Ilene C. Asuncion ➰ MY DAUGHTER ISN’T AN INCUBATOR

@blazersforreal Yes! People miss what he does on the court because it’s so fast. If we have someone he can pass to, those steals will be gold.

Do y’all want the Blazers to re-sign Matisse Thybulle? 🤔

A disturbing shift is taking place. Ideas once recognized as hatred are being reframed as moral conviction—and even justified in the name of “justice.” Melanie Phillips explains how this inversion is reshaping public discourse. @melanielatest

@NYCMayor Last night the IDF, in cooperation with Greece, prevented non military vessels from illegally entering a war zone. Those on the boats were treated fairly. The boat lacked aid but had plenty of drugs and condoms. There I fixed your post for you.

Last night, Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters off the coast of Greece — unlawfully detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers. My team has been in direct contact with State and Federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers. This is a brazen violation of international law. Those detained must be released.

@israelsportlaw It was insane. They were having off topic conversations everytime the Blazers scored and just ignored it. It was infuriating.

אני באמת חושב שהשידור האמריקאי במשחק של פורטלנד-סן אנטוניו היה המוטה ביותר ששמעתי מימיי. דוריס ברק פשוט פרשנה רק את סן אנטוניו, באופן בוטה וצורם. זה כבר הפך לפרודיה בשלב מסוים.

@shaesharpeshow And instead Deni got the T. Make it make sense. He should have been ejected in the game when he broke his tooth as well. Poor sportsmanship.

De’Aaron Fox shoulda been ejected for this play man Shoves Deni to the ground mid play, which could’ve led to a serious injury

@Jollybgood @warDaniel47 I came here to say the same thing.

what the doctor is saying is the issue is identity. It's possible for someone to wired for one gender but essentially trapped in the wrong body. Which is a scientific fact - it's been observed in many species. How do you explain a child born with both male and female anatomy?So in that light, the question of pregnancy is really irrelevant. A woman who has had a hysterectomy can't get pregnant - but she's still a woman.

🚨 HOLY CRAP. This actually just happened on Capitol Hill. SEN. JOSH HAWLEY: "Can men get pregnant?" LIBERAL DR. VERMA: "I'm not sure what the goal of the question is." HAWLEY: "The goal is to establish a biological reality. Can men get pregnant?" VERMA: "I take care of people with many identities." HAWLEY: "Can men get pregnant?" VERMA: "Again, as I'm saying-" HAWLEY: "You said science and evidence should control. Can men get pregnant? You're a doctor, I think." VERMA: "Science and evidence should guide medicine." HAWLEY: "Do science and evidence tell us that men can get pregnant?" VERMA: "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool." WOW. 🤯🤯🤯 @HawleyMO

@SleeperBlazers I will route for any team taking the Spurs down. They played with poor sportsmanship and it’s gross.

I've lost all respect for DeAaron Fox this series. Between the complaining & the fouling, breaking Deni's tooth & now shoving him to the ground. With all the talent he has, it's pathetic the way he's playing.

Can we all agree @espn has the worst NBA coverage. From sound to camera angles to commentary, and so much more…far better on Prime.

@BlazersLead I’m so proud of this team. They have grit, determination and heart. No matter what happens tonight, this is a team on the way up and I am here for the ride.

There's a good chance the Trail Blazers' season ends tonight — not going to sugarcoat it at all More than anything I just want to see this team get off the mat and fight, something they've done all year long, after some tough second half performances in Portland Weirdly, it feels like this series has shook us harder than I thought it could going into it, but playing a team like the Spurs will do that. Once we're out of it and can look at the season as a whole, we'll all recalibrate and feel great about the standing of this squad But tonight, if we can steal one more win, every narrative would change. This series would instantly become a resounding success and every player would get their flowers for it A single win in the playoffs can change everything, and we get another free opportunity at one tonight Enjoy it, because it could be the final Blazer game for the next six months

