Muslim Texas Democrat Files Bills on Halal Meals, Muslim Heritage

 Daily Signal

"Just a week after a blue wave hit the Lone Star State, a Muslim state representative has filed multiple bills ahead of the 90th legislative session that would implement Islamic practices and holidays.

Democrat state Rep. Suleman Lalani, an immigrant from Pakistan who represents Texas House District 76, which encompasses Fort Bend and Harris counties, filed several bills ranging from establishing a “Muslim Heritage Day” to ensuring halal food is provided in schools.

"Bill filing opened for Texas legislators on Monday.

"Lalani filed House Bill 236, which amends Chapter 662 of the Texas Government Code to recognize Feb. 4 as Muslim Heritage Day in the state. The bill states that the day would recognize the historical, cultural, and social contributions of Muslim Americans to Texas.

"In addition to filing HB 236, he also filed House Resolution 16, which would formally recognize the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in 2027. 

"The ceremonial resolution would honor Muslims who observe Ramadan in the state and would “extend to Muslims across the Lone Star State sincere, best wishes for a joyous and meaningful observance.” 

"Lalani also filed two bills that relate to ensuring public schools provide halal food for students.  

"He filed HB 401, which would require Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide halal meal options when a parent or student requests one. The proposal would apply to both the school breakfast and lunch programs. 

"Lalani subsequently filed HB 426, which creates a similar halal-meal requirement in schools but would apply to a smaller number of school districts and charter schools. Under this legislation, school districts in counties with a population of at least 2.1 million and counties adjacent to those counties would have to provide halal food in schools. 

""In response to the Muslim Heritage Day bill, Republican state Rep. Mike Olcott wrote on X that he already knows how he will vote."

Democrats' Gaza genocide claims reveal the depths of their depravity

 

IDF Drops Dramatic Never Seen Before Dashcam Video From Oct 7 Massacre

Perspective:  Most Republicans – 60% – are now inclined to regard U.S. support of Israel as about right. In January 2024, 33% said the U.S. was providing the proper amount of support to Israel, and 39% said the U.S. wasn’t being supportive enough.

AOC Is the Most Suitable Person to Lead the Democratic Party |

"The Left’s millennial could be the perfect presidential candidate for a party determined to learn nothing."

The American Spectator

"AOC supports Medicare for All. This excites many voters, especially those who failed math class. Let us turn to the master, P. J. O’Rourke: “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it’s free.”

"The Democrats performed well in the elections, albeit thanks to the Republicans’ clumsy blunders. Now the internal battle to choose a presidential candidate truly begins. I assume the talk about Kamala Harris is a joke. My bet is undoubtedly on AOC. No one better represents the ruinous ideas that have dragged the Left into nowhere, into a hodgepodge of hallucinatory, deranged notions situated a hundred thousand light-years away from where things actually happen: reality.

"AOC has the demagoguery required to defend idiotic positions while bringing the most sensitive viewers to tears. She is that kind of leftist who, upon receiving an award, uses her acceptance speech to say something like: “On a day as happy as today, having received the County’s Best Hot Dog Award, I want to spare a thought for the children of Somalia, who have nothing to eat and are suffering terribly. Today, when you bite into your hot dog, think of them, and you’ll be making the world a better place.” 

"AOC is obsessed with the rich. That obsession led her to wear a dress emblazoned with “Tax the Rich” at the 2021 Met Gala. It is true that she faced an investigation into whether she had violated congressional rules (she had initially failed to pay for the outfit), but it is equally true that she perfectly embodies the ideas of the postmodern Left. Lacking a solid ideological framework and the faintest grasp of economics, its only means of mobilization are catchy slogans and foolproof placards. AOC, who, frankly, isn’t the sharpest pencil in the box, is right to wear her own slogan. She should do it every day. As for the aesthetics, if you want to know just how ridiculous something like this can look, imagine JD Vance in a white tailcoat emblazoned with “Death to Taxes.” It might make a conservative cringe, but believe me, there are plenty of people who genuinely believe a bumper sticker can change the world.

"AOC supports a Green New Deal. She wants to guarantee employment and transform the economy through green measures, basing all tax policy on a single objective: saving the planet. It is the most idiotic economic idea the Left has ever come up with (and the competition is fierce)." . . .  More.

Jewish business owner to Newsmax: Dem's silence on antisemitism no surprise

Key takeaways

• Boycott & Intimidation: Jewish-owned businesses, including Huda Burger, faced a boycott with fliers labeling them Zionist-owned, which owner Yehuda Sichel compared to Nazi-era tactics.
• Political Response: Sichel criticized Rep.-elect Chris Rabb for not condemning the protest, calling him a radical, while Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. John Fetterman publicly denounced the anti-Semitic actions.
• Community Support: Thousands of counterprotesters, including supporters from Canada, New York, Delaware, and D.C., rallied with American and Israeli flags, showing solidarity with Philadelphia’s Jewish community.

