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Since the early days of the invasion, Mr. Putin has conceded, privately, that the war has not gone as planned. “I think he is sincerely willing” to compromise with Russia, Mr. Putin said of Mr. Zelensky in 2019. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. “I think this war is Putin’s grave.” Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, a Russian prisoner of war held by Ukraine, in October.

☆ Washington man charged with leaving more than 400 threatening voicemails for members of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — A Washington state man has been charged with seven counts of making interstate threats after he allegedly left more than 400 voicemails over two years for members of Congress. In 2021, Leonetti left more than 400 voicemails at the office phone numbers for numerous senators and representatives of both political parties, according to the criminal complaint. The voicemails were "not always coherent," an FBI agent investigating the case said, but made references to murder or killing. We’re going to peel your ass inside out," Leonetti said in one of seven voicemails he left for one lawmaker in September, prosecutors said. In one of 32 voicemails Leonetti left for a senator over a three-day period in September, he allegedly said, "Well, so I’m gonna murder you.

☆ Trump, Kanye West, and Nick Fuentes pushing antisemitism to the forefront of the GOP could pull the Christian nationalist movement apart
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But they also exposed a darker side of Christian nationalism that was always there, experts say. Americans who support Christian nationalist ideas may not identify as Christian nationalists. Andrew Whitehead, a sociologist at IUPUI and co-author of "Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States," has found similar connections between Christian nationalism and antisemitism. Additional research has also found close connections between Christian nationalism, antisemitism, QAnon followers, and supporters of Trump. Greene has said the GOP should be the party of Christian nationalism and even sells merch adorned with the term.

☆ Doug Emhoff says there's an 'epidemic of hate' in the US at White House antisemitism roundtable
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The White House hosted an antisemitism roundtable Wednesday with Jewish leaders and organizations. The roundtable discussion was hosted by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish. In April the Anti-Defamation League released an audit revealing that antisemitic incidents reached an "all-time high" in 2021, citing a 34% increase year over year. The second gentleman noted during the roundtable that antisemitism is not a partisan issue. Emhoff declared that he will not stand idly by and will work with Jewish leaders to continue combatting antisemitism in America.

☆ More than 100 Jewish passengers who were barred from flight in 'racial profiling' incident get $21,000 each from Germany's Lufthansa airline
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lufthansa has reached a settlement with more than 100 Orthodox Jewish men who were barred from a flight. Each passenger will receive "$21,000 and change" from the German airline, Hamodia reported. The May 4 incident saw passengers accuse Lufthansa of racial profiling. A handful of the passengers did not wear masks, prompting the airline to deny boarding to more than 100 visibly Jewish passengers. According to the Orthodox Jewish news service COL Live, Spohr told Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal that "antisemitism has no place at Lufthansa."

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee deleted their Oct. 6 tweet that appeared supportive of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after months of controversy over the rapper's antisemitic remarks. House Judiciary Committee Republicans did not immediately return a request for comment about the deleted tweet. A now-deleted Tweet from the House Judiciary GOP. He told NBC News that it was incumbent upon not just Republicans, but "the entire nation" to condemn Ye's remarks. The day after the tweet by the House Judiciary Committee Republicans, Ye posted a since-deleted post on Instagram where he said he would go "death con 3" on Jewish people.

That’s all I have to say about that,” said Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a member of Senate Republican leadership. I don’t think he should be the nominee of our party in 2024,” he said. And I don’t think it’ll matter in terms of his political future, but I do believe we need to watch who we meet with. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the outgoing NRSC chair, said, “There’s no room in the Republican Party for white supremacist antisemitism — so it’s wrong.”Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said: “Antisemitism is wrong, and white supremacy is wrong, and that’s all there is to it. Writing on Truth Social, Trump called Ye a “seriously troubled man” and said he had no idea who Fuentes was.

☆ Tom Stoppard Fears the Virus of Antisemitism Has Been Reactivated
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

I don’t think that it’s an equal participant in some kind of debate. I don’t think so. If you’re sitting there enjoying the structure, then I don’t think that’s entirely good news for the writer. I don’t know that I would actually pursue the subject as a playwright. You know, I’m told there is such a thing as the long view.

☆ Nets Irving apologizes 'deeply,' says he is not anti-Semitic
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said on Saturday that he was "deeply" apologetic after his team suspended him earlier this month for sharing anti-Semitic content on social media and not disavowing anti-Semitism. He told local sports network SNY on Saturday that he was not anti-Semitic and wanted to "set a greater example." Irving faced heavy criticism after posting a link on Twitter last month to an anti-Semitic 2018 documentary and defending it. He later said it contained "false anti-Semitic statements" and apologized "for posting the documentary without context." Nike Inc (NKE.N) suspended its relationship with Irving in the aftermath and canceled the release of its next Irving-branded shoe.

