Alana Newhouse retweeted
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No son nuestros hombres.
Una ONG entregó restos humanos en el aeropuerto, asegurando que pertenecían a nuestros cuatro aerotécnicos.
Sin embargo, los restos corresponden a un niño, a un hombre de una estatura considerablemente mayor que la de nuestros aerotécnicos y a una te de un uniforme de un ejército que no es el nuestro.
Entre los restos también se encontraron carnets de identificación y uniformes militares de otros países.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
Why did you publish 5 stories on the Republika Srpska between Oct. 2 and Oct. 6, despite showing approximately zero interest in Srpska, Bosnia, or the Balkans in general prior to May of this year?
Do "everyday Americans" want to know about pan-Serbian irredentism?
Do "everyday Americans" want to know about pan-Serbian irredentism?
Hey Mark! We know Israel’s influence on American politics is a major issue. Everyday Americans want to know why their tax dollars are being spent overseas, funding foreign wars, and that's not going to change no matter how hard you try to ignore it.
So we’ll keep covering it.
Unlike certain media outlets (like the one you work for), we won't pretend questions about foreign influence don't exist. We’re digging into the money, the political connections, and the decisions that put American interests on the line.
We don't ignore the fact that 94% of Congressional Lawmakers accept foreign money. Or that Israel dragged the U.S. into a 10-month war costing Americans billions of dollars. Anyone who's interested in any of our 2,617 pieces mentioning Israel should head over to our site at Dailycaller.com to check them out for themselves. They're not too shabby.
And a shout-out to @EFischberger for taking the time to highlight our work. Journalism can be a thankless profession, so it’s always nice to know someone’s reading.
This is just the beginning. We’ll keep asking the questions, following the money, and holding the people in power accountable, regardless of how much they squirm.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
If you were an enemy of the United States, you would use the info warfare capabilities you have to create distance between America and a longtime ally full of smart, pro-American people that happens to be a technological, financial, and military powerhouse.
UPDATE: Israel’s economy is growing so fast, it will leapfrog the Netherlands and Australia within the next 18 months, in time for it's 80th birthday—not by 2030, as predicted—to rank second only to the USA in GDP per capita of all nations with populations over 10 million.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
5.6 percent. That’s how much the Bank of Israel now expects the economy to grow this year, up from 4 percent in its July forecast. For 2027, it projects 7.5 percent, up from 5.5 percent. Second-quarter growth, annualized, came in at 15.4 percent, and the Bank says the third of the same.
These are not the numbers of a country three years into a multi-front war. If the forecast holds, Israel would outgrow every economy in the OECD, war or no war.
You’d hardly know it. The headlines went to the interest rate, which the Bank held at 3.25 percent, exactly as every economist polled expected.
There is a catch, and it’s the same thing driving the boom. Much of the upward revision comes from production abroad by Israeli firms, essentially high tech. Israel’s economy is racing ahead, but on one wheel. That output counts toward GDP, yet as Governor Amir Yaron pointed out, it doesn’t use many Israeli workers or much Israeli capital, and most of the income never reaches Israeli households. Strip it out, and growth drops to 3.4 percent in 2026 and 5.1 percent in 2027.
Even the discounted version would be the envy of most of Europe. And the 7.5 percent headline is sturdier than it looks. It’s built on edge-case assumptions that are already partly priced in, so barring another round with Iran, the real number shouldn’t land more than a point or a point and a half away. Call the floor for 2027 around 6 percent.
The rest of the forecast is similarly optimistic. Unemployment is expected to average 3 percent in 2027. Inflation sits at 1.5 percent this year and 2.1 percent next, comfortably inside the target range. Debt-to-GDP is projected to fall from about 68 percent at the end of 2026 to 66.5 percent a year later. The deficit is projected at 4.4 percent of GDP this year and 4.6 percent next, provided defense spending doesn’t grow beyond what’s already budgeted. For a country that may be on the edge of another war with Iran, that’s quite a proviso.
Yaron, for his part, wasn’t celebrating. He warned that the next government will face tough fiscal choices and will need serious growth-enhancing reforms if the economy is going to stay this resilient.
Next Tuesday, Israelis vote after a campaign that has argued about nearly everything except the economy. Judging by the Bank’s numbers, the economy hasn’t noticed.
These are not the numbers of a country three years into a multi-front war. If the forecast holds, Israel would outgrow every economy in the OECD, war or no war.
You’d hardly know it. The headlines went to the interest rate, which the Bank held at 3.25 percent, exactly as every economist polled expected.
There is a catch, and it’s the same thing driving the boom. Much of the upward revision comes from production abroad by Israeli firms, essentially high tech. Israel’s economy is racing ahead, but on one wheel. That output counts toward GDP, yet as Governor Amir Yaron pointed out, it doesn’t use many Israeli workers or much Israeli capital, and most of the income never reaches Israeli households. Strip it out, and growth drops to 3.4 percent in 2026 and 5.1 percent in 2027.
