Primary night: Former President Donald Trump was dealt a blow in Georgia's gubernatorial primary as incumbent Gov Brian Kemp won decisively, trouncing former Sen. David Perdue, who had the money and backing of Trump and built his campaign on the false claim that 2020 was rigged.
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state who was attacked by Trump, is holding onto a slight lead against U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, barely crossing the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff.
In #GA14, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defeated her Republican challenger Jennifer Strahan by a comfortable 70-30 margin.
In #GA07 incumbent-vs.-incumbent primary, Rep. Lucy McBath, who was backed by AIPAC and DMFI, beat Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, who had the support of J Street.
In #TX28 runoff, Jessica Cisneros, a human-rights lawyer endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and J Street, just took the lead against Rep. Henry Cuellar, an establishment favorite and backed by traditional pro-Israel groups
Update: Cuellar just took back the lead over Cisneros -- has 216+ votes with 84% reporting
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In a interview to @BarakRavid for his new book out tomorrow, Trump confirms Michael Wolff’s reporting that he saw Netanyahu’s congrats of Biden in Nov. as the ‘ultimate betrayal.’
“Fuck him,” Trump said about Netanyahu. “I haven’t spoken to him since.”
Trump said his wife Melanie first made him aware of Netanyahu’s video statement on Biden victory.
“I loved Bibi. I still love Bibi. But I also love loyalty,” Trump told @BarakRavid… “He made a terrible mistake. I was disappointed in him on a personal level. "
Ravid notes in his book, in excerpts published by Yediot, that Trump repeated FIVE times the inaccurate claim that Netanyahu was the first world leader to congratulate Biden.
“It was early. OK? Let's put it this way - he greeted him very early,” he said when corrected.
🚨 SCOOP: @GovKathyHochul's admin has put Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever on a 90-day notice that all gov't agencies and departments will divest from them because of decision to end ice cream sales in the West Bank. forward.com/fast-forward/4…
The move complies with a 2016 Cuomo EO barring gov't business with any company that boycotts Israel “either directly or through a parent or subsidiary.” The order was renewed by Gov. Hochul when she took office in August. forward.com/fast-forward/4…
New York State’s Office of General Services put @Unilever on official notice with a letter sent on Friday to Alan Jope, the company’s chief executive, and obtained by @jdforward.
Hamas firing a barrage of rockets towards Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area after an Israeli airstrike on a 13-story building, causing it to collapse. #IsraelUnderFire
Hamas fired 130 rockets in a matter of minutes. Targeted cities include Tel Aviv, Petah Tikvah, Bnei Barak, Kfar Chabad, Rishon Ltzion, Rehovot and more
Hamas warning about another barrage of rockets, missiles towards Tel Aviv, center of Israel
Netanyahu’s rival @gidonsaar hired Lincoln Project founders Steve Schmidt, Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens and Reed Galen in his effort to unseat the prime minister in the March election, @amit_segal reports.
Spoke to a source close to the Sa’ar campaign who confirmed the report.
Netanyahu’s guy in this campaign is Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. If he manages to get Israel vaccinated ahead of Election Day, his rivals can spend as much money they want on strategists and attack ads and still fall short.