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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 5h

Don’t threaten me with a good time….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 13h

Every time Judaism becomes a national topic -- which seems to be every day -- it's like a free-for-all of gentiles confidently being publicly wrong about us.

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 15h

I am celebrating the ceasefire & the release of hostages and Trump deserves credit but…I’m gonna need Israeli commentators not to tell Jewish Trump opponents in the US that “we have Trump all wrong”

No, we don’t. You see a slice of him, we see him whole. Appreciate your slice; don’t impose it on us

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 18h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

It’s interesting because Witkoff and Ben Gvir each know what the other is talking about, while Kushner’s comment is completely off-point.

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

We have a acute 6th sense about that

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

This is a very “Mets fan” statement. :-)

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

This leaves aside the very obvious point that, from a Jewish perspective, the civilians in Gaza are most certainly owed the process of repentance from the Israeli government

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

Part of the Jewish process of repentance is that the wrong door or must seek it from the wrong. In Witkoff’s case, he argues that he got this. Ben-Gvir is arguing that Israel won’t get this from Hamas

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a fascinating exchange. It’s particularly interesting in light of the very recent Jewish high holidays and focus on the process of repentance.

I hold no brief for Ben-Gvir (he’s an evil racist), but he and Wicoff are arguing over a subtle point regarding granting forgiveness

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

I’d be up for reading that….

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

Agree with all of this. Among the many, many things we all have to help think through in the absence of the war.

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

Those hostage release ceremonies probably had the effect sustaining some support for the war among the Israeli public weeks longer than it otherwise would have.

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 1d

Jews having power to decide our own communal fate has been problematic for the rest of the world for millennia

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll be more specific about this. This is the public hearing with the DOGE clowns that we need. The folks who think because they can code, that nothing else matters need to be held to account.

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 2d

Also, his appearances in SNL and in Happy Gilmore 2 were hilarious.

Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 2d

Since I live in DC and do not have a Senator to call, please be my proxy and call yours.

Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

keep calling and telling them to stand strong

the difference between last time (when they got yelled at incessantly for caving) and this time needs to be a chasm in terms of the feedback they're getting from constituents

we can get them to hold

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Tina Smith says Democrats are digging in: “If anything, we’re feeling more strong.”

“I think we've tapped into something that's really important to Americans.”

Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 3d

Invest. In. Opposition. Research

I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 3d

It's the tricky thing about state politics. Marc Robinson was voted in as Lt. Governor before most people had any idea who he was aside from having an R by his name in NC. Then the press got to know him.

andddymac.bsky.social @andddymac.bsky.social · 4d

Oklahoma resident here. The thing is that almost anyone who was aware of this dude before he got elected hated him, very much including republicans. The problem is the vast majority of voters had no idea who he was when they went to the polls. They just showed up to make sure no D’s got elected

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 3d

When Lindor broke his toe

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 3d

Good point. Completely agree

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 3d

Not for nothing, but the passage of time makes clearer and clearer both Brady’s greatness and that he was the reason for the Pats run.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 3d

It is very telling that the answer from Bondi here is not "yes, I do, and nothing like that was ever found"

They know, and they're protecting a child rapist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

WHITEHOUSE: Do you know if the FBI found photographs of Trump with half-naked young women in their search of Epstein's safe or premises?

BONDI: You're trying to slander President Trump when you're the one who was taking money from one of Epstein's closest confidants. I could be wrong. Correct me.

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Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve gone to a couple of DC Defenders games here. It’s a really fun vibe

Dennis Yedwab @dennisyedwab.bsky.social · 3d

Also, Albania? Of all places….(Ever time I see anything about the country, I think about that scene from “Cheers”)

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 5d

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

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