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🇺🇸 American Jewish leaders FEAR the Democratic Party is turning against them. At the Jewish Federations General Assembly, CEO Eric Fingerhut said concerns over El-Sayed were especially high. Exit polls reportedly showed Jewish voters shifting away from Democrats, with Israel policy playing a major role. Attendees also questioned whether appearing at pro-Israel events could become a political liability for Democratic candidates. The message from the gathering was clear: growing divisions over Israel are putting the relationship between the Democratic Party and many American Jewish voters under pressure. Source: Jerusalem Post / Writer: Lucas

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Rep. Massie thinks the Israel lobby is about to switch parties. “I would guess that the Israeli lobby is going to focus more on Democrats now than they will on Republicans.” If he’s right, Democrats could be in for some expensive primaries. Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The prediction: the Iran war restarts before January, and Democrats say it’s too late to cut the funding Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, says he’s seen this script before. If strikes resume during the lame duck session, the new Democratic majority arrives with troops already in combat, and leadership tells them you can’t defund soldiers in the field, which is the line that kept Iraq going. He points to 2021, when a $15 minimum wage passed the House and got stripped out in the Senate after leaders promised it. Cenk says the first test comes Wednesday, when House Democrats vote on Hakeem Jeffries, and he’s furious that freshmen who ran against the war are falling in line without asking for a single concession: “We sent you to ruffle feathers.” He warns that a restarted war means a global depression with 10 to 12 million Americans out of work, and voters will remember who let it happen. @cenkuygur