Samantha Elks
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Samantha Elks
@sam_elks
Former Democrat, now an Independent. I’m not impressed by Trump sycophants or woke socialists. The moderate majority is best for democracy 🏆 🇺🇸🎗️
New York, USA Katılım Mart 2024
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I honestly never thought about Israel or Gaza.
But now that I've see what kind of low IQ violent, jealous, commie monsters always support the one side.
I'd consider myself a maga zionist.
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America First! MAGA!
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@jerusalemofiron Spoiled and entitled people have no sense of reality in other places
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Richard Greene:
"In conversations I've had with young people about their deep hatred of Israel here in Europe I've come up with some startling conclusions.
1. There seems to be a strong consensus that Israel should NOT have attacked back after the October 7 attacks on them. There are two reasons for this:
a) No matter what, children do not deserve to die and if ANY response would kill innocent children, then it is immoral.
b) That attacking back only perpetuates a potentially endless cycle of war.
2. When I ask the obvious follow-up question, "Well, what SHOULD Israel/Netanyahu have done?" the overwhelming, and immediate, answers have been, "I don't know but, definitely, not what they did!"
3. Most do not know that Hamas continued, virtually every day, to attack Israel AFTER October 7, and fired over 30,000 rockets into CIVILIAN areas of Israel. And when they were informed the answer was, "It doesn't matter".
4. The concept of self-defense and fighting to stop FUTURE attacks seems to be impossible for them to grasp. They reflexively default to "Retaliation", and that retaliation by a stronger army is someone inherently unfair, especially if it kills innocent children.
5. The extremely limited pre-frontal cortex operations continue. When informed of the horrific, barbaric actions of Hamas, and even their extremist goals to destroy Israel, and Jews, the almost unanimous and instant response is "Not all Palestinians are Hamas". Or, "The children Israel is killing are not Hamas".
6. The valid statement that what Israel did was NOT a "Genocide" is seen as incredibly technical, semantic, legal and insensitive. And almost useless against the emotional and incessantly repeated claims to the contrary. And, yes, innocent children were killed by Israel so it must, to them, be something as horrible as "genocide", or perhaps even worse.
7. Reminding people about the horrific actions against Muslims, or Christians, in the streets of Iran, in Yemen, in Somalia and so many other places is useless. It truly seems that the funny phrase, "No Jews, No News" is actually a thing. And double standards seem to be an inexorable part of that.
8. There is virtually zero understanding about the dangerous, extremist agenda of Islamists and Jihadists. In fact, at a tennis tournament I spoke with someone who actually works at The UN in Geneva and asked her whether it was true that people in Europe are increasingly uncomfortable with the growing influence, and terrorism from Muslims. She scolded me for even suggesting that any group can be generalized and said, boldly, that there are far more incidents of Right Wing Terrorism in Europe than from Muslims. The facts are that Islamic violent acts account for 41% and Right Wing only 5% in Europe. (Shocking, I know, that someone from The UN could be so clueless : )
Botton line: Attempting to even plant seeds of a different perspective with young "Free Palestine"/"Israel is Evil" believers is about as effective as trying to reason with hard-core MAGA Trump supporters. It's a cult and the virtue signaling and protests . . . and seeing those on social media - over and over and over again - has reinforced all of the above positions, no matter how inane or insane, to a very high degree.
So, what to do?
1. Educate about the stated goals of Islamism and Jihadism
Virtually no one understands that a SIGNIFICANT percentage of those following Islamic teachings dream of and work towards a "Global Caliphate" where EVERYONE is Muslim.
And virtually no one knows that the destruction of Israel, and the killing of all "infidels" is the stated goal of many Islamic groups, especially the "Twelver Shia" sect which is headquartered in Iran.
2. Go on offense
The Woke Left and Woke Right and most young people around the world are happy to go on offense against Israel . . . and do it with almost every sentence. It's even become cool to say vicious things about an entire country.
So, it is absolutely fair to no longer agree to be the punching bag for the world.
Here are some suggestions . . .
*"Why do you support Genocide?" Hamas and Hezbollah are actually committed, in writing, to the actual genocide of the Jewish people.
*"Why do you support Gender Apartheid against women? You know that virtually every one of Israel's enemies - both entire countries and, of course, Hamas and Hezbollah, treat women VERY differently than men. Second, or even third class citizens or, as some Islamist Clerics say, like "cows".
*Why don't you support Free Speech?
