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Oblivious Politico Makes Humiliating Mistake, Thinks Jewish Wedding Tradition May Be Trump Admin Bribery Scheme

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23.09.2026

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Oblivious Politico Makes Humiliating Mistake, Thinks Jewish Wedding Tradition May Be Trump Admin Bribery Scheme

At least for the moment, Politico is banned from the White House, thanks to President Donald Trump deeming the outlet “FAKE NEWS!” in a Truth Social post on Friday. More’s the pity.

Politico, along with CNN and MS NOW, are suing to get their White House reportage rights back, and considering the judge the case has been assigned to — the same one who restored Jim Acosta’s White House credentials when he was with CNN during the first Trump administration — the odds are pretty good they’ll be back at 1600 Pennsylvania sooner rather than later.

However, with the break from Downtown D.C.’s most obvious establishment, you’d think that the outlet would have a bit more time to focus on researching other things. Say, Jewish and/or Israeli wedding traditions.

But no, not so much. On Monday, the outlet had a “scoop” in its Playbook newsletter that “[a]n influential and controversial senior adviser to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee solicited cash gifts from Israeli citizens to celebrate his upcoming wedding,” hyping it as a bribery scandal at the highest levels.

David Milstein, who holds a top-secret security clearance, sent a Paperless Post wedding invitation on Sept. 16 soliciting “monetary wedding gift[s]” in either “U.S. dollars or Israeli shekels” along with a QR code, according to screenshots of the solicitation reviewed by Playbook. On Saturday, hours after Playbook asked Milstein whether he had State Department and White House approval for the solicitation, Milstein sent out a revised note to invitees: “Unfortunately, our email/message intended only to respond to requests from family and close family friends who had asked us if we had a gift registry was unintentionally sent to the broader guest list. Please........

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