The Polite Antisemite The other day, I had a conversation that stuck with me longer than it should have. Not because it was loud. Not because it was aggressive. Quite the opposite. It was calm. Measured. Thoughtful, even. The kind of conversation where someone leans in slightly, lowers their voice, and signals that they are one of the reasonable ones. The kind of tone that makes you think, *this is going to be a good conversation.* And somewhere between “it’s complicated” and “you have to understand the context,” I felt that familiar shift. That moment where the words sound intelligent, but something underneath them doesn’t sit right. That’s when it clicked. Antisemitism didn’t disappear. It got polite. I used to think antisemitism had a uniform. Loud, obvious, unapologetic. The kind of hate that announces itself before you even sit down. You knew what you were dealing with immediately. There was no confusion, no decoding required. That version was easy. Easy to spot. Easy to reject. Easy to fight. But the version we’re dealing with now doesn’t look like that anymore. It doesn’t shout. It explains. It doesn’t accuse. It reframes. It doesn’t come at you with anger. It comes at you with concern. And that makes it much harder to confront. Today’s antisemite doesn’t think they hate Jews. In fact, they would be offended by the suggestion. They see themselves as informed, as ethical, as someone trying to navigate a complicated issue with nuance and care. They use better words now. They say things like, “I don’t hate Jews, I just oppose Zionism.” They tell you they’re against all nationalism, that they’re standing on principle, that they just want justice. And if you didn’t know better, if you weren’t paying close attention, you might even believe them. And then you start to notice the pattern in what they share, what they amplify, what they sign their name to. They share the viral cartoon of the Star of David crushing a dove. They retweet the academic who calls October 7th “resistance” while adding a solemn “context” disclaimer. They sign the open letter that treats Jewish students’ fear as a PR problem rather than a moral emergency. None of it feels like hate to them. It feels like analysis. Because the hostility didn’t disappear. It just got a vocabulary upgrade. Try something simple. Pick any peoples on earth. The French. The Japanese. The Nigerians. It doesn’t matter who. Now say this sentence out loud: they don’t deserve a country. It feels wrong immediately. Not complicated. Not nuanced. Just wrong. Now replace that group with Jews. Suddenly, it’s a discussion. Suddenly, it’s layered. Suddenly, it’s something people debate on panels, write essays about, and defend as a serious moral position. Same sentence. Different reaction. That gap is where the polite antisemite lives. They don’t deny Jewish suffering. That would be too crude. Instead, they acknowledge it… and then qualify it. “Yes, what happened was terrible,” they’ll say. “But—” That single word does enormous work. It sounds thoughtful. It sounds fair. Jews are attacked. Yes, but. Jews are murdered. Yes, but. Jews are taken hostage. Yes, but. Notice the pattern: the “but” never travels in the other direction. And if you push back, if you refuse to accept the framing, the conversation shifts again. Now you’re the problem. Now you’re emotional. Now you’re biased. Now you’re not engaging in good faith. It’s a remarkably effective reversal. Jews get attacked, and somehow Jews end up defending themselves not just physically, but morally. Again. To be clear, because clarity matters: criticizing Israel is not antisemitism. Israel is a country like any other. Its policies can—and should—be debated, condemned, or defended. That is normal. But when criticism becomes obsessive, when Israel is held to standards no other nation faces, when the Jewish people’s right to self-determination is treated as uniquely illegitimate, then we have left the realm of policy and entered the realm of prejudice. In practice, this is easy to spot: no other country’s very existence is considered negotiable. What makes the polite version so dangerous is that the person expressing it genuinely believes they are on the right side of history. They see themselves as someone standing up for justice, for human rights, for morality. They likely have a track record of supporting other causes. They have said the right things at the right times. They have shown up when it was expected. And then, when Jews were slaughtered, kidnapped, burned alive, they paused just long enough to process it… and then arrived at the same familiar conclusion. Anti-Zionism presents itself as something new. Something sophisticated. A modern moral framework built on principles and global awareness. It isn’t. It is something much older, translated into a language that feels more acceptable. It is antisemitism that learned how to pass a college seminar. It uses the vocabulary of human rights, but it consistently arrives at the same endpoint. Jews, uniquely among all peoples, do not get sovereignty. No state. No control over their own safety. No right to determine their own future. History has tested that idea before. Repeatedly. The results are not theoretical. The polite antisemite will tell you they are advocating for peace. But their version of peace always seems to require the same thing. Jews giving something up. Land. Security. Safety. Sometimes more than that. Always something. Because in that framework, Jewish power is the problem. Jewish self-defense is the problem. Jewish independence is the problem. Jewish vulnerability, on the other hand, is something they can live with. And maybe that’s the part that lingers. Not the anger. Not even the hypocrisy. The calmness. The quiet certainty that what’s being said is not only acceptable, but moral. But Jews have a long memory. We’ve heard versions of this before. Different words, different settings, different centuries. But the underlying message has a familiar shape. It always ends in the same place. You can dress it up. You can soften the language. You can wrap it in academic jargon, human-rights rhetoric, and carefully chosen words. But if your worldview ultimately holds that Jews are the only people on earth who should not have a country, then nothing fundamental has changed. You may feel nuanced. You may feel principled. You may feel morally sophisticated. You’re not. You’re just polite about it. And polite hate is still hate.

@JadedOrganizer @MarkGoldfeder @Delta @JFKairport @WSJ @FoxNews @JNS_org @nypost @luketress @Ostrov_A @SloanRachmuth @Kredo0 Victimhood. You must mean those who attacked Israel on 10/7 and then cried victim when Israel responded with a defensive war to get their hostages back. Because anything else is a lie.

