Sanders Aide Who Used ‘Dual Allegiance’ Smear Against Jews Is an Illegal Alien

Posted on | March 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Sanders Aide Who Used ‘Dual Allegiance’ Smear Against Jews Is an Illegal Alien

Interesting developments:

A spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign apologized Tuesday after questioning whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel” — a comment condemned by Jewish leaders across the political spectrum as having anti-Semitic overtones.
“In a conversation on Facebook, I used some language that I see now was insensitive. Issues of allegiance and loyalty to one’s country come with painful history,” Belén Sisa, Sanders’ national deputy press secretary, told POLITICO. “At a time when so many communities in our country feel under attack by the president and his allies, I absolutely recognize that we need to address these issues with greater care and sensitivity to their historical resonance, and I’m committed to doing that in the future.”

Belén Sisa is an illegal alien “who says she was brought to this country illegally from Argentina by her parents at age six [and] is currently protected from deportation under President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.” So whose “allegiance” is really at issue here? Doesn’t her defiance of American law bring Belén Sisa’s “allegiance” into question? Can we have her deported now, please?

By the way — and I guess this as good a place as any to insert this caveat — I don’t consider it automatic proof of anti-Semitism to criticize Israel or to question the U.S.-Israel alliance. Modern conservatism’s intellectual godfather Russell Kirk famously said in a 1988 Heritage Foundation speech: “Not seldom has it seemed, as if some eminent Neoconservatives mistook Tel Aviv for the capital of the United States.” Kirk’s remark could be seen as directed toward the obsession with Middle East policy typical of some Jewish conservatives, which subsequently were pushed to the fore in the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War. In both of those conflicts, of course, Republicans rallied in support of U.S. military intervention for reasons not necessarily related to Israel, although this didn’t stop the Left from smearing the GOP as captive to “neocon warmongers.” My own opinions in this regard are nuanced. I am, and always have been, strongly pro-Israel, dating back at least as far as the 1967 Six-Day War, when I was only 7 years old.

Even as a boy, I understood that Israel was fighting for its existence against implacable enemies and, being raised in a Southern Baptist church on Bible stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Daniel and other Old Testament heroes, certainly I cheered the Israelis in their defense of their ancient homeland. Furthermore, the 1967 war and the subsequent 1973 Yom Kippur War were fought in the shadow of the Cold War struggle against communism, and we knew what side the Commies were on, because Israeli’s enemies were armed with Soviet weapons.

To put it quite simply: If being a Zionist is a crime, I plead guilty, and if killing Communists is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

Nevertheless, I understand that debates about public policy require me to consider that people who disagree with me (and who are therefore wrong) may be motivated by sincere concerns that must be taken seriously. One of these concerns is that, in our zeal to prevent Israel from being destroyed by its enemies, the United States has adopted a sort of latter-day imperialism, waging “Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace,” as Russell Kirk warned in a 1991 Heritage speech. Unless conservatives are willing to disavow Kirk, we cannot go around demanding that anyone who voices similar concerns be fired or purged. Obviously, in an age where the likes of Ilhan Omar are embraced by Democrats, there is reason to be alarmed by evidence that dangerous anti-Semitic tendencies are emerging on the Left. At the same time, however, we must be careful not to conflate reasonable policy criticisms with irrational hatred.

Nothing is more likely to provoke anti-Semitic paranoia than efforts to banish from public discourse anyone who questions U.S. policy toward Israel. It is predictable that Jew-haters will point to such attempted suppression as evidence of a sinister Zionist conspiracy. And I would be amiss if I did not warn my readers to beware of agents-provocateurs who provoke online conflicts around such issues. There are all kinds of shadowy “false-flag” trolls out there, who may be political activists or partisan operatives seeking to create evidence of right-wing anti-Semitism. It is also known that various law-enforcement and intelligence agencies engage in undercover operations online, so that for all you know, the Internet account that constantly spews Jew-hating nonsense is an FBI informant or an intelligence agent for a foreign government.

Speaking of things I learned growing up as a Southern Baptist, did you know the Bible repeatedly warns us not to be deceived? Satan is a liar and a false accuser (cf., Revelation 12:9), and the Christian therefore should always be vigilant about deception. “Beware of false prophets,” Jesus warned his disciples (Matthew 7:15) and Paul warned: “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit” (Colossians 2:8).

We live in dangerous times, and deception is everywhere. Be vigilant!

Category: Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Immigration, Israel

Gillibrand Aide Abbas Malik Fired in Senate Sexual Harassment Scandal

Posted on | March 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Gillibrand Aide Abbas Malik Fired in Senate Sexual Harassment Scandal

Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aide Abbas Malik (right, in Army uniform).

