The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure, Schumer is simply incapable of mounting a determined resistance.
Israel-Palestine
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America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.
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Antisemitism Real and Fake
Both kinds are on the rise, and feed on each other. But real antisemitism is growing—and the prime minister of Israel and the military policies of that nation are the prime source of its revival.
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Mamdani and the Jews
Unlike his opponents in the New York City mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani has offered perspectives on Israel, Zionism, and antisemitism that have upset and even alarmed some voters. But his outreach efforts to the city’s diverse Jewish communities will persist.
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Trump’s Feeble Made-for-TV Diplomacy
President Trump left town last weekend for a six-day Asia trip, partly to change the subject and partly to score some cheap symbolic victories. As always, his goal was short-run successes, with foreign leaders fawning in his presence.
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Politicians Aren’t Heroes
Issues lead politicians, not the other way around. It would be incorrect to say that politicians don’t matter—they most certainly do—but they matter less than people might think, and are often better seen as instruments of power.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Mamdani Momentum
Will Zohran win? Senior editor Ryan Cooper and writing fellow James Baratta discuss the week in news.
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Joe Biden’s Ignominious Gaza Failure
Trump’s hamfisted diplomacy underscores that Biden could have ended the conflict more than a year ago, but now he’ll be remembered for being beaten at humanitarian diplomacy by Donald Trump.
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Democratic Senators Probe ‘Apparent Neglect’ of Detained Flotilla Activists
At Ketziot, American citizens and international flotilla volunteers alike have described rampant abuse.
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Why Can’t a Trump Deal End the War in Ukraine?
It’s not a situation amenable to Trump’s traditional approach of clumsy, heavy-handed pressure.