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On the Border ‘Crisis,’ Biden Suddenly Sounds Like Trump
The former president is pushing the GOP to kill an immigration compromise so he can run on the issue.
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Just another day which demonstrates why affirmative action both failed our nation and so many blacks who did not earn their stripes and whose ethics are wanting.
A member of the so-called anti-Israel “Squad,” the scrutiny is associated with the misuse of security funds.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), one of Israel’s most strident critics in Congress, is reportedly under a federal criminal investigation for misspending personal security funds.
The U.S. Department of Justice served the House sergeant at arms, William McFarland, with a grand jury subpoena to turn over related materials, McFarland informed the House on Monday. The requested documents apply to a criminal probe into Bush’s alleged misuse of funds, Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday.
A member of the so-called “Squad” of left-wing progressives, Bush issued a statement on Tuesday confirming that she is under investigation and denying that she had improperly used any federal funds for her personal security detail.
“We are fully cooperating in this investigation,” Bush said. “I am not entitled to personal protection by the House and instead have used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services. I have not used any federal tax dollars for personal security services.”
She added that “right-wing organizations have lodged baseless complaints against” her, prompting ongoing investigations by the Federal Election Commission and the House Committee on Ethics, alongside the Justice Department investigation.
The Justice Department has not issued a public statement on the matter.
Questions have circulated about Bush’s expenditures before.
In 2023, Fox News reported that she paid her husband, who previously served as her campaign security guard, more than $100,000 over two years. That’s in addition to more than $500,000 she has spent on private security since 2022.
Since the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol, she has spent more on security than any other House member. (Another security guard on her payroll, Nathaniel Davis, claims to be a 109-trillion-year-old “Hebrew” and has endorsed antisemitic conspiracy theories like the Rothschilds running “the Western hemisphere.”)
The expenditures prompted complaints to the Office of Congressional Ethics; they were dismissed unanimously last year.
Bush has long been one of the most ardent congressional critics of Israel. She has called the Jewish state “apartheid” and has been particularly vocal in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel.
Backed by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and more than a dozen colleagues, Bush introduced a “Ceasefire Now” resolution on Oct. 16.
Since then, Bush and Tlaib have supported South Africa’s efforts to bring genocide charges against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the main judicial arm of the United Nations.
“We welcome international accountability for the ongoing atrocities the Israeli government is perpetrating in Gaza,” the pair stated jointly on Friday, after the ICJ’s provisional ruling.
“The court overwhelmingly recognizes the risk that the Israeli government could be committing genocide in Gaza and believes immediate action is necessary to prevent further harm to the Palestinian people, even as the case continues,” they added.
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Israel’s 117th Day of War
By Sherwin Pomerantz
The IDF continued their active engagement in the northern and central regions of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, targeting the Hamas terrorist infrastructure and eliminating a significant number of terrorists in the area, the IDF Spokesperson Unit reported on Wednesday. In recent days, combat units from Brigade 162 have maintained their presence in the northern and central zones of the Gaza Strip, relentlessly pursuing terrorist elements. These efforts have resulted in the neutralization of numerous terrorists and the dismantling of key terrorist infrastructure. The 401st Brigade, in particular, has been instrumental in combating terrorism in the northern area of the Strip. Through several confrontations with armed militants, they successfully eliminated more than 15 terrorists affiliated with the Hamas terror organization.
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al Thani attempted to douse optimism about an imminent deal for the release of the 136 hostages, even as he expressed optimism that a deal was in the works, of which the first phase would see the release of women and elderly male captives. “I think we have reached an agreement with the Israelis in order to have it as a starting point, but it needs a lot of resolution and negotiating the details also with Hamas to get into an agreement,” Thani told Fox News in an interview he granted them on Tuesday while visiting Washington. “We always want to be optimistic, but we shouldn’t also over-promise. The process is still at the beginning, so it will need some time to evolve,” Thani explained.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing one of the toughest political decisions of his long career: Who should govern Gaza after Hamas? So far, he seems to be dodging it. The question is politically explosive because any answer that would satisfy Israel’s military and our main international allies, especially the U.S., also risks detonating the governing coalition and ending Bibi’s hold on power.
The U.S. and key Arab governments want the Palestinian Authority, which runs parts of the West Bank and is Hamas’s main rival in Palestinian politics, to oversee Gaza. That is anathema to much of the right-wing Likud party and the other far-right coalition partners. Israel’s Defense Ministry rejects that, fearing that achievements in thr war effort could be rolled back because of a political vacuum in Gaza that allows Hamas to reassert itself. Current and former officials warn that Netanyahu’s indecision is making it harder to win the war. Last week, 43 former top officials of Israel’s military and intelligence services wrote to the country’s head of state, President Isaac Herzog, calling for Netanyahu’s removal as prime minister. Israel’s military believes the war effort in Gaza urgently needs a civil authority to deliver humanitarian aid, restore order and basic services, and manage nearly two million displaced residents, Israeli officials say. The bulging refugee population in a shrinking area of Gaza’s south, leading to a worsening humanitarian crisis, is greatly complicating Israeli forces’ effort to defeat Hamas there, officials and analysts say. The U.S., Saudi Arabia and Egypt are also urging Israel to reach an agreement on who will govern Gaza after the war, including overseeing its reconstruction.
