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Basel Hamdan retweeted
In January, as Trump threatened to attack Iran to compel it to capitulate, I told a senior Trump official that Iran won't surrender and that their calculation is that they don't need to win the war against the US; they just need to destroy Trump's presidency.
They just did.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Here are the numbers from Kent, which is one of the most populous counties in Michigan.
The results are clear and the opposite of the conventional narrative.
People did split their tickets, but they did so to vote AGAINST Mike Rogers. El-Sayed beat the straight-ticket margin.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid tells Israelis not to despair about the U.S. election because Democratic leadership is still pro-Israel in spite of its base.
ืืฉืื ืืืื ืืงืื ืืจืก - ืขืืืืืช, ืืื ืชืืื ืืช
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ืืืืืงืจืืื ืืงืื ืืืืื ืืช ืฉื ื ืืืชืื. ืื ืื ืืืืจ? ืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืฉ ืฆืืจื ืืืืฃ ืืื ืืืืืช ืืชืืื ืืช ืขืืืื ืืืงืื ืคืื ืืงื ืฉื ืคืืืืืืงืืื. ืืื ืงื ืืฆืขืืง ืฉ"ืืืจืืงื ืืืืื", ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืฆืจืื ืืขืืื. ืื ืจืง ืื ื ืืื. ืืืฉ ืื.
ืืช ืืืช ืื ืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืืื ื'ืคืจืืก. ืืช ืืกื ืื ืื ืื ืฆ'ืืง ืฉืืืจ. ืฉื ืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืื, ืฉื ืืื ืืฆืืืขื ืืฉื ื ืขื ืืฉืจืื ืื ืืฉืจืื ืืกืืขื ืฉืืื ืืฆืืืข ืืืจืช. ืื ืืืืืง ืกืื ืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืฉืจืื ืืืืจื ืืืขืช ืืขืืื ืืืชื, ืื ืื ืื ื ืกืืื ืขื ืื ืืืจ.
ืืื ืฉืืื ืฉืืืจืขืื ืืื ืื-ืืฉืจืืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืจืื ืืื. ืืืื ืฉื ืงืืืืช ืงืืฆืื ืืื ืืืชืจ, ืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืืจืืช ืืืืืจ ืืืขืฉืจืื ืืืืืฉื ืืืจื ืงืื ืืจืก ืืชืื 435.
ืื ืืกื ืื ื ืืกืคื ืืื ืงืืืืช ืืืื ืขืืื ืื ืืืฉืจืื ืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืจืขืื ืืงืฉื ืืืงืืฆืื ื ืฉืคืืขื ื ืืื ื ืื ืืืืข ื-10% ืืืืจื ืืกื ืื.
ืืืขืื ืืืืืชืืช ืืื ืื ืืงืืฆืื ืื.
ืืคื ื ืฉื ืชืืื 11 ืกื ืืืจืื ืืฆืืืขื ืืืืืื ืืช ืืฉืืืื ืื ืฉืง ืืืฉืจืื. ืืคื ื ืฉื ื ืืืกืคืจ ืขืื ื-27, ืืืคืจืื ืืื ืืืจ 40. ืื ื ืืจื, ืืื ืจืืื ืื ืืืืช ืฉืื ืืื ืืืชื ื. ืืืง ืืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืจืฃ ืฉื 2023 ืขื ืกืจื ืฆืืื ืขื ืืืฉ. ืืฉืจืื ืืฉืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืช ืืืฉืืืืช ืืืกืืจืืืืช ืฉืื ื. ืคืืฉืชื ืืืขื ืืช ืืืื ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืืื, ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืจ ืืืชื, ืืคืฉืจ ืืืกืืืจ, ืืคืฉืจ ืืฉื ืืช ืืช ืืืืื.
ืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืฉืจืื. ืื ื ืื ืฉืจืื ืงืืฆืื ืืื ืฉืืืืจืื ืืืจืื ืืืืจืคืื. ืื ื ืื ืืืืืืช ืืชื ืืืื, ืื ื ืื ืืืฉืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืื ืื, ืื ืืขืืงืจ ื ืื ื ืชื ืืื, ืืืืื ืชื ืื ืืืจ ืฉืงืฉืืจ ืืืื ืืื ืจืขืื.
