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Elad Nehorai

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Ex-Hasid now fighting for a true pluralistic democracy | Writer: democracy, peace, extremism, antisemitism, & marketing | MSNBC, DailyBeast, HuffPo, the Forward & more | Founder: justicemarketing.io | Newsletter: eladnehorai.substack.com

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 10d

New piece.

The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.

Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.

Overt Anti-Jewish Hate is On the Verge of Going Mainstream

The combination of mainstreamed conspiracy theories and overt hate on X is close to transforming America's relationship with Jews.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 9h

My friend just returned after running for his life from Gaza City. His home, which he worked for months to rebuild, is rubble.

Please help him build a new life.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 14h

Fair! Implication of the third one is that action is needed, but fair enough!

Either way, we're always in this balancing act, which can definitely lean us one way or the other.

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 14h

Some folks can't see the fascism, and so they have false optimism that causes them not to act against it.

Other folks see the fascism, and they feel so hopeless that they don't act against it.

What we need is a combination of the ability to see things honestly as well as to be empowered.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 14h

"The administration is doing dumb things, this proves they will fail."

1. They are not as dumb as you think in the areas that matter to them: grabbing power.

2. Being dumb is a feature, not a bug, of authoritarianism. Hiring based on loyalty does that.

3. This thinking is what leads to inaction.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t know that!

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

The step from “AIPAC is influencing politicians” to “operating our government on the behalf of someone else,” in the context of Carroll, is a trope about Jews controlling the government.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

Go team lol Staten Island

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

Woah! Just looked into this. He wasn’t interviewed by Carroll, but he decided to be a dummy and share it. Wild stuff!

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

lol Staten Island

Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 1d

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ✊

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

Not a coincidence

Corey Walker @CoreyWri… • 10h g
The silence from the "ceasefire now" crowd is deafening.
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Silence from the 'ceasefire now' crowd.
So it goes.
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The silence from the "ceasefire now" crowd is deafening.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

I really cannot help but marvel at how, for a certain class, all behavior by a politician must be framed as a horse race, as opposed to genuine opposition.

At a time when Democrats are searching for leadership, Mr. Pritzker is trying to seize the moment to demonstrate it — to fuel opposition to Mr. Trump across the nation, and, perhaps, his future presidential ambitions.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 1d

We are doing an AMA (Q&A) on Reddit today!

If you ever wanted to ask us anything, you can do so on this post. We'll respond live at 7 ET/4 PST.

We are looking forward to hearing form you!

From the Judaism community on Reddit: We are the Nexus Project! Ask us anything.

Explore this post and more from the Judaism community

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

I really cannot help but marvel at how, for a certain class, all behavior by a politician must be framed as a horse race, as opposed to genuine opposition.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

No mainstream leaders, pundits, media, will treat her life as important as Kirk's.

None will see this shooting as dangerous as Kirk's.

None will value a brown woman as much as that white man.

This isn't just about Republicans. It's the values at the heart of leadership & institutions in America.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

This is literally what Weiss and others in her universe see as intellectual diversity.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 4d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Spencer M Ross @srossmktg.com · 4d

From @eladn.bsky.social:

eladnehorai
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This goes very deep. As I wrote in a recent piece, the right won't target all Jews right away. They will (and already are) start by targeting progressive Jews, especially anti-Zionist Jews.
Since they are not even considered Jews by orgs & leaders, they won't be (and aren't) defended against this antisemitism. And it will get much worse.
But such hate never stays localized, as we are seeing with the targeting of the ADL by the FBI. We are all in this together. We need to fight for each other.
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Why aren't the establishment Jewish groups who talk constantly about Jewish safety demanding that @davidrkadler go free? Because when Jews defy Israel, their safety no longer matters. They cease being Jews at all because for the American Jewish establishment, "Jew" means "pro-Israel." This is what happens when you make a state your god.

zarahsultanamp: My friend David Adler (Co-General Coordinator of @progintl_en) is still imprisoned in Israel while others from the Global Sumud Flotilla have been released.

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One of the most important things to remember about fascism is it goes in stages. It starts with one of us, then as we accept it, it spreads to others. There is a reason one of the most famous poems from the Nazi era specifically mentions this.

They are coming for all of us. In different ways and at different times. But if you are not a rich, white Christian cis heterosexual man, you are on the list. And so we all need to come together. We cannot let the leaders who have transacted our lives to take us all down in the abyss.

True solidarity. True collaboration. True trust in the other.

It's not just an ideal. It is the only practical way to face fascism. And those who have abandoned solidarity don't realize that they've already endangered themselves.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

We don't talk enough about anti-brown racism.

It is still framed as "immigration," "activists," "crime" etc, which further entrench the racist framing.

And now we are seeing how that plays out, with pundits crying over a white racist while hardly feeling the brown lives being destroyed every day.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

Well, luckily Bluesky's reputation is intact

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

Wait were you gone?! What am I missing? I don't look at Bluesky as carefully for a few days and apparently I missed a lot! Glad that you're back regardless :)

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

We'll see what they say once one of them is threatened by the administration. They go with the wind (money, clicks, popularity), not with values.

But there are many who actually stick to their values, and it's worth investing in them than debating the men who go where the money takes them.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 7d

This week, FBI director Kash Patel cut the FBI’s ties with the ADL, calling them an “extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization.”

This is the authoritarian playbook: delegitimize watchdogs, invert reality, and cast those who fight hate as enemies of the state.

FBI Director Kash Patel on X: "James Comey wrote “love letters” to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans. That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs. https://t.co/R6IKpSTfuP" / X

James Comey wrote “love letters” to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans. That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs. https://t.co/R6IKpSTfuP

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

Yes!

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

This! This is everything.

ericano @ericano.bsky.social · 5d

so much of the conversation (and let's be honest all conversations about politics) danced around - was even explicitly stated at points - the word / concept "we"

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 5d

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