Initial reports about the sex scandal in Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office did not name the perpetrator, but we now know that it was Abbas Malik, an Army veteran hired as Gillibrand’s military adviser and personal driver. A female staffer alleged that Malik — who was a decade her senior and married — repeatedly made unwelcome advances. She also said the male aide regularly made crude, misogynistic remarks in the office about his female colleagues and potential female hires. The female staffer said Malik retaliated against her when she reported his harassment, and she resigned because Gillibrand’s chief of staff, Jess Fassler, failed to take action. Politico “interviewed more than 20 former Gillibrand staffers” who corroborated Malik’s pattern of harassment, Marc Thiessen notes:

One former staffer said that “Malik often called her fat and unattractive to her face and made light of sexual abuse.” Others said Malik “regularly made misogynistic jokes, frequently appraised what they wore, disparaged the looks of other female staffers and rated the attractiveness of women who came in for interviews.” If a reporter could dig this information up, then her office could have done so, too. Only after Politico contacted Gillibrand’s office about the additional allegations against Malik did the senator finally fire him.
The fact is, while publicly positioning herself as a champion of harassment victims, Gillibrand apparently allowed a serial harasser to torment her female staff. And when a woman on her staff risked her own career to report the abusive conduct, “I was belittled by her office and treated like an inconvenience,” the woman told Politico. “She kept a harasser on her staff until it proved politically untenable for her to do so.”
Why did Gillibrand fail to act? Politico reported that “Malik had spent years by Gillibrand’s side as her driver — the senator officiated at his wedding — while the woman was a more recent hire and had significantly less stature in the office.” She apparently did not take action because she liked him personally. The hypocrisy is rank. Gillibrand is pushing legislation, the Military Justice Improvement Act, that would make independent prosecutors, rather than military commanders, responsible for handling allegations of sexual misconduct in the military, because of “the bias and inherent conflicts of interest posed by the military chain of command’s sole decision-making power.” Yet when faced with such allegations in her own office, she had no concern about bias and inherent conflicts of interest.
Gillibrand is a political opportunist who has seized on the #MeToo movement to advance her political career.

Abbas Malik was finally fired from his job after reporters began asking questions, but unfortunately, Gillibrand will remain in the Senate, because New York is a state completely controlled by Democrats. That such a hypocrite as Gillibrand think herself qualified to be president — Jess Fassler had been “tapped to serve as her presidential campaign manager” — tells you a lot about what’s wrong with the Democrats.

Category: Democrats, Scandal, Senate, Sex Trouble

The Hypocrisy of the Rage Mob

Posted on | March 13, 2019 | Comments Off on The Hypocrisy of the Rage Mob

Virtue signalling SJWs:

Media Matters President Angelo Carusone is currently leading a boycott campaign against Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of The Daily Caller News Foundation, in an attempt to get him fired.
Carusone and Media Matters, which openly pine for the destruction of Fox News, have justified the left-wing boycott campaign by pointing to a number of statements that Carlson made on a radio shock jock show between 2006 and 2011.
But Carusone has his own track record of inflammatory statements. Carusone’s now-defunct blog included degrading references to “trannies,” “jewry” and Bangladeshis.
Carusone posted a lengthy diatribe in November 2005 about a Bangladeshi man who was robbed by “a gang of transvestites,” as Carusone described it. Carusone was offended that the gang was described as “attractive” in an article.
“Did you notice the word attractive? What the f–k is that doing in there? Is the write[r] a tranny lover too? Or, perhaps he’s trying to justify how these trannies tricked this Bangladeshi in the first place? Look man, we don’t need to know whether or not they were attractive. The f–king guy was Bangladeshi,” Carusone wrote. “And while we’re out, what the hell was he doing with $7,300 worth of stuff. The guy’s Banladeshi! [sic]”

(Hat-tip: Stephen Green at Instapundit.)

It’s nothing but partisan politics:

An upcoming Media Matters protest against Tucker Carlson at Fox News headquarters in New York City received some help Tuesday from three Obama administration alums.
On the podcast “Pod Save America,” former Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor, as well as former Obama speechwriters Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett encouraged listeners to attend the protest.

What disgusting creeps they are.