ืื ืื ืขืืฉืื?
ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืขืื ืืฉืืืื ื ืฉืืขืื ืฉื ื ืื ืฉืืจ ื-2015, ืืฉื ืชื ืืื ื ืกืข ืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืจืก ื ืื ืืืืื. ืืืจืชื ืืช ืื ืื, ืื ื ืืืืจ ืืช ืื ืืืื: ืืฉืจืื ืื ืืืืจืช ืฆื ืืืืจืืงื. ืขืืืืื ืขื ืืืื.
ืืฉ ืืชืืจืื ืืืืืื. ืืฉ ืืืืืช ืืืงืื ืฉืจืืฆืื ืฉื ืืืฉื. ืืฉ ืืจืื ืืกืฃ ืงืืืจื ืืืืจืื ื ืฉืืืื ืืช ืืงืืคืืื ื ืืื ื. ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืื ื ืืืคืืื ืืืชืืจืื ืืืืืื ืืื, ืื ืื ื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืคื ืื ืืืชืืจืื ืืืื ืืื.
ืืืืงืืจ ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืื ืฉื ื ืฆืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืช ืื ืืืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืงืื ืืจืก, ืืฆื ืฉืชื ืืืคืืืืช. ืื ืจืง ืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืงืฉืื, ืืืืจ, ืืกืคืื ืืงืืจืช, ืืืกืืืจ ืืช ืืขืืืืืช, ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืืฉ.
ืืืจื ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืฆืืช ืืืกืข ืืืจื"ื, ืืืืจ ืขื ืืืฉืืื, ื ืฆืืืื ืืงืืืืื, ืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืจืืื ืืืืฉืช. ืืืืืข ืืืืจืืงื ืฉืืขืืจ ืืคืืืืืืงื. ืืืืจ ืขื ืงืืืืืช ืืืืืืืช, ืื ืจืขืืืช ืืื, ืืื ืื ืจืง ืืืชื.
ืื ืขื ืื ืืืืื ืืืกืคื ืื, ืขื ืื ืกืืืช ืฉื ืืคืจื-ืืืจืืงื ืืืช, ืขื ืืืืื ืืืืกืืื ืืฆืขืืจืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืืืชื ื. ืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืืจ ืืฉืจืื ืืืจืช, ืื ืฉื ื ืชื ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ.
ืืช ืืืืจืื ืฉืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ื ืฆืจืื ืืืืง. ืืช ืืืจืขืื ืืงืฉื ืฆืจืื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืืืื ืขืฉืจื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆื ืฉืื ื. ืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื. ืืืชื ืื ืื ื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืืืจ.
ืืืืืืจ ืืืชื ืื ืืืื ืื ื ืจืง ืืืื. ืื ืื ื ืฉืง ืืฆื"ื, ืฉืืชืืฃ ืคืขืืื ืืืืืขืื ื, ืืืืืง ืืืืืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืื ื (ืืื, ืื ืืจืื ื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืกืื ืืกืืืข ืืื).
ืขืฉืื ื ืืช ืื ืืืจ ืืขืืจ.
ื-2022 ืืชืืชื ืขื ืื ืฉืื ืืืืื ืขื "ืืฆืืจืช ืืจืืฉืืื" ืืื ืืืื ืจืคืืืืืงื ื ืืื. ืื ืื ืงืกื, ืื ืขืืืื. ืืืจืืงื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืืฉืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืืชื.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
hopefully the next round of political analysis can concern itself less with whether americans are prepared to elect muslims and more with why the people paid to interpret the electorate seem so unwilling to accept that they already have
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Here is the clip of CNN asking Talarico if he will stand up to Abdul. This network is insane
Basel Hamdan retweeted
"By casting far more ballots than expected by strategists in either party, Black voters are fundamentally shifting the midterm landscape, nudging swing states left and making red states suddenly competitive." politico.com/news/magazine/2โฆ
Basel Hamdan retweeted
The Haley Stevens: two parts anti-Muslim bigotry, one part cynical invocation of Black voters, one part instrumentalization of Jewish voters. The most disgusting cocktail ever served.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Pro-Israel Democrat Haley Stevens has endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers and is appearing with him at an event in Detroit, helping Trump's bid to retain control of the Senate.
