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  • Former Biden Diplomat: 'No Question' that 'Free Palestine' Slogan is a Call for Violence

    05/23/2025 8:45:08 PM PDT · by lightman · 6 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 23 May. A.D. 2025 | Sarah Arnold
    A former diplomat from the Biden administration is raising serious concerns about a slogan widely used in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, stating there is “no question” that “Free Palestine” is often a call for violence. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt’s remarks challenge the narrative pushed by many on the left that the phrase is purely symbolic or peaceful. “I think there’s no question, whatever its initial intent and whatever people were saying initially or meant it, it has become a call for violence, and not violence against Israelis, which is wrong, but violence against Jews," Lipstadt told CNN's "Inside Politics" host Dana Bash. Her...
  • Those complicit in the DC terror attack. ["Free Palestine/ globalized the intifada"]

    05/22/2025 4:37:38 AM PDT · by Freeleesy · 32 replies
    INN ^ | 05.22.2025
    Two people were murdered at the Jewish Museum in DC after a year and a half of calls for violence and murder against Jews, as the right to terrorise Jews has been vigorously defended. The protesters who have spent the last year and a half calling for Jewish blood got their wish when an antisemite fed on a diet of lies and blood libels shot and murdered two Israeli embassy employees at the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, last night, while shouting “Free Palestine.” This was a terrorist attack targeting Jews in the capital of the most powerful nation in...
  • Shooting attack in Washington: Two Israeli embassy employees shot dead outside museum

    05/21/2025 10:55:46 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 81 replies
    ..... Initial reports indicated that one of the victims was a staffer of the Israeli embassy in Washington. Later reports clarified that both were employed by the embassy. Eyewitnesses said the shooter shouted "Free Palestine" before carrying out the attack. The suspect has been named as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago.
  • Man, woman shot and killed in front of Capital Jewish Museum in DC

    05/21/2025 8:28:07 PM PDT · by VanShuyten · 97 replies
    NBC 4 DC ^ | 5/21/2025 | Jackie Benson and Matthew Stabley
    A man and woman were shot and killed in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Northwest D.C. Wednesday evening. The shooting took place in the area of 3rd and F streets in Northwest — in front of the Capital Jewish Museum and behind the FBI field office and the U.S. attorney's office. … The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is responding, sources familiar with the shooting told News4. … Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon posted on the social media platform X that Israeli embassy employees were injured in the fatal shooting. He called it “a depraved...
  • Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like

    05/18/2025 5:02:54 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 49 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 18, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Maxine Joselow, Hannah Natanson, Ian Duncan
    Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed.At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.Trump recently ordered Energy Department staff to stop enforcing water conservation standards for showerheads and other household appliances. And at one Labor Department division, his appointees have instructed employees to halt most work related to antidiscrimination laws.Across the government, the Trump administration is trying a new tactic for gutting federal rules and policies that the president dislikes: simply stop enforcing them.“The conscious...
  • Court lifts block on Trump order to strip federal workers of union rights

    05/17/2025 3:20:17 AM PDT · by Salman · 31 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 17, 2025 | Frances Vinall
    A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a block on an executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to strip union rights from federal workers at dozens of agencies and offices. Trump in March issued an executive order that said that parts of the United States Code that protect federal workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain would no longer apply to agencies including most or all of the Departments of Treasury, Defense, Veterans Affairs, State and Justice. The executive order covers about two-thirds of the federal workforce, according to the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which filed a...
  • FBI Director Kash Patel says the agency is leaving its DC HQ

    05/16/2025 1:00:37 PM PDT · by The_Media_never_lie · 38 replies
    WTOP News ^ | 5/16/25 | Grace Newton
    The FBI Headquarters is leaving the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C., according to the bureau’s director, Kash Patel. Patel, who made the announcement in a short clip Friday on Fox’s Mornings with Maria, called the building “unsafe for our workforce.” The move would transfer 1,500 employees to various locations across the country.
  • 17 arrested, 10,000 fentanyl pills seized in narcotics trafficking operation across DMV

    05/15/2025 3:24:27 PM PDT · by VanShuyten · 17 replies
    WJLA DC ^ | 5/15/2025 | Jessica James
    WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced Thursday that it arrested 17 people in connection with firearms and narcotics trafficking. The investigation spanned over five states, including D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Texas. 122 firearms and 10,000 fentanyl pills are now off the streets and in the hands of authorities as a result of the operation. The 17 people arrested were allegedly in the U.S. illegally, according to the ATF. "They will be in the process of being deported back to the country where they were originally from...
  • 6-minute outage at Denver airport leaves 20 pilots in the lurch in latest terrifying flight snafu

    05/15/2025 11:11:43 AM PDT · by DFG · 44 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/15/2025 | Emily Crane
    Denver airport’s air traffic control was reportedly struck by a staggering six-minute outage earlier this week after several radio transmitters suddenly went dark. The frequency outage meant that as many as 20 pilots were unable to reach air traffic controllers as they descended into Denver International Airport on Monday afternoon, ABC7 reported, citing sources. A controller eventually made contact with one aircraft on a “guard line,” which is typically only used when a pilot is in distress. That pilot was then able to contact other nearby planes and tell them to switch radio frequencies, the sources said. At the time...
  • Jeanine Pirro sworn in as interim US attorney

    05/15/2025 10:35:09 AM PDT · by Republicans 2016 2020 · 17 replies
    Fox News ^ | May 15, 2025 | Anders Hagstrom
    Former judge Jeanine Pirro was sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Pirro, 73, will now lead a team of attorneys in defending President Donald Trump's administration in court as well as prosecuting local crimes in the nation's capital.
  • Dan Goldman Tried to Question Kristi Noem About Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a Budget Hearing. Big Mistake.