Category: Fox News

In The Mailbox: 03.13.19

Posted on | March 13, 2019 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 03.13.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
A View From The Beach: A Jedi Speaks
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #558
EBL: Who Is Attacking Conservatives?
Twitchy: MMFA Goon Leading The Charge Against Tucker Carlson Has A Highly Problematic History
Louder With Crowder: Watch As Tucker Carlson Torches Media Matters, CNN’s Brian Stelter

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Computer Shopping In America (Laptop Recommendations requested! -ws)
American Thinker: Meet Occasional Cortex’s Rasputin
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: US Navy Intercepts More Than Two Dozen Cuban Refugees Off Florida Coast, Returns Therm To Communism
BattleSwarm: Admissions Scandal Followup
Camp Of The Saints:
Da Tech Guy: Lenten Reflections – God v. Genies, also, Nancy, Mueller, And Da Tech Guy’s 4th Law Of Media Outrage
Don Surber: Two Scoops Of Trumpenfreude
Dustbury: Maybe This Will Fit
First Street Journal:
The Geller Report: Visiting Jerusalem’s Old City May Be Criminalized In Ireland, also, Netherlands Becomes Latest European Country To Record Worrying Rise In Antisemitic Outrages
Hogewash: The Crab Nebula
Hollywood In Toto: Guess How Much Vice Cost Its Struggling Studio?
JustOneMinute: Varsity Blues
Legal Insurrection: Wealthy Parents, Celebrities Charged In Massive College Admissions Cheating Scandal, also, CNN’s Acosta Pounces On Trump’s Comment That Democrats Are The “Anti-Israel, Anti-Jewish” Party
Michelle Malkin: How To Protect Your Kids From Google Predators
The PanAm Post: NYT Dishonesty Draws Ire Of Venezuelans, Colombian Government
Power Line: What Lisa Page Said, also, Pelosi Keeps Options Open On Impeachment
Shark Tank: Former KKK Boss David Duke Endorses Ilhan Omar
Shot In The Dark: Open Letter To The University Of North Dakota
The Jawa Report: Dream On, Abu Abd al-Azeem
The Political Hat: Genetically Engineering A New Ecological Mankind
This Ain’t Hell: Is Yabut Kaput? Nope also, Veteran Punches Punk Through Window After Punk Threatens Vet’s Wife
Victory Girls: Lisa Page Says DOJ Told FBI Not To Charge Clinton
Volokh Conspiracy: In Defense Of The Status Quo
Weasel Zippers: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Law Restricting Funds To Planned Parenthood, also, Leno Blasts Late-Night Comics Who Deploy “One-Sided” Politics Without “Civility”
Mark Steyn: A Steak In the Future

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Category: Linkagery

In The Mailbox: 03.12.19

Posted on | March 13, 2019 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 03.12.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: National Pancake Day
Twitchy: WH Reporter Drops Hypocrisy Hammer On Sen. Menendez’ Salmming Trump’s Treatment Of Media
Louder With Crowder: Occasional Cortex Tries To Grill Wells Fargo CEO, Gets Rekt

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: The Axis Of Antisemitism
American Thinker: Why The Senate Democratic 2020 Hopefuls Are Irrelevant
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Nutcase News
Babalu Blog: Venezuela’s National Assembly Votes To Cut Off Oil Shipments To Cuba
BattleSwarm: May’s Brexit Deal Voted Down Again
CDR Salamander: Venezuela Is Not Our War
Da Tech Guy: Our Betters Get Busted, also, Tom Brady Explains Why 16-Year-Olds Shouldn’t Vote
Don Surber: It’s Jeremiah Wright’s Party Now
Dustbury: Call It What You Want
First Street Journal: What Was Missed
The Geller Report: Minneapolis’ “Little Mogadishu” Sees 56% Increase In Violent Crime By Somali Gangs, also, Trump Requests No Funds For “Palestinians” In New Budget
Hogewash: I’m Not Making this Up, You Know, also, Team Kimberlin Post of The Day
Joe For America: Hollywood Actresses Caught Getting Their Kids Into Elite Colleges With Bribes, Scams, & Photoshop
JustOneMinute: Brexit – Endgame!
Legal Insurrection: Nicholas Sandmann Sues CNN – Read The Complaint & Exhibits, also, Rep. Omar Compares Obama & Trump – “One Is Human. The Other Is Really Not”
The PanAm Post: Why Is The NYT So Eager to Declare Maduro Innocent? also, Hopeful Signs For Venezuela From The US
Power Line: Exposing The Real Costs Of Green Energy, also, Socialism And The “Experts”
Shark Tank: Rep. Rooney Vows To Protect Free Speech On Campus
Shot In The Dark: The Black & Pink Cloud
STUMP: Taxing Tuesday – Meep Is Done With 2018 Taxes
The Jawa Report: Attention, Twitter Luser @Shamir Boiii!
The Political Hat: Leviathan Is Coming To Transgender Your Children
This Ain’t Hell: Elderly Veterans Commit Suicide At A Higher Rate Than Non-Veterans, also, MD Democrat Leader Calls For Doxxing Of Gun Rights “Terrorists”
Victory Girls: Tucker Carlson Will Not Apologize
Volokh Conspiracy: Getting Some Mammoth
Weasel Zippers: NYC Could Go Bankrupt For The First Time In 40 Years, also, Desperate Venezuelans Swarm Sewer Drains In Search Of Water
Megan McArdle: Some Things Should Never Be Resurrected – Like Court Packing
Mark Steyn: Tales Of The Tape, also, Bush Whacks

