Have you ever wondered what the world’s most iconic cities looked like centuries ago? This thread will take you back in time 🧵 1. Milan, Italy (1819)

“There's a branch of the Democratic Party that I would say can't handle the truth. I've made it clear Harris can still win. Where the polls are now don't necessarily represent where things will end up,” says @MarkHalperin. But “the snapshot of where we are now is that there are a lot of really worried Democrats and there are really no worried Republicans, including in Mar-A-Lago. They're very confident about where things stand.” #KamalaHarris #Trump @2waytvapp

OpenAI's robust funding will help it remain private, says Bullpen Capital's Duncan Davidson cnb.cx/3XULFrA

The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote on X, “I keep reading everywhere that Lebanon is 'on the brink of collapse.' No. It is on the brink of relief and deliverance.” Moments like this come once in a generation, if they even come at all. The Middle East is too often a solid where little changes. Today, it is a liquid and the ability to reshape is unlimited. Do not squander this moment. Let’s all pray for success, for peace and for the good judgement of our leaders.

September 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough. I have spent countless hours studying Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible. This is significant because Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent. President Trump would often say, “Iran has never won a war but never lost a negotiation.” The Islamic Republic’s regime is much tougher when risking Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian and Houthi lives than when risking their own. Their foolish efforts to assassinate President Trump and hack his campaign reek of desperation and are hardening a large coalition against them. Iranian leadership is stuck in the old Middle East, while their neighbors in the GCC are sprinting toward the future by investing in their populations and infrastructure. They are becoming dynamic magnets for talent and investment while Iran falls further behind. As the Iranian proxies and threats dissipate, regional security and prosperity will rise for Christians, Muslims and Jews alike. Israel now finds itself with the threat from Gaza mostly neutralized and the opportunity to neutralize Hezbollah in the north. It’s unfortunate how we got here but maybe there can be a silver lining in the end. Anyone who has been calling for a ceasefire in the North is wrong. There is no going back for Israel. They cannot afford now to not finish the job and completely dismantle the arsenal that has been aimed at them. They will never get another chance. After the brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes of the pagers, radios, and targeting of leadership, Hezbollah’s massive weapon cache is unguarded and unmanned. Most of Hezbollah fighters are hiding in their tunnels. Anyone still around was not important enough to carry a pager or be invited to a leadership meeting. Iran is reeling, as well, insecure and unsure how deeply its own intelligence has been penetrated. Failing to take full advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat is irresponsible. I have been hearing some amazing stories about how Israel has been collecting intelligence over the past 10 months with some brilliant technology and crowdsourcing initiatives. But today, with the confirmed killing of Nasrallah and at least 16 top commanders eliminated in just nine days, was the first day I started thinking about a Middle East without Iran’s fully loaded arsenal aimed at Israel. So many more positive outcomes are possible. This is a moment to stand behind the peace-seeking nation of Israel and the large portion of the Lebanese who have been plagued by Hezbollah and who want to return to the times when their country was thriving, and Beirut a cosmopolitan city. The main issue between Lebanon and Israel is Iran; otherwise there is a lot of benefit for the people of both countries from working together. The right move now for America would be to tell Israel to finish the job. It’s long overdue. And it’s not only Israel’s fight. More than 40 years ago, Hezbollah killed 241 US military personnel, including 220 Marines. That remains the single deadliest day for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima. Later that same day, Hezbollah killed 58 French paratroopers. And now, over the past six weeks or so, Israel has eliminated as many terrorists on the US list of wanted terrorists as the US has done in the last 20 years. Including Ibrahim Aqil, the leader of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization who masterminded the 1983 killing of those Marines.

How did a man who lived so quietly come to influence giants like Hegel, Nietzsche, and Einstein? And why were his ideas considered so dangerous that he was excommunicated from the Jewish community? A thread about the man who saw God in everything. 🧵

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Chugg’s theory could shake the foundations of archeological and religious consensus. It’s still considered fringe for now, but the amount of evidence is surprising. What do you think about his theory?

Now, let’s go win this fucking thing.

Harris Enjoys Poll Bump, Media Love as Trump Stews with @markhalperin #2Way #Trump #Biden #Harris x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRKZdoDD…

Kamala Harris “has never been vetted at the level she’s going to be vetted now,” said @MarkHalperin about the tabloid report about her husband that has rattled her campaign. "There is concern among some people around her that that’s not the last story of that nature that will come out."

One factor to think about -- which could literally be the WHOLE presidential election: Does Trump's ceiling w/ female voters (already low before Harris replaced Biden) get so low that he simply cant win mathematically? Right now, the Harris Honeymoon is rocking and rolling women to her camp. Inflation/immigration can maybe win some back. But maybe not in sufficient numbers.

"Kamala Harris can run the table here and not have a bad day for 90 days,” says @MarkHalperin. “The forces in both parties and in the media that have wanted to stop Donald Trump can now see the project. They can now see what Vice President Harris needs to do, what they need to do, to stop Donald Trump."

«If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t» — Emerson M. Pugh, Cryptoquote, 1989 (🖼️ M.C. Escher, Drawing hands, 1948)

Based on the reaction Democratic pols and donors are having to the George Clooney op-ed, my considered view as that Clooney might end up being the nominee.

moose is prepared to run

This is painful. Trump full of sh!t and Biden can't find his. #presidentsdebate

Time to see if there are any Patriots at the top level of the Democratic Party.

inconceivable a non-partisan would believe biden can serve capably as president for another four years.

Disaster.