Even the discounted version would be the envy of most of Europe. And the 7.5 percent headline is sturdier than it looks. It’s built on edge-case assumptions that are already partly priced in, so barring another round with Iran, the real number shouldn’t land more than a point or a point and a half away. Call the floor for 2027 around 6 percent.
The rest of the forecast is similarly optimistic. Unemployment is expected to average 3 percent in 2027. Inflation sits at 1.5 percent this year and 2.1 percent next, comfortably inside the target range. Debt-to-GDP is projected to fall from about 68 percent at the end of 2026 to 66.5 percent a year later. The deficit is projected at 4.4 percent of GDP this year and 4.6 percent next, provided defense spending doesn’t grow beyond what’s already budgeted. For a country that may be on the edge of another war with Iran, that’s quite a proviso.
Yaron, for his part, wasn’t celebrating. He warned that the next government will face tough fiscal choices and will need serious growth-enhancing reforms if the economy is going to stay this resilient.
Next Tuesday, Israelis vote after a campaign that has argued about nearly everything except the economy. Judging by the Bank’s numbers, the economy hasn’t noticed.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
A British person visiting Israel 20 years ago was visiting a country half as wealthy as their homeland—and you could really feel it. That same visitor today arrives in a former British colony now 20% richer than their own country, with the gap continuing to grow...
UPDATE: Israel’s economy is growing so fast, it will leapfrog the Netherlands and Australia within the next 18 months, in time for it's 80th birthday—not by 2030, as predicted—to rank second only to the USA in GDP per capita of all nations with populations over 10 million.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
Apropos of nothing, shoutout to @tabletmag.
I subscribe to the physical edition and no where else can you find such an eclectic + interesting range of articles and musings. The Jewish perspective is always a plus, but the secret is that it’s great regardless.
I subscribe to the physical edition and no where else can you find such an eclectic + interesting range of articles and musings. The Jewish perspective is always a plus, but the secret is that it’s great regardless.
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Apropos of nothing, shoutout to @tabletmag.
I subscribe to the physical edition and no where else can you find such an eclectic + interesting range of articles and musings. The Jewish perspective is always a plus, but the secret is that it’s great regardless.
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Apropos of nothing, shoutout to @tabletmag.
I subscribe to the physical edition and no where else can you find such an eclectic + interesting range of articles and musings. The Jewish perspective is always a plus, but the secret is that it’s great regardless.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
The specific case of Sally Rooney isn't an act of censorship.
I am a free speech absolutist. If she wanted to write book called "Why I support Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the IRA" then I'd support her right to do so. Britain should have a First Amendment approach to speech.
However, if she wants to give the proceeds of that book to those organisations, then it is right for her publisher to prevent her (and it would probably be criminally liable too.)
The open letter is cowardly. They should have the courage to state clearly their view: it should be legal to directly fund organisations that unapologetically break into military base.
BTW, I note that none of the signatories of this letter signed the Harper's letter in favour of free speech. Some however attacked it.
I am a free speech absolutist. If she wanted to write book called "Why I support Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the IRA" then I'd support her right to do so. Britain should have a First Amendment approach to speech.
However, if she wants to give the proceeds of that book to those organisations, then it is right for her publisher to prevent her (and it would probably be criminally liable too.)
The open letter is cowardly. They should have the courage to state clearly their view: it should be legal to directly fund organisations that unapologetically break into military base.
BTW, I note that none of the signatories of this letter signed the Harper's letter in favour of free speech. Some however attacked it.
OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for . We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
The Internet as a private part of your body. For @tabletmag:
Roblox exposes a dangerous gap: being online feels private, but strangers can reach you. A child can sit three feet from a parent and enter a world that parent never sees.
✍️ @default_friend
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J’ai entendu dire que la France était finie, qu’il était trop tard pour la sauver.
Mais la France est toujours aussi belle, enviable même. Sa grandeur n’a pas disparu, elle ne demande qu’à renaître.
Nous avons surmonté en un an un problème cent fois plus grave, sans avoir les moyens dont dispose la France.
La France pourrait y arriver en une semaine.
