Jacob N. Kornbluh

“So far, they're mostly playing hard to get.” axios.com/2025/07/21/zoh…

On Oct. 7: “If the Mossad had the plans for the Oct. 7 attack a year before it occurred, why were you not prepared?” On Netanyahu’s lack of empathy for hostage families: “That to me is a monster.” On Iran threat: “He has been wrong every time.”

Hunter Biden unloads on Netanyahu: - Iran: “Does anybody think that [he] is not doing this to save his own ass so that he doesn't end up in jail?” - Gaza: “Bombing the shit out of whatever remains of a Mosque in Gaza and turning it into a golf course.. is not going to work.”

Hunter Biden on ‘Uncommitted’ protest movement: “Trump said that he would have the war over the day that he took office. More people have died in Gaza between when he was inaugurated and today, than at any time between Oct. 7 and when my dad left office. “Where are they now?”

Wow… Great scoop here from @PamelaBrownCNN… @wolfblitzer was enjoying a Wolf Spritzer the night BEFORE Joe Biden dropped out, not the day of. Everyone thought he was in the middle of drinking when he had to rush to the studio to cover the Biden news.

👀 Netanyahu’s podcast interview with the Nelk Boys was followed by this livestream ⬇️ The hosts agreed with some of the commentators about Netanyahu, Israel

GOP nominee for mayor Curtis Sliwa criticizes Andrew Cuomo for addressing a synagogue in the Hamptons and not speaking at a NYC synagogue. (He did in the primary. Synagogues in the city are mostly empty on summer weekends.) Via @MelissaRusso4NY

“Zohran Mamdani is poised to become New York’s first Muslim mayor in no small part thanks to a tight-knit team of young Jewish professionals who helped him beat a storied political dynasty. They had a strategy to counter concerns.” by ⁦@jacobkornbluh forward.com/news/753505/je…

“Lutnick and President Donald Trump speak on the phone most nights, at around one in the morning, just after Lutnick gets in bed.” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

🚨Netanyahu on Mamdani’s win: “A lot of people have been taken in by this nonsense..You want to defund the police..You want to crush all enterprise. You want to tax people to death. “Sometimes folly overtakes human affairs for a while but not for long because reality steps in”

After AOC voted against Marjorie Taylor Greene's amendment to cut critical missile-defense funding to Israel: "The paint and a sign tied to the roll-down gate read 'AOC Funds Genocide in Gaza'..." abc7ny.com/post/rep-alexa…

🍔 What’s one thing you and President Trump have in common? Netanyahu: “Hamburgers.. Burger King..”

The pro-Trump Nelk Boys premiering now their podcast interview with IsraeliPM Netanyahu. “I really like him,” Netanyahu says of his relationship with Trump. “Donald Trump can be very funny.”

One year ago today ...

"Had Mamdani lost to Cuomo by 12 points, the entire Democratic Establishment, from Chuck Schumer and Kathy Hochul on down, would have automatically backed Cuomo and blasted apart the socialist assemblyman for attempting a third-party bid." nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The Honourable...

Another top Hegseth adviser is out, at least the sixth senior-level staff to leave the Pentagon in recent months. trib.al/uDEWdne

🎧Audio of Cuomo reflecting on his primary loss at the Hampton Synagogue today: “We played it safe... I wasn’t aggressive enough.” + Cuomo said a key factor in his loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters. More ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward/7…

Cuom did take responsibility for his loss, saying he was blinded by the polls that showed him in the lead. “We played it safe. I didn't engage him. I didn't debunk him enough. I wasn't aggressive enough.”