Texas Gun Owners Just Got a Preview of Life Under Democrats, and It’s Already Getting Ugly

RedState

"Fortunately, one firewall remains. Republicans still control the Texas Senate, and they've made clear they won't roll over and show their belly when it comes to Second Amendment protections."

"Texas Democrats rode last week's blue wave to a majority in the state House and the governor's mansion, and they've wasted no time showing gun owners what comes next. 

"It ain't pretty.

When bill prefiling opened on November 9, Democrats flooded the docket with gun-control proposals. The Texan counted 23 gun bills, all but one in the House, and NRA-ILA tallied roughly 35 firearm-related bills on day one alone.

That's a lot of gun control bills for a group that duped voters into thinking their primary concern was gas and grocery prices.

The wish list reads like it was copied straight from New York, not the Lone Star State.

State Rep. Ann Johnson's HB 218 would create "extreme risk protective orders," better known as red flag laws, and would repeal the 2025 law Gov. Greg Abbott signed banning them. Such laws are a blatant violation of due process, allowing the government to seize a person's firearms before they have been convicted of a crime or given a full opportunity to defend themselves in court.

There is little evidence that they actually work.

State Sen. Judith Zaffirini's SB 80 would make it a crime for anyone under 21 to buy a so-called "assault weapon." That definition is broad enough to cover a centerfire rifle with a pistol grip or a folding stock.

State Rep. Suleman Lalani's HB 606 goes further still and bans anyone under 21 from buying any firearm at all. Old enough to enlist, not old enough to buy a deer rifle.

Then there's Rep. Joe Moody's HB 659. It would require dealers to report anyone who buys two or more guns, or four or more magazines, in a short window. The report would go to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the buyer's local sheriff." . . .More.

The Mask Comes Off: Minnesota’s Governor-Elect to Push Gun Ban  "The law doesn't make any sense. Like most laws of this kind, it was drafted by people who know no more about guns than a naked mole rat knows about astrophysics. The whole thing is pure idiocy. 

"Minnesota's legal gun owners are already speaking up."  More.

Democrats Plan on Day 1 Should Terrify Everyone

Chicks On The Right  

"Committee leadership would also provide Democrats with greater control over hearing schedules, investigative priorities, and the issuance of subpoenas."

"Incoming House Democrats have signaled plans for aggressive investigations into corporate donations, potential pay-to-play arrangements, and several Trump administration figures once they organize in January. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said there is “real investigative work” to be done into Elon Musk’s actions involving federal employees, donations by businesses to the White House ballroom project, and Big Oil’s access to resources in Venezuela.

Get used to this guy again

"Garcia has described allegations of “pay to play” involving pardons and corporate contributions. “There are so many allegations and reports of real pay to play, whether it’s the pardons that have gone out to billionaires and donors, whether it’s been companies that have been giving to the ballroom — in exchange for what? We need to find out,” he said. Democrats are also weighing impeachment proceedings against some administration officials."The comments offer an early indication of how Democrats intend to use their newly acquired congressional authority. Rather than limiting their attention to legislative priorities, party leaders are preparing to scrutinize decisions made throughout the Trump administration, including relationships between government officials, wealthy donors, and major corporations.

"Garcia’s remarks suggest that the investigations could extend well beyond individual Cabinet members. Democrats are interested in examining whether private businesses or influential political contributors received favorable treatment from federal officials, although determining whether any improper arrangements occurred would require additional evidence." . . . More.

The Republican administration will be mobbed and lynched by the likes of "The View" harridans, plus everyone on the yellow-journalism sources such as MSNOW, talk show "comedians" and writers of evening dramas and sitcoms. Along with "educators" they have turned western mores upside-down, creating a culture that accepts the murderers of entire families as local heroes to be honored by Hamas flags and chants. Hamas supporters have enriched makers of "Palestinian keffiyehs" and learned to shout, "Death to America!" [Israel].

You'll recognize many of these from recent Presidential speeches to Congress in their matching outfits, angry faces, anti-everything signs. Watch for them standing by Bernie Sanders and AOC or appearing on MSNOW, CBS, and network Talk shows. 

The Tunnel Dweller.

The Worst 15 Minutes on Omaha Beach

Overlay "6 June 1944. Company A of the 116th Infantry, the National Guard company from Bedford, Virginia, comes in on Omaha Beach exactly where the plan put it: Dog Green, in front of the Vierville draw. That morning most boats at Omaha drift east. Company A's don't. Inside fifteen minutes, by the Army's own count, the company is out of action for the day.

