Halie Soifer
@haliesoifer.bsky.social
CEO of Jewish Democratic Council of America @JewishDems || Former national security advisor to then-Senator @KamalaHarris || Senior policy advisor in Obama admin & national security in Congress.
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Don't hold your breath waiting for President Trump to condemn the leading GOP think tank's defense of Tucker Carlson's decision to host and uplift Nick Fuentes.
Extremism isn't the exception in Trump's GOP – it's the driving force.
Extremism isn't the exception in Trump's GOP – it's the driving force.
Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
The move comes as the venerable conservative think tank is roiled by turmoil caused by its leader’s defense of a Tucker Carlson interview with a white nationalist.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Don't hold your breath waiting for President Trump to condemn the leading GOP think tank's defense of Tucker Carlson's decision to host and uplift Nick Fuentes.
Extremism isn't the exception in Trump's GOP – it's the driving force.
Extremism isn't the exception in Trump's GOP – it's the driving force.
Once again, Trump denigrates Jewish American voters.
➡️Remember when he tried to scapegoat & blame Jews for a possible election loss?
➡️Remember when he said Israel's survival was contingent on his win?
➡️Remember when he said Jewish Dems were "disloyal," "uninformed," and "hated Israel"?
We remember
➡️Remember when he tried to scapegoat & blame Jews for a possible election loss?
➡️Remember when he said Israel's survival was contingent on his win?
➡️Remember when he said Jewish Dems were "disloyal," "uninformed," and "hated Israel"?
We remember
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Once again, Trump denigrates Jewish American voters.
➡️Remember when he tried to scapegoat & blame Jews for a possible election loss?
➡️Remember when he said Israel's survival was contingent on his win?
➡️Remember when he said Jewish Dems were "disloyal," "uninformed," and "hated Israel"?
We remember
➡️Remember when he tried to scapegoat & blame Jews for a possible election loss?
➡️Remember when he said Israel's survival was contingent on his win?
➡️Remember when he said Jewish Dems were "disloyal," "uninformed," and "hated Israel"?
We remember
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Wrapping up 2 weeks of canvassing in NJ for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, today in Springfield and Rockaway Township w @jewishdems.bsky.social. Please make sure your NJ friends & family are planning to vote 🗳️ on Tues. We cannot afford to give the GOP another governorship. @haliesoifer.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wrapping up 2 weeks of canvassing in NJ for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, today in Springfield and Rockaway Township w @jewishdems.bsky.social. Please make sure your NJ friends & family are planning to vote 🗳️ on Tues. We cannot afford to give the GOP another governorship. @haliesoifer.bsky.social
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@haliesoifer.bsky.social in @politico.com: “If the president himself and Republicans were serious about combating antisemitism, they would condemn it when it emerges in their own ranks. And they do not.”
“There’s a permission structure within the Republican Party, and it comes from the top.”
“There’s a permission structure within the Republican Party, and it comes from the top.”
GOP leaders denounce antisemitism in their ranks but shift blame to Democrats
The Republican Jewish Coalition summit is overshadowed by high-profile antisemitic incidents within the GOP ranks.
www.politico.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@haliesoifer.bsky.social in @politico.com: “If the president himself and Republicans were serious about combating antisemitism, they would condemn it when it emerges in their own ranks. And they do not.”
“There’s a permission structure within the Republican Party, and it comes from the top.”
“There’s a permission structure within the Republican Party, and it comes from the top.”
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Hateful rhetoric and Nazi symbols must have no place in the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, or anywhere in our politics.
Under any and all circumstances, it must be unacceptable to glorify Nazis or Nazism. Period.
Under any and all circumstances, it must be unacceptable to glorify Nazis or Nazism. Period.
Graham Platner says ‘I am not a secret Nazi’ after photos of his tattoo emerge
A former acquaintance of the Maine Senate candidate said he called the tattoo ‘my Totenkopf,’ referring to a symbol adopted by a Nazi SS unit
jewishinsider.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hateful rhetoric and Nazi symbols must have no place in the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, or anywhere in our politics.
