+ You’d need the mind of Roland Barthes (or Mel Brooks) to fully deconstruct all of the elements at work in this image…
Netanyahu and Trump. Photo: White House.
+ Since the Trump-blessed “ceasefire” in October 2025, Israel has killed at least 1,209 Palestinians (including two children this week) in Gaza and wounded 3,943.
+ The NYT reported that US intelligence agencies believe that Iran’s new leaders are more open to pursuing nuclear weapons after being bombed by Israel and the US. And well they should be, given that only countries without nuclear weapons get bombed by the US. But this is likely bullshit to justify ongoing airstrikes in the name of preventing Iran from pursuing a weapon it doesn’t want.
+ House Democrats who opposed cutting aid to Israel had pocketed three times as much money from pro-Israel donors…
+ Here’s how Google AI describes the polls showing U.S. attitudes toward Israel eroding sharply since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023. A spring 2026 Pew survey found 60% of adults view Israel unfavorably, up from 42% in 2022, while Gallup data shows sympathies for Israelis and Palestinians nearly even at 36% and 41%. The shift is strongest among younger Americans and Democrats, with 80% of Democrats unfavorable, though Republicans remain supportive at 78% approval for Israel’s Gaza actions. This generational and partisan divide raises questions about future U.S. policy as the conflict nears three years.” What AI program are the Democrats using that makes them think otherwise?
+ Israeli President Isaac Herzog claims he’s a descendant of 10th-century BCE King David, even though there’s no more contemporaneous historical or archaeological evidence such a person existed than there is for Odysseus…
+ Americans overwhelmingly think the Iran war is wrong and want it to be brought to an end immediately. But they don’t trust the Democrats to do it. Rightly so, given the fact that the Democrats can’t be trusted to do anything they say they’ll do and in this case they were quick to attack Trump for trying, feebly as is his way, to end it weeks ago….
+ New Economist poll: 49% of Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, while only 27% are opposed…Yet, even Mamdani won’t do it, claiming he doesn’t have the authority. If Mamdani was serious, and not just play-acting, he’d enforce the warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest and let the courts decide if he had the authority to do so.
Favor / Oppose
Total: 49-27
Black: 53-13
Hispanic: 52-15
Ages 18-29: 58-17
Harris voters: 74-10
Independents: 55-20
+ House Democrats who opposed cutting aid to Israel had pocketed three times as much money from pro-Israel donors…
+ In a revealing casting choice by Christopher Nolan, Menelaus, Helen’s cuckolded and abusive husband who scars her face to despoil her legendary beauty, was played by John Bernthal, an outspoken defender of Israel’s genocidal rampages in Gaza, who invited ex-Israeli special forces soldiers onto his Call to Arms and praised their “wet-work”.
