Category Archives: Politics

#TwoStateSolution: Some support it, predicated on “belief in the lie of occupation”

OBSERVER Occupier: The One-Word Difference Between Clinton and Trump on Israel by Alan Clemmons November 3, 2016 …“Occupier” is nothing more than a polite way of calling Israel a thief—suggesting Jewish invaders colonized territory belonging to the Arabs—and which therefore … Continue reading

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“Integral to claims of vote rigging are electronic voting systems, or Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Systems”

AMERICAN THINKER The Smell Test for a Rigged Election by Marcus Ahn November 8, 2016 In a normal election year, questions about rigging the vote would be dismissed as a matter of tinfoil hat and conspiracy mongering. But this, of … Continue reading

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#2016 not so bad: “‘We’ve been divided in much, much worse fashion before, like 1861 when we were actually killing each other'”

WALL STREET JOURNAL History Repeats as Farce, Then as 2016 by Joseph Rago November 4, 2016 Americans elected the greatest president, Lincoln, four years after the worst, Buchanan, so there’s some hope that 2020 will redeem 2016, whoever wins on … Continue reading

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“America paid Iran $1.7 billion in cash—funds that by law were not to be released unless and until Iran paid what it owed to American victims of its terrorism”

MOSAIC The Story of Obama’s Ransom Payment to Iran Gets Worse by Rick Richman November 1, 2016 …Nor did the president mention that his “refund” to Iran was being paid in untraceable European cash, a fact discovered by reporters seven … Continue reading

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#Illinois #Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics [FULL LENGTH VIDEO]

He’s been called the “King of Illinois.” Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is the most powerful politician in Illinois history, and the longest-serving state House speaker in the nation. This unprecedented documentary explores his reign over the Illinois Statehouse.

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The Great Mideast Myth: “Linkage…rests on the assumption that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, more than any other issue, prompts the rise of terrorism, weakens friendly governments…”

THE FEDERALIST Martin Kramer Knows Why America Keeps Mucking Up The Middle East by Shepard Barbash October 28, 2016 …Kramer’s latest book, “The War on Error,” released last week, exposes the mistakes that historians, journalists, filmmakers, and others have made … Continue reading

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#KentState students: #GoldaMeir has no place on our campus

ALGEMEINER Kent State Students Demand Removal of ‘Golda’ Display, Claiming Late Israeli Leader Engaged in ‘Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians’ by Lea Speyer November 3, 2016 Students at Kent State University are demanding the removal of a display featuring a photo of and … Continue reading

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#IRS harassment: “Though the government fought a long battle to prevent Z Street—which is sympathetic to Israel’s settlement movement—from suing to recover its rights, the courts consistently upheld its right to do so”

COMMENTARY The IRS Scandal Still Matters by Jonathan S. Tobin October 31, 2016 …Though the Z Street litigation preceded the general outrage about the revelations about the IRS’s discrimination broke in the spring of 2013, it opened a window into … Continue reading

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“America may soon be subject to the same single-party rule #Chicago enjoys—complete with corruption and bankruptcy”

OBSERVER Campaign 2016 Was Born and Bred in Obama’s Hometown by Keith Liscio October 31, 2016 In the run-up to his election in 2008, President Obama jokingly warned attendees at a political fundraiser in Philadelphia that the general election could … Continue reading

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“Fears grow of a final days presidential ambush at the U.N.”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Obama’s Israel Surprise? October 31, 2016 The Middle East has few bright spots these days, but one is the budding rapprochement between Israel and its Sunni Arab neighbors, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, thanks … Continue reading

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