Under any and all circumstances, it must be unacceptable to glorify Nazis or Nazism. Period.
Under any and all circumstances, it must be unacceptable to glorify Nazis or Nazism. Period.
In the past 24 hours:
➡️ Politico revealed hundreds of antisemitic & bigoted messages b/n young Republican leaders;
➡️ A swastika was found in a Republican House office; and
➡️ Trump's Border Patrol posted a reel with an antisemitic slur.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
➡️ Politico revealed hundreds of antisemitic & bigoted messages b/n young Republican leaders;
➡️ A swastika was found in a Republican House office; and
➡️ Trump's Border Patrol posted a reel with an antisemitic slur.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In the past 24 hours:
➡️ Politico revealed hundreds of antisemitic & bigoted messages b/n young Republican leaders;
➡️ A swastika was found in a Republican House office; and
➡️ Trump's Border Patrol posted a reel with an antisemitic slur.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
➡️ Politico revealed hundreds of antisemitic & bigoted messages b/n young Republican leaders;
➡️ A swastika was found in a Republican House office; and
➡️ Trump's Border Patrol posted a reel with an antisemitic slur.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Seven months of antisemitic, racist, and bigoted messages between young GOP leaders expose what they say when they don't think anyone is watching.
A Trump administration official was on this chain.
And Americans are watching.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
A Trump administration official was on this chain.
And Americans are watching.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seven months of antisemitic, racist, and bigoted messages between young GOP leaders expose what they say when they don't think anyone is watching.
A Trump administration official was on this chain.
And Americans are watching.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
A Trump administration official was on this chain.
And Americans are watching.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Donald Trump’s efforts to end this war are deserving of praise. Trump, however, is not deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize because he continues to attack, degrade, and jeopardize democracy.
Two things can be true.
Read more on Substack: jewishdems.substack.com/p/trumps-eff...
Two things can be true.
Read more on Substack: jewishdems.substack.com/p/trumps-eff...
Trump's Efforts Deserve Praise
But not the Nobel Peace Prize.
jewishdems.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Donald Trump’s efforts to end this war are deserving of praise. Trump, however, is not deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize because he continues to attack, degrade, and jeopardize democracy.
Two things can be true.
Read more on Substack: jewishdems.substack.com/p/trumps-eff...
Two things can be true.
Read more on Substack: jewishdems.substack.com/p/trumps-eff...
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Nothing cool about the Nazi rise to power, especially as Secretary Hegseth convenes generals and admirals for an unknown reason.
We're tired of the Trump administration making light of authoritarianism while prosecuting political adversaries.
We're tired of the Trump administration making light of authoritarianism while prosecuting political adversaries.
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Nothing cool about the Nazi rise to power, especially as Secretary Hegseth convenes generals and admirals for an unknown reason.
We're tired of the Trump administration making light of authoritarianism while prosecuting political adversaries.
We're tired of the Trump administration making light of authoritarianism while prosecuting political adversaries.
Devastated by the horrific, unconscionable, depraved murder of #CharlieKirk.
Political violence should have no place in this country, and it's incumbent on political leaders on both sides of the aisle to make that clear.
My deepest condolences to his family.
Political violence should have no place in this country, and it's incumbent on political leaders on both sides of the aisle to make that clear.
My deepest condolences to his family.
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Devastated by the horrific, unconscionable, depraved murder of #CharlieKirk.
Political violence should have no place in this country, and it's incumbent on political leaders on both sides of the aisle to make that clear.
My deepest condolences to his family.
Political violence should have no place in this country, and it's incumbent on political leaders on both sides of the aisle to make that clear.
My deepest condolences to his family.
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Last week, the State Department shared a chilling post about eliminating “anti-Christian bias” – not surprising in light of its Christian nationalist agenda.
Trump is leaving Jewish Americans feeling unsafe and unwelcome.
Trump is leaving Jewish Americans feeling unsafe and unwelcome.
September 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last week, the State Department shared a chilling post about eliminating “anti-Christian bias” – not surprising in light of its Christian nationalist agenda.
