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House of Representatives approves $1b. for Iron Dome by landslide Eight Democrats — Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Andre Carson, Marie Newman, Jesus Garcia, Raul Grivalva — and one Republican, Rep. Tom Massie, voted against

* "Rashida Tlaib wrote column for Louis Farrakhan publication in 2006." Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News. Feb 12, 2019. * _____ * Rashida Tlaib’s History of Antisemitism," J Pollack, Breitbart, July 26, 2019. *... Tlaib’s extreme anti-Israel rhetoric, some of which has arguably crossed the line into antisemitism, CNN might do better to ask about the Democratic Party’s failure to address the rise of antisemitism in its midst. Here is a summary of Tlaib’s record: Opposing Israel’s right to exist: Tlaib does not believe Israel has a right to exist. She advocates for a “one-state solution” in which a Palestinian state...

A new Gallup poll has found that positive ratings of relations between black Americans and white Americans have reached the lowest point in more than two decades of measuring the statistic. “Currently, 42% of Americans say relations between the two groups are ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ good, while 57% say they are ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ bad,” Gallup reported. A significant shift occurred in 2013, which The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra noted is when the Black Lives Matter movement began.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Chanting “we are not afraid,” thousands of Cubans took to the streets Sunday to demand the end of the communist dictatorship. The COVID crisis has only exacerbated the unrest on the island nation, which is why protesters also called for food and vaccines.

#cubalibre 🇨🇺 #CLM (@willygotfamee) Tweeted: Young kid yelling I’m just a kid and being forced into the police car for protesting freedom in cuba this is sad and we need to free Cuba together!!!! #CubaLibre #SOSCuba #PatriaYVida https://t.co/gUKaKO4Qbz

..Cuba’s racial inequalities resurfaced. Remittances, tourism - government’s most important sources of income. Yet inequality in these arenas is stark. Sixty to 90 percent of white households have some relatives living outside the country; for nonwhite people, numbers are much lower. .. foreign currency coming into Cuba primarily benefits white Cubans. Black Cubans w no relative living abroad destined to work in the low-wage, state-controlled economy; black market; ..many private-sector business owners discriminate against Black job applicants, a prejudice visible in tourism.. ..inequality gotten worse. Students.. universities today overwhelmingly white or light-skinned; only 4.8 percent Black or brown.. prison population...

People on the far left have become so predictable that their statements are no longer "breaking news." They would be hilarious if they weren't outrageous or if they didn't contribute to the undermining of human rights and freedom in other countries. Some on the left speak favorably about the evil twins of communism and socialism One of many examples has resurfaced after last week's uprising in Cuba by thousands who have demanded freedom from dictatorship. Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the "1619 Project," which seeks to teach history to public school students through the prism of slavery, said in a 2019...

...Allegedly Threatened, Punched and Chased Victims in Two Separate Incidents. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that three Brooklyn men have been charged in a 68-count indictment in connection with two incidents in which they allegedly targeted Jewish individuals. The defendants allegedly stated, “Kill all the Jews,” demanded that a Jewish man say, “Free Palestine,” punched him when he refused, and then chased him and a friend while holding a cricket bat. District Attorney Gonzalez said, “All members of Brooklyn’s diverse communities should feel free to go about their day and observe their religion without fear of being targeted....

María Elvira Salazar 🇺🇸 (@MaElviraSalazar) Tweeted: 🆘 For those who want to impose socialism in #America🇺🇸, just look at what’s happening in #Cuba🇨🇺! Thank you @TGowdySC for covering the plight of those fighting against socialist tyranny. #SOSCuba https://t.co/0r60WFP5FU

EDITORIAL BROAD Black Lives Matter under fire for supporting 'Cuban police brutality' In the US, a storm of criticism has erupted against Black Lives Matter (BLM) as the movement appears to have sided with the Cuban communist regime in the protests in Cuba...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during an event, Friday, to discuss the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan said that no further action needs to be taken on far-left radical Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) remarks comparing the United States and Israel to terrorists.

Bassem Eid is a Palestinian analyst and human-rights campaigner who chooses to live in Jerusalem, under Israeli rule, rather than in those parts of the West Bank where Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority hold sway. He’s not fond either of the PA, or of Hamas, and he’s horrified that those claiming to champion the Palestinians fail to realize how cruelly treated they are by their own corrupt leaders. Bassem Eid’s scolding of the Squad — Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, and Ayanna Pressley — is here: “Palestinian Activist: It’s Time Ilhan Omar and ‘The Squad’ Learned the...

Democrats who have rallied behind the Castro regime are silent on growing pro-democracy demonstrations that have gripped Cuba. Thousands of anti-regime protesters took to the streets across the island over the weekend, waving American flags and chanting "freedom" as well as anti-government slogans. Reps. Bobby Rush (D., Ill.), Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.), Barbara Lee (D., Calif.), and Gwen Moore (D., Wis.) demanded President Joe Biden lift Trump sanctions against the Castro regime in a March letter signed by more than 70 members of Congress, including all four members of the far-left "Squad." None of the letter's four authors or members...

President Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken has extended an invitation to two different United Nations Special Rapporteurs. One deals with contemporary forms of racism while the other is concerned with minority issues. Binken also welcomed "the UN Human Rights Council's adoption of a resolution that calls for action to combat systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the context of law enforcement