Category Archives: Politics

“Greedy super PACS drained the movement with endless pleas for money to support “conservative” candidates—while instead using the money to enrich themselves”

POLITICO How We Killed the Tea Party by Paul H. Jossey August 14, 2016 …The Tea Party movement began building in the George W. Bush years. Profligate spending and foreign adventurism with no discernible results nurtured disgust with Washington’s habit … Continue reading

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John Oliver’s take on world of journalism today. Funny but sadly on point [VIDEO]

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Reservists On Duty use facts to discredit Breaking The Silence

SPECTATOR Truth Is the Best Propaganda by Ziva Dahl August 10, 2016 Outrage is the power that motivated me,” declared Israeli Major Amit Deri, in a recent conversation with the Haym Salomon Center. Deri is founder of Reservists on Duty … Continue reading

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Microcosm of the Israel-Arab conflict played out on #Judo mat at Rio #Olympics [VIDEO]

ALGEMEINER Egyptian Judoka Booed By Crowd for Refusing Israeli Rival’s Handshake After Losing During First-Round Olympic Match by Lea Speyer August 12, 2016 …“Israel’s Ori Sasson beats Egyptian Islam El Shehaby in 1st round of their judo competition. The Egyptian … Continue reading

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Jewish Liberals “surprised” by #BlackLivesMatter targeting Israel for destruction; they shouldn’t have been

COMMENTARY The Anti-Israel Left and the Dems by Jonathan S. Tobin August 9, 201 In the last week, two influential groups issued platforms that demonstrated just how far the left has gone in attacking Israel. Both the Black Lives Matter … Continue reading

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What Californians Roger Simon and David Horowitz see in the GOP nominee and the emergence of Jews Choose Trump

TABLET MAG West of Eden: Trump, Race, and Jewish Republicans by Lee Smith August 11, 2016 While some Jews—like my boss at the Weekly Standard William Kristol, and Tablet colleague James Kirchick—are at the heart of the anti-Trump movement within … Continue reading

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Illinois’s government, says Rauner, “is run for the benefit of its employees.” Increasingly, it is run for their benefit when they retire.

WASHINGTON POST Illinois exemplifies our fiscal foolishness by George Will August 10, 2016 Seated in his office here, wearing neither a necktie nor a frown, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is remarkably relaxed for someone at the epicenter of a crisis … Continue reading

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What is happening in Chicago ?

WASHINGTON POST Monday was Chicago’s worst day in more than a decade for homicides, with 9 people fatally shot by Derek Hawkins August 10, 2016 Michael Lucas, 61, was sitting on his front stoop in Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood, watching his … Continue reading

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“Say what you will about Donald Trump, but he has done more than any other public figure to put this glaring incongruity front and center”

SPECTATOR The ‘Nifty Fifty’ Have Never Been Useful Anyway by Andrew D. Lappin August 11, 2016 Fifty of the nation’s leading security minds, all of whom have had “situation room” exposure at one time or another, have signed a public … Continue reading

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One More Example of How Journalists Make Sh*t Up Because Nobody Bothers To Question

TABLET The Palestinian Olympic Swimming Pool-Sized Lie by Liel Leibovitz August 6, 2016 As the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic games celebrated the spirit of competition and camaraderie that captures the hearts and eyes of millions around the world … Continue reading

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