Let's be clear about what this is and what it isn't.
This is not something fundamentally new.
Rather, it is a more open manifestation of a reality that has existed for a long time: Centrist Democrats have always been more comfortable with even the most pro-war, neocon Republicans than they have been with progressive Democrats who question American militancy and blind support for Israel.
Everyone in DC knows the personal proximity between figures like Jake Sullivan and Lindsey Graham, for instance. (Read Akbar Shahid's book if you're not in the know)
Even before October 7, the Biden team treated progressives with disdain on foreign policy and expected them to blindly follow Biden, just as Biden blindly followed Israel. To be fair, some progressive shops also fell for the line that any criticism of Biden would ultimately help Trump and, as a result, engaged in a lot of self-defeating self-censorship.
The silver lining of Haley Stevens taking off the mask of centrist Democrats may be that the reckoning within the party, deferred for so long, may finally happen.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
If you have any tips or info related to Haley Stevens, please feel welcome to text me on Signal: premthakker.35
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Basel Hamdan retweeted
If one more person compares the situation in MI with the Uncommitted movement I'm gonna lose it.
Uncommitted was a primary play. By this point in the cycle the Uncommitted leaders were literally running anti-Trump ads.
Stop twisting history to justify your own shitty behavior.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
In 2016, a friend confronted Ted Cruz over his anti-Muslim rhetoric. He said not to worry, this is what happens in elections and he had Muslim friends.
He knows what heโs doing. Telling Americans that electing a Muslim could get them killed is calculated, dangerous incitement.
Sen. @tedcruz (R-TX) says that if U.S. Sen. candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) is elected into the Senate and is placed in the Senate Intelligence Committee, "there is a very real risk that Americans will die as a result."
Basel Hamdan retweeted
If Netanyahu manages to lose, still far from certain, but if, Trump should move quickly to an Iran deal. Pin the war on Netanyahu. Start a reset in the Mid East. It would be the best thing for Trump politically and the best thing for the world. Rarely do these things align.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Explosive story many years in the making, now out in Vanity Fair by Matthew Cole (who will be on Breaking Points next week, and publishing soon in @DropSiteNews):
Saudi Arabia and the UAE set up multi-billion slush funds for Jared Kushner to use.
Iran-Contra 2 here (except with Iran-Contra, at least the US got some hostages released. Not clear what we got out of this one.)
Basel Hamdan retweeted
"The reason I keep bringing up the Palestinians throwing rocks to protect Heidi is because, I mean, I canโt emphasize enough how much these young men areย .ย .ย . Yesterday, they put their lives on the line. There were soldiers there, and soldiers will shoot when somebody is throwing rocks. These young men put their lives on the line to protect a sixty-three-year-old Jewish American journalist. And, I mean, these guys are heroes. If they were not doing that, so many villages wouldโve been overtaken. They are literally the only defense. [On Saturday] I was in a village called Jalud, and the exact same thing happened. We got attacked by settlers, and it was these young men, whom we call the shabab, who fought them back with rocks. And the reason I just want to put a fine point on this is because, for me, just in terms of where things are going with Israel-Palestine politically, I think that a sort of discursive shift in how we talk about Palestiniansโ right to defend themselves needs to happen." @infinite_jaz to @IChotiner
Basel Hamdan retweeted
It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government canโt selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But thatโs exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
To understand why this is so appalling, itโs important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.
Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administrationโs fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.
Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone โ all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.
Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And itโs not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies โ from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.
In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omarโs life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and sheโs been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.
The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omarโs political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, thereโs no reason to believe it will stop with her โ or that future presidents, in either party, wonโt do the same.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Just talked to the family of Abduljaber Hasan Obeid, the 54-year-old village council member of Abu Falah who was shot by the IDF today during the settler attack. The bullet exploded in his femur. Surgery tomorrow. He is stable, thank God.
(๐ธ Avishay Mohar)
