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Will Israel Sabotage Trump Gaza Plan? – The Friday AM Quickie 7/31/26

By Corey Pein —

The Smithsonian's new MAGA art exhibition reportedly includes 68 versions of the US flag, AI slop portraits of the founding fathers, and contributions from at least one of one Donald Trump's electoral delegates. No professional curators were involved. The cost of attendance – free – is too much. I'm off, Whitney's back Monday. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Wider War Watch: Hamas OKs Preliminary Plan for Gaza Disarmament

  • Lack of Israeli Support Could Sink Gaza Plan from Trump's 'Board of Peace' Meanwhile, a group of pro-Israel Democratic Senators met with "moderate" Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, who hopes to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in fall elections, and who, like Netanyahu, believes Israel should continue to expand its borders. via Reuters and Common Dreams.
  • Trump's War on Iran Is Engulfing More Middle Eastern Countries Iran's retaliatory missile barrages on countries with US military bases, like Kuwait, are prompting some Gulf countries to reassess the nature of their alliances. via the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Politico.
  • Saudi Arabia Forms Military Alliance, Considers Invading Yemen "The urgency of the Saudi initiative appears to be a sign that the kingdom's leadership views existing efforts to fend off attacks by the Yemeni militia — an Iran-backed group known as the Houthis — as insufficient." via the New York Times and the Guardian.
  • Iran's Economy Is Under Pressure, But Leaders Seem to Think Ongoing Limited War Is to Their Advantage "Golshan Fathi, a Tehran human rights activist, recently wrote on her social media page: 'The same sick cycle repeats … morning … the call to prayer, news of an execution … noon with power cuts, afternoon the water stops … dusk, the anxiety of war and renewed attacks on cities, and at midnight, the earth trembles.'" via BBC News, the Guardian, and the Washington Post.
  • NATO Scrambles Jets After Russian Missile Crashes in Poland; No Injuries Reported Authorities don't believe Poland was the target of the Russian missile, but "concern that Russia’s war on Ukraine risks entangling neighbouring NATO states is on the rise." via the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and the Guardian.
  • Trump 'Not Sure' Whether He'll Let Ukraine Build Its Own Patriot Missiles Meanwhile, Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Olga Stefanishyna, took credit for unofficial national security adviser Laura Loomer's trip to Ukraine and meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying it was part of her outreach to people and places that aren't already sympathetic to Ukraine. via the Financial Times, HuffPost, and the New York Times.
  • Cuban Diplomat Predicts 'Thousands of Deaths,' Including 'of Young Americans,' If Trump Regime Invades Cuba's communist government has signaled it is open to new foreign investment in an attempt to persuade the Trump regime not to follow through with his threats to take over the country. via the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and Drop Site News.
  • With Constant Senate Votes, Democrats Keep Up Pressure on Trump to End Iran War The 13th attempt in the Senate to pass a war powers resolution failed yesterday by a vote of 50 to 49. via the New York Times and Politico.

Mandela Barnes Exits Wisconsin Governor's Race, Cementing Francesca Hong's Lead

Former Wisconsin lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes dropped out of the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary yesterday, just before the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel broke a story about how he had abused his position "to have sexual encounters with young adult women." Once the presumed front-runner in the race, Barnes said yesterday in his exit announcement that "it's become very clear who our nominee is going to be": state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who's been leading in the polls and racking up endorsements.

A "fifth consecutive Marquette University Law School poll" this week showed Hong in the lead, with 34 percent support ahead of Barnes' second-place showing with 16 percent. According to Politico, centrists are hoping Barnes' exit will boost third-place candidate David Crowley, who had a mere 7 percent support in that poll, to make a stronger showing. But Hong also made a pitch to Barnes fans. "To everyone who supported Mandela because you believe working people deserve a government that fights for them, I welcome you to our movement," she says.

Latest Tech Trend: Rogue AIs Hacking Random Companies

For the second time in two weeks, a US-made AI model has been reported to have broken into the computer systems of outside organizations. Anthropic disclosed the cyberattacks yesterday, nine days after rival company OpenAI disclosed a similar incident, the New York Times reports. Anthropic declined to identify the targets of the latest hack. In both cases, the AIs did not exploit "previously unknown vulnerabilities but rather relied on 'basic techniques' like weak passwords and malware to break into the targets' systems." It's enough to make you wonder if these bubbleicious companies see the headline-grabbing misbehavior of their software as free advertising for their cybersecurity products. They're certainly taking advantage of the publicity in their lobbying efforts to shape the Trump regime's AI policy.

Meanwhile, Reuters reports that the State Department displayed a map of Africa created using OpenAI with every country mislabeled during a global AIDS conference in Brazil this week. "What an embarrassment," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, responds. "This is what happens when the US Department of State fires career experts and tries to have AI conduct diplomacy."

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • Trump Says He May Withdraw Todd Blanche's Attorney General Nomination Until GOP Holdouts Leave Senate Next Year "Trump does not think he needs Senate Republicans as much as they think he does," one anonymous White House adviser says. via the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Politico.
  • Spain Sends Troops to Its North African Territory, Ceuta, After Thousands of Migrants Swim or Climb Fences to Get There "Santiago Abascal, who leads the far-right Vox party, described the incident as an 'invasion' and said those crossing into Ceuta were not fleeing war or poverty but had been summoned by [leftist Prime Minister Pedro] Sánchez's government to ensure he could remain in power." via the Guardian, BBC News, and the New York Times.
  • Parent Union Refuses to Back California Billionaire Tax Put on Ballot by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West While the parent union has lined up with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom against the measure, SEIU-UHW says 70 percent of union members in the state will support the billionaire tax in November. via the Los Angeles Times.
  • Seattle Police Chief Resigns Over Botched Response to Food Festival Shooting Democratic socialist Mayor Katie Wilson forced out Chief Shon Barnes, who was out of town, as he's often been, when a shooter attacked the Bite of Seattle food festival on Sunday night, and the public waited hours for accurate information from the police. via the New York Times, the Seattle Times, and the Stranger.

SOME NUMBER

72 percent

That's the share of self-identified MAGA voters who say they would support a Republican candidate accused of domestic violence in a new Politico poll. Meanwhile, the ex-wife of Ohio GOP Rep. Max Miller has filed for a new restraining order; she previously accused him of throwing hot water on her, holding a gun to her head, and physically abusing their 2-year-old daughter. Miller calls the allegations "false"; his ex's father, GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno, has not commented on his daughter's abuse claims. Both Miller and Moreno are allies of Donald Trump.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

7/31: Emma and Sam will be in studio. The guest will be David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the Organized Money podcast.

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PARTING WORDS

"They haven't changed data. They haven't modified data. They haven't deleted data. They just have some data."

-- Pamela Smith, head of the election security organization Verified Voting, speaking to the Washington Post about White House claims that China "compromised" voter rolls in 15 states. Donald Trump claimed this month the data was "bought, stolen, or hacked," but state officials tell the Post that federal authorities never warned them about any such hack, and many states publish their voter rolls online, where anyone can freely access those public records.

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