The IDF confirmed on Tuesday that it has been flooding tunnels in Gaza with seawater, revealing new details on what has been named “Operation Atlantis”. According to the IDF, it has been neutralizing underground terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip by pumping water into them. The announcement specifies that units in the IDF and the Ministry of Defense jointly developed tools for injecting water at a high rate into Hamas tunnels, as part of the variety of tools the IDF is using to deal with the tunnels. The army emphasized that water injection occurs only in tunnels found suitable for this purpose.
"This project is one of the tools developed by the IDF and the security establishment in recent years to deal with Hamas’ underground infrastructure,” the IDF said. “This basket of tools includes attacks from the air, underground maneuvering, and special operations with technological means. This tool constitutes a significant engineering and technological breakthrough in dealing with the underground challenge and was developed in the joint work of various bodies in the security system." Operation "Atlantis" commenced at the end of last year when Israel began installing pumps in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the "Wall Street Journal," earlier this month, Israel installed at least one pump in Khan Yunis to damage the network of tunnels there. An American official said that water from the Mediterranean Sea was used in the first pumps in Gaza, while water from Israel was used in the new pump.
While there seems to be progress on a number of fronts more and more it appears that early warnings or a long war are coming to fruition as we close in on a full four months of fighting. Let us hope that some way will be found to end this with honor and a new sense of security for those of us who have chosen to live here.
Netanyahu has stipulated , until Israel defeats Hamas' organized leadership, militarized battalions and a host of terrorists, occupies Gaza for a period of time to insure Israel's long term safety and retrieves all the hostages whether living or dead, the war will continue.
These are tough conditions which challenge Hamas because they imply their defeat. Israel, on the other hand, refuses to bow to Hamas desires which also connotes a defeat. In a sense the Gordian Knot boils down to: "You be lets."
Biden has gone out of his way to hang tough in regard to backing Israel but the upcoming election places additional political strains on Biden whose poor ratings are a mixture of his own failures and assumed Biden voters who do not support his backing of Israel.
When and if Iran goes nuclear, and should Biden be re-elected still President, the window of his support really reaches a very tenuous level. Meanwhile, Israel has no option but to go it alone.
Former Secretary of State, Pompeo, summed it up in a few choice words as follows: " America may not be at war with Iran but Iran is at war with America."
Because Biden either was manipulated by Obama or chose, of his own volition, to believe appeasement would work, this has brought us to where we are and Biden has only himself to blame for his pronounced recalcitrance. He broadcast he did not want to go to war with Iran and his message was taken by the Ayatollah's as a sign of weakness which Iran chose to exploit.
Truman and Reagan knew how to play poker. Obviously, Biden thought he could expose his hand and avoid paying a price. DUH!
Consequently, when the Hamas War ends, Israel's temporary occupation of Gaza, for the purpose of insuring their ultimate goal of no more 10/7 attacks, will become a serious sticking point.
How can Israel cleanse Palestinian minds of hatred and their demoniac goal of Israel's nihilation? How can Israel alter Palestinian behaviour of rewarding martyrs for wanton killings? How can Israel introduce education whereby Palestinian children come to "love their neighbor" and seek "war no more."
Frankly, how can an America, which itself is marching in the wrong direction towards socialism and a "police state," become an acceptable model for Palestinians after our support of Israel even though Israel is currently the lone democracy in the Middle East?
Finally how long, if ever, will it take for the tribal mentality of the Arab/Muslim world of Islam and The Muslim Brotherhood's embrace of terrorism to end and, most particularly, the Palestinians to renounce their own corrupt leadership. Leadership which has caused them untold misery and kept them chained to their tragic past?
Even for Biden, this is one big scoop of ice cream.
And:
It never stops!
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NYU Professor Suspended after Being Recorded Denying Hamas Atrocities, Denouncing Israel By David Zimmermann
Posted By on January 31st, 2024
New York University recently suspended an adjunct professor, who’s been outspoken about his antisemitic views for years, after a video released online showed him denying that Hamas terrorists raped Israeli women and committed other atrocities on October 7.
In the video, Amin Husain is seen defending Hamas’s actions and denouncing Israel at a teach-in organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at The New School, a private research university located in New York City. The informal lecture took place on December 5, the Free Press reported Thursday.