☆ Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving issues another apology as possible return from suspension nears
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets star who was suspended for at least five games by the team for comments made after sharing a link to an antisemitic movie on social media, has issued another apology as his possible return from suspension nears. Putting some type of threat, or assumed threat, on the Jewish community,” Irving told SNY. Irving reiterated he is not “anti-Jewish” and apologized to the Jewish community. I got a chance to do that with people from the Jewish community, people from the Black community, from the White community,” Irving said. No, I’m not anti-Jewish.’ I’m a person who believes we should all have equal opportunities and that we should all shower each other with love, and that should be at the forefront,” he continued.

☆ A man disparaging Jews and someone pretending to be H.R. McMaster just created federal campaign committees. It may be weeks before regulators do anything about it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Two recently established political committees appear to violate FEC regulations. McMaster at the Richmond Forum in Virginia, a man says he found himself so inspired that he formed a political committee to support McMaster for president in 2024. Federal regulations generally prohibit committees from using the name of a prospective candidate in their committee's name. Then, two days after the McMaster filing, another man filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to form a committee with completely different — and hostile — intentions. As for Liu's antisemitic committee name, the FEC has a process for dealing with that — but it's a protracted one.

☆ Henry Winkler explains how he transformed into The Fonz
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Henry Winkler credits landing the role of Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli to an accent he made up on the spot during his “Happy Days” audition. Wallace asked Winkler how he transformed into the “epitome of cool” in a new episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?”“Because I trained for many, many years to be an actor, and I got to play somebody. I wasn’t somebody who I wanted to be,” Winkler replied, adding, “And it was so much fun. We are incredibly friendly.”Winkler said producers originally envisioned The Fonz as “a taller Italian kid.”“And they got you know, this short Jew from New York, but all I did Chris, all I did was change my voice,” Winkler recalled. New episodes of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” debut Fridays on HBO Max and Sundays on CNN at 7 p.m.

☆ Donald Trump may have had a bad week with US voters, but Republicans in Israel still love the former president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Insider met with Republicans Overseas in Israel to discuss Donald Trump's popularity in the country. It's named in honor of former President Donald Trump, a figure who is generally beloved in the country. Trump Square's modest sign reads: "The USA's 45th president and the first to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel." Joshua Zitser/Insider"Israel never had a president who is as supportive and helpful as US President Donald Trump," Rami Greenberg, the mayor of Petah Tikva, at the unveiling of Trump Square in 2019. A 2018 University of Maryland poll of 650 Israeli Jewish people found that 73% of those surveyed supported moving the embassy.

Democrat Josh Shapiro defeated far-right Republican Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania governor’s race on Tuesday, NBC News projected, providing Democrats with a significant victory in a contest where oversight of the 2024 election and abortion rights took center stage. ET, Shapiro held a lead of more than 13 points over Mastriano. Speaking to reporters on his campaign bus last week, Shapiro said Mastriano “is by far the most extreme and dangerous person to ever run for public office in Pennsylvania. Mastriano said his position on abortion was irrelevant because abortion laws are ultimately up to the state Legislature. Elected to the state Senate in 2019, Mastriano rose to prominence after the 2020 election when Trump sought allies in state Legislatures to help him reverse his loss.

☆ Bono’s new book is more than a rock star memoir. It’s also a powerful tribute to America
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Born Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland, Bono is a global rock star, an activist and an entrepreneur who is currently touring the US to promote his memoir. Bono’s book, though, is more than a rock star’s memoir. A belief in America as an idea, not a religionAs any casual fan of U2 knows, U2 has long had a close relationship with the US. Martin Luther King Jr., with their song, “Pride (In The Name of Love).”In “Surrender,” Bono pays tribute to America itself. “The search for common ground starts with a search for higher ground,” Bono writes in the memoir.

Kathy O’Neil, 68, told NBC News at a campaign stop in Erie that she felt Shapiro has "done so much for us." His support from law enforcement, including the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association and Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police — two groups that have endorsed Oz in the Senate race — stood out to her, too. (Mastriano, 58, has said Shapiro has a “grudge” against the church, while some Catholic organizations believe Shapiro went too far). To take on Shapiro, Mastriano has struggled greatly to raise money and draw financial support from outside Republican groups to boost his campaign. During a campaign stop in Clarion, Shapiro pledged to advocate for "forgotten" parts of the state.

In the settlement reviewed by NBC News, Ye paid a former employee who alleged witnessing more than one incident in which Ye praised Hitler or Nazis in business meetings. NBC News has not confirmed that settlement, which appears to be separate from the case of the former employee who shared settlement documents with NBC News. In recent weeks, messages expressing support for Ye’s antisemitic statements have appeared over a Los Angeles freeway and at a college football game. The former employee said that Ye praised Hitler in 2018 during a meeting about an apparel project. Two of the former TMZ employees said that a Jewish producer stood up to confront Ye about his remarks about Nazis and Hitler.

