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Joshua Zeitz

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Historian. Politico Magazine contributing writer. NYT best-selling author.

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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To my erstwhile friends and allies on the academic, political, and cultural left: tomorrow is about one thing only — commemorating the victims of a violent, genocidal attack on Jews. If you feel the need to appropriate our grief for the Bibas family and all the other victims: *you’re* the problem.
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This lovely young mother went to a dance festivel. Hamas terrorists slaughtered her. Her husband, released after being held hostage, is left to care for their child. May her memory be a blessing. #October7 www.timesofisrael.com/eynav-levy-3...
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Eynav Levy, 32: Mom of toddler leaves ‘legacy of love and light’
Murdered at the Supernova music festival, October 7, while her husband Or was kidnapped to Gaza
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JM 📎🟦🪬🥯🥡🥠🦀 @jmdc88.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He could have been decent and stopped after the first paragraph. But that would require him to be a decent.
A screenshot of a tweet from "Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani" with the handle "@mayor.nyc.gov".
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wrote this 3 years ago, and since then, the left has met my lowest expectations. Today’s remarks by Zohran Mamdani are clarifying. My thoughts today are with the Bibas family. Not the people who murdered them. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Opinion | Anti-Israel Progressives Are Handing Liberal Jews an Impossible Decision, Just Like in 1967
The liberal left alienated Jewish allies in the past. Has anything changed?
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JM 📎🟦🪬🥯🥡🥠🦀 @jmdc88.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Mamdani is temporary. 
The Jewish people are forever. 
Am Yisrael Chai.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On the anniversary of October 7, Mamdani devoted nearly 3x as many words to condemning Israel as to mourning the Jewish victims of Gaza’s attempted genocide of Israeli Jews. The DSA can’t let Jewish grief stand on its own even for a moment. It is a racist, antisemitic political organization.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Goodbye to one of the greats. On the Waterfront. Exodus. North by Northwest. So many others. A life so well lived. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-winning actress of ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102
In addition to co-starring with Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront,” she played the chic seductress opposite Cary Grant in “North by Northwest.”
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To my erstwhile friends and allies on the academic, political, and cultural left: tomorrow is about one thing only — commemorating the victims of a violent, genocidal attack on Jews. If you feel the need to appropriate our grief for the Bibas family and all the other victims: *you’re* the problem.
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
76 years ago today, Snoopy made his first appearance in ‘Peanuts.’
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes, a complete mystery what the motive could have been. The best minds in journalism worked on the problem and couldn’t figure it out.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes, a complete mystery what the motive could have been. The best minds in journalism worked on the problem and couldn’t figure it out.
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today we mark 10 years since Shimon Peres passed away. We remember a leader whose vision and dedication helped shape the State of Israel, and whose tireless pursuit of peace continues to inspire. May his memory and legacy always be a blessing. 🕯️
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All the people who denounced Hakeem Jeffries for meeting with Jared Kushner are going to denounce this too, right? (Kidding. Of course they won’t.)
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shana Tovah U’Metukah to all who are celebrating. שנה טובה ומתוקה
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is a proper, targeted policy, one that distinguishes between Israel within the Green Line, its 1967 borders and the settlements in the West Bank.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Apparently the rule is: Dems like El-Sayed, AOC, Omar, Rabb, Mamdani, and Hamawy, and the Pod Bros, think Piker is important enough to campaign and work with. But when they’re asked to defend his racism and antisemitism he’s just a small time streamer and a distraction.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Apparently the rule is: Dems like El-Sayed, AOC, Omar, Rabb, Mamdani, and Hamawy, and the Pod Bros, think Piker is important enough to campaign and work with. But when they’re asked to defend his racism and antisemitism he’s just a small time streamer and a distraction.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here’s an intellectually consistent proposition: If you associate w/Tucker Carlson, you’re an antisemite. I’m not voting for you or donating to your campaign. If you associate w/Hasan Piker, you’re an antisemite. I’m not voting for you or donating to your campaign (or listening to your podcast.)
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I think Musk AND Piker are antisemites. But what I think even more is that Jewish people are entitled to decide how we define antisemitism. Most of us are Dems, so we’re entitled to be more alarmed when it manifests on the left. We don’t need to clear our lived experience by the Pod Bros.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Truly one of the greats. We shall not look upon her like again.
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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Uncommitted did this
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton made savvy moves with songwriting rights and royalties starting 60 years ago that made her oceans of philanthropy possible. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dolly...
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Dolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80
When some stars or legends die, they spur outpourings and commemorations that...
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rest in peace to Dolly Parton, who leaves behind an incredible legacy of music and kindness. She was truly a unique, unifying presence in a deeply divided country. Here's a jazzy Jolene in honor of a true icon.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Can’t wait to read all the very sophisticated BlueSky enlightened intelligentsia who step in to agree with, qualify, or otherwise launder this garbage.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can a cabinet member be impeached for being an ignoramous? Canada has a military, is a NATO member, and fought alongside of the U.S. in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, against ISIS, in joint NORAD missions. To say nothing of WWII.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 23/08/2026
But it was totes cool for Mamdani to grin in a photo op with adjudicated rapist Trump?
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is Monty Python level self-parody. The union wants it. The city council wants it. It’s bread and butter for underpaid educators. But the DSA mayor opposes it based on theoretical abstraction. Liberals get stuff done. Socialists run a high school debate club. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/n...
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Mamdani Sues City Council Over $10,000 Bonuses to Teachers’ Aides
New York City says the Council’s legislation violates collective bargaining law. The dispute could set up the first high-profile battle between the mayor and a public sector union.