“Don’t take what the media says,” Husain said in the video, which the Free Press obtained from S.A.F.E. Campus, an organization that combats antisemitism on college campuses in the U.S. “It’s really important. . . . Because these kind of questions try to put you on the defensive. They try to say . . . ‘Oh my God, you’re supporting rapists and people that behead babies,’ both of which, you know, whatever, we know it’s not true.”
“We live in a Zionist city,” Husain added, referring to New York. “No, let’s be real about this, let’s be f***ing real.”
On the same day that the Free Press published the story, NYU announced that Husain had been suspended.
“To be clear, Mr. Husain has been suspended and is not currently teaching any classes at NYU,” university spokesman John Beckman said later Thursday. “All members of our community must adhere to the University’s discrimination and anti-harassment policies; we investigate all complaints we receive and take appropriate action, which may include taking measures such as suspension.”
When asked whether Husain would be permitted to return to his role, Beckman said NYU won’t comment any further on the matter.
Antisemitism watchdog Canary Mission, which documents people and groups that promote hatred of the U.S., Israel, and Jews, has an extensive profile of Husain on its website. According to his bio, Husain “has organized multiple violent New York City disruptions, promoted hatred of America and the police and incited hatred against pro-Israel supporters with Within Our Lifetime (WOL), an anti-Israel activist group in New York.”
“Husain has claimed to have participated in the first intifada and personally visited a leader of the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ),” it adds. “He has also expressed support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group and glorified its leaders, promoted other terrorists and spread hatred of Israel.”
In the video, Husain acknowledged the credibility of his Canary Mission profile, which he called “one of the best biographies I have.” He also bragged about his antisemitic reputation, pointing to an active petition calling for his dismissal for promoting hate speech. “I have a petition going around, right, because I’m antisemitic. I won the honors of antisemitic multiple times,” he said.
Canary Mission started documenting Husain in 2017, according to a spokeswoman, who described his rhetoric as “alarmingly explicit.” For example, he advocated for “waging . . . war” on the “nerve centers of the city” by damaging the New York City subway system. In 2020, his organization, Decolonize This Place, carried out such actions during its three-part F*** The Police campaign, which caused $100,000 in damages to the subway.
Considering Husain’s “radical ideological positions and incendiary language,” the Canary Mission representative said, “We therefore welcome his recent suspension as a matter of public safety.”
However, she noted suspension isn’t enough. Rather, his employment at NYU needs to be terminated.
“NYU’s recent decision to suspend Amin Husain appears less an acknowledgment of the many warning signs and more a concession to the mounting pressure of the current atmosphere,” the spokeswoman said. “While we welcome the decision at this time, it also serves as a stark reminder of NYU’s longstanding complacency in the face of antisemitism.”
“As it stands, a suspension is insufficient. To truly demonstrate their commitment to protecting students against the spread of hateful and dangerous ideologies, NYU must terminate Husain’s employment permanently,” she concluded.
Husain works as an adjunct professor at The New School of Public Engagement and Pratt Institute, according to his current LinkedIn profile. However, he hasn’t been affiliated with The New School since 2019 despite being invited to campus, a university spokeswoman said. Similarly, a Pratt spokeswoman said the adjunct professor hasn’t taught classes at the private Brooklyn university since 2019.
Husain did not respond to National Review’s request for comment.
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Last night (Jan. 30,) I attended a movie by Dinesh D'Souza depicting what is happening to America as it morphs into a "Police State." It is a chilling movie and makes a strong case how we are about to lose our republic.
The weapon used is intimidation by our government against "we the people." In the movie, Dinesh portrays actual events of brutal force used in several real instances where the FBI intimidates innocents in violation of the constitution in pursuit of "victims" who have done nothing criminal beyond exercising their right to express themselves in a free manner.
Dinesh avers, Biden's open border policy is a purposeful effort to enlarge a massive increase in voters who will be loyal to the Democrat Party in the hope America will be controlled by those who seek to turn our nation into a "Police State" governed by a sole political party.
The social media, working in cahoots with the FBI and other intelligence arms of our government, are building dossiers on those using technology that allows citizens to be physically tracked and brought to "justice" for "trumped" violations.
Dinesh ends by alleging the claimed "insurrection" on our Capitol was contrived and orchestrated to send a message our government is willing to arrest innocent citizens and subject them to loathsome violations of their Bill of Rights, namely the1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments.
Those in power, namely Sen. Schumer and Speaker of The House, Pelosi, manipulated events in such manner as to portray President Trump encouraging an insurrection.
https://hotair.com/david-strom
"Big Brother" has left the pages of Orwell's: "1984," and walks the streets seeking control, the end of our freedoms, our republic, our way of life.
Franklin is rolling over in his grave because we failed to keep his admonition.
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