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Wednesday, July 17th 2024

David Mamet Jewish Journal, July 3, 2024 “The Diaspora meme; “I’m Jewish, but I’m not that Jewish,” has, again, been corrected by a mob’s screaming, “Yes. You are.””   Marilyn Monroe was one of the screen’s great clowns. Her schtick, though tagged as sexual or provocative was actually an affectionate send-up of sexuality.  Woody’s screen […]

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Wednesday, July 17th 2024

Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, July 11, 2024   “… as Owens has again taught us, not everyone who decries the dead hand of liberal groupthink is a principled dissenter or honest observer. Antisemitic conspiracy theories are always the last refuge of media con artists.”   There is a good argument to be made that the […]

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Wednesday, July 17th 2024

Michael Gross WSJ, July 11, 2024 “Passive and morally confused leaders have tacitly encouraged the threats of violence against Jewish students. By failing to oppose antisemitism from the outset, they’ve fostered the creation of a de facto no-go zone for Jews.”   Will the antisemitism at Columbia University ever end? That was the question after […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, July 16th 2024 / Tuesday, July 16th 2024

America’s Jacksonian Turn:  Walter Russel Mead, WSJ, July 14, 2024 The Price of Calling Trump a Nazi Is Made Obvious:  Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, July 15, 2024 The Portal:  David Samuels, Tablet, July 15, 2024 About Biden’s Pledge to Unify the Nation:  Allysia Finley, WSJ, July 14, 2024 _______________________________________________________ For Further Reference: Trump’s Running Mate JD Vance: ‘I’ll Be […]

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Tuesday, July 16th 2024

Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, July 15, 2024  “… when the entire focus of the arguments of one end of the political spectrum is based on treating opponents as illegitimate and their leader as the second coming of Adolf Hitler—as the Democrats have treated Trump–it isn’t good enough to respond to an act of violence with […]

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Tuesday, July 16th 2024

Walter Russel Mead WSJ, July 14, 2024 “Saturday’s events made America more Jacksonian and gave Mr. Trump an unbreakable hold on Jacksonian America.”   Donald Trump was only glancingly wounded on Saturday, but the effects of the attack and of his courageous response will be profound. His chance of victory substantially increased, and the movement he […]

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Tuesday, July 16th 2024

David Samuels Tablet, July 15, 2024 “By joining his chi to Trump’s, Musk has created a double helix out of the two most powerful human memes on Earth.” The photograph of a bloodied former President Trump defiantly pumping his fist in the air beneath the American flag as his Secret Service minders struggle to protect […]

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Tuesday, July 16th 2024

Allysia Finley WSJ, July 14, 2024 “Like Mr. Biden, Barack Obama campaigned on unifying a divided nation. His policies and condescension toward the hoi polloi did the opposite.” “I sought this office to restore the soul of America,” Joe Biden declared in a Nov. 7, 2020, victory speech. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, July 15th 2024 / Monday, July 15th 2024

  MIRACLES HAPPEN Trump Says ‘God Alone’ Saved Him From Assassination, Urges Americans to Unite:  AFP, Times of Israel, July 14, 2024— Former US president Donald Trump called on Americans on Sunday to stand united after he was injured in an assassination attempt on Saturday and said that “God alone” saved him.   Netanyahu: Trump Shooting […]

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Monday, July 15th 2024 / Monday, July 15th 2024

Victor Davis Hanson X, July 14, 2024 “I have one job, and that’s to beat Donald Trump. I’m absolutely certain I’m the best person to be able to do that. So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.”   If we were leftists and we were to use […]

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Monday, July 15th 2024 / Monday, July 15th 2024

Byron York Washington Examiner, July 14, 2024 “I wanted to keep speaking — I wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot,” Trump said with a little laugh. “It’s a very surreal experience, and you never know what you’re going to do until a thing like that happens.”   TRUMP: ‘I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO […]

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Monday, July 15th 2024 / Monday, July 15th 2024

Roger Kimball The Spectator, July 14, 2024 “Is it any wonder that the “woke” forces arrayed against Trump have moved on to something more kinetic?”   Last week at a fundraiser, Joe Biden said that it was time to get beyond his poor performance at his June 27 debate with Donald Trump. Now, said Biden, “it’s […]