Rabbi Iris Richman
Rabbi- Believer in justice, Jewish pluralism and the power to repair the world/ tikkun olam. Conservative Rabbi but liberal
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanIt is important to recognize that a president who takes bribes and a Congress that lets that slide was itself a Constitutional crisis. Banning bribery was so important, the Founders had the Constitution forbid it three times, including as the only directly named impeachable offense besides treason.
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanIt's official. New Jersey is a hell hole and our airport still uses floppy discs. We have decades of cronyism and neglect and it's time to clean out Trenton and the Gov's office. #DemocratsForChange @stevenfulop.bsky.social and down ballot. #DemVoice1
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanTom Cotton on Witkoff reportedly using a Kremlin interpreter during his meetings with Putin: "Steve Witkoff is a very skilled and capable negotiator. He has the president's total trust and he's 100% loyal to the president. He's doing what the president has asked."
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanHouse Dems have introduced a discharge petition aimed at forcing a vote to block Medicaid and SNAP from being cut in reconciliation. Good opportunity to make a new call to your congresscritters telling them to get their hands off our health care and food assistance. Scripts/language you can use:
- @caringacross.org is holding a 24-hour vigil at the Capitol to oppose Medicaid cuts, starting this afternoon. They're livestreaming here:
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris Richman2 Mo Khan defended the “F the Jews” sign on air—calling it a way to “highlight Israel” while agreeing with Peters on Jewish supremacy. That’s centuries-old antisemitic poison, now in livestream form. He’s not sorry. He’s radicalizing. This isn’t about policy. It’s pure, public Jew hatred.
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanNEWS: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of various Republican plans for Medicaid spending reveals that, under every scenario laid out by the GOP, millions would lose insurance. The GOP's plans would have a disproportionate impact on low-income and elderly populations.
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris Richmanyup. you'll never catch me underestimating Curtis Sliwa. he captured a lot of surprising districts in November '21
- Lest one think this is unrealistic, that Sliwa couldn’t get 35% of the vote in November, a refresher: “Donald J. Trump won 30 percent of the votes cast in New York City”. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Adams, Cuomo and the WFP have kneecapped the Democratic Party, virtually ensuring that the Democratic nominee won’t win and yet the Democratic Party is just standing by, allowing candidates who have announced that they will disregard the primary results- to run in the Democratic primary.
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanBREAKING: Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin concedes the North Carolina Supreme Court race to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, ending his six-month legal battle to overturn the election. From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social
- Reposted by Rabbi Iris RichmanTrump has appointed Siggy Flicker — who has previously tweeted in support of QAnon and written, "Q Rocks!!!" — to the Board of the Holocaust Memorial Council.
