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The Times of Israel – by Ben Sales
JTA — More than 6 percent of the new Congress is Jewish, with 34 Jews among the total of 535 lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate.
Jews make up 2% of the US population, so Congress as a whole is more than thrice as Jewish as the country in general, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center on religion in the new Congress, which was inaugurated Thursday. Continue reading “Congress is now three times as Jewish as the US is”
Information Clearinghouse – by Alison Weir
The Israel lobby has been busy taking a wide variety of government officials and opinion makers on fully expense paid trips to Israel this month. The trips cost in the range of $10,000 per person.
Six newly elected House members are on a 5-day visit to Israel, a delegation of northern California “progressive leaders” are on a week-long trip, media commentator Tara Setmayer has just returned from such a trip, and a delegation of southern California progressive leaders returned from their trip earlier this month. Continue reading “AIPAC Takes Newly Elected Congress Members, CNN’s Setmayer on Propaganda Trips to Israel”
A high school that requires some students to wear ID badges announcing their failing grades is causing bullying and public ridicule, especially for students with learning disabilities, and has caused the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to step in.
Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood, Ariz., issues ID badges for all students to hang around their necks — freshmen and sophomores wear red-colored cards and juniors and seniors wear gray, both of which are school colors. “These are standard badges worn by students at schools across the nation issued in large part as identification in the case of a school shooting,” attorney Susan Segal, who is representing the school, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “At Mingus, older kids are allowed to leave campus for lunch, and their colored badges indicate their grade level to security guards.” Continue reading “School policy forces kids with bad grades to wear special IDs: ‘Public ridicule,’ says ACLU”
New York City has made it easier than ever to change gender legally, removing restrictions that required a doctor’s note and adding a third “X” category to birth certificates to accommodate intersex and non-binary people. Continue reading “No doctor needed: NYC adds non-binary category to birth certificates”
Big League Politics – by Tom Pappert
A second year medical student has been suspended from the University of Virginia after questioning his professors during a lecture on microaggressions.
Kieran Bhattacharya was suspended from the University of Virginia after the institution alleged Bhattacharya became “unnecessarily antagonistic and disrespectful” during a lecture Bhattacharya says was titled “Microaggressions: Why Are They So Sensitive.” Continue reading “College Student Suspended For “Antagonizing” SJW Microaggression Lecture”
Is gun confiscation coming to Congress?
The 2018 midterm elections produced a split Congress with Democrats gaining control of the House and Republicans gaining seats in the Senate. Continue reading “Bipartisan Support for Gun Confiscation Is Growing”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Brazil to hold a meeting with President-elect Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro.
Benjamin Netanyahu and his family were met by a furious crowd at Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue on Sunday. People were jeering and hissing at the Israeli prime minister because the popular tourist site was closed to visitors due to security arrangements for his visit, The Times of Israel reported. Continue reading “Netanyahu Booed by Crowd as Rio’s Christ Statue Closed for PM’s Visit”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Muskogee, OK — An infuriating video was uploaded to social media this week showing multiple police officers attack a disabled veteran in a Walmart. The veteran was pulled from his wheelchair, thrown to the floor and pepper sprayed after asking for the store’s policy on showing identification to purchase alcohol.
The victim, 36-year-old Jason Williams was attempting to purchase champagne for
New Year’s Eve at the Muskogee Walmart when employees asked to see his identification as well as the identification of his family members who were with him. Because his family members were not purchasing anything at all, Williams asked to see the policy that required family members to produce identification. Continue reading “Disabled Veteran Ripped from Wheelchair, Pepper Sprayed for Questioning Walmart ID Policy”
Activist Post – by John Whitehead
“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”—Edmund Burke
Folks, it’s time to break the cycle.
Let’s make 2019 the year we say no to the laundry list of abuses—cruel, brutal, immoral, unconstitutional and unacceptable—that have been heaped upon us by the government for way too long. Continue reading “Break the Cycle: In 2019, Say No to the Government’s Cruelty, Brutality and Abuse”
Godfather of Politics – by Warner Todd Huston
New York City is pulling back the New York Police Department and allowing Muslims to drive around in “Muslim Community Patrol” (MCP) cars and to enforce shariah law in Muslim neighborhoods.
The new MCP cars have been seen in certain New York City neighborhoods in a frightening example of American laws being set aside for anti-American sharia rules to take over. Continue reading “New York City Debuts Muslim Sharia Patrol Squad Cars in Muslim Neighborhoods”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Troy, OH — It is a sad fact that in many states — in the land of the free — police still use taxpayer resources to hunt down, kidnap, and even kill people for attempting to sell a plant to willing customers that has never killed anyone, ever. Illustrating the insanity of the drug war, cops in Troy, Ohio, who appear to be addicted to waging a war on this plant, recently spent taxpayer dollars to bust a man they thought was selling weed, but who actually sold them flowers because he knew the cop was undercover. Continue reading “Man Owns Undercover Cop Trying to Bust Him for Weed, Sells Him Flowers Instead of Pot”
The Register – by Kieren McCarthy
Analysis ISPs should be paid to provide slower internet speeds to poor people.
That’s the extraordinary upshot of a meeting between an ISP industry group and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US. Continue reading “Poor people should get slower internet speeds, American ISPs tell FCC”
Philly.com – by Danielle Paquette, Washington Post
“Inescapable.”
“It’s a constant stressor.”
“I see no way out.”
What do professors, real estate agents, farmers, business executives, computer programmers, and store clerks have in common? Continue reading “‘I see no way out’: Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common”
New York Post – by Hannah Frishberg
In this day and age, risqué can be risky. But Cynthia von Buhler is bringing sexy back to NYC.
The illustrator has thrown, by her own estimation, hundreds of over-the-top parties over almost three decades. But this year marks her first-ever New Year’s Eve bash — and she’s going all out: hosting a massive, “Eyes Wide Shut”-style blowout for 800 guests at the Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower. Continue reading “An inside peek at the erotic New Year’s Eve ‘Illuminati Ball’”
America’s second oldest women-only college will begin accepting admission applications from transgender and “non-binary” candidates.
Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. made the announcement in a recent email to students. The college had been discussing the policy change since 2014, according to KOMU-TV. Continue reading “Second oldest women’s college accepts transgender students”