Category Archives: Politics

Thank you Springfield: “The rate of increase in pension benefits promised to Illinois government employees has vastly exceeded the growth rate of Illinois residents’ incomes over the past three decades”

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE Illinois Pension Promises Exploded Over Thirty-Year Period by Joshua Paladino March 6, 2018 …The report states the pension benefits promised to Illinois state and local government employees increased by 1,061 percent between 1987 and 2016, with pension liabilities … Continue reading

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“500 Facebook pages of Palestinian activists, journalists and bloggers” shut down in 2018

WORLD ISRAEL NEWS Facebook shutters Palestinian news site’s page for inciting terror by Batya Jerenberg March 26, 2018 The Facebook page of a Palestinian news outlet called Safa, which is linked to the Hamas terror organization, was unceremoniously deleted by the … Continue reading

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“Bolton is actually far more supportive of Israel than the neoconservatives are”

BREITBART Bolton’s appointment is a brilliant America first move by Caroline Glick March 25, 2018 President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint former UN Ambassador John Bolton to serve as his National Security Advisor is arguably the most significant single step … Continue reading

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Demonization of Israel “an attack on the very norms and values of the university”

TABLET MAG The Silencing of Pro-Israel Students on Campus by Andrew Pessin and Doron Ben-Atar March 20, 2018 While some may see in Israel a prosperous (if flawed) liberal democracy facing unprecedented security challenges, the growing campus orthodoxy sees only … Continue reading

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EVENT New York Premiere – The Fight of Our Lives [VIDEO]

DOC EMET PRODUCTIONS AND THE ALGEMEINER present The Fight of our Lives: Fighting the Ideological War Against the West Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th Street New York, NY Tuesday May 1, 2018 at 7:30pm Click here to purchase tickets to … Continue reading

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Bolton observed UN corruption and incompetence firsthand, then dared to talk about it

NEW YORK TIMES John Bolton Is Right About the U.N. by Bret Stephens March 23, 2018 In 1994, John Bolton said that if the United Nations Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of … Continue reading

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More double standards from the #NewYorkTimes: The soft bigotry of low expectations

CAMERA BLOG NY Times Mum on Palestinian Leader’s “Son of a Dog” Slur by Gilead Ini March 21, 2018 On Monday, the Palestinian president called an American ambassador a “son of a dog.” On Tuesday, a handful of U.S. news … Continue reading

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In Hollywood, “the City Where Myths Are Made, The Israeli And Palestinian Storyline Is Always In Rewrite” [VIDEO]

MOMENT MAG The Epic Battle In Hollywood Over The Holy Land by Brian Schaefer March 15, 2018 …And because Los Angeles is the ever-beating heart of the world’s entertainment industry, Hollywood has increasingly become a location where the politics of … Continue reading

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“Taylor Force Act, targeting payouts to jailed terrorists, likely to pass this week”

JEWISH INSIDER Sen Graham: Taylor Force Act now added to omnibus By Jacob Kornbluh and JI Staff March 21, 2018 The Senate is expected to pass the Taylor Force Act as part of the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill this week, … Continue reading

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DC lawmaker apologizes for implying Jews control the weather

WTOP DC councilmember apologizes for Facebook video that embraced anti-Semitic conspiracy theory by Jennifer Ortiz March 19, 2018 A D.C. councilmember apologized Sunday night for posting a video on Facebook Friday that seemed to embrace an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that … Continue reading

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