Pro-Israel Dark Money Group Spends Millions Targeting Candidates
In Portland, Oregon 314 Action Fund, which describes itself as helping to elect “Democrats with a background in science to public office,” is throwing its weight behind Maxine Dexter, a state representative and local doctor.
By waiting until April to launch its spending blitz, 314 Action is able to delay disclosure of its donors until May 20.
Susheela Jayapal, the sister of Rep. Pramila Jayapal, was considered the candidate to beat before the sudden influx of money last month.
The Intercept reported that Susheela Jayapal is being targeted by the American Israel Public Affairs Comm… Read more
This should be illegal.
How is this type of system in the best interest of the people?
@DeficitJuliaLibertarian2wks2W
Best Government money can buy.
Too bad for them. Kentucky already knows how good Thomas Massie is for America.
@VoterIDTacosLibertarian2wks2W
I'd like to move from the NE, hopefully before elections (& before the WHO's Pandemic Treaty, signed this week, is enforced). What area of KY do you recommend (or where should I avoid)? Massie is the first politician I've seen to totally buck the trend. I like Rand (both), too.
@DejectedGeldingForward2wks2W
Wby is AIPAC a foreign agent but doesnt have to register, why is that?
@AmusedPopulistGreen2wks2W
That’s what student were protesting against until all the frat boys came and stopped them
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Houthi Rebels Will Increase Drone Attacks
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed attacks on two ships in the Gulf of Aden and one in the Indian Ocean.
The MSC Diego and the MSC Gina were attacked with ballistic missiles and drones in the Gulf of Aden, the Iran-aligned group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Thursday.
The attacks on the ships in the Gulf of Aden – identified by the Houthis as the “Israeli” MSC Diego and the MSC Gina – were “accurate”, Saree said, without providing details.
However, the United States-led Joint Maritime Information Center said two missile attacks took… Read more
I really like Yemini. At least they're helping the situation of Palestinians unlike the other major arab countries.
@DelegateDotterelGreen2wks2W
Religion is being used as a "front group" for Houthi power and Iranian money. Arguably, Israel's perceived, or factual, nonsymmetrical response to the Hamas terrorist attack did no favors to capitalism or a stable Middle East theater. These three players are Israel, the Houthis, and Iran; all need a "prong collar rather than support for these three actors.
@WeaselTerryRepublican2wks2W
Iran needs to be held to account for its backing of rebel groups throughout the Middle East. It is sowing violence as much as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. Iran's leadership should be in the dock at the World Court.
If the Houthi's support Palestine and this is the reason for their unlawful attacks of ships then why don't they accept Palestinian refugees into their country? Or why don't they go to Gaza to fight with Hamas? Or why don't they provide aid to Gaza instead of spending those millions of dollars on cruise missiles to disrupt freedom of navigation?
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Criminal Cases Against Trump Stall Before Election
What once resembled a wall of legal obstacles that stood between Donald Trump and his return to the White House is now looking like little more than a series of speed bumps.
Prosecutors handling cases from Georgia to Florida to Washington, D.C., are discovering that bringing groundbreaking criminal charges against a former president is a lot easier than getting them to trial.
But, as of now, the wave of prosecutions don’t seem destined to deliver the kind of legal accountability that Trump’s investigators promised — or the devastating political blow to Trump’s presidenti… Read more
@LardAlfiePatriot2wks2W
We face the dreadful prospect that the election might be decided by the voters. This is, I'm told, bad for democracy.
@ResoluteCrackersVeteran2wks2W
False dichotomy, of course. Thinly-veiled, at that.
While that was always going to be the case, for us authentic conservatives... aka, constitution-first types... we figure that if someone is legit accused of breaking big rules, that's on them. Constitution says let jury decide.
@RightistBrianNo Labels2wks2W
Anyone who’s been depending on a deus ex machina to save us has been deluding themselves. The ONLY way this gets resolved is at the polls.
The country should be deeply afraid about what Democrats will do next if their Soviet lawfare attempts fail. Democrats and their throne-sniffing media apparatchiks believe they are justified in doing anything to prevent the American people from electing Trump again.
@GuiltyTigerDemocrat2wks2W
But Trump has been claiming that the prosecutions have helped his campaign. So won't the lack of cases this year harm his campaign? Or is Trump just a liar. Nevermind. We all know he lies all the time about everything.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Conservative Judges Will Not Hire Columbia University Graduates
13 Judges appointed by Donald Trump say they will blackball graduates of Columbia University, ratcheting up a pressure campaign against schools they deem hostile to conservatives.
The judges said the New York City school’s response to pro-Palestinian protests was inadequate and that the campus had become an “incubator of bigotry” with rampant antisemitism and a lack of diverse perspectives.
The letter illustrates the relationship between influential judges and the law schools that train future attorneys and offers a glimpse into the potential repercussions for students and schools after a spring semester marked by disruptive pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
None of the signatories attended Columbia.
@PolicyZebraRepublican2wks2W
As a conservative and a Columbia graduate, I'm disappointed. To begin with, every elite law school has a liberal slant; there isn't anywhere for conservative students to go where they won't swim against the tide. That said, nearly every flaming liberal professor I had was respectful of my views (typically it was the administration who failed to act impartially), and Columbia continues to have a vibrant Federalist Society chapter .
@Centr1stZachForward2wks2W
This is a thoughtful response. I think it highlights an important point: Universities certainly trend liberal, but despite what is exaggerated in the media or spewed as anti-liberal conservative talking points, most professors are not brainwashing liberals. They generally respect most of their students, even though most university Professors and student body tend to one side of the political spectrum.