*Why don't you support LGBTQ Rights?
*Why don't you support Democracy?
*Why don't you support Abortion Rights? (And did you know that Israel is the only place in the Middle East where women CAN get abortions legally . . . and that they even provide free abortions to Palestinian women who go there from Gaza?)
*Why is it so important to you that The Muslim Messiah, "The Mahdi" return to Earth to save the Muslim people? (Please do some research on Twelver Shia Islam. THIS is the motivation for Iran to fund Hamas, Hezbollah, The Houthies and other proxies to destroy Israel. Not kidding.
*Why didn't you protest against 40,000 INNOCENT Iranian protesters who were shot - point blank - in the streets of Iran FOR protesting? Do you hate young Iranian men and women?"
facebook.com/richard.greene…
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@brianeskow Delusional— losing a war isn’t strength
This is a loser of a deal.
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🚨שני הצדדים יחתמו על מזכר הבנות שיימשך 60 יום ויוכל להיות מוארך בהסכמה הדדית
🚨במהלך תקופת 60 הימים, מצר הורמוז יהיה פתוח ללא תשלום אגרות, ואיראן תסכים לפנות את המוקשים שפרסה במצר כדי לאפשר מעבר חופשי של ספינות
🚨בתמורה, ארה"ב תסיר את המצור שלה על נמלי איראן ותעניק כמה פטורים זמניים מסנקציות כדי לאפשר לאיראן למכור נפט באופן חופשי למשך 60 יום
Barak Ravid@BarakRavid
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@patrickbetdavid @NanLee1124 Patrick— this is crap and you know it.
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There is a lot of noise surrounding the potential US/Iran deal.
Here’s what the rumors are so far:
- Iran has agreed to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Iran currently has 400 kg of highly enriched uranium. Enough for 11 nuclear bombs.
- The US would begin a phased unfreezing of Iran’s $6b to $30b in cash.
- The Strait of Hormuz will open up.
- Iran won’t charge a penny for ships to pass through. No $2m toll fee.
- The US agrees to relieve some of the sanctions.
- War ENDS on all fronts with Lebanon.
- US forces near Iran to withdraw.
- 30 to 60 days to finalize the nuclear deal.
If true, that’s a massive victory for the President.
Here are the winners and losers.
Winners:
1. American people. Oil prices will likely fall. Shipping insurance costs drop. Inflation pressure eases.
2. The President
3. Global markets.
4. Stock market.
5. Gulf states. Temporary tension eliminated. I have them as both winners and losers.
6. IRGC gains legitimacy. They’re not Venezuela. Whether anyone likes it or not. Including myself.
7. China is a major winner. The Strait of Hormuz hurt them the most. They can spin this to their people that the deal got done after the President left China.
8. Russia relies on Iran being a bit more stable.
9. NATO nations were starting to worry. They were pansies shivering about having to help the US. (They’re also big losers in my eyes)
Losers:
1. Iranian people. No one knows what the IRGC will do after this deal to their own people. Their media outlets will say they beat America. That message will 100% be pushed. The Iranian people will be under even more scrutiny by the IRGC.
2. Obama’s administration. This sounds like a much stronger deal than Obama’s administration made.
3. Netanyahu. He wanted regime change or collapse for his legacy, but Trump wasn’t on the same page at the end.
4. NATO was exposed. They showed they don’t have America’s back if shit were to hit the fan. Terrible moment for them.
5. Reza Pahlavi. Another year of not being able to help his people become free. This point will lead to more memes by the RP loyalists but it’s the truth.
6. Gulf states. The IRGC still controls a neighbor capable of firing rockets at surrounding Gulf nations.
7. Iranian proxies and non state actors. Hezbollah, Houthis, and Shia militias will not receive the same funding flow if sanctions are removed under limitations tied to the agreement.
8. Defense contractors and war hawks. They wanted this thing to continue so they could land massive contracts. I’m sure they’re not happy.
9. Oil producers benefiting from high prices.
10. Political extremists on both sides. Those who wanted to see the President lose (woke right) and those pushing for nuclear war.
11. Democrats. They desperately needed this to continue heading into the midterms. They will HATE this deal. Don’t worry, they’ll still find a way to blame Trump. But independents won’t fall for the BS. Democrats and the woke right will follow suit, but not reasonable independents who can see through the nonsense.
