Jeremy Slevin
@jeremyslevin.bsky.social
Sr. Advisor, Senator Bernie Sanders. Amateur everything else.
The campaign tried to run the 2008 playbook in a country where partisan defections are ~20% lower than they were back then.
January 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The campaign tried to run the 2008 playbook in a country where partisan defections are ~20% lower than they were back then.
13/15 It requires force and violence against unfavored groups to maintain itself.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
13/15 It requires force and violence against unfavored groups to maintain itself.
12/15 Ethnonationalism will never guarantee safety. Building a society based on the supremacy of one group over another is a recipe for hatred and resentment.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
12/15 Ethnonationalism will never guarantee safety. Building a society based on the supremacy of one group over another is a recipe for hatred and resentment.
11/15 The irony, as this week so painfully proved, is that Jews are not safe IN Israel.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
11/15 The irony, as this week so painfully proved, is that Jews are not safe IN Israel.
10/15 You often hear variations of the phrase “No Jew is safe without Israel” from US politicians.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
10/15 You often hear variations of the phrase “No Jew is safe without Israel” from US politicians.
9/15 For Jews, who tend to be liberal, this creates a cognitive dissonance.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
9/15 For Jews, who tend to be liberal, this creates a cognitive dissonance.
8/15 The result is an ever growing gap between US rhetoric and reality, an ever-more glaring hypocrisy that undermines US credibility on human rights.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
8/15 The result is an ever growing gap between US rhetoric and reality, an ever-more glaring hypocrisy that undermines US credibility on human rights.
7/15 At the same time, with rightwing authoritarianism on the rise, US liberalism has leaned further into rhetoric about human rights and the rule of law to contrast itself with Trumpism at home and Russia/China et al abroad (the war in Ukraine being the latest example).
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
7/15 At the same time, with rightwing authoritarianism on the rise, US liberalism has leaned further into rhetoric about human rights and the rule of law to contrast itself with Trumpism at home and Russia/China et al abroad (the war in Ukraine being the latest example).
6/15 It’s also part of the schism in the US—with the US right increasingly embracing white Christian (sometimes “Judeo-Christian”) ethnonationalism often explicitly modeled on Israel.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
6/15 It’s also part of the schism in the US—with the US right increasingly embracing white Christian (sometimes “Judeo-Christian”) ethnonationalism often explicitly modeled on Israel.
5/15 Over time, the contradictions have only heightened. Israel’s government has moved further right, abandoning most pretenses of human rights or self-determination for Palestinians.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
5/15 Over time, the contradictions have only heightened. Israel’s government has moved further right, abandoning most pretenses of human rights or self-determination for Palestinians.
4/15 The US has sat at the center of these contradictions, as a multiracial democracy (at least on paper), one of the driving forces behind the post-war body of international law AND as the primary benefactor of Israel.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
4/15 The US has sat at the center of these contradictions, as a multiracial democracy (at least on paper), one of the driving forces behind the post-war body of international law AND as the primary benefactor of Israel.
3/15 The contradiction of course is that Israel’s policies run counter to many of these laws and the government has openly flouted international treaties and law for decades.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
3/15 The contradiction of course is that Israel’s policies run counter to many of these laws and the government has openly flouted international treaties and law for decades.
2/15 One vision seeks safety in ethnonationalism—a state built on Judaism with other peoples (especially native Palestinians) subjugated. The other seeks safety in pluralism and the rule of law.
October 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM
2/15 One vision seeks safety in ethnonationalism—a state built on Judaism with other peoples (especially native Palestinians) subjugated. The other seeks safety in pluralism and the rule of law.
17/17 Our goal should be safety for ourselves and everyone else. To achieve that we can’t continue to wall ourselves off, and deny others rights.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
17/17 Our goal should be safety for ourselves and everyone else. To achieve that we can’t continue to wall ourselves off, and deny others rights.
16/17 It is actually the model of pluralism and equality under the law, (imperfectly) embodied in the US, where Jews have found the most security.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
16/17 It is actually the model of pluralism and equality under the law, (imperfectly) embodied in the US, where Jews have found the most security.
15/17 It requires force and violence against unfavored groups to maintain itself.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
15/17 It requires force and violence against unfavored groups to maintain itself.
14/17 Ethnonationalism will never guarantee safety. Building a society based on the supremacy of one group over another is a recipe for hatred and resentment.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
14/17 Ethnonationalism will never guarantee safety. Building a society based on the supremacy of one group over another is a recipe for hatred and resentment.
13/17 The irony, as this week so painfully proved, is that Jews are not safe IN Israel.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
13/17 The irony, as this week so painfully proved, is that Jews are not safe IN Israel.
12/17 You often hear variations of the phrase “No Jew is safe without Israel” from US politicians.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
12/17 You often hear variations of the phrase “No Jew is safe without Israel” from US politicians.
11/17 For Jews, who tend to be liberal, this creates a cognitive dissonance.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
11/17 For Jews, who tend to be liberal, this creates a cognitive dissonance.
10/17 The result is an ever growing gap between US rhetoric and reality, an ever-more glaring hypocrisy that undermines US credibility on human rights.
October 16, 2023 at 7:15 PM
10/17 The result is an ever growing gap between US rhetoric and reality, an ever-more glaring hypocrisy that undermines US credibility on human rights.