☆ Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Stern, New Jersey’s first poet laureate, died Thursday at Calvary Hospice in New York City, according to his longtime partner, Anne Marie Macari. He regarded “The One Thing in Life,” from the 1977 collection “Lucky Life,” as the poem that best defined him. Stern studied political science at the University of Pittsburgh and received a master’s in comparative literature from Columbia University. They had two children, Rachael Stern Martin and David Stern. Or get laid.”Besides Macari and his children, Stern is survived by grandchildren Dylan and Alana Stern and Rebecca and Julia Martin.

☆ Yeezy's former COO, who is Jewish, says 'don't judge' Kanye West over antisemitic remarks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Yeezy's former COO, who is Jewish, spoke out in support of Kanye West after his antisemitic remarks. Udi Avshalom, who was COO for three years, said West "knows he's talking nonsense." He claimed West "knows he's talking nonsense" but called for people not to judge him as he would come to realize his error. West, also known as Ye, made antisemitic remarks on Twitter earlier this month. Similarly, Gap said it was immediately removing Yeezy Gap from its physical and online stores.

☆ Elon Musk says he's creating a 'content moderation council' for Twitter after Kanye West's account was reinstated
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said he'll form a Twitter "content moderation council" with "widely diverse viewpoints." Musk tweeted suggestions for Twitter but no decisions will be made until the body meets. The new owner of Twitter tweeted that the body would be made up of people who hold "widely diverse viewpoints." He added: "To be super clear, we have not yet made any changes to Twitter's content moderation policies." Another user asked why Kanye West's account was reinstated and Musk replied: "Ye's account was restored by Twitter before the acquisition.

☆ Kanye West anti-Jewish posts lead Adidas to cut ties way too late
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Josh Levs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

After weeks of inaction, Adidas on Tuesday finally dropped its partnership with the proud antisemite Ye, aka rapper Kanye West. But the delay fuels the antisemitic narrative by suggesting Adidas took this step reluctantly and only under pressure. As a company with its own Nazi history, Adidas had every reason to know the dangers of letting antisemitism grow and fester. As a company with its own Nazi history, Adidas had every reason to know the dangers of letting antisemitism grow and fester. It’s a fact that should make Adidas the first business to act against antisemitism on its watch.

☆ People are urging Adidas to cut ties with Kanye West after his antisemitic comments
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Adidas is facing increased pressure from people online to cut ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after he made a string of antisemitic comments. Ye announced last month that he had terminated his collaboration with Gap over disagreements over the distribution of Yeezy Gap. But several people online pointed out that Gap appears to continue to market the Yeezy Gap collection. Gap told CNN last month that it will continue to sell its existing merchandise from Yeezy Gap in its stores and on its website. It said it will also continue to sell forthcoming collections from Yeezy Gap in the fall and into the first half of 2023.

☆ Kanye West's antisemitic rants are the tip of a much longer spear
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Tal Lavin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Recent comments by Kanye West, now known as Ye, echo ancient antisemitic tropes, writes Tal Lavin. Over on Instagram, where I'd posted a picture of me cuddling a goat, someone commented: "Kanye West was right about you people." But these sentiments are just the tip of a much longer spear. Ye's comments in particular echo a very long history of antisemitic tropes — tropes that have left a trail of blood in their wake. On "Drink Champs" Ye spit into the mic about the evils of the "Jewish media."

☆ From Adidas to JPMorgan, these are all the companies cutting ties with Kanye West after his offensive behavior
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Companies are severing ties with YeDavid Livingston/Getty ImagesMajor companies have been severing ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, because of his "hateful and dangerous" comments and behavior. Incidents included wearing a shirt with the words "White Lives Matter," a phrase which has been linked to white supremacist groups, during Yeezy's show at Paris Fashion Week in early October. Ye told Fox host Tucker Carlson that he wore the shirt because it was "funny" and because he thought the motto was correct. Shortly after his appearance at Paris Fashion Week, Ye posted an antisemitic tirade on Twitter, including saying he was "going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE." "I can't be anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jew also," he added.

☆ Video shows Trump asking if someone is a 'good Jewish character' as he talks about his low popularity with American Jews — a group he recently told to 'get their act together'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Video shows Donald Trump boasting about his popularity with Jewish groups. In the video, he said Persians are "very good salesmen" and talked about his popularity with Jews. When he noticed Holder, Trump stopped and asked someone, "Is this a good Jewish character right here?" Trump also recently made remarks against American Jews, which White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denounced as "antisemitic." In the footage, Trump continued to talk about his supposed contributions to the Jewish community.

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