Trump is leaving Jewish Americans feeling unsafe and unwelcome.
Trump is leaving Jewish Americans feeling unsafe and unwelcome.
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It’s time to adapt the narrative of what it means to be pro-Israel in 2025.
American support of Israel should not be about rubber-stamping the agenda of Netanyahu – just as American patriotism should not be equated with blind devotion to Trump.
Read more:
American support of Israel should not be about rubber-stamping the agenda of Netanyahu – just as American patriotism should not be equated with blind devotion to Trump.
Read more:
What It Means to Be Pro-Israel in 2025
Standing up for Israel doesn’t have to mean agreeing with its government.
jewishdems.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s time to adapt the narrative of what it means to be pro-Israel in 2025.
American support of Israel should not be about rubber-stamping the agenda of Netanyahu – just as American patriotism should not be equated with blind devotion to Trump.
Read more:
American support of Israel should not be about rubber-stamping the agenda of Netanyahu – just as American patriotism should not be equated with blind devotion to Trump.
Read more:
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@haliesoifer.bsky.social is at the White House marking eight years since neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, chanting “Jews will not replace us.”
Today, we refuse to back down from this fight. We’re going to take back this White House in 2028 and do all we can to defend our democracy.
Join us.
Today, we refuse to back down from this fight. We’re going to take back this White House in 2028 and do all we can to defend our democracy.
Join us.
August 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@haliesoifer.bsky.social is at the White House marking eight years since neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, chanting “Jews will not replace us.”
Today, we refuse to back down from this fight. We’re going to take back this White House in 2028 and do all we can to defend our democracy.
Join us.
Today, we refuse to back down from this fight. We’re going to take back this White House in 2028 and do all we can to defend our democracy.
Join us.
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The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office.
Imagine that: shame.
Imagine that: shame.
August 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office.
Imagine that: shame.
Imagine that: shame.
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Zionism represents the right of Jewish people to self-determination in our ancestral homeland.
We're proud pro-Israel Dems, who are also concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All of these things are compatible.
The hate expressed by Del. Rasoul doesn't belong in the Democratic Party.
We're proud pro-Israel Dems, who are also concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All of these things are compatible.
The hate expressed by Del. Rasoul doesn't belong in the Democratic Party.
Virginia Democrat under fire for calling Zionism ‘evil’ while leading Education Committee
Former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn said Del. Sam Rasoul’s rhetoric is ‘fueling one of the oldest forms of hatred in the world, repackaged in the language of activism’
jewishinsider.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Zionism represents the right of Jewish people to self-determination in our ancestral homeland.
We're proud pro-Israel Dems, who are also concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All of these things are compatible.
The hate expressed by Del. Rasoul doesn't belong in the Democratic Party.
We're proud pro-Israel Dems, who are also concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All of these things are compatible.
The hate expressed by Del. Rasoul doesn't belong in the Democratic Party.
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This is moving.
Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.
What could have been…
Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.
What could have been…
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is moving.
Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.
What could have been…
Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.
What could have been…
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The situation in Gaza is unacceptable and antithetical to our Jewish values, and it’s incumbent on the Israeli government, the United States, and all parties to ensure that Gazans have access to food.
Our full statement:
Our full statement:
July 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The situation in Gaza is unacceptable and antithetical to our Jewish values, and it’s incumbent on the Israeli government, the United States, and all parties to ensure that Gazans have access to food.
Our full statement:
Our full statement:
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The idea that Israel should ‘starve away’ the Palestinian people is disgusting and goes against every value we hold as Jews and as Americans.
Every leader should condemn Rep. Fine's abhorrent comments.
Every leader should condemn Rep. Fine's abhorrent comments.
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The idea that Israel should ‘starve away’ the Palestinian people is disgusting and goes against every value we hold as Jews and as Americans.
Every leader should condemn Rep. Fine's abhorrent comments.
Every leader should condemn Rep. Fine's abhorrent comments.