@MarkGoldfeder @Delta @JFKairport @WSJ @FoxNews @JNS_org @nypost @luketress @Ostrov_A @SloanRachmuth @Kredo0 Fuck Israel 🇮🇱 as it’s actively working to complete erase the indigenous population of Palestine and the surrounding regions. Crying while you commit genocide on The closest genetic ancestors to the original Jews of the Levant. Fuck your eternal victimhood

Dear @Delta, I understand that it is Arab American Heritage Month. But why does celebrating that include displays in your lounge @JFKairport that completely erase the State of Israel?

@MarkGoldfeder @Delta @JFKairport @WSJ @FoxNews @JNS_org @nypost @HoffmanJess @luketress @Ostrov_A @SloanRachmuth @Kredo0 @delta I’ve been a dedicated customer for years, even choosing you when less expensive airlines were available. I quietly watched while employees wore pins that should not have been allowed etc. But this! Clear public apology & antisemitism training now!

@Delta @JFKairport @WSJ @FoxNews @JNS_org @nypost @HoffmanJess @luketress @Ostrov_A @ELALUSA @SloanRachmuth @Kredo0 Please do the right thing here, @Delta. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

@IzaTabaro @SenatorSlotkin Every word of this. Meanwhile our friends and family are in bomb shelters in Israel.

This sentence — “I can support the security of a country without supporting the specific policies of any one political party or leader” — is the one that gives you away. Supporting Israel’s security has nothing to do with supporting a specific party or leader in the US or Israel, and you know it. By voting to block critical military assistance, you’ve taken a side. Trying to pretend otherwise won’t fool anyone.

Today, I voted to block the provision of U.S. military assistance to Israel: 1,000-pound so-called ‘dumb’ bombs and military bulldozers. In the future, I will continue to assess U.S.-funded offensive weapons to Israel on a case-by-case basis, and I will continue to support sending Israel much-needed defensive weapons, like Iron Dome. I have struggled with these Joint Resolutions of Disapproval as much as any vote since I joined Congress. I represent a state with a large Arab and Muslim population and a large Jewish population. And over these last two-plus years, few issues have been as raw, painful, and personal as this one. Throughout that time, I have worked hard to call balls and strikes based on my experience and the facts on the ground, even when some are reluctant to consider new information. My entire life, I have been -- and continue to be -- a strong supporter of a Jewish and democratic State of Israel. The people of Israel, like all people throughout the region, deserve long-term security and peace. But being pro-Israel today is not about simply supporting the political or military agenda of Prime Minister Netanyahu, just like being pro-American should not be equated with loyalty to President Trump. This is a complex truth that many of us who support Israel hold, and it applies to my own patriotism and government as well. I can support the security of a country without supporting the specific policies of any one political party or leader. And if Israelis can take part in rigorous debate and protests of their own government’s policies, Americans supportive of Israel can do the same thing. I have no love lost for the Iranian regime or their proxy groups like Hezbollah. I know firsthand from three tours in Iraq alongside our military how Iran is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and thousands more civilians in the Middle East. But President Trump committed the U.S. to a war of choice against Iran, alongside Israel, with no evidence of an imminent threat, no clear objectives, and without Congressional approval. Seven weeks in, he has yet to provide a strategy for this war or a clear path to get out of it. So just as I am against more U.S.-funded weapons to Israel today, I am also deeply skeptical of more U.S. funding for the Iran war, which reportedly could be anywhere between $50 to $200 billion, on top of $1 trillion provided to the Pentagon last year. Every American should be invested in the U.S. ending this war with the least possible loss of blood and treasure. It is my hope that we can get a comprehensive and durable ceasefire as soon as possible.

@whatsontapnba Deni!

Would you rather have Deni Avdija or Jalen Johnson?

@bradlander Mr. Roger’s is rolling over in his grave. She is nothing like him. He never would have brought terrorist supporters on his show. He promoted the concept of Tikun Olam. She could not be less like him if she intentionally tried.

The world needs more Ms. Rachels, radiating kindness & empathy in a time of such darkness & cruelty. She's standing up for children everywhere and fighting for the future that every one of them deserves. I was really proud to see this donation come in. If you ask me, she’s the Mr. Rogers of our time.

Deni Avdija: 41 points 12 assists 7 rebounds GOAT level playoff performance by the first Jewish-Israeli All Star in the NBA. 🇮🇱🏀

DENI AVDIJA TONIGHT: 41 POINTS 12 ASSISTS 7 REBOUNDS 15/22 FGM 38 MINUTES WHAT A PERFORMANCE. 🤯🔥

THE DENI AVDIJA GAME 🔥 Avdija with the game-winning bucket and 40-ball to send the Blazers to the playoffs 👏

DENI "MAKE IT HAPPEN" AVDIJA

EVERYONE CATCH YOUR BREATH THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ARE PLAYOFF BOUND!!!! DO YOU HEAR ME I SAID PLAYOFF BOUND!!!!