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Screenshot from a Jewish Insider story says "This isn't just political theater. It's a dangerous dereliction of duty," Anti-Defamation League C E O Jonathan Greenblatt wrote on X, noting the spike in hate crimes targeting Jewish New Yorkers since Oct 7. "He remains relentlessly obsessed with the world's only Jewish state — even as Jewish New Yorkers face record levels of antisemitism and the city confronts urgent problems that demand his attention." Greenblatt further argued the video was the product of an "antisemitic worldview" and "the play-acting instincts of a perpetual student activist."
Screenshot from the CNN article linked in the reply to this post. "After a commenter on YouTube noted that his post had a note of “anti-Semitism and white nationalism that is disturbing,” Scheer replied, “There’s nothing wrong with White Nationalism.” Collins’ campaign did not address CNN’s questions regarding Scheer and his comments across social media. In a statement, a spokesperson for Collins said, “Rep. Collins’ lifelong support for Israel is unquestionable and backed by his consistent record in Congress of standing up for Israel and her people.”"
Where it leads: The virulently antisemitic neo-Nazi network the Goyim Defense League prints and distributes flyers claiming Jews were responsible for the transatlantic slave trade, part of a propaganda campaign designed to convince Black Americans that Jews are their enemy. The "suppressed history" narrative is propaganda, not history, manufactured to turn one community against another.
The trick undernearth: The 1991 book is widely dismissed by historians as “pseudo-scholarship.” Henry Louis Gates Jr. has called it "the bible of the new antisemitism." Its authors present isolated cases of Jewish slaveholders as proof of Jewish domination, rather than asking whether Jews played a disproportionate role relative to their small share of the population. No amount of slaveholding is morally defensible. But documenting that some Jews owned enslaved people is not the same as demonstrating that Jews dominated the transatlantic slave trade or slavery in the Americas.
Why it falls apart: The numbers are not close. Historians, including David Brion Davis and Seymour Drescher, have found the Jewish role in the transatlantic slave trade to be minimal, dwarfed by the European and colonial powers who ran it. In the American South, Jews made up about 1.25% of slaveholders, in line with their small share of the population. In 1830, four Jews stood among the 11,000 Southerners who owned 50 or more enslaved people. In 1995, the American Historical Association, the leading body of professional historians in the U.S., formally rejected the claim that Jews played a disproportionate role in the Atlantic slave trade or slavery in the Americas.
Antisemitic myths 101: “Jews Ran the Slave Trade”. This week, we dive into the myth that Jews controlled or dominated the transatlantic slave trade and that this “secret” history is intentionally suppressed by academics.
Screenshot from a CNN article: "Not opposing Israel, El-Sayed said, is proof of being captive to corporate dominance and afraid of AIPAC. El-Sayed recently told Semafor that Stevens “is a suit with a large AIPAC bank account, that’s it. I hope maybe they find some way to teach her how to string together two coherent sentences.” Asked whether he believed that support of Israel could not be about money, El-Sayed told CNN, “Not if you’re a Democrat and you believe in human rights.” Asked whether one could be a Zionist and a progressive, he said, “Every definition of a Jewish state ends up in some articulation of illiberal values, every single one.”"
The trick underneath continued: And it quietly trades a fair question for a poisoned one. “Should we be fighting this war” is a worthwhile discussion to have. “They are making us fight it” is the conspiracy, and it ends the argument by handing the blame to Jews. The first keeps you thinking. The second tells you you’ve been duped, and names the Jews as the ones who duped you.
Why it falls apart continued: A rash of antisemitic claims about Israel controlling the U.S.’s military policy popped up in 2026 following the U.S. launching air strikes against Iran. But look at who actually has the upper hand. Take for example this exchange in June 2025. When Israel kept striking Iran after a ceasefire Trump had announced, the President didn’t quietly petition his supposed master. He posted, in all capitals, “ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS… BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!” He told reporters flatly, “I’m not happy with Israel.” Within hours, Netanyahu’s office confirmed it had halted the strikes after the call. This worldview that relies on the trope of the Israeli puppeteer controlling the United States government ignores reality and only serves to pin negative actions from the U.S. on the Jewish state and then extend that blame to the Jewish people.
The claim continued: In its crudest fringe form, people use the initialism “ZOG,” or Zionist Occupied Government, a term that’s been in use by white supremacist groups since the 1970s to claim that Jews control the U.S. government.
Text-based graphic: Antisemitic Myths 101 — “Israel Controls the Government.” This week, we dive into false claims that Israel, or a Jewish lobby acting on its behalf, secretly controls American foreign policy and drags the U.S. into wars that only serve Israel.
