban in tomorrow's election. Hope not, but if so, then Magyar -- who holds the same (v. popular) positions as Orban on migration & Ukraine -- will end by disappointing his EU/Western backers, or many of the voters who will have put him in office.
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@AJConstantini How may of these accounts are really pro European vs pro Russian?
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“Time to replace Mark Rutte as the head of NATO for someone who actually represents the alliance.
I fully support Kaja Kallas
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Who is with me🙌”
D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦@DakdaR22
Time to replace Mark Rutte as the head of NATO for someone who actually represents the alliance. I fully support Kaja Kallas 🫡 Who is with me🙌
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Who wants to get dinner and drinks with Deal Team Six here in DC soon?
I’ll organize it and make it happen. 🇺🇸
Mike Slagh@MikeSlagh
Correct. Now imagine the arms race when Deal Team Six pours $200B into 100 to 200 giga-scale reindustrialize projects across America. Plus what’s happening at Commerce And DOE And EEOB And DFC, UDSA, etc No better time to lock in for America
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Now yall can see why we're recruiting for AI cybersecurity policy 😀
thefai.org/posts/job-list…
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@GrayConnolly I used to believe this when my parents were battling each other in court. It took years for me to find my way back as I had to accept what happened.
Guthrie is wrong but I get where she’s coming from.
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This is a completely normal human response made by even the most devout Christians (as well as non-believers) when they have lost loved ones and/or been through a hard season. People attacking her should accept that not everyone can hack life's hard times as well as you may do.
Variety@Variety
Savannah Guthrie says she's “questioned whether Jesus really ever experienced this particular wound that I feel" in an emotional Easter Sunday message: "We celebrate today the promise of a new life that never ends in death. But standing here today, I have to tell you, there are moments in which that promise seems irretrievably far away, when life itself seems far harder than death. These moments of deep disappointment with God, the feeling of utter abandonment for most of us, there will come a time in our life when these feelings hold sway.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…
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@SohrabAhmari Where was Sorbo at this time? The city was about to default, crime was rampant, and the mob was king. It was called Fear city for a reason. That said, we had great movies come from this era.
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Member 1970s New York? Member how peaceful it was.
Oh I member!
Kevin Sorbo@ksorbs
Look at this video of NYC in 1975, see how peaceful it was? Look at how everybody seems to be enjoying their lives, and not contrast it to today. Our country has been ruined.
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On a technical level, Catholics are not WASPs
But on a much more real level they obviously are and I do not feel it necessary to elaborate
Mid Thirties Manhattan Guy@Mid30sManhattan
Tried to go to Easter mass but they ran out of seats and standing room Next best thing: soho house brunch with a jazz quartet The libs have lost. Being WASPy is cool again
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Ironically, they make such a fuss about the western world yet they are keen on discarding the rest of “the west” if it means getting what they want.
There are criticisms of Five Eyes that are understandable but lobbing against the rest is ridiculous.
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@RepScholten I’m deeply sorry this happened to you. I hope you and your family are staying strong.
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Today I wrote this letter to my constituents on a family matter.
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