Defamation beat: Jewish Orgs Enabled Mamdani

“The Anti-Defamation League and other well-heeled Jewish groups” did “almost nothing” to prevent the rise of “a man with Mamdani’s views,” fumes Liel Leibovitz at City Journal. Indeed, Jewish groups have been “inexcusable failures” at “stifling the rise of politicians who pose a threat to the Jewish community’s interest.” The ADL under Jonathan Greenblatt “transformed into an amplifier of Democratic Party messaging,” and “worked assiduously” to disseminate the idea that “the Right was primarily responsible for anti-Semitism in America.” Argh! The ADL’s “counterproductive” rhetoric “elevated critical race theory and other left-wing frameworks that consider Jews privileged aggressors.” Moreover, “its attempts at ‘education’ have done nothing but make people more anti-Semitic.”

Eye on the Economy: American Dream on Hold?

Democrats are like the guy who kills his parents and then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he’s an orphan, argues The Wall Street Journal’s William McGurn: They “spent years making life more expensive,” but now push “socialism” and other “ ‘fixes’ that reflect the same government-first thinking that made things unaffordable in the first place.” Where were they when Joe Biden “was spending, regulating and otherwise expanding government in ways that priced the American dream out of reach for millions?” Yet President Trump also “hasn’t hesitated to intervene in the economy, notably by imposing tariffs” — which have proven “counterproductive.” We’re certainly “better off now” than under Biden, but with a real “unease over whether the American dream is really back.”

From the right: Blame Biden for Rising Costs

Democrats “blame President Trump” for America’s affordability problem “while ignoring their own responsibility for causing it in the first place,” bristles James Piereson at The New Criterion. “President Biden, with the support of his party in Congress, went on a spending spree when he took office,” causing inflation to hit “more than 9 percent in mid-2022.” “During Trump’s first term, food prices were generally stable,” but “Biden’s spending policies caused” them “to surge, increasing by 11 percent per year by late 2022” while gas rose “to $4.84 per gallon in mid-2022.” “As far as electricity is concerned,” the cost increased “more than 30 percent” during Biden’s term. “There can be no doubt that rising prices . . . were caused by the blockheaded and incompetent policies of the Biden administration.”

Liberal: Bet on Dems Settling for Gavin

The notion that “the progressives and the centrists will vanquish the other in the 2028 presidential primary process seems fanciful,” explains The Liberal Patriot’s John Halpin. “If neither the left nor the center can dominate the other,” that leaves “an anti-establishment insurgent or party outsider” or “a strong anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ figure as a compromise.” “Enter Gavin Newsom,” who is “whatever you want him to be, and the only thing that matters is that he’s willing to ‘fight’ Trump and Vance.” Dems want a “Resistance” figure “who is younger and capable of making a sharp case against the Trump administration,” but offers a platform with “just enough to everyone” while keeping “them focused on who and what they dislike the most.” For the nomination, at least, it’s Newsom “for the W!”

Conservative: Congress Makes Media Look Good

“I’ve been thinking about sending Congress a thank-you card,” snickers USA Today’s Ingrid Jacques: “The pointless shutdown” led Americans to “view the media in a slightly better light” than the lawmakers. Yet a recent “BBC documentary on Trump “is an example of the “fake news” the prez often rages against, as “a leaked internal memo has drawn attention to how it was misleadingly edited.” The BBC incident and others “undermine the credibility of the media and confirm for the audience that liberal bias is a deep-seated problem.” Trump has won settlements with news organizations over “unfair and defamatory content.” With “a long way to go for the media to rebuild the public’s trust,” at least “we’re not as bad as Congress.”

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board