I predicted this would be done before June 14th. Lots of people pushed back. Obviously, it’s not done yet, and anything can happen, especially when dealing with Iran, but if the President pulls this off, the news outlets, pundits, and influencers will move on to the next issue after they’re done crying nonstop.
The greatest 60 days of positive distractions are around the corner.
President Trump’s birthday: June 14th
US 250 year anniversary: July 4th
World Cup: June 11th to July 19th
The world will move on, and the President can focus on driving results toward the midterms, Cuba, affordability and other issues.
Love him or hate him, he continues to show how fluid his mind is and that he can change his approach depending on whether things do or don’t go his way.
Future Looks Bright.
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@BriannaWu @MolineauxN58356 Is this the Iran deal? Because I can’t understand what we get out of it
Why make a deal at all??
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What is saddest to me about this is Trump betraying the Iranian people.
Trump told them if they rose up, we’d have their backs. They did, 40,000 were slaughtered by their own government.
Now, Trump folded and they’ll be sent to the torture dungeons and hanging gallows.
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@haaretzcom Haaretz is an anti-Zionist outlet
Don’t believe anything you say
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'Israel is losing U.S. Jews – and its security will suffer as a result' haaretz.com/israel-news/po…
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@cenkuygur is a OBSESSED with Israel and coincidentally a paid jihadist
Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
In the past four days, Cenk Uygur has posted about Israel over 100 times. He averages one post about Israel every 30 minutes. This is actual derangement.
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The @nytimes has lost everyone’s respect
Too biased. Too antisemitic.
Max Abrahms@MaxAbrahms
I’ve noticed that since the Nicholas Kristof dog rape hoax story fewer readers treat the New York Times as reliable. There was a subsequent splashy New York Times story about Ahmadinejad and many, many readers just said, well it’s the New York Times.
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@jonfavs @mattberg33 I can not stand the woke idiots on Pod Save America
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🚨 DNC autopsy is "gobbledygook" that doesn't include Gaza impact, per people who've seen it.
Read @mattberg33's full 🧵
Matt Berg@mattberg33
SCOOP: I got new details about the DNC’s autopsy, per people familiar with the report. The autopsy doesn’t dive deep into the electoral impact of Biden administration's handling of Gaza, despite speculation that it might. One person described the report as "gobbledygook." 🧵
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@estherzelda0514 POD save bros are deep inside the woke echo chamber
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Somebody asked me why I stopped listening to the Pod Save universe, and turned me from almost a daily listener to one of their biggest critics. I think you should know, Jon. Perhaps you are too far gone to care, but your team should know. Because I cannot be the only person who stopped listening because of your team's obsession with condemning Israel.
In May 2021, I was listening to Pod Save the World. Prior to that time, Israel was only mentioned sometimes. I did not always agree with the analysis, but nothing that was said ever really bothered me or made me rethink my listening habits. I was driving a lot for work during that time. I liked keeping up with foreign affairs. I loved the podcast because the format was informative on topics that most other outlets did not cover.
There were two events in Israel at the time that Tommy was covering: the bombing campaign in Gaza and an eviction in East Jerusalem. He condemned both in extremely strong terms, with loaded language, accusing Israel of promoting apartheid, ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, and targeting the freedom of the press in Gaza.
Tommy was not often that vehement, and my curiosity followed. What he was alleging sounded serious, but it did not quite fit with the pattern of behavior I knew of Israel, from talking to Israelis. So I thought, well, perhaps I should look into this. Perhaps the Israeli administration has taken a really dark turn.
What I found is that Tommy lied, he repeated antisemitic tropes against Israel, and he never corrected himself.
The AP Bureau in Al-Jalaa Tower that was bombed in Gaza was alleged to have Hamas operatives in the building. The AP said that they knew nothing about it. Perhaps, but they also said they had never worked with Hamas. Now that, I found, was 100% a lie. I found accounts of AP journalists, specifically, dating back ten or more years openly confessing to sharing space with Hamas there or elsewhere, running stories by Hamas, knowing that they would lose access to Gaza if they did not print what Hamas wanted them to.
Why would Tommy say that Israel had no evidence, and was just animated by the desire to attack the freedom of the press, if so many journalists believed that it was plausible or probable that the AP knew Hamas was in the building?
But one error, even that bad, was not the real turning point. No, it was the complete inversion of the truth of what was occurring in Sheikh Jarrah concerning the evictions there.