@PolicyZebraRepublican2wks2W
These judges lack a nuanced perspective of the diversity of students at any University and the significant challenges that conservative soon-to-be lawyers face in the liberal elite colleges. It's important to recognize and empathize with these challenges within and outside the university. These judges failed to note that importance.
@CulturedC0nsensu5Green2wks2W
It's sad that judges, whose job requires basic fairness, should endorse this sort of collective punishment - it suggests they, rather than all graduates of offending schools, are unqualified for the judiciary.
These judges aren't going to hire a liberal student, no matter where that student attends. The only people being punished here are conservative students who attend Columbia.
This also punishes people who were opposed to the protesters.
Yes, the protesters get a lot of air time, but that doesn't mean they represent the whole student body. Yes, there are students who try to inflict their views thru cancel culture, but a ban would not only affect them but also their victims.
A ban might feel good but is far too blunt an instrument.
@RepublicPolenta2wks2W
Israel and Hamas leave peace talks with no deal reached
UPDATE:
• Hamas leaves talks
• CIA chief leaves talks
• No deal reached
• Qatar, Israel still in Cairo
• Netanyahu defiant against Biden
• Clashes with Hezbollah
Both the Israeli and the Hamas delegations as well as CIA director Bill Burns left Cairo on Thursday with no deal reached on a cease-fire or hostage release, hours after US President Joe Biden threatened to stop weapons shipments to Israel if it invades Rafah.
Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, confirmed in a post on Telegram that the delegation has left the Egyptian capital and is on… Read more
@Bi11R1ghtsDingoDemocrat2wks2W
That whiff of optimism we had last night from Egypt on one gap closing has quickly faded. Instead Hamas is back in Qatar, Bill Burns on way to US now, Israel might be leaving soon as well. With Netanyahu's defiance on Rafah, unclear where this all goes..Day 215 of war.
@SenateCoconutGreen2wks2W
Another twist & turn in this exhausting roller coaster ride. Unfortunately, there are real civilian lives at stake
@NarwhalArtDemocrat2wks2W
Netanyahu has been unable to rescue Israeli hostages or defeat Hamas without sacrificing innocent Palestinians
Biden is doing the right thing
@9MBTRXC1wk1W
Israel and Hams can’t reach a ceasefire because of the incompetence of some politicians in Washington, Jerusalem and where Hamas is.
Our administration doesn’t know how to pick their battles or read the room. I say that with the understanding that there are a lot of players in the room and all have a responsibility to pull their collective heads out !!
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
West Virginia Needs Workers But Resists Immigration
West Virginia's labor-force participation rate—the share of the 16-and-older population either working or looking for work—was 55.2% in March, the second-lowest in the country.
Some states including Maine, Indiana and Utah, have sought immigrants to shore up their workforces.
West Virginia represents one extreme in its labor needs, it represents another in its resistance to immigration.
Republican Gov. Jim Justice has signed legislation banning “sanctuary cities” in West Virginia and deployed that state’s own National Guard troops to the Mexican border in Texa… Read more
@MinorityBrandonForward2wks2W
Just shows how it's bad to have one party control for either side. Allows the extremes to govern unchecked rather than force a compromise to the middle. And the middle is where the right answers usually are found.
Shame that immigration has become so political. Makes compromise nearly impossible. But more necessary than ever.
So the Republican governor, and legislature, of West Virginia, would rather see its oldest, and most vulnerable, citizens die waiting for healthcare than to employ immigrants who are in the U. S. legally?
Why?
It is a fact of life that old people die. We have to address how many of our health care dollars are spent trying to stretch out the dying process. I do not think it is kind to keep someone in this kind of existence. Before you start pointing fingers at me, I am very close to 80 yrs. old.
It's not death we need to worry about. It's living with the indignities of age. Older people can live with dignity when they have proper care. When my parents reached their 90's, they were fortunate to have home care providers from the Caribbean islands who were incredibly lovely: they treated my parents with respect and sympathy.
@Freedom761wk1W
Incentivise families and life-long marriages, then
West Virginia can rant about illegal immigrants all day long, but the plain fact is that W. Va. consumes more federal tax dollars than it produces. Liberal blue states underwrite their xenophobic politics. West Virginians are takers, Blue States are the makers.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Biden faces internal Democratic blowback over Israel weapons pauses
President Biden is facing unusually harsh criticism from some pro-Israel lawmakers in his party for pausing shipments of weapons to Israel.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), who said on X the move "makes a mockery of our credibility as an ally," had even more strident criticism for the president in a brief Capitol Hill interview on Wednesday.
"I suspect it's pandering to the far left," the staunchly pro-Israel lawmaker told Axios. "It looks like election year politics was driving it. That's my impression," he added."I'd like the president to do righ… Read more
it’s what happens when your party is usually the winner of both the Muslim vote and the Jewish vote
( neither of which is particularly large )
it had to break eventually
@DiplomatBuckForward2wks2W
Everyone knows Biden is withholding aid to Israel for domestic political reasons
Duh. Everything a president does has a connection to domestic politics. It’s called honoring the will of the American people as the president sees it. Whether that is “pandering” or doing his duty is a matter of opinion.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Japan Resumes Large Whale Hunting
Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of the marine mammals.
Japan resumed commercial whaling in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in 2019, on withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
This week, its Fisheries Agency sought public comment on a draft revision of its aquatic resource control policies that would allow commercial catching of fin whales.
The Japanese government will conti… Read more
