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Milo Yiannopoulos, right-wing troll with links to popular antisemitic figures, detained by ICE

August 28, 2026August 28, 2026Sara Wood

Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, a close associate of Ye, Candace Owens and other past and present promoters of antisemitic conspiracy theories, has been detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers, federal officials announced Friday. Yiannopoulos, a British citizen who himself has cheered on the Trump administration’s mass deportations, was arrested in New Orleans on Thursday. […]

Vance, who’s drawn ire of Jewish conservatives, will speak at Republican Jewish confab

August 28, 2026August 28, 2026Sara Wood

Vice President JD Vance, who has drawn the ire of a number of Jewish conservatives, will speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit in Las Vegas on Monday, the RJC confirmed. “The Republican Jewish Coalition is proud to welcome Vice President JD Vance to our National Leadership Summit in Las Vegas,” said an RJC […]

Sister of pro-Israel stalwart Lindsey Graham secures GOP Senate nomination

August 25, 2026August 26, 2026Sara Wood

South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham defeated U.S. House Rep. Ralph Norman in a special primary runoff on Tuesday, putting her in a dominant position to win the Senate seat left vacant with the death in July of her older brother, the pro-Israel stalwart Lindsey Graham. The Associated Press called the race two hours after polls […]

Progressive politics notches another deep-red win in Oklahoma race, bolstered by anti-AIPAC messaging

August 25, 2026August 26, 2026Sara Wood

Oklahoma nurse and activist N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas, who ran a campaign with anti-AIPAC messaging, defeated centrist Jim Priest in a Democratic Senate primary runoff on Tuesday that marked the latest victory for a progressive politician in a solidly conservative state. The Associated Press called Tuesday’s race, a sequel to the state’s June primary, less than […]

El-Sayed seeks daylight from Hasan Piker as Democrats condemn streamer’s latest remarks about Jews

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026Sara Wood

Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has taken the unusual step of distancing himself, somewhat, from one of his strongest supporters — the influential anti-Israel livestreamer Hasan Piker — over the issue of antisemitism. El-Sayed was one of a number of high-profile Democrats to do so days after Piker made comments that some party […]

In the Mike Rogers vs. Abdul El-Sayed Michigan Senate race, will anyone take AIPAC’s money?

August 25, 2026August 26, 2026Sara Wood

In the weeks since progressive Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, many Jewish and pro-Israel constituencies in the state and beyond are lining up — sometimes reluctantly — for his Republican opponent. But recent reports have cast doubt on how much support the GOP candidate, former U.S. Rep. […]

Can an Oklahoma Senate candidate attract voters with an ad tossing out AIPAC ‘trash’?

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026Sara Wood

Oklahoma grassroots activist N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas is facing off on Tuesday against centrist Jim Priest in a Democratic Senate race that has become the latest litmus test for progressive politics in a conservative stronghold. The two candidates are battling at the ballot box for the second time this summer after neither of them secured the […]

Providence voters to put Israel boycott movement to major test at the ballot box

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026Sara Wood

As pro-Palestinian progressives find some success at the 2026 ballot box, the long-gestating Israel divestment campaign is looking to capitalize in Rhode Island. Voters in Providence, the state capital, will vote on a referendum this November saying the city should refrain from investing in “foreign countries conducting ethnic cleansing, apartheid, illegal military occupation, or genocide.” […]

A Jewish federation had big plans for a community campus. Then the money ran out.

August 21, 2026August 21, 2026Sara Wood

When the Jewish federation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, laid off its entire support staff earlier this month, the move didn’t come as a surprise. Instead, it felt like an inevitable next step in an inexorable trajectory of decline that has unfolded in public over the course of months, upending the infrastructure that had long organized Jewish […]

California progressive Wahab ekes out win over AIPAC-backed Hernandez

August 20, 2026August 21, 2026Sara Wood

California progressive Aisha Wahab defeated AIPAC-backed moderate Melissa Hernandez in a congressional runoff this week, capping off a contest that had become unexpectedly tight after the pro-Israel lobby entered the fray. The Associated Press called the race between the Democrats — who were vying to replace a disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell — a full […]