Text-based graphic details why it falls apart: "The men worked for a moving company and were swept up in the dragnet that pulled in thousands across the New York area in the chaos of that morning. The FBI investigated them and concluded, in writing, that they had no advance knowledge of the attacks. They were never charged with anything related to 9/11. They were deported for working in the U.S. without authorization, an immigration matter. No investigation, in any country, has ever turned up evidence that Israel knew about the attacks or took part in them."
Text-based graphic from Nexus's Antisemitic Myths 101 series: 9/11 and the “Dancing Israelis.” "This week, we dive into the conspiracy theory that Israel knew about 9/11, and the alleged smoking gun is five dancing Israeli men."
Text-based graphic with a quote attributed to Eric K. Ward, Executive Vice President at Race Forward, says “… President Trump has also faced little resistance in reframing birthright citizenship as a racial slur and launching a policy attack on the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1965 — the very law that dismantled antisemitic immigration policies. These were the same policies that once barred Jews fleeing pogroms and the Holocaust from seeking refuge in the US. Now, those policies continue to be under attack by the Trump administration.” It is from the Nexus Projects’ Shofar Report.
3 rows with a photo of Fatima Goss Graves, C E O of the National Women’s Law Center, and a quote accompanying it. It reads as follows: "When democracies are not stable, the consequences of that are felt deeply, deeply by women at the intersections of multiple identities. It's not really a coincidence because of overlapping white supremacy and misogyny. It's not really a coincidence that people who hate women and people who hate Jews are like a circle that overlaps together."
Text-based graphic says "The trick underneath. Notice the theory does not start from facts and arrive at Israel. It starts at Israel and treats the total absence of any Israeli link as the proof. No evidence? That is how you know the cover-up worked. A confession with a clear personal motive? Planted, or coerced, or a distraction from the real story. This is the sealed room every one of these theories eventually builds, where evidence for it counts as proof and evidence against it counts as proof too. A claim that nothing could ever disprove is not a strong claim. It is not a claim at all. It is a verdict reached in advance, hunting for a body to pin to it."
Text-based image with a photo of Charlie Kirk and Benjamin Netanyahu says "Antisemitic Myths 101: 'Israel Killed Charlie Kirk.' In this series, we’re unpacking some of the most common antisemitic conspiracy theories, how they’re used as recruiting tools, and how quickly they fall apart." A tweet by Jackson Hinkle says "Israel killed Charlie Kirk."
The Unfinished Fight: 250 Years of American Democracy and Civil Rights. Wednesday, June 17 | 7:30pm ET Fatima Goss Graves National Women's Law Center Idit Klein New Israel Fund Justin Florence Protect Democracy Adama Bah Afrikana Becca Israel The Nexus Project
The Unfinished Fight: 250 Years of American Democracy and Civil Rights. Wednesday, June 17 | 7:30pm ET Fatima Goss Graves National Women's Law Center Idit Klein New Israel Fund Justin Florence Protect Democracy Adama Bah Afrikana Becca Israel The Nexus Project
The Unfinished Fight: 250 Years of American Democracy and Civil Rights. Wednesday, June 17 | 7:30pm ET Fatima Goss Graves National Women's Law Center Idit Klein New Israel Fund Justin Florence Protect Democracy Adama Bah Afrikana Becca Israel The Nexus Project
A June 5, 2026 tweet by Cenk Uygur says "If you want a handy list of people who work for Israel, look at everyone criticizing Graham Platner now, especially Democrats. I get why Republicans want to tear him down. But Democrats attacking their own candidate only happens when they are ordered to do so by their handlers."
A propaganda-style poster from Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine. A red stenciled portrait of Mohamed Sabry Soliman appears on a white background. Text on the left reads "IT IS RIGHT TO RESIST." Large black block letters across the bottom read "FREE MOHAMED SABRY SOLIMAN."
A screenshot from the Trump aliens.gov page that reads: If you've witnessed an Alien abduction, do not be alarmed. The Alien is in good hands. We will take care of it... and return it safely to its place of origin. Report suspicious aliens -> ICE TIP LINE
Highlighted text from a Guardian article that reads: There are also echoes across time. The anti-immigration campaigns of today carry reminders of the antisemitic laws that were imposed in the UK and the US in the early 20th century to prevent Jews fleeing persecution in eastern Europe from finding refuge, including after the Holocaust. The “Aliens Act” of 1905 was the first British law to restrict immigration, with champions of the legislation describing Jewish people as “a race apart” and warning of the need to “push back this intolerable invasion”. Far-right groups marched into neighborhoods, claiming jobs were being taken from them. The press attacked Jewish communities for the “foreign” languages they spoke and the customs they practiced.
