David Rothkopf
@djrothkopf.bsky.social
Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
These folks are the worst. But keep it up, AIPAC. Every time you speak out, you alienate more American voters.
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24m ago⚠️ AIPAC out with a statement: “Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November.”
“THAT’S THE BEST YOU GOT?” Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social reacts to Republicans using his full name in a clearly bigoted effort to gin up racist, Islamophobic fear around his candidacy.
The topline from Abdul El-Sayed’s win is that his platform for change still managed to win despite grotesque levels of outside campaign spending and a racist smear campaign to paint him as un-American. The grassroots desire to upset the status quo is that powerful.
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
When it comes to paid sick leave, the United States is a global outlier in its refusal to require employers to provide it for workers. 🧵
This notion that they've done anything to improve DC in any way including re: crime is ludicrous. Ask anyone who lives in DC. They've done nothing, zero, bupkis.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 42m agoBlanche credits Pirro with transforming DC "into a place that we can all now walk around in after sunset" 😆
Ramaswamy has spent $9 million on ads. Amy Acton has spent $100,000. The race is tied. "You can't buy Ohio, and you can't buy us." www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-trump-...
this name shit would be the perfect time for obama and/or mamdani to do a hit for el-sayed. "we've heard a lot of people attacking dr el-sayed over his name. well, for eight years they called me PRESIDENT hussein obama. and i'm MAYOR mamdani. so maybe its time for SENATOR el-sayed."
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
Well done. Dems in array. Maybe someone will write that story. Probs not. But we can hope.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2h agoA gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
"if new york goes left, all the business money will move away" reality: business people like living in nyc and dont actually want to live in red states or podunk www.wsj.com/us-news/mamd...
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “Mike Rogers served special interests in Congress. He made $14 million after leaving and moved to Florida to play golf… politics has changed. You have to stand for something. We look forward to sending him back to Florida to golf with his buddies.” ⛳️
Seeing a bunch of analysts simultaneously noting how wrong the Michigan Dem Senate polls were and then downgrading the El Sayed victory because it didn't live up to the polls.
Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."
Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake backs Jon Ossoff, saying ‘character matters’
The Arizona Republican has been one of the loudest critics of President Donald Trump. He says Ossoff's character outweighs any policy disagreements they might have.
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Look at Trump's serial failures, his obvious decline, the disastrous poll numbers for the GOP, the abysmal quality of their candidates, their complete absence of accomplishments, their betrayal of their base, the absence of post-Trump leaders emerging...and tell me the Dems are the ones w/problems.
people are unconsciously conflating the market with the US maybe?
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3h agoI can’t believe Iran saying they think they’ve got Oman on board with their plan to thwart US war aims is being treated as successful peace talks or an American accomplishment, even a little. That is crazy-making to me.
Totally agree with JD Vance who writes in a WaPo op-ed today that “trust is impossible to sustain when a government turns a blind eye to fraud.” No need to read the whole thing.
Wait, is it possible that political consultants--who often get paid a percentage of what a candidate spends-- are overstating the value of campaign spending? Shocked. Shocked.
»Donald Trump is drowning in failure. Nothing he says or does is working anymore. And so he's got to try these wild schemes to distract from it, to get attention, to hope it disrupts something. But the main headline was when I look at these polls.« Rothkopf and Coles www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJa...
I Have The Proof that Trump is Drowning in Failure | The Daily Beast Podcast
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Any democratic candidate will do more to help ordinary Americans than the republican candidate. It is not hard. Get over being any that your favorite democrat lost the primary. Get rid of litmus tests. Don’t be afraid that one “too liberal” democrat will create communism. Fear the republican
David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 3h agoWith primaries behind us, it's now time for Dems to focus on winning in Nov. That'll involve something hard: establishment Dems will need to ask what they can learn from progressives, progressives will have to focus on what they can learn from centrists & both'll have to find ways to work together.
I think it's pretty clear that two of the events in our recent past that we still do not understand the full implications of are the COVID pandemic and the Israeli genocide in Gaza and US support for it.
Max Miller is a violent abuser…and MAGA is fine with that. www.againstallenemies.net/p/maga-famil...
MAGA Family Values
Max Miller Is A Violent Abuser...and MAGA Is Fine With That.
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