    05/15/2025 10:07:25 AM PDT · by george76 · 19 replies
    Townhall ^ | May 15, 2025 | Madeline Leesman |
    This week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got in a heated argument with Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman (NY). The hearing was meant to focus on the budget. Of course, the hearing got sidetracked when Democrats began to press Noem about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the so-called “Maryland Man” who was living in the United States illegally and got deported to El Salvador. Democrats have flown to El Salvador to advocate for his release, despite the fact that judges determined that he is a member of MS-13. "It's gotta be extremely discouraging to be one of your constituents," Noem told...
  • Speaker Mike Johnson CANCELS Friday Votes

    05/15/2025 6:54:53 AM PDT · by george76 · 54 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | May. 15, 2025 | Jim Hᴏft
    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has canceled votes scheduled for Friday, May 16. According to Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), “Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Friday, May 16. He continued, “Last votes for the week are now expected at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15. This is a change from the previously announced schedule.” No reason has been given. No accountability offered. Just more silence from the so-called “leader” of the House. ... Just last month, Johnson abruptly canceled the remainder of the week’s voting schedule, halting progress on critical conservative...
  • Capitol Police APPREHEND Unhinged Leftist Protesters Who Threatened RFK Jr. During Senate Hearing

    05/14/2025 1:19:45 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 22 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 05/14/2025 | jim holt
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee was interrupted today by protesters voicing opposition to his department’s recent policy changes. As Kennedy began his opening remarks this afternoon, unhinged leftist protesters shouted slogans critical of his leadership, prompting Capitol Police to intervene and remove the demonstrators from the hearing room.
  • Forget ‘Project 2025.’ Trump’s executive power blueprint came out in 1988.

    05/12/2025 6:21:19 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 7 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 11, 2025 | Jason Willick
    Trump’s presidential blitz is realizing the dreams of conservative intellectuals in the Reagan-Bush era.Imagine a populist president who set out to create, “in the first weeks of his administration, a radically different perception of the presidency.” He could use “far-reaching executive orders” to “give various constituencies throughout the country the immediate conviction that this president, for a change, looks out for them.” The burst of presidential edicts would serve visceral as much as practical purposes: “The nation as a whole needs to be jarred by this newcomer’s determination to protect the country’s vital interests, perhaps by ordering, on national security...
  • 7 votes needed: Here’s where each DC Council member stands on RFK stadium deal

    05/11/2025 8:28:12 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 37 replies
    WTOP ^ | April 30, 2025 | Mike Murillo
    The nearly $4 billion deal on the table to redevelop the RFK Stadium site and bring the Washington Commanders back to the District needs the blessing of at least seven members of the D.C. Council, but a current tally appears to show more negotiations may be needed. When it comes to the current agreement announced Monday by the city and team owner Josh Harris, only four members appear poised to put their support behind the deal. When asked after the announcement on Monday if they support the deal, At-Large Council members Anita Bonds and Kenyan McDuffie, along with Ward 2...
  • Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dead at 85

    05/09/2025 6:37:58 AM PDT · by DFG · 100 replies
    AP via NY Post ^ | 05/09/2025 | AP
    Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85. Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire, the Supreme Court said in a statement Friday. He retired from the court in June 2009, giving President Barack Obama his first Supreme Court vacancy to fill. Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor, the court’s first Latina justice. Souter was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990. He was a reliably liberal vote on abortion, church-state relations, freedom...
  • Trump taps Fox News' Judge Jeanine Pirro as interim US Attorney in DC, 'The Five' co-host exits network

    05/08/2025 7:32:59 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 49 replies
    Fox News ^ | 05/08/2025 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn
    President Donald Trump has tapped "The Five" co-host Judge Jeanine Pirro to be the interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. "I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday. "Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself. Congratulations Jeanine!" Pirro has left Fox News Channel and a rotation of Fox News personalities...
  • President Trump Appoints Ed Martin to Be Director of DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group and Pardon Attorney

    05/08/2025 6:14:51 PM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | May. 8, 2025 | Kristinn Taylor
    resident Donald Trump announced Thursday evening he is appointing Ed Martin to be an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice with two jobs, Pardon Attorney and Director of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Weaponization Working Group. The appointment comes just hours after Trump withdrew Martin’s nomination to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he has capably served as interim U.S. Attorney under Trump for the past several months, in the face of Republican opposition over his support for J6ers that was led by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. The new positions do not require...
  • Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC

    05/08/2025 2:04:20 PM PDT · by chrisinoc · 99 replies
    ABC News ^ | May 8, 2025 | Katherine Faulders and Will Steakin
    President Donald Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The potential selection comes as Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that Ed Martin, who is currently serving as D.C.'s interim top prosecutor, would not be taking the position permanently after losing support among top Republicans in the Senate. An announcement about a new interim U.S. attorney could come as soon as Thursday, sources said. Sources caution that plans could always change and a decision is...
  • Bernie Sanders' extraordinary defense for flying on $7M private jet on 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour

    05/08/2025 2:07:13 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 72 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 08 May 2025 | JON MICHAEL RAASCH
    Bernie Sanders offered a bizarre defense for using private jets while traveling the country to speak on his 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour, during which he slammed billionaires. The democratic socialist and environmental campaigner said he should not be expected to 'wait in line' for commercial flights. Sanders, 83, a longtime Vermont senator and two-time presidential candidate, said he made 'no apologies' for the trips. He told Fox News that 'you run a campaign, and you do three or four or five rallies in a week, the only way you can go around to talk to 30,000 people,' is by private jet....