"This is the plan against what happened, minute by minute, on the Army's own 1945 maps. 0:00 06:36

1:00 1. The Door

2:23 2. The Town 4:32 3. The Other Side 5:56 4. The Run In 8:39 5. 06:36 11:18 6. The Rescue 12:27 7. The Turn 14:59 8. The Cost 15:39 9. The Telegrams 16:43 The Gun "Accounts of Company A's losses disagree. The video shows what each one says."

Dave Barry: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE

 Dave Barry Official Website

It makes no difference whatsoever which one you go to: Under federal law, all malls in the United States must have the same 42 chain stores.

We don't have permission to copy the text and are limited to providing you the link to this article.

You get the following instead: A Field Guide to the Jewish People, by Dave Barry

"The last book on Judaism you will ever have to buy, this hilarious tome from three comedy legends contains the sweetness of an apricot rugelach and all the wisdom of a matzoh ball.

Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly? Why are yarmulkes round? Who was the first Jewish comedian?

These baffling questions and many more are answered by the comedic powerhouse trio of Dave Barry, Adam Mansbach, and Alan Zweibel. In A Field Guide to the Jewish People the authors dissect every holiday, rite of passage, and tradition, unravel a long and complicated history, and tackle the tough questions that have been plaguing the long-suffering Jewish people everywhere for centuries.

So gather round your chosen ones, pop open a bottle of Manischewitz, and get ready to laugh as you finally begin to understand the inner-workings of Judaism.

"An irreverent take on Jewish life, culture, and lore. No topic is off limits.... This is another zany book for Jews and those who love them." —Kirkus Reviews

“They're back again! However you say ‘three amigos’ in Yiddish, that's exactly what they are. They are like as wheatgrass shot of Jewish culture. If I was having a Bar Mitzvah, I would want to recite lines from this book. Everything I read from these three gives me Jewish envy. I laughed til I plotzed. Did I use that correctly?” —W. Kamau Bell, goyish comedian"

Ohana says Israel must not cooperate with those who call Jews in their land 'invaders'

How Hamas Targeted Jewish Families - Eileen F. Toplansky

"Gunmen were instructed to behead victims and cut off their legs. “The plan was to go from home to home, from room to room, to throw grenades and kill everyone, including women and children.'”

"Ergo, [t]hese acts are characterized by the exploitation of familial bonds to exacerbate suffering, or committed against family members in front of or in the presence of other members of their family.”

"Moreover, “[t]he acts must also be carried out as part of a widespread or systematic attack, where the perpetrator is aware of the context and implications of this overarching attack on families.’

These acts may encompass but are not limited to:

• Killing of family members.
• Inflicting serious bodily or mental harm on family members.
• Torturing family members.
• Committing acts of sexual violence, including rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, or enforced sterilization against family members.
• Separating family members by force or the threat of force.
• Hostage-taking.
• Broadcasting or disseminating any of the above acts or their effects on family members.
• Committing other inhumane acts of a similar nature." . . .  More. 

As German people had to know about the murders of
 Jews in WW2, Greta and her handlers had to know whom
 they celebrated. Useful idiots. 

UK Daily Mail "In remarks opening the Knesset’s inaugural session, Speaker Amir Ohana says there must be no cooperation with those who “spread blood libels about our fighters” and call “the Jewish people in their own land invaders,” invoking the future of Zionism and the phrase “Never again.”

Ohana says “great challenges still lie before us,” including Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and Hamas, which he says “has been dealt a devastating blow, but it still exists.”

He adds: “It is clear that Hamas is a terrorist organization, whether or not someone pays lip service to that as part of political negotiations,” referring to the Arab parties Ra’am and the Joint List, which have refused to explicitly refer to Hamas as such. . . ."

Newsom spared our daughter's killer and made mockery of her life

UK Daily Mail    

"DNA tied him to Ashley's murder and two others and he became known as the 'Hollywood Ripper.'"

Prosecutors showed Ashley Ellerin's autopsy report during the
 Gargiulo trial that showed the 47 stab wounds throughout her body.

"Michael and Cynthia Ellerin thought their daughter, Ashley, finally received justice when the man who butchered her in 2001 was put on death row five years ago.

Michael Gargiulo, who had stalked her for weeks, broke into the 22-year-old's Hollywood Hills home on February 21, 2001, and stabbed her 47 times as she got ready for a date with actor Ashton Kutcher.

He was caught seven years later, when a botched attack on a neighbor in Santa Monica left a trail of his blood behind. DNA tied him to Ashley's murder and two others and he became known as the 'Hollywood Ripper.'

At sentencing, the judge called him 'completely vicious and frightening' as he rejected the defense's push for him to be spared the death penalty.

Michael Ellerin told the court his wife let out 'mournful screams and primal wailing' when she learned her daughter had been murdered.

The family had been left with an 'altered, diminished existence,' he said, but took some solace knowing her killer would pay with his life.

Last Thursday, however, outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was commuting the death sentences of all 548 inmates on the state's death row to life without parole, including Ashley's killer.

