The Ricochet Superfeed

Recorded at the live Israel Hayom summit, Dan and Ark Media contributor Amit Segal unpack the big things happening in American politics–and how it all impacts the relationship with Israel. With the Democrats’ big win still getting sorted out, and Israelis in coalition-building mode, Dan and Amit predict major changes on the horizon for Jews in Israel and in the diaspora. They spoke on November 11th in New York City.Look at the ABC exit poll showing Democrat vs. Republican views on US support for Israel.https://abcnews.com/Elections/polls-2026-us-house-election-results-analysis Read Israel HaYom’s article about the event.https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/11/12/netanyahus-only-hope-is-to-wait-or-maneuver-until-his-rivals-collapse/

The great Andrew Klavan has a new novel out! Find Me Nowhere is the latest entry in his Cameron Winter series. He sits down with James, Charles and Steve to discuss his detective, the writing process, the blacklisting of conservatives in prestige art circles, and the foundations of great art. And since Andrew embodies indefatigable hopefulness, we dive into politics to confront the truth of the midterm massacre to kick off the right's comeback arc. Plus, Lileks, Hayward and Cooke question the economic judgment of the Maryland activist who killed a data center project and investors to build her a bouncy palace instead. (Click here to buy Andrew's novel!)Opening sound this week: The incoming House Republicans elect new leadership, and Clint Eastwood speaks the words of Andrew Klavan in True Crime (Warner Bros., 1999)Closing music: "Take You Higher" by Where's Lulu? via Motionarray

The editors discuss the Jensen Huang scandal, the uncertain future of the "new right", and whether the Catholic vote exists at all.

Erick reads the coordinated Wall Street Journal and New York Times stories from Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Josh Dawsey, and Meredith McGraw and explains why the knives are coming from inside the White House: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is being set up as the fall guy for the Jensen Huang and Nvidia China spy scandal to insulate President Trump. He plays Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on CNBC, saying "Commerce has the pen," predicts Elizabeth Warren will devour Lutnick in the Senate come January, and takes a call from a retired federal agent who investigated technology transfers to China in the 1990s. The Jensen Huang Nvidia scandal: Peggy Noonan calls it Teapot Dome and Watergate-sized, the Chinese spy relationship, Marco Rubio warning President Trump before the Beijing summit, and Erick buying Nvidia stock after the crash Howard Lutnick on the hot seat: Scott Bessent, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and Jamieson Greer pushed to put Megaspeed on the entity list for months, but the Commerce Department and BIS held the pen and Lutnick never acted How to read Washington reporting: why Mark Caputo, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, and Josh Dawsey all hitting Lutnick on the same day means the White House is doing damage control, plus the Bessent and Lutnick feud and the tariff refund bets Erick's prediction: Lutnick keeps his job until Democrats take the Senate, then Elizabeth Warren replaces Tim Scott as the committee chair and grills him on live television Caller Mark, a retired federal agent, on the 1999 House report on technology transfers to China, satellite launch failures, and Ron Brown's Commerce Department, plus Erick on Chinese influence behind the Maryland data center fight, TikTok psyops, the daylight saving time "30 minute compromise," and the Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving meal drive

On Open Line Friday, Erick explains why President Trump is done negotiating with Iran and is betting on economic pressure to collapse the regime, from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent telling CNBC the death threats prove the squeeze is working to Marco Rubio tightening the oil screws on Cuba. Then Erick delivers a blistering monologue on candidate quality, arguing that Ken Paxton, Beau French, mid-decade redistricting, and a purity-test Republican Party handed Texas and Georgia to the Democrats, and that Christian voters will not be shamed into voting for bad candidates. Iran and the blockade: Trump tells Hugh Hewitt the regime is collapsing, Scott Bessent moves to a military base after Iranian death threats and blasts the Wall Street Journal for publishing his house, and JD Vance gets reassigned to fraud after his memorandum of understanding soured with Republicans JD Vance and 2028: Senator John Kennedy on CNN, Mark Halperin's room of 150 Dallas Republicans with only three hands for Vance, and why vice presidents who become the nominee so often lose Cuba and the Houthis: Marco Rubio forces the Cuban regime to buy American oil out of its own military fund, Trump floats limited military force, Russia arms the Houthis, and an Israeli task force helps Saudi Arabia shoot down drones aimed at Mecca Candidate quality and the Texas wipeout: Ken Paxton, Beau French, Mike Collins, and Vivek Ramaswamy's Amy Acton ad, how George W. Bush and Karl Rove turned Texas red, and why Johnny Isakson-style Republicans kept winning Georgia Erick's "I told you so" on redistricting: mid-decade redistricting lit a fire under Black voters, plus callers named Mark on the Cuba embargo and why Minnesota Democrats never hold their own accountable