A tweet from the official White House account that reads "They don't belong here. The truth has dropped. aliens.gov" over a photo of a map of the use that says "They walk among us. Allen arrest map live"
A tweet from Hasan Piker that says "straight up israel first democrats holy shit" It is quoting a tweet from Jason Cohen that says: "💥NEW: Dem Rep. Jake Auchincloss says Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo should be “DISQUALIFYING”🤯 “I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying. I hope Maine voters agree with me.” CNN’s Boris Sanchez: “Wow.”
Text-based graphic reads “Today marks one year since the brutal killing of two young Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., an act of antisemitic violence, targeting individuals at a Jewish professionals event held at a Jewish cultural institution. May Yaron and Sarah's memories continue to be a blessing.”
Text-based image attributed to @ Maureen For Congress on May 13, 2026 says “When Maureen gets into Congress, she’ll write legislation so that all Zionism and support of Zionism is undoubtedly Anti-Semitic, since it’s Zionists harming the Semites. She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking. (It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles which will probably be most of the Zionists).
Screenshot of a tweet by Michael Karlis says T X-35 Democratic candidate Maureen Galindo says she will convert ICE detention center in Karnes County into an internment camp for "American Zionists." "It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists," she added.
San Antonio Current headline says "House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send ‘American zionists’ to internment campDespite a growing storm of criticism, including from members of her own party, the San Antonio Democrat insists she’s not antisemitic."
Text-based graphic containing a statement from Nexus: "Our hearts break with each new emerging detail from the deadly, hate-fueled shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. We join the community in mourning the murdered victims, including security guard Amin Abdullah, whose life was brutally taken as he defended the house of worship and the young children at the school inside. May their memories be a blessing. We are also deeply disturbed by the anti-Muslim rhetoric and Nazi imagery found in the suspect's car. And, as in so many times in the past, it is a reminder that our destinies are tied together: those who target Muslims often hate Jews and vice versa. Coalitions are not just an ideal; they are a necessity for all our safety. Hateful ideologies have deadly ends. We must work together to stamp them out, lest they fester and metastasize into devastating attacks like this."
A tweet from the Department of Homeland Security reading "Which way, American man?" It has an image of Uncle Sam looking at a trail sign with the words "America Needs You. Join ICE Now."
A tweet from the Department of Homeland Security x account that says: “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 May our nation continue to be guided by the light of our Savior." It includes a photo of a church and then has a cross superimposed over the image with the words "One Homeland Under God"
Screenshot of a post by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claiming that “Climate change is the new Covid” and suggesting the government manipulates or controls the weather. The post asks whether people gave permission for it and whether taxpayers are funding it.
“I do not condemn the elimination of the Zionist officials who worked at the Israeli embassy last night,” Christensen, an American Gen-Z influencer who goes by YourFavoriteGuy on TikTok, said in a video posted Thursday. “I want to urge you first to support Elias’ actions,” he added later, referencing the alleged shooter. “He is not a terrorist. He’s a resistance fighter, and the fact is that the fight against Israel’s war machine, against their genocide machine, against their criminality, includes their foreign diplomats in this country.”
Headline from an analysis article reading: “What happened to Glenn Greenwald? The former trans ally now sides with right wing transphobia.” Subheadline states that Greenwald, once a defender of trans rights and ally of Chelsea Manning, has drifted toward the culture-war right.
Screenshot of a Glenn Greenwald tweet responding to AOC’s criticism of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greenwald argues that AOC criticizes policies differently depending on whether Republicans or Democrats support them, while claiming MTG criticizes policies regardless of party. The tweet includes an embedded clip of AOC saying she does not trust Greene and does not think movements should align with white nationalists.
Tweet from Jacob Kornbluh that says: NEW: Mamdani is set to announce in his executive budget proposal this afternoon an additional $26 million for the Office to Prevent Hate Crimes — an 866% increase from the current $3 million level and a key campaign promise.
Tweet from Israel Foreign Ministry that says: Today, the @nytimes chose to publish one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press. In an unfathomable inversion of reality, and through an endless stream of baseless lies, propagandist Nicholas Kristof turns the victim into the accused. Israel - whose citizens were the victims of the most horrific sexual crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, and whose hostages were later subjected to further sexual abuse - is portrayed as the guilty party. This publication is no coincidence. It is part of a false and well-orchestrated anti-Israel campaign aimed at placing Israel on the UN Secretary-General’s blacklist. Israel will fight these lies with the truth - and the truth will prevail.
Screenshot of Michael Rapaport's Facebook post says "Dave Matthews is AntiJewish clown". Attached to the post is a photo of Dave Matthews holding signs on stage that say "Stop the genocide" and "Stop killing children".