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A year ago today, @kamalaharris.com took on the impossible task of trying to win a presidential election in just 107 days, just 77 days until early voting began, while building the campaign while she was running it & introducing herself to voters. She nearly made the impossible possible. 1/
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A year ago today, @kamalaharris.com took on the impossible task of trying to win a presidential election in just 107 days, just 77 days until early voting began, while building the campaign while she was running it & introducing herself to voters. She nearly made the impossible possible. 1/
DNC Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social:
"There is no room in the Democratic Party for hate speech or incitement to violence & calls to ‘globalize the intifada.’ That is not progressive. That is not justice.
"There is no room in the Dem Party for...rhetoric that can be seen as a green light to terror."
"There is no room in the Democratic Party for hate speech or incitement to violence & calls to ‘globalize the intifada.’ That is not progressive. That is not justice.
"There is no room in the Dem Party for...rhetoric that can be seen as a green light to terror."
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
DNC Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social:
"There is no room in the Democratic Party for hate speech or incitement to violence & calls to ‘globalize the intifada.’ That is not progressive. That is not justice.
"There is no room in the Dem Party for...rhetoric that can be seen as a green light to terror."
"There is no room in the Democratic Party for hate speech or incitement to violence & calls to ‘globalize the intifada.’ That is not progressive. That is not justice.
"There is no room in the Dem Party for...rhetoric that can be seen as a green light to terror."
DNC Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social clarified that the phrase "globalize the intifada" is "reckless & dangerous" because "it can be seen as a green light to terror."
He said: "There's no place for rhetoric that can be seen as a call to violence" and "it should be unequivocally condemned."
He said: "There's no place for rhetoric that can be seen as a call to violence" and "it should be unequivocally condemned."
July 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DNC Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social clarified that the phrase "globalize the intifada" is "reckless & dangerous" because "it can be seen as a green light to terror."
He said: "There's no place for rhetoric that can be seen as a call to violence" and "it should be unequivocally condemned."
He said: "There's no place for rhetoric that can be seen as a call to violence" and "it should be unequivocally condemned."
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JDCA CEO @haliesoifer.bsky.social in @thehill.com on Mamdani: “Jewish Americans in New York and beyond are concerned" about Mamdani's continued defense of the phrase "globalize the intifada."
More from Mychael Schnell:
More from Mychael Schnell:
July 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
JDCA CEO @haliesoifer.bsky.social in @thehill.com on Mamdani: “Jewish Americans in New York and beyond are concerned" about Mamdani's continued defense of the phrase "globalize the intifada."
More from Mychael Schnell:
More from Mychael Schnell:
We can vehemently disagree on Israel & antisemitism, as @jewishdems.bsky.social has done with Rep. Omar, without vilification.
Profound disagreement does not justify Islamophobia or hate speech.
This is abhorrent, and Rep. Fine should apologize.
Profound disagreement does not justify Islamophobia or hate speech.
This is abhorrent, and Rep. Fine should apologize.
July 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We can vehemently disagree on Israel & antisemitism, as @jewishdems.bsky.social has done with Rep. Omar, without vilification.
Profound disagreement does not justify Islamophobia or hate speech.
This is abhorrent, and Rep. Fine should apologize.
Profound disagreement does not justify Islamophobia or hate speech.
This is abhorrent, and Rep. Fine should apologize.
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Trump referred to bankers using a centuries-old antisemitic slur and trope.
@haliesoifer.bsky.social: “No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.”
@haliesoifer.bsky.social: “No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.”
Trump roils U.S. Jewish community with use of 'shylocks' to describe greedy moneylenders
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www.haaretz.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trump referred to bankers using a centuries-old antisemitic slur and trope.
@haliesoifer.bsky.social: “No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.”
@haliesoifer.bsky.social: “No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.”
Donald Trump just referred to bankers using a centuries-old antisemitic slur & trope.
No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.
No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.
"No death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker. And in some cases, shylocks and bad people."
July 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Donald Trump just referred to bankers using a centuries-old antisemitic slur & trope.
No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.
No wonder 52% of American Jewish voters believe he's antisemitic.