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Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.

Tom Malinowski's excellent ideas: Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now www.thebulwark.com/p/five-thing...

For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats today. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok.

It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.

Amy Spitalnick, chief executive of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, calls out Elon Musk for "his fascist Roman salute."

"We know precisely where this extremist behavior leads," she says.

Amy would know. In her previous role, she led the organization that sued the "Unite the Right" neo-Nazis.

Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right — and not just on Israel - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jews feeling threatened by campus protests and the rise of antisemitism look to Jewish organizations and a new administration to crack down.

“Jewish safety isn’t assured by abandoning values like inclusivity, pluralism and democracy, but by doubling down on them.” @amyspitalnick.bsky.social www.jta.org/2024/12/15/i...

Exclusive: Trump wants Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal before inauguration, Graham says "He wants the killing to stop and the fighting to end."

Exclusive: Trump wants Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal before inauguration, Graham says. My story on @axios.com
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ISRAELIS OVERWHELMINGLY WANT A DEAL TO RETURN THE HOSTAGES & END THE GAZA WAR: 71% ✅, 15% ❌, 14% ❓.

Among voters for Bibi's govt: 56% ✅, 24% ❌, 20%❓

Who wants to continue war & sacrifice hostages? Extremists (to build settlements in Gaza) + Bibi (to keep power, avoid jail).

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Genuinely worried about this. As with many autocratic tactics, these kinds of moves seek to induce compliance by imposing large costs on targeted individuals

It was only a matter of time with these guys.

U.S. warns Israel against dropping detention of settlers in occupied West Bank Israeli security forces mostly use administrative detention against Palestinians, but the measure is also used to counter Jewish terrorism against Palestinians.

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱The Biden administration warned Israel that their decision to stop issuing administrative detention orders against Israeli settlers suspected of attacking Palestinians could increase violence in the occupied West Bank. My story on @axios.com
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s

It just keeps coming.

Marjorie Taylor Greene to Lead ‘DOGE’ Panel and Work With Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy The rise of the Republican representative from Georgia signals the ascendancy of the MAGA wing of the G.O.P. in Congress.

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is planning to create a new subcommittee to work with the new Department of Government Efficiency, known as “DOGE,” and leading Republicans have agreed to allow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to serve as its chairwoman.