Michigan state lawmaker, Jewish Dem leaders join call for El-Sayed to affirm commitment to Jewish safety

Inside NYMag's ink-quisition

This Daily Kickoff explores Texas Democrats' silence on Hasan Piker's UT event, New York magazine's ideological shift, and senators' demands for Meta to combat antisemitism.

Rosen, Lankford press Zuckerberg over antisemitic bot accounts on Facebook, Instagram

Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday pressing him over the company’s failures to address antisemitic bot accounts on its platforms, urging Facebook and Instagram to label posts and users by their country of origin as a particularly important reform. “We write to express grave concerns... <a href="">Read More</a>

Sounds of silence: Texas Dems decline to speak out against Piker before his UT event

Antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker is scheduled to speak at a University of Texas campus event on Wednesday. Despite the event’s backing from the student Democratic Party group on campus, most Texas Democrats running for office in the historically conservative state have been silent when it comes to speaking out against the far-left influencer.  Texas is... <a href="">Read More</a>

Inside New York magazine's anti-Israel shift — and the Jewish staffers left behind

In the years since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, New York magazine, once known for embodying the wry sophistication of the urban center left, has emerged as a key platform for anti-Israel content, a uniquely hostile ideological shift that is exposing raw feelings on a topic editorial leaders have struggled to meaningfully address publicly and... <a href="">Read More</a>

Jewish letter in support of El-Sayed includes numerous fringe figures

A recent open letter from Jewish Michiganders expressing support for Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed includes a series of figures with fringe or extremist views and backgrounds alongside several prominent members of the Jewish community. El-Sayed’s campaign promoted the letter, which includes more than 800 total signatories, as a show of force for the... <a href="">Read More</a>