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At the behest of AIPAC, Rashida Tlaib was censured by House Republicans for being upset like any human being would be that Israel’s army is allowed to exterminate her people. Since Mike Johnson became House Speaker in October, House Republicans have voted to Stand With Israel no matter what the cost, to send $14.3 billion dollars to Israel, fight anti-Semitism on college campuses and authorize a war with Iran to stop it from acquiring WMD. Rep. Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida, even showed up to work in Congress wearing an IDF uniform. In the House GOP, it has been...

This week Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida made a trip to Israel to sign HB 269, a bill that makes it a felony with up to five years in jail for passing out “offensive” flyers or pamphlets. This move has been widely criticized by free speech advocates and legal experts as a gross violation of the First Amendment. The bill states that anyone distributing “any material for the purpose of intimidating or threatening the owner” could be convicted of a felony “hate crime.” While we often write about the “hate speech” rules on Big Tech platforms, this is far worse....

A mysterious campaign in Berlin to stoke fears of "Jewish terror" is spreading and becoming increasingly sophisticated. According to a report by the Department of Research and Information on Anti-Semitism (RIAS), flyers, cards, and notices warning of "Jewish terror" threatening "attacks on Berlin's citizens" have increased around the city since October of 2015. [...] While the campaign initially appeared to be limited to the spreading of propaganda, it now appears to be actively tracking Jews living in Berlin. ...

One poll is getting the big headlines this morning: NBC poll: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul neck-and-neck in Iowa; Newt Gingrich in 5th The numbers from that poll, conducted Tuesday and Wednesday: Romney 23% Paul 21% Santorum 15% Perry 14% Gingrich 13% Bachmann 6% Similar numbers from a Rasmussen poll conducted Wednesday: Romney 23% Paul 22% Santorum 16% Gingrich 13% Perry 13% Bachmann 5% Thesed results have been enough to move Santorum to third place in the Real Clear Politics average of Iowa polls, but there’s yet another poll — conducted Thursday by We Are America — which shows Santorum now...