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yup. He was named the 4th richest Californian in Congress in 2018, endorsed billionaire Tom Steyer for Governor, and was besties with Matt Gaetz for years.
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Rep. Ro Khanna Named 4th Richest Californian in Congress | San Jose Inside
With a minimum net worth of $27 million, freshman lawmaker Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) is the fourth-richest member of Congress.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I realize BlueSky doesn’t vote the same way yard signs don’t vote. But based on anecdotal evidence, Hakeem Jeffies is in real danger of losing the history department chairmanship next month. Don’t even get me started on his diminishing prospects for Dean of Faculty.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The fact that I’m being asked this by an extremely reputable polling outfit speaks to the seriously degenerate nature of American politics in 2026.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Joe Biden never hid in a catering truck. However, he snuck into Kiev the hard way: a 20‑hour round‑trip train ride across war‑torn Ukraine, into a capital under regular missile attack, in a country where the U.S. has no troops and no control of the airspace.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "What he's saying to the people of Georgia is after cutting their healthcare, throwing 300k of them off their health insurance, doubling health insurance premiums for more than 1 mil Georgians, he's then going to take their tax dollars and pay it out to violent criminals."
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Not perfect but a start.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Gracious winner. Unlike most progressives says he’s eager to listen to, not lecture, Jewish voters. Great interview. Abdul El-Sayed Talks About His Victory, Chuck Schumer and His Mom www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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Abdul El-Sayed Talks About His Victory, Chuck Schumer and His Mom
In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. El-Sayed recalled some of his conversations with establishment figures who once opposed his candidacy.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A classy move from someone who was shown little grace by the rabidly anti-Zionist, progressive left. She extended her hand first. Now it’s up to AES to return the gesture and court her voters with equal grace. Which I hope he will, since he and Stevens both understand the assignment: hold the seat.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When did standard-issue liberal Democrats who’ve fought to preserve and expand the New Deal/Great Society/Obama legacy become “centrists” or “conservative” Democrats? Not being a socialist doesn’t make one a “corporate” centrist. The idea that Pelosi and Schumer are corporate shills is idiotic.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I realize this isn’t a fashionable opinion. But I’ll take the guy who got Harris Wofford elected to the Senate, Frank Lautenberg reelected, Clinton president, Lloyd Doggett (TX U.S. Senate, lost but it’s Texas and was a good race) over the guy who says America deserved 9/11 and Jews are inbred.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
this is not nick fuentes level anti-semitism. but it's close enough.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The rollout of Mamdani’s new pied-a-terre tax is a colossal mess. The incompetence is pretty brutal. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Bob Ohlerking has lived in his Park Slope brownstone for 55 years. So, he was surprised on Monday when he received a notice from the city claiming that the Brooklyn home wasn't his primary residence and would be subject to a new tax championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The letter said that under the city's new pied-a-terre tax, the 82-year-old would be required to pay a $44,048 surcharge, based on the town house's $5.56 million
valuation.
"I've paid taxes for 55 years. All of that stuff is on record. So the fact that they think that I have a second home and that I live in this house for part of the year and somewhere else seems a little bizarre," Ohlerking said. "It's annoying.Ohlerking's notice said he could apply for an exemption to the tax by submitting proof online that the home was his primary residence.
But, when Ohlerking, who is blind, logged on to the prescribed website with the help of his friend Jennifer Stadnik, they were met with a nonfunctioning blank white screen.
So, the pair printed out a cache of documents to take to the Department of Finance's Brooklyn office-only to be told by employees that the office couldn't accept Ohlerking's proof of residency at that time because they were busy setting up a designated intake center for people claiming they wrongfully received pied-à-terre tax notices, Stadnik said.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I would definitively not eat food prepared in a kitchen in a building in which RFK Jr. stepped foot over the past decade. Let alone food he himself prepared!
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Let’s talk about AIPAC. I’m hardly a fan of AIPAC or the current Israeli government . But let’s be real abou anti-AIPAC rhetoric. At this point, invoking its name functions less as a policy critique than as a dog whistle. Let’s look at the actual money
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
They’re totally going to replace Douthat with Maureen Dowd’s brother Kevin, aren’t they?
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mrsomerton @mrsomerton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
perennial reminder that this section was in the DSA platform as late as last September
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If Dems take back Congress, day one rules update: 90 days MIA with zero contact triggers an immediate expulsion vote. Plus, pass a law making it a federal crime for staff to knowingly defraud voters by engaging in coverups or faking an incapacitated member’s work and health status.
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Apparently the candidates most acceptable to progressives are toxic white men with blue collar vibes. Empathetic women/men who work in education, nursing, home care, service jobs, counseling, community service, etc. just aren’t authentic working class heroes. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Democrat set to replace Platner in Maine led state Senate with a temper
Troy Jackson, the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), yelled and cursed at fellow state lawmakers, interviews reveal.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
a good example of the thinking. manages to say "Jews" "tacitly support genocide" (slogans gone wild) and also that it's understandable that people are questioning the holocaust since Israel is committing a holocaust. a good illustration of how anti-zionism, while completely legitimate ...
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Corporate Dems” the DSA would have hated: Walter Reuther Hubert Humphrey Gene McCarthy Walter Reuther Hubert Humphrey Adlai Stevenson JK Galbraith Chet Bowles Frank Church Paul Douglas Abe Ribicoff Adam Clayton Powell Shirley Chisholm Patsy Mink Martha Griffiths Barbara Jordan
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Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
VP Harris took a lot of flack for not genuflecting before Manosphere Minister of Information Rogan. She made the right call.
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