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Sam Adler-Bell
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cohost of @knowyrenemypod with my pal @matthewsitman // writing @nymag @nytimesbooks @bookworld @newrepublic // literary rep @CarolineMEisen
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Nobody who “loves” Neil Young thinks he can’t sing or play guitar
it’s so inspiring that Neil Young can’t sing and can’t play the guitar and yet he made us all love him anywayView quoted post on X
"I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet"
Alex Karp now says that Palantir is progressive, he’s always been a Democrat, Trump went too far on immigration and his primary commitment is to economic justice. LMAOOOOOOView quoted post on X
What I mean by "self-appointed": there are millions of American workers who are (alas) not members of DSA, but who may be members of other working class organizations, and who are poised to mobilize to pressure Congress to restore medicaid and ACA subsidies, stop the war in Iran, and cease arming Israel. I don't think convincing them not to bother should be a DSA priority.
NGO lanyards who wanted Bernie Bros to stop being mean to Warren: "progressive leaders", according to SamView quoted post on X
The largest mass movement of workers for socialism in our country's history: "a self appointed vanguard"
The bad news keeps piling up. What happened in America last night is a catastrophe. Take AIPAC’s worst nightmares, double them, and you still don’t get close.View quoted post on X
The only consolation is that Abdul El-Sayed won his Senate seat by a smaller margin than expected. Will the Democrats learn that anti-Israel politics and antisemitism cost you votes? I doubt it. And a great many Jews voted for him anyway.
It’s getting worse. First the Democrats blamed Israel for America’s troubles: grocery prices, America’s slipping standing, the war with Iran.
Now, with JD Vance’s tweet and Donald Trump Jr.’s share, the Republicans are blaming Israel for the Republican Party’s troubles. Vance’s message: we stuck too close to Israel.
That is far more dangerous. Israel now faces its biggest challenge in Washington since at least the 1975 “reassessment,” when Ford and Kissinger froze arms deals to pressure Jerusalem.
There’s only one answer I know of: a national unity government. Flirting with a new election, a minority government propped up by the Arab parties, or a deal with the Haredim would be a grave mistake.