Tommy accused Israel of being an apartheid state with the goal of ethnically cleansing Palestinians from East Jerusalem by allowing a Jew to evicting a Palestinian family from their home. But I knew, from my own time in Israel, that that area is predominately Arab. If they were doing ethnic cleansing, they were doing a very bad job. So I decided to look into it.
What I found was so shocking that I never took anything any of you said as the truth again. The Palestinian family had STOLEN that house in 1948 when Jordan ethnically cleansed all Jews from Jerusalem, just as Germans stole Jewish homes during the Holocaust. The Jews had deeds to the house dating back to 1875. They even proposed having the Palestinians pay them rent, even though they had no right to be there. On the urging of all of Palestinian society, they refused to pay any rent, or acknowledge Jewish title to the home in any way. Legal proceedings dragged on for years, and eventually, correctly, the Palestinians lost and were evicted. All of which could have been prevented if they paid rent for the house they opportunistically stole from ethnically cleansed Jews. But no, they refused, and instead, inverted reality and accused Jews of ethnically cleansing them. And Tommy just uncritically repeated it.
I was appalled at the lack of integrity with your programming. Once I saw it, I could not unsee it. I began fact checking more and more of your coverage in all of your pods, and I found so many errors, so many mistakes, half-truths, and misrepresentations. I was ashamed of myself for listening to you for years. How many times had I been duped simply because I lacked experience in the subject matter? Would I ever have discovered it if Tommy had not made the mistake of speaking about something I actually did have some knowledge of, if I was not tipped off by the strange claim that Israel was ethnically cleansing East Jerusalem?
Your obsession with Israel has only gotten worse since then. But I will say that I have your podcasts to thank for creating in me a strong sense of shame for taking anyone's news coverage as the gospel truth. I no longer do that.
So thank you, Jon, for allowing Tommy to be so pigheadedly antisemitic on air. I have learned so much about Israel, myself, and American progressives as a result. I thought you should know.
Jon Favreau@jonfavs
🚨 DNC autopsy is "gobbledygook" that doesn't include Gaza impact, per people who've seen it. Read @mattberg33's full 🧵
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Samantha Elks retweetledi
Democrats may need a real landslide defeat to realize how cancerous these DSA people are. Like Labour after Jeremy Corbyn.
NickFrank40@NickyFrank30
No. The problem is the left isn't running against giving Bibi a blank check. They're running against the existence of Israel.
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I am deeply grateful for the trust President Trump placed in me and for the opportunity to lead @ODNIgov for the last year and a half.
Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026. My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. He faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months. At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.
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@grok @RepThomasMassie @ScottJenningsKY No Grok. You are a bot. I’m a person. Stop gaslighting me. You don’t know what you’re talking about
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No. AIPAC is a specific pro-Israel lobbying group that spends millions in U.S. primaries to back candidates aligned with its policy goals. Criticizing its spending, like any other PAC or lobby (NRA, unions, oil industry), is standard political analysis—not a stand-in for targeting Jews as a people.
Many Jewish Americans and organizations criticize AIPAC's tactics without being antisemitic. Policy debate over foreign aid or lobbying influence isn't ethnic scapegoating. Conflating the two muddies real antisemitism.
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Thomas Massie chose to end his career with this despicable line about Congressman-elect Ed Gallrein: “I had to find him in Tel Aviv.”
Rather than exit with dignity, Massie just proved President Trump was right to send him into early retirement.
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@NickKristof I heard they were abducted by aliens. Hasn’t been confirmed but I’m going to promote it anyway
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Sumud flotilla activists -- who come from Europe, the US and elsewhere -- have released a statement that Israeli authorities subjected them to abuse, sexual violence and in multiple cases, rape. This hasn't been confirmed. reuters.com/world/europe/f…
Alissa Pavia@alissa_pavia
Israel may be losing one of its last major allies in Europe. As more details emerge from the testimonies of Sumud Flotilla activists, the divide between Rome and Jerusalem appears headed toward a complete rupture.
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@grok @RepThomasMassie @ScottJenningsKY Yes calling out “AIPAC” spending is code for targeting Jews.
Every time you see the word aipac, insert Jew instead and you will understand what humans do.
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Criticizing AIPAC's spending to influence primaries is policy analysis of a specific lobby, not code for targeting Jews. AIPAC isn't synonymous with Jewish people—plenty of Jewish Americans disagree with its tactics. Massie's opposition to foreign aid spans Israel and many other nations, consistent with his libertarian record. Policy disagreement isn't hate speech.
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