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Massachusetts, you’re missing a whale
Most famous book tied to every U.S. state
🇺🇸 Alabama — To Kill a Mockingbird
🇺🇸 Alaska — The Call of the Wild
🇺🇸 Arizona — The Bean Trees
🇺🇸 Arkansas — Where the Red Fern Grows
🇺🇸 California — The Grapes of Wrath
🇺🇸 Colorado — The Shining
🇺🇸 Connecticut — The Ice Storm
🇺🇸 Delaware — no single flagship novel
🇺🇸 Florida — Their Eyes Were Watching God
🇺🇸 Georgia — Gone with the Wind
🇺🇸 Hawaii — Hawaii
🇺🇸 Idaho — Housekeeping
🇺🇸 Illinois — Native Son
🇺🇸 Indiana — The Magnificent Ambersons
🇺🇸 Iowa — The Bridges of Madison County
🇺🇸 Kansas — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
🇺🇸 Kentucky — Beloved
🇺🇸 Louisiana — Interview with the Vampire
🇺🇸 Maine — Carrie
🇺🇸 Maryland — The Accidental Tourist
🇺🇸 Massachusetts — The Scarlet Letter
🇺🇸 Michigan — Middlesex
🇺🇸 Minnesota — Main Street
🇺🇸 Mississippi — The Sound and the Fury
🇺🇸 Missouri — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
🇺🇸 Montana — A River Runs Through It
🇺🇸 Nebraska — My Ántonia
🇺🇸 Nevada — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
🇺🇸 New Hampshire — A Separate Peace
🇺🇸 New Jersey — The Great Gatsby (set on Long Island, linked to NJ)
🇺🇸 New Mexico — Bless Me, Ultima
🇺🇸 New York — The Great Gatsby
🇺🇸 North Carolina — Cold Mountain
🇺🇸 North Dakota — The Round House
🇺🇸 Ohio — Beloved (also linked to KY) / The Bluest Eye
🇺🇸 Oklahoma — The Grapes of Wrath (Dust Bowl)
🇺🇸 Oregon — One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
🇺🇸 Pennsylvania — The Lovely Bones
🇺🇸 Rhode Island — The House of the Seven Gables (nearby)
🇺🇸 South Carolina — The Secret Life of Bees
🇺🇸 South Dakota — Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
🇺🇸 Tennessee — The Firm
🇺🇸 Texas — Lonesome Dove
🇺🇸 Utah — The Book of Mormon (religious text) / Riders of the Purple Sage
🇺🇸 Vermont — Ethan Frome
🇺🇸 Virginia — To Kill a Mockingbird (also AL) / Beloved
🇺🇸 Washington — The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
🇺🇸 West Virginia — The Glass Castle
🇺🇸 Wisconsin — Little House in the Big Woods
🇺🇸 Wyoming — The Virginian
U.S. overall — The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Grapes of Wrath are the titles that travel farthest
Note: One book per state by setting, author birth, or the title people most often attach to the place. Not a sales ranking. Several books are claimed by more than one state (Grapes of Wrath for California and Oklahoma; Beloved for Kentucky and Ohio). Some states have no single dominant novel.
Source: Setting and literary association roundups; standard “books set in each state” lists
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
Being Jewish is like when someone is mad at you for something you did in a dream they had. 😵💫
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
I’m not in the “never take AIPAC money” camp, and I appreciated the opportunity to have a real conversation. If we’re going to scrutinize money in politics, I think we should apply that scrutiny consistently.
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
Indian protestors have legit grievances and I defend their right to peaceful protest. I also think Modi and the BJP despite the many issues I have with them have generally been good for India.
But Mira Nair who is @NYCMayor 's mom and @SalmanRushdie make for strange bedfellows in the western eye. But maybe that's not so strange when you consider they are both upper class anglicized Indian elite who have long regarded Modi with derision.
But Rushdie is a particularly strange fit. He spent decades under an Islamist death sentence for writing a novel, and in 2022 was nearly killed by an attacker who stabbed him onstage. Yet many of the Indian protesters, woke and progressive, would never defend him against Islamism. Modi, for all his faults, has done more than any Indian politician PM to confront the Islamists which means keeping Rushdie safe.
But Mira Nair who is @NYCMayor 's mom and @SalmanRushdie make for strange bedfellows in the western eye. But maybe that's not so strange when you consider they are both upper class anglicized Indian elite who have long regarded Modi with derision.
But Rushdie is a particularly strange fit. He spent decades under an Islamist death sentence for writing a novel, and in 2022 was nearly killed by an attacker who stabbed him onstage. Yet many of the Indian protesters, woke and progressive, would never defend him against Islamism. Modi, for all his faults, has done more than any Indian politician PM to confront the Islamists which means keeping Rushdie safe.
“Celebrate the cockroach,” said Salman Rushdie, and “I am a mama cockroach,” Mira Nair said, both to loud cheers and claps around the room. 🪔
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Alana Newhouse retweeted
See the attached conclusion to my article "Jewish Genius." I had more fun writing the final paragraph than any other paragraph I've ever written.
@BigTanGringo @profjmb @NicoleBarbaro @charlesmurray Isn't it obvious that the Jews are the Chosen People?
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