The Ellerins called it a 'slap in the face' to their family and to every relative of a murder victim in California.

'Someone who kills multiple people like a serial killer or someone who kills first responders in the line of duty, there is no redeeming that person,' Michael said.

'The man who killed my daughter is a serial killer and he is in that category of evil that should be put down.'

He added: 'If you're talking about the concept of closure, it's when you know that the person who killed your daughter was no longer alive and enjoying the privilege of thought, study or reflection." . . .

The Feminization Of America

 Allan J. Feifer; American Thinker   

"But the bedrock tenets of modern political feminism have advanced a philosophy increasingly at odds with the Founders’ interconnected principles of individual liberty, equal treatment, personal responsibility, and limited government."

. . . "No longer a question of equal rights or opportunities, the more consequential question today is whether the growing influence of women, coupled with the rise of political feminism, has changed not merely who governs America, but the philosophy by which America is governed. Political ideology is increasingly shaping life for everyone, not just activist feminists, leading to a future that not everyone signed up for.

"The Founders built a political system around individual liberty, personal responsibility, self-reliance, private property, competition, and limited government. They began with the idea that rights do not come from government; government exists primarily to secure them.

"Equality must mean equality before the law and the opportunity to prosper or fail through individual effort—not government-mandated equal outcomes. One philosophy protects the individual’s freedom to succeed or fail; its antithesis treats disparities among groups as evidence that institutions should intervene to ensure particular outcomes. This schism is central to modern political feminism and the power it seeks.

"The women’s suffrage movement initially aligned with the Constitution, demanding equal political rights. Second wave feminism emerged in the 1960s, initially seeking to remove barriers to women’s full participation. Again, it was constitutionally aligned. Betty Friedan’s 1963 The Feminine Mystique helped catalyze that movement. Founded in 1966, the National Organization for Women sought to secure equal rights and opportunities for women." . . .

Bruce Springsteen fan club founders say political fights, El-Sayed endorsement led to shutdown: report

Fox News    "Founded more than a decade ago, the "Spring-Nuts" Facebook group dedicated to The Boss noticed its 18,000 members were no longer focused on his music as they battled against "hateful" online discourse due to Springsteen's public stances and recent endorsement of Michigan's senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed.

"As the world grew increasingly divisive, hostile, those tensions inevitably spilled into our little corner of the E Street world," founders Julie and Howie Chaz said in a statement posted on Sunday, Nov. 8, according to Asbury Park Press." . . .

Springsteen's November endorsement of El-Sayed as "a fighter for our American Constitution" was the final straw for admins." . . .

Bruce Springsteen endorsed Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed in November. (Getty Images)

"Mr. Sayed campaigned with Hasan Piker who openly made horrific statements that America deserved 9/11," Howie said. 

"After a Michigan synagogue was attacked back in March, obviously an act of terrorism, Sayed rationalized it by saying 'Hurt people hurt people' standing right next to the antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker who made the despicable 9/11 statement."

His endorsement was "deeply disappointing to us, given our concerns as proud Jews," Julie and Howie said."

Andrew McCarthy on the Hegseth Impeachment

Sad to read: A prominent conservative legal commentator explains why Hegseth should be convicted on at least some of the charges.

The Volokh Conspiracy Archive   

"He also notes (correctly) that previous presidents have gotten away with similar initiations of war without congressional authorization."

"Yesterday, I wrote about why Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth deserves to be impeached and convicted for his role in in starting an unconstitutional war and perpetrating over 200 cases of outright murder with the "drug boat" strikes. Today GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed impeachment charges in the House of Representatives. Even if they don't pass in the narrowly Republican-controlled lame duck Congress, they will almost certainly do so in the incoming Democratic one. Meanwhile prominent conservative legal commentator, national security law expert and former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy has published an excellent overview of the charges in the National Review.

"McCarthy is far to my right, and far more sympathetic to the War on Drugs (I myself believe it should be abolished). Thus, it's notable that he and I agree that Hegseth should be convicted for his role in the drug boat strikes, which McCarthy characterizes as "indefensible":

I do not believe there is any viable justification for the extrajudicial killings by military force of operators of suspected drug boats. Drug trafficking is a crime, not an act of war. Our law addresses it through trial and imprisonment, not the use of military force…. The administration has not proved that the boats were ferrying narcotics, much less that the drugs were headed to the United States. The president's designation of Venezuelan criminal gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, besides being legally dubious (drug dealing is not "terrorist activity" as defined in federal law), does not authorize the use of force (it instead makes material support to the organization a crime and helps the government cut off funding sources). While the unauthorized killings in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have not drawn the level of public ire that the Iran war has, they are indefensible, and Hegseth has been their loudest, crudest champion."   More,

 Ilya Somin is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, Professor of Law at George Mason University, Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, and author of Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter, and The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain.