Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) flat-out accused Israel of making President Trump launch strikes against Iran. NY Post composite / istock/ Getty Images Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This accusation: “Israel made us do it.” — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Wednesday
We say: A country the size of New Jersey didn’t “make” the world’s superpower do anything.
Murphy cited a comment by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that had already been clarified — and proceeded to play off an ugly narrative of insidious Jewish control that is cheap and unseemly.
“My wife is the love of my life and she’s also a private person.” — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Friday
We say: Aw, so sweet! But it doesn’t explain why Rama Duwaji “liked” dozens of Instagram posts celebrating the Oct. 7 massacre and calling Hamas’ mass rape of Israeli civilians a “hoax.”
She won’t say if she still believes that, and he says it’s none of his (or presumably our) business.
Funny: For a “private person,” she sure appears on a lot of magazine covers.
“Totally vague.” — Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Saturday
We say: Schiff thought he was dumping on a Trump quote on war with Iran, but Bill Maher had read him Barack Obama’s garbled justification for invading Libya.
Schiff stumbled into more garble, but Maher’s point stands: Democrats’ posturing on “illegal” military action is incoherent and hypocritical.
“Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could’ve been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather. But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs.” — CNN, Sunday
We say: What a weird way to report that two ISIS-inspired Islamists tried to slaughter anti-Islam protesters.
CNN took down that tweet and rewrote the story that started that way — but it keeps having to retract other false reports on the attack. Does it think its audience just can’t handle the truth?