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Category: Linkagery

Tucker Carlson: Still Not Sorry

Posted on | March 12, 2019 | Comments Off on Tucker Carlson: Still Not Sorry

“One of the only places left in the United States where independent thoughts are allowed is right here, the opinion hours on this network, just a few hours in a sea of television programming. It’s not much, relatively speaking. For the left, it’s unacceptable. They demand total conformity. Since the day we went on the air, they’ve been working hard to kill this show.”
— Tucker Carlson

If you don’t understand what’s happening now, you perhaps didn’t notice this Legal Insurrection headline from 2011:

Media Matters Plans “Guerrilla Warfare
and Sabotage” on Fox News
And Conservative Websites

Eight years ago, David Brock openly described the “opposition research” Media Matters was doing as part of a “war” against Fox News, and their smear against Tucker Carlson is just the latest salvo. It is astonishing to think someone spent hours listening to recordings of old episodes of “Bubba the Love Sponge” for the sake of this “gotcha” effort. Like, can you imagine being Madeline Peltz (Oberlin College, Class of 2016) and your job every day for weeks is transcribing “unearthed audio”?

Evidently, Ms. Peltz is part of a team assigned to take down Carlson. It’s what she gets paid for, it’s her tax-exempt non-profit job to destroy him. Imagine writing a headline like this:

Advertisers on Carlson’s program, according to Ms. Peltz, are “sponsoring fascism” and Carlson is promoting “extremist ideology that . . . actually puts marginalized communities under direct threat of material harm.” Wbere is the evidence of this “material harm”? Carlson has the highest-rated program on the No. 1 cable news channel in America. About 3 million people tune in to watch Carlson nightly. If he is promoting fascist extremism against “marginalized communities,” shouldn’t someone be able to demonstrate this with, y’know, facts and evidence and stuff? But such defamatory assertions are an acceptable mode of discourse for the tax-exempt non-profit organization that pays people like Ms. Peltz to smear anyone on David Brock’s Enemies List.

As I noted Monday, Carlson seems to have read Vox Day’s advice against apologizing when you’re under attack by SJWs, and on Monday night, he just flat-out lit them up in his opening monologue:

Let’s see who survives this war, eh? Shock and awe, baby.

Category: Fox News

Democrats and the ‘Sailer Strategy’

Posted on | March 12, 2019 | Comments Off on Democrats and the ‘Sailer Strategy’

We cannot predict the future, and the 2020 election is still 18 months away. President Trump’s approval numbers appear stable — not necessarily good, but stable — however, if we believed the polls, there was never a chance Trump could have been elected to begin with. Let’s put it this way: If Rahm Emmanuel thinks Democrats are in a bad place, maybe thinks aren’t looking so good for them. Even while the daily headlines are full of controversy, we need to focus on the underlying political reality:

More than a decade ago, when Karl Rove and other “center-right” Republican Party strategists were talking endlessly about the need for GOP “outreach” to Hispanic voters, Steve Sailer examined the same electoral data and reached quite a contrary conclusion. The weakness of Republicans — exposed by the razor-thin margins of George W. Bush’s elections in 2000 and 2004 — was not due to their lack of support among minority voters, Sailer argued, but rather that the GOP was failing to maximize its share of the white vote. Contradicting the conventional wisdom within the Republican establishment, Sailer’s argument attracted little attention from the mainstream media until after Donald Trump stunned the nation with his upset victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
How had Trump, despite all his flaws and disadvantages, managed not only to capture the Republican nomination against a field of formidable rivals, but also to defeat Clinton in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan that had not been carried by a GOP presidential candidate since 1988? Suddenly, Steve Sailer was hailed as a prophet. Sailer had “seemed to exercise a kind of subliminal influence across much of the right,” Michael Brendan Dougherty declared in July 2016, after Trump locked up the Republican nomination, and Michael Barone cited Sailer’s ideas in a December 2016 analysis of the election. In April 2017, New York` magazine called Sailer “The Man Who Invented Identity Politics for the New Right.”
Whether or not President Trump and his advisors have consciously acted on the “Sailer Strategy,” the results have been almost exactly what any student of Sailer’s work might have predicted. And the behavior of Democrats in recent months may foreshadow another Trump victory in 2020. Quite simply, Democrats have doubled down on their left-wing identity-politics message and, in the process, further alienated the kind of white voters who helped Trump beat Hillary in 2016. . . .

Read the rest of my column at The American Spectator.